| davidli2k |
Did you know that:
a.. USA supported Bin Laden and the Taliban for years,
and viewed them as freedom fighters against the
Russians?
b.. As late as 1998, the US was paying the salary of
every single Taliban official in Afghanistan?
c.. There is more oil and gas in the Caspian Sea, but
you need a pipeline through Afghanistan to get that out?
d.. UNOCAL, a giant oil conglomerate, wanted to build
a 1000 mile pipeline from the Caspian Sea through
Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea?
e.. UNOCAL spend $ 10,000,000,000 on geological
studies for the pipeline construction, and courted the
Taliban for their support in allowing the construction
to begin?
f.. All leading Taliban officials were in Texas
negotiating with UNOCAL in 1998?
g.. In 1999, Taliban changed its mind and threw UNOCAL
out of the country and awarded the pipeline project to
a company in Argentina?
h.. John Maresca, VP of UNOCAL testified before
Congress and said no pipeline should be set until the
Taliban was gone and a more friendly government was
established?
i... After 1999, the Taliban became the most evil
people in the world
j.. In 2001, Bush declares war against Afghanistan,
though not a single Afghani was involved in the plan
hijacking?
k.. Bush blamed Bin Laden, but did not offer any
proof, saying it was confidential?
l.. Talibans offered to hand over Bin Laden if there
was proof, but bush bombed Afghanistan instead?
m.. We now have a new government in Afghanistan, which
is friendlier?
n.. That the leader of the new government is one
gentleman called Hamid Karzai, who formerly worked
for UNOCAL?
o.. Bush appoints a special envoy (Lakhdar Ibrahimi)
to represent the US to deal with the new government.
This special envoy was formerly chief consultant to
UNOCAL?
p.. The US government quietly announces in January
2002 that it will support the Trans-Afghan pipeline
construction?
q.. President Musharraf and Hamid Karzai announce
agreement in February 2002 to build proposed gas
pipeline from Central Asia to Pakistan through
Afghanistan?
.......And you thought we were fighting terrorism
here, didn't you?
It is all about OIL................
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