BOOKISH: Greg Muttitt talks oil politics @ Moonstone Arts Center

Investigative journalist Greg Muttitt takes a closer look at oil politics in occupied Iraq

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BOOKISH: Greg Muttitt talks oil politics @ Moonstone Arts Center

POSTED: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 4:18 PM

Filed Under: Arts Books

When the last of the foreign combat troops left Iraq nearly seven months ago, the war's official “end” was marked by little ceremony and many questions left unanswered: Was this really a war? Why were we ever there in the first place? What does the future hold for Iraqi citizens? Where most conflicts have an explicit agenda, the Iraqi occupation was always shrouded in confusion, particularly for the average American living far away from any live combat. During the Bush years, we heard the slogan “no blood for oil,” suggesting Iraq's long-thriving oil economy as the central motive for US involvement in the country. Nine years after the initial invasion, these claims still linger, neither proven nor officially disproven by those in power.

Investigative journalist Greg Muttitt takes a deeper look at the oil politics behind occupied Iraq in his new book, Fuel on the Fire. Drawing on various government documents and his own experience reporting on the war, Muttitt provides an inside story behind the war that dominated U.S. foreign policy for most of the last decade.

Join him for a free reading and discussion of the book tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Moonstone Arts Center (110A S. 13th St.).

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