{"id":139003,"date":"2010-01-05T05:09:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T10:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/05\/tony-blair%e2%80%99s-1m-a-year-paymaster-seeks-giant-iraqi-oil-deal.html"},"modified":"2010-01-05T05:09:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T10:09:24","slug":"tony-blair%e2%80%99s-1m-a-year-paymaster-seeks-giant-iraqi-oil-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/139003","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair\u2019s \u00a31m-a-year Paymaster Seeks Giant Iraqi Oil Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘A Middle Eastern
\ninvestment fund that pays Tony Blair about \u00a31m a year as an
\ninternational adviser is in talks to develop one of Iraq\u2019s
\nbiggest oilfields.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Mubadala, a United Arab
\nEmirates investment firm, is in negotiations to join a consortium of
\nwestern oil companies developing the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq.
\nMore than \u00a36 billion of investment is required for the project.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Blair was accused of
\nsupporting the interests of the western oil companies with the invasion
\nof Iraq in March 2003, but dismissed the allegations as a conspiracy
\ntheory. He proposed that oil revenues should be placed in a United
\nNations-administered fund for the benefit of the Iraqi people.’<\/font><\/p>\n

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