A US representative said that the administration of President George W. Bush allowed Japan to invest in a major oil field project in Iran in exchange for its dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops to Iraq, according to a Kyodo News Report. “An administration desperate for re-election will take 550 soldiers from Japan, which provide the…
JAPAN: “US traded Iran oil deal for SDF in Iraq”
Posted on April 5, 2004 by EnergyAsia