Before capturing Maduro, Trump admin sought lessons from Iraq war to get Venezuela’s oil flowing
- Posted on January 29, 2026
- By CNN
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Before capturing Maduro, Trump admin sought lessons from Iraq war to get Venezuela’s oil flowing
As the Trump administration prepared late last year for the US military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a handful of officials began studying the US approach to oil resources in Iraq following the 2003 US invasion.
