Iraq war: An armed corporate takeover?: "On May 1, The Wall Street Journal announced the discovery of a 100-page document, outlines for contracts reorganizing the Iraqi economy ... what appears to be a massive invasion by corporate lobbyists.
'Iraqis used to fear Saddam's police, now they have to fear Sony's lawyers, if they get caught with an illegal dub of a Madonna CD. Hillary Rosen, of the Recording Industry of America, is rewriting Iraq's intellectual copyright laws. Microsoft and American Express lobbyist Grover Norquist is rewriting Iraq's tax laws ... They're creating a new lobbyists' corporate Disneyland. Iraq's becoming a corporate client state ... Apparently, it's what the American government's been accused of: A plan to privatize and take over Iraq's oilfields. An armed corporate takeover is what's occurring,' insists Palast. "
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