Bin Laden and the $144 Barrel of Oil

—By Jonathan Stein

| Mon Jul. 7, 2008 11:27 AM PDT

If you didn't spot this Think Progress post over the weekend — explaining how Osama bin Laden demanded $144 barrels of oil ten years ago — it is worth a read. The price for a barrel of oil this past holiday weekend was exactly what bin Laden wanted.

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