> >>JAMES TOWN, Rhode Island - The Russians got into
> their Vietnam
> >>right after
> >>we got out of ours?
> >>Isn't that strange?
> >>
> >>We supported Bin Laden and the Taleban 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
> >>Taleban
> >>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 billion on geological surveys for
> pipeline
> >>construction,
> >>and very nicely courted
> >>the Taleban for their support in allowing the
> construction to
> >>begin. Isn't
> >>that strange?
> >>
> >>All of the leading Taleban officials were in Texas
> negotiating with
> >>UNOCAL
> >>in 1998. Isn't that
> >>strange?
> >>
> >>1998-1999 - The Taleban 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, vice president of UNOCAL, testified
> before Congress
> >>and said
> >>no pipeline until the
> >>Taleban was gone and a more friendly government was
> established.
> >>Isn't that
> >>strange?
> >>
> >>1999-2000 - The Taleban 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 that
> >>military action against Afghanistan would go ahead
> by the middle of
> >>October.
> >>Isn't that strange?
> >>
> >>Sept. 11, 2001 - 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?
> >>
> >>Taleban 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 but we have a new
> government in
> >>Afghanistan. Isn't that strange?
> >>
> >>The leader of that government formerly worked for
> UNOCAL. 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." 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. now works with the "Carlysle Group"
> specializing in
> >>huge oil
> >>investments around the
> >>world. Isn't that strange?
> >>
> >>Condoleezza Rice worked for Chevron before going to
> Washington.
> >>Isn't that
> >>strange?
> >>
> >>Chevron named one of its newest "supertankers" after
> Condoleezza.
> >>Isn't that
> >>strange?
> >>
> >>**** Cheney worked for the giant oil conglomerate
> Haliburton before
> >>becoming
> >>vice president. Isn't
> >>that strange?
> >>
> >>Haliburton gave Cheney $34 million as a farewell
> gift when he left
> >>the
> >>company. Isn't that strange?
> >>
> >>Haliburton is in the pipeline construction business.
> Isn't that
> >>strange?
> >>
> >>There is $6 trillion worth of oil in the Caspian Sea
> area. Isn't
> >>that
> >>strange?
> >>
> >>The US government quietly announced on Jan 31, 2002
> that we will
> >>support the
> >>construction of the
> >>Trans-Afghanistan pipeline. Isn't that strange?
> >>
> >>President Musharraf (Pakistan), and interim leader
> Karzai,
> >>(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!
>
> Regards
> Ahmed
>
>
>
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