Russia Ukraine war, page-167314

good to see you actually found something so up to date ---- 2007 !!!

thery were specxulating about what was GOING to happen ....here is what ACTUALLY happened .....Iraqu actually owns the oil and deals with international companies to exploit it - pay them costs and a certain amount per barrel
now ....when I say "international " it's increasingly becoming Chinese controlled production - though Iraq still actually owns the oil and still gets cash from it .

unlike yourt article this is May 17last year .....

Iraq's oil ministry thwarted three prospective deals last year that would have handed Chinese firms more control over its oilfields and led to an exodus of international oil majors that Baghdad wants to invest in its creaking economy.

Since the start of 2021, plans by Russia's Lukoil (LKOH.MM) and U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) to sell stakes in major fields to Chinese state-backed firms have hit the buffers after interventions from Iraq's oil ministry, according to Iraqi oil officials and industry executives

China is Iraq's top investor and Baghdad was the biggest beneficiary last year of Beijing's Belt and Road initiative, receiving $10.5 billion in financing for infrastructure projects including a power plant and an airport.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iraq-balks-greater-chinese-control-its-oilfields-2022-05-17/#:~:text=Iraq's%20oil%20industry%20is%20mostly,retains%20ownership%20of%20the%20reserves.

so...you were trying to say US stole the oil ....facts ....
1.Iraq still owns it's own oil
2. China is the biggest oil developer in Iraq
3.UK ,US and russia also developing Iraq oil

Usual lies from you shown as such AGAIN !