2003 Bush Co, shuts down Syrian oil pipe line for Iraq.. Claiming illegal pumping. BBC NEWS | Middle East | US 'blocks' Syria pipeline
Then in May 2003 Bush Signs Executive order 13303, declaring all of Iraqs Oil to be under Coalition Control. (US Control)
"I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, declare all Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products, and interests therein, and proceeds, obligations, or any financial instruments of any nature whatsoever arising from or related to the sale or marketing thereof, and interests therein, in which any foreign country or a national thereof has any interest, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons. "
Now, what do we do with this oil, since we want to cut Syria out of the game ??
US Checking Possibility of Pumping Oil from Northern Iraq to Israel