Shalom aleikhem;

Mosul : Bush demands iraqi air bases to protect Israeli ...The new
pipeline would take oil from the Kirkuk area where some 40 percent of
Iraqi oil is produced. Troops are spread in the areas of Kirkuk and
Mosul to protect oil pipelines, ..

March 2001 Israeli operational planning envisaged a lightning strike
on southern Iraq, followed by captured oil supplies being back-flowed
to Haifa via the existing Trans Arabian Pipeline [Tapline].

Kirkuk to Haifa Pipeline: Reason for the War?
In 2003, Bush invaded Iraq, partly to topple Saddam Hussein, partly to
revive the pipeline to Haifa
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US discusses plan to pump fuel to its regional ally and solve energy
headache at a stroke Ed Vuillamy in Washington Sunday April 20, 2003

The Observer
By Steven Scheer

LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he
expected an oil pipeline from Iraq to Israel to be reopened in the
near future after being closed when Israel became a state in 1948.