Faily: Iraq's energy sector asks for U.S. investments
Oct 30, 2014
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Houston Chronicle
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I'm about to visit Houston to discuss investment opportunities in Basra, a province in southern Iraq that is the center of the country's energy industry, far from the violence in the north.
As Texans are famously practical and plainspoken, I expect that some will ask me: "Why invest in Iraq right now?" Maybe some will ask that question more colorfully.
Here is my answer:
Iraq is under attack by the transnational terrorist organization, ISIL, which beheads international journalists and aid workers, slaughters thousands of Iraqis and Syrians from every religious and ethnic group, and enslaves women and girls. Ultimately, ISIL seeks to subjugate or exterminate everyone - everywhere - who does not accept its extremist views.