Here's something useful too that puts the documents posted into perspective.

And here is a useful paragraph from that link.

"These documents are significant because during the 1990s, U.S. policy- makers were alarmed about oil deals potentially worth billions of dollars being signed between the Iraqi government and foreign competitors of the United States including France's Total and Russia's LukOil."

You see?

the list of foreign competitors?

no?

never mind.