fuel on the fire

oil & politics in occupied iraq

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Oil lies at the heart of Iraqi politics. Yet in the eight years since the bombs began to fall on Baghdad it has been a taboo subject. In Greg Muttitt’s gripping and far-reaching investigation we are taken behind the scenes of the occupation to answer one of the war’s most pressing questions: what is happening to Iraq’s oil? 


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- 8 MAY - Talk at London School of Economics -- Read more
- 11 MARCH - How "sexing up" official helped me win Freedom of Information case -  Read more
- 26 SEPT - review in Middle East Economic Survey: "a dramatic, heart-breaking tale" -  Read more

"set to turn our understanding of the war on its head"

-the independent

"should trouble even the most ardent liberal interventionist"

-petroleum economist magazine

"nothing short of a secret history of the war"

-naomi klein

"a sense of hope in an otherwise devastating occupation"

-stop the war coalition

"a fascinating and often page-turning account"

-blackwells bookshop

"the iraqi civil society voices resound with dignity"

-new internationalist

"ludicrous conspiracy theory"

-office of tony blair

new documents revealed...

Fuel on the Fire is based on hundreds of previously unreleased US and UK documents. LATEST : BP's backroom deals for oilfield contract


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