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SECTION 10.3
RECONSTRUCTION: OIL, COMMERCIAL INTERESTS,
DEBT RELIEF, ASYLUM AND STABILISATION POLICY
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 374
UK policy on Iraq’s oil and oil revenues ........................................................................ 375
Iraq oil reserves, production and export ................................................................. 375
UK energy security interests, 2001 to 2002 ............................................................ 376
Planning and preparing for a post-conflict Iraq ....................................................... 379
Military planning ............................................................................................... 388
Discussions with the US ................................................................................... 389
The invasion and immediate aftermath ................................................................... 403
Negotiations with the US over the control of Iraqi oil revenues .............................. 405
Oil policy under the Coalition Provisional Authority ................................................ 417
UK policy under Iraqi Governments ........................................................................ 436
UK Government support for UK business ..................................................................... 457
UK commercial interests, 2001 to 2002 .................................................................. 457
Planning and preparing for a post-conflict Iraq ....................................................... 457
Influencing the Coalition Provisional Authority and the US ..................................... 467
The success of UK companies in securing contracts in Iraq ............................ 486
Responding to renewed commercial interest in Iraq, 2008 ..................................... 487
Debt relief ...................................................................................................................... 492
UK policy ................................................................................................................. 492
The US push for substantial debt relief, December 2003 ....................................... 496
The UK seeks a better deal for the most heavily indebted countries ...................... 497
Paris Club agrees debt relief for Iraq, November 2004 .......................................... 499
Returning asylum seekers to Iraq ................................................................................. 502
Post-conflict reconstruction and stabilisation ................................................................ 507
The Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit .................................................................... 507
The PCRU and Iraq .......................................................................................... 514
The Stabilisation Unit .............................................................................................. 515
The Cabinet Office Task Force Review of Stabilisation and Civil Effect ................. 516
The impact of the PCRU and the SU ...................................................................... 524
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