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“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

About Greg Muttitt

Greg Muttitt is author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq(Vintage 2012). From 2003 to 2011, he investigated the hidden plans for Iraq’s oil, and worked with Iraqi colleagues to publicise them in Iraq. He is now Senior Adviser to Oil Change International. He tweets at @fuelonthefire.

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David Whyte and Greg Muttitt 6 July 2016

When the UK invaded, Iraq had nearly a tenth of the world's oil reserves -- and government documents "explicitly state" oil was a consideration before the war. Why didn't Chilcot explore it further?