EURO-OIL: Nick Denton writes that

EURO-OIL: Nick Denton writes that “the war against Iraq may indeed be, partly, about oil. But not in the way you might think”:

The international oil companies best placed in Iraq aren’t American: they’re TotalFinaElf of France, and Lukoil of Russia, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal. Which explains why those two countries have muted their opposition to US military intervention.