Oil and the White House
USA supported Bin Laden and the Taliban for years and viewed them as freedom fighters against the Russians
As late as 1998 the
US was paying the salary of every single Taliban official in Afghanistan
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.
UNOCAL, a giant American Oil conglomerate,
wanted to build a 1000 mile long pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea. UNOCAL spent $10,000,000,000 on geological surveys for pipeline construction, and very nicely courted the Taliban for their support in allowing the construction to begin.
All of the leading
Taliban officials were in Texas negotiating with UNOCAL in 1998.
1998-1999 the Taliban changed its mind and threw UNOCAL out of the country and
awarded the pipeline project to a company from Argentina. John Maresca VP of UNOCAL testified before Congress and said no pipeline until the Taliban was gone and a more friendly government was established.
1999-2000 The Taliban became the most evil people in the world.
9/11 WTC disaster. Bush goes to war against Afghanistan even though none of the hijackers came from Afghanistan.
Bush blamed Bin Laden but has
never offered any proof saying it's a "secret".
Taliban offered to negotiate to turn over Bin Laden if we showed them some proof. USA refused and bombed Afghanistan.
Bush said: "This is not about nation building. It's about getting the terrorists."
There is a new government in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan President,
formerly worked for UNOCAL.
Bush appoints a special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, to represent the US to deal with that new government, who formerly was the "chief consultant to UNOCAL".
The Bush family
acquired their wealth through oil.
Bush's Secretary of Interior was the
President of an oil company before going to Washington.
George Bush Sr. now works with the "Carlysle Group" specializing in huge oil investments around the world.
Condoleezza Rice
worked for Chevron before going to Washington.
Chevron named one of its
newest "supertankers" after Condoleezza.
Dick Cheney worked for the giant oil conglomerate Haliburton before becoming VP.
Haliburton gave Cheney $34,000,000 (?) as a farewell gift when he left Haliburton. Haliburton is in the pipeline construction business.
There is $6 Trillion dollars worth of oil in the Caspian Sea area.
The US government quietly announces Jan 31, 2002 we will support the construction of the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline.
President Musharref (Pakistan), and Karzai, (Afghanistan-Unocal) announce agreement to build proposed gas pipeline from Central Asia to Pakistan via Afghanistan. (Irish Times 02/10/02)
'It's the Oil, Stupid!", by John Clifford
Oil and the White House
USA supported Bin Laden and the Taliban for years and viewed them as freedom fighters against the Russians
As late as 1998 the
US was paying the salary of every single Taliban official in Afghanistan
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.
UNOCAL, a giant American Oil conglomerate,
wanted to build a 1000 mile long pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea. UNOCAL spent $10,000,000,000 on geological surveys for pipeline construction, and very nicely courted the Taliban for their support in allowing the construction to begin.
All of the leading
Taliban officials were in Texas negotiating with UNOCAL in 1998.
1998-1999 the Taliban changed its mind and threw UNOCAL out of the country and
awarded the pipeline project to a company from Argentina. John Maresca VP of UNOCAL testified before Congress and said no pipeline until the Taliban was gone and a more friendly government was established.
1999-2000 The Taliban became the most evil people in the world.
9/11 WTC disaster. Bush goes to war against Afghanistan even though none of the hijackers came from Afghanistan.
Bush blamed Bin Laden but has
never offered any proof saying it's a "secret".
Taliban offered to negotiate to turn over Bin Laden if we showed them some proof. USA refused and bombed Afghanistan.
Bush said: "This is not about nation building. It's about getting the terrorists."
There is a new government in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan President,
formerly worked for UNOCAL.
Bush appoints a special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, to represent the US to deal with that new government, who formerly was the "chief consultant to UNOCAL".
The Bush family
acquired their wealth through oil.
Bush's Secretary of Interior was the
President of an oil company before going to Washington.
George Bush Sr. now works with the "Carlysle Group" specializing in huge oil investments around the world.
Condoleezza Rice
worked for Chevron before going to Washington.
Chevron named one of its
newest "supertankers" after Condoleezza.
Dick Cheney worked for the giant oil conglomerate Haliburton before becoming VP.
Haliburton gave Cheney $34,000,000 (?) as a farewell gift when he left Haliburton. Haliburton is in the pipeline construction business.
There is $6 Trillion dollars worth of oil in the Caspian Sea area.
The US government quietly announces Jan 31, 2002 we will support the construction of the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline.
President Musharref (Pakistan), and Karzai, (Afghanistan-Unocal) announce agreement to build proposed gas pipeline from Central Asia to Pakistan via Afghanistan. (Irish Times 02/10/02)
'It's the Oil, Stupid!", by John Clifford
