[Reader-list] Its the Oil..Stupid

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> >Subject: Terrorism !!!
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > It is the Oil, Stupid!"
>
> > > > > by Joseph Clifford
> > > > > Mr.. Joseph Clifford contributed this
article to Media
> > > > > Monitors Network (MMN) from James Town,
Rhode Island.
> > > > >
> > > > > * The Russians got into their Vietnam
(Afghanistan)
> > > > > right after US got out of theirs? Isn't that
strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * US supported Bin Laden and the Talibans
for years,
> > > > > and viewed them as freedom fighters against
the Russians?
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * As late as 1998 the US was paying the
salary of
> > > > > every single Taliban's official in
Afghanistan?
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * There is more oil and gas in the Caspian
Sea area
> > > > > than in Saudi Arabia, but you need a
pipeline through
> > > > > Afghanistan to get the oil out.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * UNOCAL, a giant American Oil conglomerate,
wanted to
> > > > > build a 1,000 mile long pipeline from the
Caspian Sea through
> > > > > Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * UNOCAL spent $10,000,000,000 on geological
surveys
> > > > > for pipeline construction, and very nicely
courted the Talibans
> > > > > for their support in allowing the
construction to begin.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * All of the leading Taliban officials were
in Texas
> > > > > negotiating with UNOCAL in 1998.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * 1998-1999 the Talibans changed its mind
and threw
> > > > > UNOCAL out of the country and awarded the
pipeline
> > > > > project to a company from Argentina.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * John Maresca, VP of UNOCAL testified
before Congress
> > > > > and said no pipeline until the Talibans was
gone and a more
> > > > > friendly government was established.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * 1999-2000 The Talibans became the most
evil people
> > > > > in the world.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign
Secretary, was
> > > > > told by senior American officials in
mid-July (2000) that
> > > > > military action against Afghanistan would go
ahead by
> > > > > the middle of October (2000).
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * 9/11 WTC disaster.
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Bush goes to war against Afghanistan even
though
> > > > > none of the hijackers came from Afghanistan.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Bush blamed Bin Laden but has never
offered any
> > > > > proof saying it's a "secret".
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Talibans offered to negotiate to turn over
Bin Laden
> > > > > if we showed them some proof. We refused; we
bombed.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Bush said: "This is not about nation
building. It's
> > > > > about getting the terrorists."
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * We have a new government in Afghanistan.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * The leader of that government formerly
worked for
> > > > > UNOCAL (Hamid Karrzai).
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Bush appoints a special envoy to represent
the US to
> > > > > deal with that new government, who formerly
was the
> > > > > "chief consultant to UNOCAL"
(LakhdarIbrahimi).
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * The Bush family acquired their wealth
through oil?
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Bush's Secretary of Interior was the
President of an
> > > > > oil company before going to Washington.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * George Bush Sr. (Father) now works with
the
> > > > > "Carlysle Group" specializing in huge oil
investments
> > > > > around the world.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Condoleezza Rice worked for Chevron before
gong to
> > > > > Washington.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Chevron named one of its newest
"supertankers" after
> > > > > Condoleezza.Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Dick Cheney worked for the giant oil
conglomerate
> > > > > Haliburton before becoming VP of USA.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Haliburton gave Cheney $34,000,000,000 as
a farewell
> > > > > gift when he left Haliburton.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * Haliburton is in the pipeline construction
business.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * There is $6 Trillion dollars worth of oil
in the
> > > > > Caspian Sea area.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * The US government quietly announces Jan
31, 2002 we
> > > > > will support the construction of the
Trans-Afghanistan
> > > > > pipeline.
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > > *
> > > > > * President Musharref (Pakistan), and
Karrzai,
> > > > > (Afghanistan - Unocal) announce agreement to
build
> > > > > proposed gas pipeline from Central Asia to
Pakistan via
> > > > > Afghanistan. (Irish Times 02/10/02)
> > > > > Isn't that strange?
> > > > >
> > > > > "It's the Oil, Stupid!"
> > > > > (And all the while we were told it was about
terrorism
> > > > > and freedom)
> > > > > Mr. Joseph Clifford contributed above
article to Media
> > > > > Monitors Network (MMN) from James Town,
Rhode Island.

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