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	<title><![CDATA[Why Doesn't the Press Ever Talk About the Oil?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/why-doesnt-the-press-ever_b_108082.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Today, the major American oil companies came back into Iraq by getting... you guessed it... no-bid contracts! In fact, the four major oil companies that were thrown out by Saddam Hussein 36 years ago made their triumphant return to occupied Iraq. </p>

<p>Former chief executive of Exxon, Lee Raymond, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/world/middleeast/19iraq.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss&amp;oref=slogin">explained the history behind it</a>. "There is an enormous amount of oil in Iraq," he said. "We were part of the consortium, the four companies that were there when Saddam Hussein...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-06-27T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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