In case y'all were wondering what Nostradamus had to say about Saddam or Sudan or whatever his name is, click here for the full story. Here's a piece from the National Review that explains in simple language even I can understand why the United States isn't going into Iraq for the oil. Let me clear up something. Currently several companies, including French and Russians, have contracts with Iraq to exploit their deposits. My understanding is that they provide the technology for getting the oil and the personnel to run that technology, but that the oil itself belongs to Iraq until it is sold on the world market.