In 2003, Shell said rumours that it had met with the government to discuss Iraqs oil reserves were highly inaccurate while then BP chief executive Lord Browne said: It is not in my or BPs opinion, a war about oil. Yet Baroness Symons, then the Trade Minister, met with officials from BP, Shell and BG (previously British Gas) on October 31 2002, some five months before the invasion of Iraq.
Telling the truth? Tony Blair said oil conspiracies about the Iraq war were ‘absurd’ but leaked documents have revealed ministers met with BP and Shell about Iraqi oil before the invasion
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:47 PM on 19th April 2011
Blood for oil? Documents reveal talks between Government and oil giants BEFORE invasion of Iraq??
Opponents of the Iraq war always insisted oil had a part to play in the 2003 invasion, whatever Western leaders claimed about their desire for regime change.