MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Chris Cook, Asia Times Online, September 21, 2012
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The players behind this week's sharp tumble in oil prices remains a mystery. The trigger for the sell-off less so - that is, the willingness of Catherine Ashton, lead negotiator in talks with Tehran over its nuclear policy, literally to step over the Iranian diplomatic threshold implies a deal in the offing that could slash US pump prices before Barack Obama's last re-election drive. Insider dealing? Of course not.