From: John Cuccia 

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 18:58:25 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Don Hills"  wrote in message
>news:Jx0oFtgaXm8e092yn{at}attglobal.net...
>
>> The concessions should go to the highest bidder - whoever is going to pay
>> the most to Iraq for them. since it's thier property, the Iraqi people
>> should decide. What's about to go down is a ripoff of the most massive
>> kind.
>
>Name one country on earth where it works that way when the oil industry is
>involved.

How about the good ole USA?

Oil leases on federal lands, including offshore, are procured via sealed bid.

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