grassrootspeace.org November 5, 2007: This
website is an archive of the former website, traprockpeace.org,
which was created 10 years ago by Charles Jenks. It became one of the
most populace sites in the US, and an important resource on the antiwar movement,
student activism, 'depleted' uranium and other topics. Jenks authored virtually all of its web pages and multimedia content (photographs, audio, video, and pdf files. As the author and registered owner of
that site, his purpose here is to preserve an important slice of the
history of the grassroots peace movement in the US over the past decade.
He is maintaining this historical archive as a service to the greater
peace movement, and to the many friends of Traprock Peace Center. Blogs
have been consolidated and the calendar has been archived for security
reasons; all other links remain the same, and virtually all blog content
remains intact. THIS SITE NO LONGER REFLECTS THE CURRENT
AND ONGOING WORK OF TRAPROCK PEACE CENTER, which
has reorganized its board and moved to Greenfield, Mass. To contact Traprock
Peace Center, call 413-773-7427 or visit its site.
Charles Jenks is posting new material to PeaceJournal.org,
a multimedia blog and resource center.
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Books of the Month
The
War on Truth
From
Warriors to Resisters
Army of None
Iraq:
the Logic of Withdrawal
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Thanks to Nathaniel Hurd for this contribution. Mr. Hurd is a Consultant on United Nations Iraq policy based in NYC. His email is nathaniel_hurd@hotmail.com
Who Will Sell and Buy Iraqi Petoleum?
The Energy Intelligence Group reported on 2 May "the Pentagon considers
> Iraqi oil sales part of its domain -- not the State Department's -- and
Pentagon lawyers are investigating ways to restart Iraqi oil exports outside
international control. UN resolutions still authorize Iraq's state oil
marketing organization Somo to sell oil. Somo will have to be legally
replaced to restart Iraqi oil exports.
Oil companies say they want a solid legal regime in place before they load
> Iraqi crude." (1) In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Total (a
French company) chief executive Thierry Desmarest stated "[Our stance] is
hardly any different in form or content from what has been said by Shell and
BP...If a legitimate Iraqi authority is put in place and wants to launch the
development of these fields then there should be an international auction,
which is transparent, giving everyone their chance and allowing the best
offer to win...On the side of the US groups, we've seen positions taken,
even with Exxon Mobil and ChevronTexaco, saying they would only consider
undertaking that kind of investment if it was organised by a legal regime with clearly defined legitimacy." (2)
1. John van Schaik, "UN Members Push Iraqi Rebuilding Fund To Lure US",
Energy Intelligence Group, 2 May 2003, http://www.energyintel.com/DocumentDetail.asp?document_id=93657
2. Martin Arnold, "France's Total confident of Iraq oil chances", Financial
Times, 6 May 2003,
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=S
toryFT&cid=1051389796545&p=1045511315869
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