White House sees Nigeria, Iraq unrest behind oil price spike

CRAWFORD, Texas, Sept 28 (AFP) - The White House on Tuesday blamed unrest in Nigeria and Iraq, a spate of hurricanes, and opposition Democrats for record-high oil prices and said it was keeping a "close eye" on the situation.
"The economy is moving forward and growing and certainly you want to keep an eye on things that could create more of a headwind as the economy moves forward, like rising oil prices," said spokesman Scott McClellan.
Asked about whether violence in Iraq had contributed to the spike, McClellan replied: "That's been publicly stated by others that it has had an impact. Certainly, when you have attacks on pipelines and things of that nature, sure, it has an impact."