Al-Arab Blog - مدونة العرب

"""America...made no secret of its strategy to rob OPEC of the right to protect its interests," the daily said, adding that by encouraging oil exploration and production in non-OPEC states, Washington was waging "an open war on OPEC and oil producers, especially Arab countries which represent the strength of OPEC".
""" Now now that is some big talk guys, are you sure youare who you are ?: "The daily, al-Riyadh, said OPEC's decision was aimed at balancing supply and demand and that oil producers have made sacrifices to protect the global economy, including opening the taps during the U.S.-led war on Iraq to make up for a loss in Iraqi crude production.
'The U.S. media campaign over production cuts is accompanied by U.S. problems in Iraq, high unemployment, rising debts and war costs and the elections battle, and the only scapegoat is accusing oil producers of harming the U.S. economy,' the Arabic-language newspaper said on Thursday.
'America...made no secret of its strategy to rob OPEC of the right to protect its interests,' the daily said, adding that by encouraging oil exploration and production in non-OPEC states, Washington was waging 'an open war on OPEC and oil producers, especially Arab countries which represent the strength of OPEC'."