The United States Stole Iraqi Gold & Oil Hoax Debunked!

The United States Stole Iraqi Gold & Oil Hoax Debunked!


There is a conspiracy theory going around, claiming that the United States stole Iraqi gold and oil, specifically 20 TRILLION dollars in gold and 30 TRILLION dollars worth of oil.

It is usually backed up by these pictures of American soldiers posing with Iraqi gold bars, and an Al Jazeera news report.

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The United States Stole Iraqi Gold & Oil Hoax

Here is an example of the conspiracy claim that the United States stole Iraqi gold and oil :

30 trillion worth of Oil & 20 trillion in gold was stolen in the invasion on Iraq

Remember Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction and was not involved in 9/11

But his countries [sic] wealth was looted nevertheless

Then they went to Afghanistan to secure the poppy fields and lithium mines by force.


Let’s break down this conspiracy theory and see how many points are true, and how many are false.


The United States Stole Iraqi Gold & Oil Hoax Summary

Here is a summary for those who don’t need the full details :

  • It is NOT POSSIBLE for the US to steal $30 trillion worth of Iraqi oil, because Iraq did not have that much oil.
  • It would take the Iraqis 685 years to extract $30 trillion worth of oil!
  • It is NOT POSSIBLE for the US to steal $20 trillion worth of Iraqi gold, because humans have only mined $9.2 trillion worth of gold up to 2019.
  • It would take the WORLD another 90 years of mining gold at high gold prices to hit $20 trillion.
  • Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction. Neither was he involved in the 9/11 attacks.
  • The Americans invaded Iraq AFTER they invaded Afghanistan… not the other way around.
  • The US only discovered deposits of lithium and other minerals 5 years AFTER invading Afghanistan.
  • As of 2019, there are still no lithium mines in Afghanistan
  • The missing money in the Al Jazeera report was actually part of a $20 billion contribution to Iraq from the United States

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  1. Uli H.

    Of course the USA invaded Irak FIRST. Did you forget 1993? June 27 they bombed Bagdad.
    so “claim #4 is not really wrong. The invaded Iraq before Afghanistan.
    There was different reasons. But the US always find a reason to make war.

    1776..1890 killed the natives
    … real lot of war, tons of blood …
    1998 there was Sudan,
    1999 Kosovo
    2001 Afghanistan
    2003 Iraq again
    2004 Haiti
    and so on…..
    Just about 20 or 30 years within US History this torture regime wasn’t in war for bring its interpretation of “freedom and democracy” to the rest of the world.
    Yes. the will pay for this. That’s for sure.

    1. Dr. Adrian Wong

      The hoax refers to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The reply has to be in that context.

      The 1991 “incursion” of Iraq in the Gulf War was part of military strategy to cut off the supply and reinforcement of Iraqi forces in Kuwait. That’s why they withdrew right within days, instead of continuing straight to Baghdad.

      The 1993 cruise missile strike was not an invasion either. It was in retaliation for an attempted assassination of former President Bush.

      1998 Sudan – another cruise missile attack that wrongly destroyed a pharmaceutical factory. Not a war.
      1999 Kosovo – NATO bombed Yugoslavian targets because they were committing ETHNIC CLEANSING of the Albanians in Kosovo, and refused to permit peacekeepers.
      2001 Afghanistan – the US invaded Afghanistan after the Taliban refused to surrender Osama bin Laden. Remember 9/11?
      2003 Iraq – the US invaded Iraq under false pretences by George Bush Jr.
      2004 Haiti – that was a coup d’etat that happened AFTER 3 weeks of rebellion by the Haitians. Not war.

      You may have a chip on your shoulder about the US, but the article is SOLELY about the hoax of Iraqi gold and oil being stolen by the US.

      BTW, you might also want to read about Russian annexation of Georgian and Ukrainian territory, Chinese invasion of Tibet, etc. There are many countries that will do what they want, because they can.

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  3. Make sense man

    Dr Wong.. stick to herbal Chinese medicine or what every fuk ur a Dr for because your hoax theory is dumb as shit. So are you if you think 911 was Afghan issue. Dumb fuk !

