RHF wrote:
oying your own
business community. -when- BP America's Corp
headquarters is in Houston, TX.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP

Since you brought it up. Old friends of the Bush Crime Family

"History
Further information: Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Activity in 1909–1979

In May 1901, William Knox D'Arcy was granted a concession by the Shah of
Iran to search for oil, which he discovered in May 1908.[11] This was
the first commercially significant find in the Middle East. On 14 April
1909, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was incorporated as a
subsidiary of Burmah Oil Company to exploit this.[11] In 1935, it became
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC).[11]

After World War II, AIOC and the Iranian government initially resisted
nationalist pressure to revise AIOC's concession terms still further in
Iran's favour. But in March 1951, the pro-western Prime Minister Ali
Razmara was assassinated.[12] The Majlis of Iran (parliament) elected a
nationalist, Mohammed Mossadeq, as prime minister. In April, the Majlis
nationalised the oil industry by unanimous vote.[13] The National
Iranian Oil Company was formed as a result, displacing the AIOC.[14] The
AIOC withdrew its management from Iran, and organised an effective
boycott of Iranian oil. The British government - which owned the AIOC -
contested the nationalisation at the International Court of Justice at
The Hague, but its complaint was dismissed.[15]

By spring of 1953, incoming U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
authorised the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to organise a coup
against the Mossadeq government with support from the British
government.[16] On 19 August 1953, Mossadeq was forced from office by
the CIA conspiracy, involving the Shah and the Iranian military, and
known by its codename, Operation Ajax.[16]
Classic shield logo, designed by Raymond Loewy, used from 1979 to 2000
and still in use in a small number of petrol stations.

Mossadeq, prince (Shahzadeh) of Qajar Dynasty, was replaced by
pro-Western general Fazlollah Zahedi,[17] and the Shah, who returned to
Iran after having left the country briefly to await the outcome of the
coup. The Shah abolished the democratic Constitution and assumed
autocratic powers.

After the coup, Mossadeq's National Iranian Oil Company became an
international consortium, and AIOC resumed operations in Iran as a
member of it.[14] The consortium agreed to share profits on a 50–50
basis with Iran, "but not to open its books to Iranian auditors or to
allow Iranians onto its board of directors."[18] AIOC, as a part of the
Anglo-American coup d'état deal, was not allowed to monopolise Iranian
oil as before. It was limited to a 40% share in a new international
consortium. For the rest, 40% went to the five major American companies
and 20% went to Royal Dutch Shell and Compagnie Française des Pétroles,
now Total S.A..[19]

The AIOC became the British Petroleum Company in 1954. In 1959 the
company expanded beyond the Middle East to Alaska[20] and in 1965 it was
the first company to strike oil in the North Sea.[21] In 1978 BP
acquired a controlling interest in Standard Oil of Ohio or Sohio, a
breakoff of the former Standard Oil that had been broken up after
anti-trust litigation.[22]

BP continued to operate in Iran until the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
After 1979, during the Iran-Iraq war, the oil refineries were destroyed
and Iran became a raw supplier of oil. The new regime of Ayatollah
Khomeini broke all prior oil contracts and signed new contracts with
British Petroleum with 90% to BP and 10% to Ayatollah Khomeini and his
followers."

On Jun 19, 6:11*am, dave wrote:
RHF wrote:

oying your own

business community. -when- BP America's Corp
headquarters is in Houston, TX.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP

- Since you brought it up.
-*Old friends of the Bush Crime Family

.. . . as opposed to the Obama Crime Syndicate
Doing the People's Business Chicago Style . . .
Intimidations, Extortions and Shakedowns

Prez Obama has collected {illegally extorted} a
$20B Political Slush Fund being administered
internally by the Obama Regime
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/us/19escrow.html
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/...-fund-lawless/

* Obama Regime's "Chicago-style Shakedown Politics."
http://www.aolnews.com/the-point/art...edown/19520523

Note $20B of "Free [Slush] Money" without any
Congressional Oversight or Public Controls like
the legally formed by US Law independent and
autonomous September 11th Victim Compensation
Fund.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septemb...pensation_Fund

RHF wrote:
On Jun 19, 6:11 am, wrote:
RHF wrote:

oying your own

business community. -when- BP America's Corp
headquarters is in Houston, TX.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP

- Since you brought it up.
- Old friends of the Bush Crime Family

. . . as opposed to the Obama Crime Syndicate
Doing the People's Business Chicago Style . . .
Intimidations, Extortions and Shakedowns

Prez Obama has collected {illegally extorted} a
$20B Political Slush Fund being administered
internally by the Obama Regime

I've always admired the way the mob does business. It is very efficient.

Mr. Bush had nothing against dictatorship, as long as he was the
dictator. I suspect this is how most presidents feel.