The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. The request came in a telegram last week from a senior Pentagon official to a top Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem.
The new pipeline would take oil from the Kirkuk area, where some 40 percent of Iraqi oil is produced, and transport it via Mosul, and then across Jordan to Israel. The U.S. telegram included a request for a cost estimate for repairing the Mosul-Haifa pipeline that was in use prior to 1948. During the War of Independence, the Iraqis stopped the flow of oil to Haifa and the pipeline fell into disrepair over the years.
Good luck. That's gonna be like pushing your Honda through the Harley-Davidson dealership to get to the street. What the hell, give it a shot, ya might make it...
Update:
Apparently, this story is a hoax, a mistake, or just plain not so. So, NEVER MIND!
Thanks to two of our readers with all their faculties who pointed this out.
I still like my last line, though.
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