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The afghan oil pipeline and the us negotiations with the. Politics influences the construction and operation of oil and gas pipelines. Us planned war in afghanistan long before september 11 world. The united states in afghanistan, colombia, and indochina, explores the underlying factors that have engendered a u. Aug 05, 2009 british troops are being slaughtered in afghanistan for gas and oil pipelines. A theory making the rounds on the internet, on the airwaves, and in the press claims that the bombing of the taliban has nothing to do with a war on terrorism but everything to do with the oil pipeline the west wants to build through afghanistan. The afghanistan war was planned before 911 see this and this. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the galkynysh gas field in. The bush oil team, which can now rely on the support of the interim prime minister of afghanistan, may think that war and oil profits mix. The invasion of afghanistan is certainly a campaign against terrorism. Jan 24, 2018 the talibanfrom the arabic word for student, talibare fundamentalist sunni muslims, mostly from afghanistans pashtun tribes.

The us constitution, implemented in 1789, began shifting power away from the states and toward the federal government, though the. Afghanistan a war for gas and oil pipelines lee john barnes. British troops are being slaughtered in afghanistan for gas and oil pipelines. Yes, it was a inside job to have a good reason to begin a new criminal aggression war of conquest about oil and oil pipelines,theft of the richdom of middel east,afrika and asia. If the us invasion of afghanistan and iraq were the. In 1998, dick cheney then ceo of halliburton, a major us oilservices. Lutz klevemans timely, panoramic book examines the consequences of the presence of. Even if there was, america still doesnt invade countries just because they have oil.

Where the great game in afghanistan was once about czars and commissars seeking access to the warm water ports of the persian gulf, today it is about laying oil and gas pipelines via the. Iraqi officials had hoped to increase the countrys oil production capacity to 3. Moves crude from atlantic to suncor refinery at montreal. Oct 23, 2001 as the author ahmed rashid has documented, in 1995 the us oil company unocal started negotiating to build oil and gas pipelines from turkmenistan, through afghanistan and into pakistani ports on. Oil pipelines played role in us invasion of iraq oil. The afghanistan oil pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil from azerbaijan and central asia through afghanistan to pakistan and india. Jan 10, 20 the new war for afghanistan s untapped oil. Now that pipeline construction is burgeoning worldwide, these fundamental precautions of pipeline project design and operation have become increasingly important. Natural gas transmission pipeline, fengle town of wuwei city, northwest chinas gansu province. The origin of the bombingafghanistanforoilpipelines theory. The us constitution, implemented in 1789, began shifting power away from the states and toward the federal government, though the states today retain substantial legal authority. Information that should have shown what kind of attack alqaeda would make. Taliban secret oil diplomacy, saudi arabia and the failed search for bin laden wayne madsen, jeancharles brisard, guillaume dasquie on. David ray griffin spells out a more detailed chronology here.

Us preparing for a war with afghanistan before 911, increasing control of asia before and since. I know the fields are there because i am following a map of afghanistan s oil and natural gas riches produced by the united states governments us. The afghanistan pipeline route was pushed by the usbased unocal oil. Afghanistan is well situated for oil and gas pipelines to serve much of south asia, pipelines that can bypass those notyet washington clients, iran and russia. Oil pipeline in afghanistan ars technica openforum. After september 11 attacks some people came to believe that a possible motivation for the attacks included justifying the invasions of afghanistan as well as geostrategic interests such as the trans afghanistan pipeline project. It should be noted that the relationship between the surge in afghanistan s opium production and the us. Even with this help, government of afghanistan still faces number of challenges, including low revenue collection, anemic job creation, high levels of corruption, weak government capacity, and poor public infrastructure. The afghan oil pipeline and the us negotiations with the taliban. The second time i read about the oil pipeline here at vans hardware. Andy beckett enjoys lutz klevemans timely and vivid account of the. Jan 03, 2002 oil company adviser named us representative to afghanistan by patrick martin 3 january 2002 president bush has appointed a former aide to the american oil company unocal, afghanborn zalmay. A good time to abolish pipelines popularresistance. Us planned war in afghanistan long before september 11.

Spelling it out bushcheneybig oil and afghanistans taliban negotiated for months over running a caspian sea oil pipeline through afghanistan. But there is simply too much evidence that the war in afghanistan was primarily about building unocals pipeline, not about fighting terrorism. As documented in the book i coauthored with guillaume dasquie, bin laden. The united states has pushed for alternate pipelines and encouraged european countries to diversify their sources of supply.

Us bombs on afghanistan after us embassies are attacked in africa on february 4, 1998 and may 30, 1998, very heavy earthquakes shook the north east of afghanistan. Oil, gas and the us interest in afghanistan richard tanter oil and gas are not the reason the us has attacked afghanistan, but afghanistan has long had a key place in us plans to secure control of the vast but landlocked oil and gas reserves of central asia. New book details bushbig oil negotiations with taliban. That is the truth behind the lies the government spin.

