[Greens-Media] "Greenspan is completely wrong" on Iraq war and oil - Minchin

[Bennett, Ebony (Sen B. Brown)]

Monday, 17 September 2007

"Greenspan is completely wrong" on Iraq war and oil - Minchin

The US' elder statesman on finance, Dr Alan Greenspan has got it
"completely wrong" in his new book asserting 'what everyone knows: the
Iraq war is about oil', Australia's Minister for Finance told the Senate
today.

Greens leader Bob Brown quoted Prime Minister Howard from 4 February
2003: "No criticism is more outrageous than the claim that US behaviour
is driven by a wish to take control of Iraq's oil reserves."

"The Prime Minister misled 21 million Australians in 2003," Senator
Brown said. "Greenspan reveals just how great the Prime Minister's
failure to reveal the truth has been," Senator Brown said.

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603



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