This bibliography selects important articles that are freely available on the Internet, a requirement to be included in this article. Some of these articles are news reports without editorial comment. Others are analysis and comment, the viewpoint of each author is clearly stated. Underlying this presentation is the assumption that the invasion of Iraq was an horrific mistake, a cruel, self and other destructive war whose rationale was cynically based in false intelligence, deliberately created to mislead the American public, the United States Congress and designated allies. This reading material is selected to introduce the history of British and American oil interest in Mesopotamia, how these corporations function in terms of business protocols and legalities. In the case of Iraq, this latter item now has a complex relationship with current American energy and economic interests which have been articulated through an aggressive militaristic and self serving policy since the opening day of the Iraq invasion. It is no longer debatable that the American invasion of Iraq was pre-planned, a real war whose rationale was based in lies and deceit that was set to be activated when the appropriate context gave the President enough confidence to approach the American people. 9/11 provided that context.