  4. David Hamilton

    The “terror” attacks of 9-11 were the brainchild of Americans that were in power at the time that they were carried out. The same people were also behind the Oklahoma City bombing.They wanted the patriot act. The political climate in Washington at the time of the O.C. bombing was not favorable to pass it. When the O.C. bombing did not yield the desired results they decided to “go big” and thus the 9-11 incidents. A different political atmosphere and the agregious nature of the 9-11 attacks allowed passage of the pat. act, with ease. Some people were away from the pentagon on 9-11 so they did not get hurt. Coincidence? Others were not so lucky. We know that the pres. was not in Wash. on the day of the attack. The plane that flew into the ground was supposed to hit the Whitehouse. If He had been there He may have been hurt or killed. Lucky Him. The war also was desired because some people would get rich from it. Gold was stolen. It was not all accounted for. Why has there been such an increase in the heroin problem since we have been active in the opium growing regions? A thorough investigation of some of those with power and access may disclose wealth that could be hard to explain. Or it may be hidden in a foreign country.You think? With the patriot act “big brother can snoop and spy on its citizens anytime they want. Kind of like a communist country.Huh. Many of the people who have spoken of terrorist threats to the U.S. may themselves be more of a threat. Stolen gold and secured poppy fields doesn’t sound so crazy after all.Certainly not beyond the realm of possibilities.

    1. susie

      Mr.Hamilton,your absolutely right.I guess it’s just to hard for some people to accept the fact that their on government would kill their own citizens just to further their on goal.

  5. trippn

    What hoax?

    Are you A Zionist?

    USA is a terrorist organization that has robbed the wealth of almost EVERY Nation on the Planet.

    Who do work for exactly?

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    situation, for wanton destruction, for no military objectives, whose
    targets and victims are civilian populations, or what we now call
    “collateral damage.”

    Japan (1945)
    China (1945-46)
    Korea & China (1950-53)
    Guatemala (1954, 1960, 1967-69)
    Indonesia (1958)
    Cuba (1959-61)
    Congo (1964)
    Peru (1965)
    Laos (1964-70)
    Vietnam (1961-1973)
    Cambodia (1969-70)
    Grenada (1983)
    Lebanon (1983-84)
    Libya (1986)
    El Salvador (1980s)
    Nicaragua (1980s)
    Iran (1987)
    Panama (1989)
    Iraq (1991-2000)
    Kuwait (1991)
    Somalia (1993)
    Bosnia (1994-95)
    Sudan (1998)
    Afghanistan (1998)
    Pakistan (1998)
    Yugoslavia (1999)
    Bulgaria (1999)
    Macedonia (1999)

    US Use of Chemical & Biological Weapons
    informing the civilian populations) these weapons in the following
    locations abroad:

    Bahamas (late 1940s-mid-1950s)
    Canada (1953)
    China and Korea (1950-53)
    Korea (1967-69)
    Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (1961-1970)
    Panama (1940s-1990s)

    their knowledge, in the following locations:

    Watertown, NY and US Virgin Islands (1950)
    SF Bay Area (1950, 1957-67)
    Minneapolis (1953)
    St. Louis (1953)
    Washington, DC Area (1953, 1967)
    Florida (1955)
    Savannah GA/Avon Park, FL (1956-58)
    New York City (1956, 1966)
    Chicago (1960)

    technology to develop such weapons in various nations abroad, including:

    South Africa

    US Political and Military Interventions since 1945
    The US has launched a series of military and political interventions since
    political actions such as smear campaigns, sponsoring or targeting
    It has done so in nations such as

    China (1945-51)
    South Africa (1960s-1980s)

    France (1947)
    Bolivia (1964-75)

    Marshall Islands (1946-58)
    Australia (1972-75)

    Italy (1947-1975)
    Iraq (1972-75)

    Greece (1947-49)
    Portugal (1974-76)

    Philippines (1945-53)
    East Timor (1975-99)

