Newsweek | Why Oil Was a Prime Motivator For the Iraq War Newsweek Well before the U.S. and U.K. led the invasion of Iraq, the two countries were under suspicion about their intentions for Iraq's oil. When asked on February 6, 2003, in a BBC Newsnight program whether the war in Iraq was about oil, Tony Blair responded:. Why you can't explain the Iraq war without mentioning oil Iraq War Report Buries Oil Evidence, Fails To Address Motive Iraq: what happened to the oil after the war? |