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*Knut Royce, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0110-01.htm Plan: Tap Iraq's Oil. U.S. considers seizing revenues to pay for occupation, source says], ''Newsday'', January 10, 2003: "An administration source said that most of the proposals for the conduct of the war and implementation of plans for a subsequent occupation are being drafted by the Pentagon. Last month a respected Washington think tank prepared a classified briefing commissioned by Andrew Marshall, the Pentagon's influential director of Net Assessment, on the future role of U.S. Special Forces in the global [[war against terrorism]], among other issues. Part of the presentation recommended that oil funds be used to defray the costs of a military occupation in Iraq, according to a source who helped prepare the report. ... He said that the study, undertaken by the [[Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments]], concluded that 'the cost of the occupation, the cost for the military administration and providing for a provisional [civilian] administration, all of that would come out of Iraqi oil.' He said the briefing was delivered to the office of [[Paul Wolfowitz]], the deputy secretary of Defense and one of the administration's strongest advocates for an invasion of Iraq, on Dec. 13."
*[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/5/29/162032.shtml U.S. and India Consider 'Asian NATO'], May 29, 2003: "The Office of Net Assessment, the Pentagon's key think tank, conducted its first seminar in India last year with counterparts from India's Integrated Defense Staff, the connection that led to this week's discussions on an Asian version of [[NATO]]."
