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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by h4b4n3r0 on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:02AM (#17713534)
Why would the US, the country dependent on oil prices being low, would want to destroy the oil industry of a major producer?
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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by freeflight on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @03:37AM (#17713904)
Depends on who you ask. There is a somewhat popular conspiracy theory out there [0] that claims Saddam (just like Gaddafi) got "removed" for selling oil in Euros instead of Dollars [1], which would have hurt the petrodollar in the long term.

[0] https://www.quora.com/If-Saddam-Hussein-and-Gaddafi-were-ous...

[1] http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.r...

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by mirimir on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @12:27PM (#17717234)
Yes, that and what I said in another subthread.

Also, Sadam had outlived his utility.

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