Army Depots in Iraq named after oil companies

by now tell me it aint about oil

Sun, Mar 30, 2003 8:35AM

(From NYT) The subtleties surrounding the sensitive role oil plays in the Iraqi war may have eluded the United States Army. Deep in some newspaper coverage yesterday was a report that the 101st Airborne Division had named one central Iraq outpost Forward Operating Base Shell and another Forward Operating Base Exxon.

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