{"id":733,"date":"2007-03-19T15:33:54","date_gmt":"2007-03-19T21:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=733"},"modified":"2017-06-06T04:38:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T10:38:31","slug":"its-still-the-oilsecret-condi-meeting-on-oil-before-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/its-still-the-oilsecret-condi-meeting-on-oil-before-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s STILL The Oil: Secret Condi Meeting on Oil Before Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/condi1.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/condi1.bmp\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>by Greg Palast March 19, 2007<\/p>\n<p>Four years ago this week, the tanks rolled for what President Bush originally called, &#8220;Operation Iraqi Liberation&#8221; &#8212; O.I.L.<br \/>\nI kid you not.<\/p>\n<p>And it was four years ago that, from the White House, George Bush, declaring war, said, &#8220;I want to talk to the Iraqi people.&#8221; That Dick Cheney didn&#8217;t tell Bush that Iraqis speak Arabic &#8220;\u00a6 well, never mind. 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