KUALA LUMPUR: The price of oil can shoot up to US$50 (RM190) a barrel if the United States goes to war against Iraq, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
The Prime Minister believed that Iraq would burn its oil fields if it was attacked and this would cause a shortage of oil around the world.
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