Extremist = pre-terrorist = Enemy Combatant.

This is just ridiculous incompetence. Where is American investment insecuring access to energy reserves?

China, Japan keen to develop Iraq oilfields
November 1, 2006

China and Japan have staked their claim to develop Iraq's vast oil reserves with Tokyo offering billions of dollars in loans and Beijing agreeing to renegotiate a deal signed with Saddam, Iraq's oil minister said Wednesday.
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Iraq, which has the world's third largest oil reserves, is in urgent need of billions of dollars in foreign investment after years of sanctions and war crushed the industry.
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Iraq and China had formed a committee to look again at China's contract, signed with Saddam Hussein, to develop the 90,000 barrels per day Ahdab oilfield in south central Iraq.
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The committee, made up of three or four people from each side, will review the articles of the contract to "serve Iraq's interests", Shahristani said. It will meet in November.

"We have agreed to form a joint committee... to review the contract. We will begin discussions."
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Ahdab, with an estimated development cost of $700 million, was awarded to China National Petroleum Corp and Chinese state arms manufacturer Norinco by Saddam. The deal was frozen by international sanctions and then Saddam's overthrow.