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All paths lead to oil.
Jim Vallette has no doubt what lies behind Wolfovitz's nomination - US control of global oil supplies.
"The Bank’s reticence to finance projects in Iraq may have pushed Cheney and gang over the edge, he writes, "ushering [Wolfowitz] the embodiment of U.S. unilateralism into his anointed role.
"With Wolfowitz in charge, the World Bank may be able to complete what the Iraq invasion started two years ago: U.S. corporate control over the world’s second-largest oil reserves."
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