Was the Iraq War about Oil After All?

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Saddam Hussein kicked the big western oil companies out of Iraq in 1972.  Now they're back, with no-bid service contracts that will put them inside Iraq's redeveloping industry. Will increased Iraqi production help postpone an energy crisis? Will US troops remain for security? Is that what the war in Iraq is really about? Also, another bad round of news on the economy, and myth and history in Homer's Odyssey.

Saddam Hussein kicked the big western oil companies out of Iraq in 1972.  Now they're back, with no-bid service contracts that will put them inside Iraq's redeveloping industry. Will increased Iraqi production help postpone an energy crisis? Will US troops remain for security? Is that what the war in Iraq is really about? Also, another bad round of news on the economy, and

two scientists think they've discovered a historical date for one of the crucial moments in Homer's Odyssey.

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Sonya Geis, Christian Bordal