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From Afghanistan to Iraq: Connecting the Dots with Oil

By Richard W. Behan, AlterNet. Posted February 5, 2007.


An in-depth look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the events leading up to them, and the players who made them possible.

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Richard W. Behan lives and writes on Lopez Island, off the northwest coast of Washington state. He is working on a new book, To Provide Against Invasions: Corporate Dominion and America's Derelict Democracy. He can be reached at rwbehan@rockisland.com. (This essay is deliberately not copyrighted: It may be reproduced without restriction.)

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