It’s a recent article regarding the letting of Iraqi oil contracts and it cites only BP (British Petroleum, which is, uh, British) and China National Petroleum (which is Chinese) as moving forward on this round of contracts.
Yes, I realize this is an on-going process, with multiple rounds of contracts, but it gives lie to your “American multi-nationals signing oil contracts” statement.
How’s about you throw some facts out there, instead of relying on tired old canards, huh? You have Dutch (Royal Dutch Shell), French (Total (fmrly Elf/Aquitaine)), Italian (Eni), Chinese, British and Russian oil companies all competing with ExxonMobil, Chevron, et al, for these oil contracts. NPR article on same: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106077283
