Paper: 'Blood and oil; How the West the will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches'

01/07/2007 @ 3:38 am

Filed by Ron Brynaert

The front page of Britain's The Independent on Sunday features a photo of a US soldier guarding a burning oilfield in Southern Iraq, which was taken on March 23, 2003, three days after the invasion of Iraq officially began. "The spoils of war" reads a large headline banner in grey type, with three letters highlighted in black boldface - taken from the word "spoils" - to spell out "oil."

Four articles based on a draft of an Iraqi law - crafted with help from the US government - which was leaked to the paper, detail "How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches."