From The BBC, 7/3/03:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3043330.stm

Poland seeks Iraqi oil stake

Poland has been a staunch supporter of the US-led war
Poland, which has sent troops to support the US-led forces in Iraq,
has acknowledged its "ultimate objective" is to acquire supplies of
Iraqi oil.

The Polish Foreign Minister, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, said his country
had never disguised the fact that it sought direct access to the
oilfields.

He was speaking as a group of Polish firms signed a deal with a
subsidiary of US Vice President Dick Cheney's former company,
Halliburton.

The US firm, Kellogg, Brown and Root, has already won million-dollar
contracts to carry out reconstruction work in Iraq.

"We have never hidden our desire for Polish oil companies to finally
have access to sources of commodities," Mr Cimoszewicz told the Polish
PAP news agency.

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Wonder what Bush is gonna do with the Polish oil money. Ain't it nice
how everything connects so neatly?

Harry