    Korea (1945-53)
    Ecuador (1975)

    Albania (1949-53)
    Argentina (1976)

    Eastern Europe (1948-56)
    Pakistan (1977)

    Germany (1950s)
    Angola (1975-1980s)

    Iran (1953)
    Jamaica (1976)

    Guatemala (1953-1990s)
    Honduras (1980s)

    Costa Rica (mid-1950s, 1970-71)
    Nicaragua (1980s)

    Middle East (1956-58)
    Philippines (1970s-90s)

    Indonesia (1957-58)
    Seychelles (1979-81)

    Haiti (1959)
    South Yemen (1979-84)

    Western Europe (1950s-1960s)
    South Korea (1980)

    Guyana (1953-64)
    Chad (1981-82)

    Iraq (1958-63)
    Grenada (1979-83)

    Vietnam (1945-53)
    Suriname (1982-84)

    Cambodia (1955-73)
    Libya (1981-89)

    Laos (1957-73)
    Fiji (1987)

    Thailand (1965-73)
    Panama (1989)

    Ecuador (1960-63)
    Afghanistan (1979-92)

    Congo (1960-65, 1977-78)
    El Salvador (1980-92)

    Algeria (1960s)
    Haiti (1987-94)

    Brazil (1961-64)
    Bulgaria (1990-91)

    Peru (1965)
    Albania (1991-92)

    Dominican Republic (1963-65)
    Somalia (1993)

    Cuba (1959-present)
    Iraq (1990s)

    Indonesia (1965)
    Peru (1990-present)

    Ghana (1966)
    Mexico (1990-present)

    Uruguay (1969-72)
    Colombia (1990-present)

    Chile (1964-73)
    Yugoslavia (1995-99)

    Greece (1967-74)

    US Perversions of Foreign Elections
    elections, and sometimes engineered sham “demonstration” elections to ward
    off accusations of government repression in allied nations in the US sphere
    of influence. These sham elections have often installed or maintained in
    power repressive dictators who have victimized their populations. Such
    practices have occurred in nations such as:

    Philippines (1950s)
    Italy (1948-1970s)
    Lebanon (1950s)
    Indonesia (1955)
    Vietnam (1955)
    Guyana (1953-64)
    Japan (1958-1970s)
    Nepal (1959)
    Laos (1960)
    Brazil (1962)
    Dominican Republic (1962)
    Guatemala (1963)
    Bolivia (1966)
    Chile (1964-70)
    Portugal (1974-75)
    Australia (1974-75)
    Jamaica (1976)
    El Salvador (1984)
    Panama (1984, 89)
    Nicaragua (1984, 90)
    Haiti (1987, 88)
    Bulgaria (1990-91)
    Albania (1991-92)
    Russia (1996)
    Mongolia (1996)
    Bosnia (1998)

    US Versus World at the United Nations
    The US has repeatedly acted to undermine peace and human rights initiatives
    at the United Nations, routinely voting against hundreds of UN resolutions
    Here’s a representative sample of US votes from 1978-1987:

    US Is the Sole “No” Vote on Resolutions or Treaties
    For aid to underdeveloped nations
    For the promotion of developing nation exports
    For UN promotion of human rights
    For protecting developing nations in trade agreements
    For New International Economic Order for underdeveloped nations
    For development as a human right
    Versus multinational corporate operations in South Africa
    For cooperative models in developing nations
    For right of nations to economic system of their choice
    Versus chemical and biological weapons (at least 3 times)
    Versus Namibian apartheid
    For economic/standard of living rights as human rights
    Versus foreign investments in apartheid South Africa
    For world charter to protect ecology
    For anti-apartheid convention
    For anti-apartheid convention in international sports
    For nuclear test ban treaty (at least 2 times)
    For prevention of arms race in outer space
    For international law to protect economic rights
    For Transport & Communications Decade in Africa
    Versus manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction
    Versus naval arms race
    For Independent Commission on Disarmament & Security Issues
    For UN response mechanism for natural disasters
    For the Right to Food
    For Report of Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination
    For UN study on military development
    For Commemoration of 25th anniversary of Independence for Colonial Countries
    For Industrial Development Decade in Africa
    For interdependence of economic and political rights
    For improved UN response to human rights abuses
    For protection of rights of migrant workers
    For protection against products harmful to health and the environment
    For a Convention on the Rights of the Child
    For training journalists in the developing world
    For international cooperation on third world debt
    For a UN Conference on Trade & Development

