On the correlation between income and energy, World Bank.: http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/esmap/pdfs/econdevccsecurity.pdf
On U.S. oil consumption, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/oildep.shtml
On U.S. oil imports, Department of Energy: http://www.ott.doe.gov/facts/archives/fotw246supp.shtml
On the Carter Doctrine on the Middle East, Jimmy Carter Library: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/speeches/su80jec.phtml
On Iraq’s pre-Gulf War regional power, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/wartech091790.htm
On the global oil production peak, Oil and Gas Journal: http://ogj.pennnet.com/articles/EdPro_Article_Display.cfm?Section=Articles&SubSection=Display&ARTICLE_ID=152444&PUBLICATION_ID=7&VERSION_NUM=1
On the Bush administration’s oil diversification, National Energy Policy:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/energy/Chapter8.pdf
On world oil and gas deposits, Hart’s E & P Net: http://www.eandpnet.com/ep/previous/0701/0701namerica.htm
On formation of the African Union, British Broadcasting Corporation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2116962.stm
On African oil projections, Platts Global Energy: http://www.platts.com/features/africa/africanoilprod.shtml
On African oil discoveries, allAfrica.com:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200212110068.html
On U.S. interest in African oil, Platts Global Energy: http://www.platts.com/features/africa/relatednl.shtml#2
On OPEC’s choice of currency, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries: http://www.opec.org/NewsInfo/Speeches/sp2002/spAraqueSpainApr14.htm
On U.S. foreign debt, N.Y. Federal Reserve Bank: http://www.ny.frb.org/rmaghome/curr_iss/html/civ9n1/civ9n1.html
On the GAO’s stance on government finances, Department of the Treasury: http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/01frusg/01gao.pdf
On the euro’s challenge to the dollar, British Broadcasting Corporation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2067943.stm
On the top oil companies, Alexander’s Gas and Oil: http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/features/fex25029.htm
On Iraq’s move to the euro, Radio Free Europe: http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2000/11/01112000160846.asp
On Iran’s consideration of the euro, Alexander’s Gas and Oil: http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntm23638.htm
On Jordan’s move to the euro, Jordan Times:
http://www.jordanembassyus.org/10262000005.htm
On North Korea’s move to the euro, British Broadcasting Corporation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2531833.stm
On war for oil denomination, St. Louis Independent Media Center: http://stlouis.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4710&group=webcast
On Afghanistan’s oil pipeline, British Broadcasting Corporation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2608713.stm
Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline, British Broadcasting Corporation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2528743.stm
On the west African gas pipeline, allAfrica.com:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302030248.html
On Nigerian sales to South Africa and Kenya, Alexander’s Gas and Oil:
http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/nta21291.htm
On the U.S. naval base on Sao Tome, British Broadcasting Corporation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2210571.stm
On the Nigeria-Sao Tome oil dispute, Rigzone.com:
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=5627
On Nigeria’s claim to Bakassi, British Broadcasting Corporation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2318323.stm
On U.S. troops in Djibouti, British Broadcasting Corporation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2420443.stm
On U.S. threats to Zimbabwe, Washington Times: http://www.washtimes.com/world/20021102-78995554.htm
On an oil war and African growth, British Broadcasting Corporation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2703249.stm
On Mandela on the Iraq war, CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/30/iraq/main538607.shtml

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