Oil the real motive for US plans to attack Iraq: Mahathir

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Oil is the real motive behind the likely US attack o­n Iraq, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday.

"We feel that the US plans to attack Iraq are for other reasons - to take control of Iraq's oil found in abundance," Mahathir was quoted as saying by Bernama news agency at an anti-war rally.

Iraq sits o­n the world's second-largest known oil reserves.

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