The priority here is clear: Oil comes before people: Andrew Buncombe

Andrew Buncombe writes some interesting stuff in the Independent today. He notes how quickly teams were sent in to qwell the oil fires from sabotaged Iraqi wells. Importantly of the firefighter he notes:

Furthermore, Washington had clearly been planning for this months ago. Mr Flak, dressed in red overalls and a white hard-hat, said his company had been in negotiations with the American government since September over coming to Iraq to douse fires.