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Occidental Petroleum organization

also: Occidental Oil, Occidental

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Claims (5)

Occidental Petroleum funded Cienaga-Limon Oil Field documented
“one year after the discovery by Occidental Oil of the billion-barrel Kenyo Limon oil field in 1983. A concerted U.S. propaganda campaign was mounted in 1984 against alleged drug trafficking by conspiracy involving Nicaraguan Sandinistas, Co…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Drugs,Oil, and War Part 3 @ 36:48
Occidental Petroleum funded Colombian Army documented
“have been part of the state-coordinated campaign. In June of 2001, a Colombian court heard how a U.S. security firm working for Occidental Petroleum had played a fatal role in an army raid against FARC, directing helicopter gunships that mi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 6 @ 39:48
Occidental Petroleum funded Colombia book_quoted
“There are reoccurring allegations that U.S. oil companies, either directly or through cutouts, engage in covert operations. Actually, it's the CIA. It's not the oil companies, but the CIA works for the oil companies. They do not work for us…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil, and War Part 2 @ 11:20
Occidental Petroleum carried_out_attack FARC documented
“unionizing against them for proper working conditions. Their dual purpose, as we have learned along the way. Oil companies in particular have been part of the state-coordinated campaign against guerrillas. In June 2001, a Colombian court he…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 1 @ 12:11
Occidental Petroleum discovered Colombia host_asserted
“As will be discussed, the current U.S. interest in Colombia began one year after Occidental Oil discovered a billion-barrel oil field in 1983. It led to the National Security Decision Directive of 1986 and 1989 that authorized U.S. military…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 6 @ 15:41

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The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 1
▶ 12:11 unionizing against them for proper working conditions. Their dual purpose, as we have learned along the way. Oil companies in particular have been part of the state-coordinated campaign against guerrillas. In June 2001, a Colombian court he…
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squad & War on Terror Part 10 Final
▶ 1:04:37 They did wind up going to court concerning the bomb that killed 18 civilians, including children. That was a lawsuit. Glavis, the Duke of the Occidental Petroleum et al. that was filed in 2003 under the Alien Tort Claims Act. The three invo…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil, and War Part 2
▶ 11:20 There are reoccurring allegations that U.S. oil companies, either directly or through cutouts, engage in covert operations. Actually, it's the CIA. It's not the oil companies, but the CIA works for the oil companies. They do not work for us…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil, and War Part 2
▶ 11:49 Army military operation that mistakenly killed 18 civilians. We shall see in Chapter 1 that in the Caspian Basin, the major drug routes are where the oil companies are in Azerbaijan. And that's not a coincidence. Now, this incident where it…
The Colonel’s Corner- Drugs,Oil, and War Part 3
▶ 36:48 one year after the discovery by Occidental Oil of the billion-barrel Kenyo Limon oil field in 1983. A concerted U.S. propaganda campaign was mounted in 1984 against alleged drug trafficking by conspiracy involving Nicaraguan Sandinistas, Co…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 6
▶ 15:41 As will be discussed, the current U.S. interest in Colombia began one year after Occidental Oil discovered a billion-barrel oil field in 1983. It led to the National Security Decision Directive of 1986 and 1989 that authorized U.S. military…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 6
▶ 39:48 have been part of the state-coordinated campaign. In June of 2001, a Colombian court heard how a U.S. security firm working for Occidental Petroleum had played a fatal role in an army raid against FARC, directing helicopter gunships that mi…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 8
▶ 30:32 Corporations have waged a concerted campaign for that same engagement in Columbia. Quote, in 1996, BP, Amoco, and Occidental joined Enron Corporation, which we've written a lot about, a Houston-based energy firm and other corporations to fo…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 8
▶ 31:01 industry donations and political candidates, the partnership has lobbied hard for an increased aid. Lawrence Merriage, M-E-R-I-A-G-E, Occidental's public affairs vice president, not only pushed for Plan Colombia last year, but urged a House…