Poland seeks Iraqi oil stake

Poland, which has sent troops to support the US-led forces in Iraq, has 
acknowledged its "ultimate objective" is to acquire supplies of
Iraqi oil.  

The Polish Foreign Minister, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, said his 
country had never disguised the fact that it sought direct access 
to the oilfields.  

He was speaking as a group of Polish firms signed a deal with 
a subsidiary of US Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, 
Halliburton.  

The US firm, Kellogg, Brown and Root, has already won million-dollar 
contracts to carry out reconstruction work in Iraq.  

"We have never hidden our desire for Polish oil companies to finally 
have access to sources of commodities," Mr Cimoszewicz told the Polish 
PAP news agency.  

Access to the oilfields "is our ultimate objective," he added.  

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Full article at BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3043330.stm


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