Oil
2. US oil majors wish to secure exploration rights in Iraq that have gone to their rivals from Russia, France and China. Annual combined profits could be as high as $29 billion.
2. US arms exports may zoom once the war is over. Post-Gulf War I, they doubled to $20 billion in 1993, compared to the previous year.
2. US decision to get a retired general, Jay Garner, to oversee the rebuilding work will ensure that European competitors are left out
2. There’ll be a ready market in Iraq for a number of other US-made products like medicines, clothes and prefab building materials