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	<title><![CDATA[Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump? The (Re)Making of a Petro-State]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-t-klare/will-iraq-be-a-global-gas_b_231930.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em>Crossposted with <a href="http://TomDispatch.com">TomDispatch.com</a></em></p>

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Has it all come to this? The wars and invasions, the death and destruction, the exile and torture, the resistance and collapse? In a world of shrinking energy reserves, is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet? Will it all end not with a bang, but with a gusher? The latest oil news out of...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-08-14T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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