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On a day when another US soldier was killed in Iraq while one of the precious oil pipelines they were sent to protect exploded (which event was more disturbing to W. Bush, do you think?), a retired US general has vigorously condemned the US adventures in Iraq.

More interesting, perhaps, is the latest speculation about US attempts to compete with the growing influence of the Euro on world financial markets. This could be the great untold story of the last decade, although this newsbite from Venezuelan media sounds a little "consipiracy theory".