    For Palestinian living conditions/rights (at least 8 times)
    Versus foreign intervention into other nations
    For a UN Conference on Women
    Versus nuclear test explosions (at least 2 times)
    For a Middle East nuclear free zone
    Versus Israeli nuclear weapons (at least 2 times)
    For a new world international economic order
    For a trade union conference on sanctions vs. South Africa
    For the Law of the Sea Treaty
    For economic assistance to Palestinians
    For UN measures against fascist activities and groups
    For a Zone of Peace in the South Atlantic
    **For a conference and measures to prevent international terrorism
    (including its underlying causes)
    For ending the trade embargo vs. Nicaragua

    Versus Israeli human rights abuses (at least 6 times)
    Versus South African apartheid (at least 4 times)
    Versus return of refugees to Israel
    For ending nuclear arms race (at least 2 times)
    For an embargo on apartheid South Africa
    For South African liberation from apartheid (at least 3 times)
    For the independence of colonial nations
    For the UN Decade for Women
    Versus harmful foreign economic practices in colonial territories
    For a Middle East Peace Conference
    For ending the embargo of Cuba (at least 10 times)

    In addition, the US has:
    Repeatedly withheld its dues from the UN
    Twice left UNESCO because of its human rights initiatives
    Twice left the International Labor Organization for its workers rights
    Refused to renew the Antiballistic Missile Treaty
    Refused to sign the Kyoto Treaty on global warming
    Refused to back the World Health Organization’s ban on infant formula abuses
    Refused to sign the Anti-Biological Weapons Convention
    Refused to sign the Convention against the use of land mines
    Refused to participate in the UN Conference Against Racism in Durban
    Political &
    Civil Rights (30 years after its creation)
    Refused to sign the UN Covenant on Economic & Social Rights
    Environmental Protection

    Sampling of Deaths >From US Military Interventions & Propping Up Corrupt
    Dictators (using the most conservative estimates)
    30,000 dead

    100,000 dead

    4 million dead

    200,000 dead

    20,000 dead

    El Salvador
    63,000 dead

    40,000 dead

    10,000 dead

    10,000 dead

    10,000 dead

    10,000 dead

    1.3 million dead

    30,000 dead

    8-10,000 dead

    50,000 dead

    5,000 dead

    140,000 dead

    10,000 dead

    5000 dead

    150,000 dead

    100,000 dead

    Dominican Republic
    10,000 dead

    500 dead

    1000 dead

    South Africa
    10,000 dead

    10,000 dead

    40,000 dead

    1 million dead

    East Timor
    1/3-1/2 of total population

    10,000 dead

    600,000 dead

    1 million dead

    300,000 dead

    500 dead

    2 million dead

    10,000 dead

    1.5 million dead

    50,000 dead

    Other Lethal US Interventions
    CIA Terror Training Manuals
    Development and distribution of training manuals for foreign military
    personnel or foreign nationals, including instructions on assassination,
    subversion, sabotage, population control, torture, repression,
    psychological torture, death squads, etc.

    Specific Torture Campaigns
    Creation and launching of direct US campaigns to support torture as an

    Supporting and Harboring Terrorists

    after WW II

    terrorism has come back to haunt us

    Benning GA)


    Assassinating World Leaders
    initiated assassination attempts against at least 40 foreign heads of state

    Arms Trade & US Military Presence
    dictators, militaries, and terrorists that repress or victimize their
    populations, and fueling scores of violent conflicts around the globe


    have led to frequent victimization of local populations.


    connection to a foreign power or whose activities transcend national
    boundaries, against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a
    government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in furtherance
    1945 that I’ve just described.

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