War On Terror Imagineer Richard Perle Mulls Iraq Oil Business
July 29, 2008 by Philip Dru
Perle Linked to Kurdish Oil Plan
Influential former Pentagon official Richard Perle has been exploring going into the oil business in Iraq and Kazakhstan, according to people with knowledge of the matter and documents outlining possible deals.
Mr. Perle, one of a group of security experts who began pushing the case for toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein about a decade ago, has been discussing a possible deal with officials of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan regional government, including its Washington envoy, according to these people and the documents.
It would involve a tract called K18, near the Kurdish city of Erbil, according to documents describing the plan. A …
WSJ | Susan Schmidt and Glenn R. Simpson | Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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