We Iraqis know that our oil reserves are the baseline of our status in the region and the lubricant of our liberation. We are not ashamed to say so. Blood for oil is our reality, and we intend to redeem the terrible price we have paid.
One chance to do that will come in February, when we hold our third free national election since Saddam Hussein was removed from power. Because our people's prosperity depends on oil, each political party must put forward its plan for developing our petrochemical industry. For me and my colleagues who are forming the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), the best way forward is to transform our country and our economy by giving all Iraqis a direct share of our oil income.
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