Iraq Urges Use of Oil Weapon Against Israel, U.S.
Iraq has called on Arab states to use oil as a weapon to punish countries supporting Israel and to stop the Jewish state's current military action against Palestinians. "Use oil as a weapon in the battle with the enemy (Israel)," Iraq's ruling Baath party said in a statement published by Baghdad media Monday. The statement appeared to be calling for action similar to a crippling Arab oil embargo imposed in the 1970s against Western nations. Saudi Arabia and other major producers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have made clear they have no intention of repeating the earlier oil embargo that severely hit Western economies. This Reuters report submitted for your rumor of war, battle for Jerusalem, and Iraq files.