VOL. XLVI

No 48

1-December-2003

The Kirkuk-Haifa Pipeline: Myth Or Reality

By Saadalla Al-Fathi

The following article was written for MEES by Saadallah Al-Fathi, a former advisor to Iraqs Ministry of Oil.

In the wake of theUS and UK invasion and occupation of Iraq, there have been many statements to the effect that the pipeline between Kirkuk and Haifa would be reopened to supply Iraqi crude oil toIsrael. The statements were largely made by Israeli and American sources but were carried and...