U.S. Officials Have Absolutely No Clue about Iraq's Oil Law

By Ben Lando, UPI
Posted on June 23, 2007, Printed on June 23, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/54997/

A military leader fresh from Iraq is the latest U.S. government official to push a common but false claim that the controversial draft oil law will lead to a just division of the proceeds from oil sales and pave the way for reconciliation in the war-torn nation.

Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, former commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq, forwarded claims made by the Bush administration and Congress that if Iraq passes an oil law, the fighting factions there will come together because revenue from oil sales will be distributed to all.