TotalFinaElf (French Oil co.) sees Iraqi contracts

CNN Money ^ | April 22, 2003 | Reuters

[FairOpinion]

PARIS (Reuters) - French oil company TotalFinaElf does not expect to be frozen out of oil contracts in Iraq despite France's tough opposition to the U.S.-led war, the firm's chief of exploration and production said Tuesday.

In an interview with the newspaper Le Figaro, Christophe de Margerie dismissed rumors Total was on a "black list" of firms that will be denied lucrative contracts in post-war Iraq, although he stressed the firm remains vigilant.

[Kay Soze]

Ditto

Had it been for the French there would be no pilgrimage to Karbala!

hey would still be prisoners!

This was the status quo France, ANSWER, Susan Sarandon and Martin Sheen fought to protect:

[Arpege92]

I wonder what would happen if Chirac were to show up in the middle of Baghdad? My instincts are telling me that he would recieve a whoop of a$$ by Iraqi civilians. Years from now, I suspect the people of Iraq are not going to forget what France didn't do to help them, thus leaving them out in the cold for a very long time!