Was Oil The Main Reason For Invading Iraq? New Documents Question The Official Reason

A British Army soldier investigates a large fire near Basra's Shuiba refinery. Reuters

Secret Memos Expose Link Between Oil Firms And Invasion Of Iraq -- The Independent

Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show.

The papers, revealed here for the first time, raise new questions over Britain's involvement in the war, which had divided Tony Blair's cabinet and was voted through only after his claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

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My Comment: Were there discussions on Iraq's oil reserves before the invasion .... I would be surprised if there was not. But was this the primary reason on why the invasion was done .... I would be saying no. In fact, if I was to compile a list of reasons on why there was an invasion, I would place Iraq's oil riches at number 3 and 4 with WMDs, Saddam Hussein's support of terror groups and his history of invading his neighbors, and a determination to change the political culture in the Middle East as being the main reasons why the decision to invade Iraq was made.