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Dear Hassan and list, ... some more info on Nielson's remarks... Best Andreas ----------------- http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11158 Nielson: "US wants to appropriate Iraq's oil" POUL NIELSON - EU Commissioner responsible for Development & Humanitarian Aid is not sure that the Americans are really trying to give the Iraqis their country back. The US wants to appropriate Iraq's oil, according to the EU's Development Commissioner, Poul Nielson, quoted by DRNyheder. "The unwillingness to give the UN a real, solid, legal and well-founded role speaks a language of a certain pronounced character," he said after a three day visit to Baghdad. The promise given by the US to pull out of Iraq quickly does not appear realistic to Mr Nielson, writes DRNyheder, adding that the Danish commissioner is not sure that the Americans are really trying to give the Iraqis their country back. "I think that the US are on their way to becoming an OPEC member this way. It is difficult to make things add up any other way", he added. In Bagdhad, Mr Nielson had a meeting with a representative of the American retired general Jay Garner, who is handling the reconstruction of Iraq, and it is not least this meeting that has made him doubt the American motives. The European Union is the world's biggest donar of development aid. Press Articles DRNyheder http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/article.jhtml?articleID=98255 Audio Clips DRNyheder, Interview with Poul Nielson http://www.dr.dk/pubs/nyheder/template/lib/ram.jhtml;jsessionid=XML1JKMEDX2K XAMOCQUCFEQ?multimediaID=58179 Website Poul Nielson http://europa.eu.int/comm/commissioners/nielson/index_en.htm Written by Luise Hemmer Pihl Edited by Honor Mahony ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/article.jhtml?articleID=98255 - USA vil sætte sig på Iraks olie Den danske EU-Kommissær, Poul Nielson siger, han tror, USA vil sætte sig på Iraks olie. Foto: DR, © DR Poul Nielson, EU-kommissær: Det er for mig uklart, hvor amerikanerne havner (Radioavisen 7:00) Nielson møder kritik (TV-avisen 12:00) Efter et tre dage langt besøg i Iraks hovedstad, Bagdad, er EU- kommissær Poul Nielson blevet i tvivl om amerikanernes motiver, når det gælder Iraks fremtid. USA's løfte om at trække sig ud af Irak hurtigt, ser i Poul Nielsons øjne ikke realistisk ud. Og han er ikke sikker på, at amerikanerne virkelig arbejder for at give irakerne deres land tilbage: - Jeg tror, at USA gennem det her er på vej til at blive medlem af OPEC. De sætter sig på olien. Det er meget svært at få det til at hænge sammen på anden vis, siger Poul Nielson til DR Nyheder. Møde med Jay Garner Ved ankomsten til Bagdad hilste Poul Nielson kort på USA's leder af genopbygningen, den pensionerede general Jay Garner. Senere holdt han et længere møde med Garners repræsentant for nødhjælpsarbejdet, og det er ikke mindst det møde, der får Poul Nielson til at tvivle på amerikanernes motiver: - Den uvilje, der er til at give FN en virkelig, reel, legal og velfunderet rolle, taler et sprog af en vis tydelighed, synes jeg, siger Poul Nielson. Møder kritik Poul Nielsons udtalelser møder stor kritik fra flere partier i Folketinget. - Det er amerikanerne, der har bukserne på i det her spil. Og derfor er udtalelsen måske ikke det, der skaber det bedste udgangspunkt for at få et europæisk ben indenfor, siger Venstres politiske ordfører, Jens Rohde. - Jeg synes udtalelsen er uklog og jeg synes ikke, at Poul Nielson, med den position han sidder i, burde komme med sådan en udokumenteret påstand, siger Gitte Seeberg, udenrigspolitisk ordfører for de Konservative. Dansk Folkepartis formand, Pia Kjærsgaard, kalder Poul Nielsons udtalelser for venstreorienterede og antiamerikanske. Hun vil bede statsministeren forholde sig til EU-kommissærens udtalelser. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hassan Zeini" <hasseini@yahoo.com> To: "CASI" <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>; "IAC discussion" <iac-discussion@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Freitag, 9. Mai 2003 19:26 Subject: [casi] EU Commissioner: USA after Iraq's oil > > From the Finnish Television Text TV service > Friday 9 May 2003 > > EU Commissioner: USA after Iraq's oil > > EU Commissioner Poul Nielson believes that the United > States is trying to take control of Iraq's oil. > > According to him, it looks that the US is becoming a > member of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting > Countries, OPEC. > > Nielson, who is the European Commissioner of > Development and Humanitarian Aid was speaking about > the new draft resolution regarding Iraq submitted by > the US and UK. > > The draft resolution would end the sanctions imposed > 12 years ago and would put Iraqi oil revenues under US > control for one year. Nielson does not believe that > the US will withdraw its troops from Iraq soon. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. 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