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Fri 04 Apr 2003Bush cabinet split about post-war oil management
OIL ISSUE: A "battle is raging" within the Bush administration about the management of Iraq's oil supplies immediately after of the war, according to coalition diplomatic sources at the United Nations. Conor O'Clery, in New York
The outcome is being closely watched by Russia, France and other Security Council countries which want the oil industry to operate under UN management until a new internationally acceptable Iraqi authority is in place.
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