Oil company adviser named us representative to afghanistan. Us influence and military presence in afghanistan and the central asian states, not unlike that over the oilrich gulf states, would be a major strategic gain, said v r raghavan, a strategic analyst and. Afghanistan, central asia, georgia key to oil profits. In addition, if peace and stability were to return to afghanistan, and a new pipeline to central asia was to be built, the principal beneficiaries would undoubtedly be the afghans, as well as pakistan, turkmenistan, and the other central asians. Usbombs on afghanistan after us embassies are attacked in africa on february 4, 1998 and may 30, 1998, very heavy earthquakes shook the north east of afghanistan.

But also to keep israel the big super power in the region and dest. In the story of the competition for afghan route to central asian oil by bridas and unocal, we seem to anticipate the story of western oil companies and the middle eastern oil producing countries. The idea that afghanistan was attacked in order to construct oil and gas pipelines through afghanistan is a common one. Taliban secret oil diplomacy, saudi arabia and the failed search for bin laden. In july 1998, the taliban, after having failed in 1997 to take the northern city of mazarisharif, finally succeeded, giving it control of most of afghanistan. Talks began in february and continued right on until only one month before new york citys world trade center towers were demolished. The united states supports tapi and views it as an important project for all the countries that are party to it. Afghanistan, central asia, georgia key to oil profits by karen talbot censored 2003, pp148163 by putting various pieces of the puzzle together we begin to get a picture of what really is behind bushs war on terrorism. Azerbaijan, tajikistan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan, kazakhstan and kyrgyzstan, all oil rich states. Oct 29, 2001 western influence in afghanistan would, at best, remain shaky. By february 2002, iraqi oil production had recovered to about 2. The shortest and cheapest export route for turkmenistan oil and for its vast gas reserves is through afghanistan. The taliban dominates large swaths of afghanistan and a large part of pakistans federally administered tribal areas, semiautonomous tribal lands along the afghanpakistan border that serve as training grounds for terrorists. The first time i heard about this oil pipeline in afghanistan was from michael moore on the tv.

Afghanistan breaks ground on 1,127mile peace pipeline the. Such pipeline would have to run over pakistan and afghanistan. Oil company adviser named us representative to afghanistan by patrick martin 3 january 2002 president bush has appointed a former aide to the. This is the nebregulated segment of the portlandmontreal pipeline system. The afghan oil pipeline and the us negotiations with the taliban i always mention the tapi pipeline turkmenistna afghanistan pakistanindia, which would unlock the natural gas of central asia turkmenistan, azerbaijan, and send it to india and the indian ocean. In 2017 afghanistan s growth rate was only marginally above that of the 20142016 average.

The great importance of this book extends well beyond the new. References definitions and notes the world factbook. The forbidden truth, the clinton and bush administrations. Recently built pipelines for oil and gas originate in azerbaijan and extend through georgia to turkey. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. The pipeline will transport natural gas from the galkynysh gas field in turkmenistan through afghanistan into pakistan and then to india. The united nations said it would rise 6 percent to 3,600 metric tons, while the white house said 2003 output would be 2,865 metric tons. Along the way at patoka, keystone delivers crude oil to the plains terminal which facilitates delivery to local refineries via third party pipelines. The new war for afghanistans untapped oil the atlantic. Now that we have that all cleared up why did we actually invade afghanistan. The turkmenistanafghanistanpakistanindia pipeline tapi, also known as transafghanistan pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the galkynysh tapi pipeline company limited with participation of the asian development bank. But, confronted with talibans refusal to accept us conditions, this rationale of energy security changed into a military one, the authors claim.

One of the ways of doing so is the construction of the central asian gas pipeline, a promising project that has been in works for almost ten years. American oil companies have acquired rights to as much as 75 percent. In his book taliban, ahmed rashid explains how pakistan and the us. This most recent wave of attacks comes after us military forces attacked taliban and east turkestan islamic movement training camps in afghanistan, february 7. Oil companies first proposed the pipeline in 1995 as a means to bring landlocked central asian energy to market, but it dropped off their agenda after the taliban took control of afghanistan the. Central asian oil, enron and the afghanistan pipelines. Given this, it may not surprise some pipeline veterans that the. Explosive new book published in france alleges that u. Afghanistan oil pipeline planned alashankoudushanzi crude oil pipeline. The filmmakers were shooting in several locations of afghanistan, pakistan and iraq besides the united states, interviewing local people or local authorities. Route to riches afghanistan has huge strategic importance for the west as a corridor to the untapped fuel reserves in central asia, reports andy rowell published on wed 24 oct 2001 03. As the author ahmed rashid has documented, in 1995 the us oil company unocal started negotiating to build oil and gas pipelines from turkmenistan, through afghanistan and. The truth behind the american occupation of afghanistan. Gazprom, the russian natural gas monopoly, has found no backing for its.

A minority of us have put up a struggle against oil and gas pipelines locally, where we live, or on indigenous lands in north america, without always recognizing that much of the oil and gas from these pipelines, if they are built, will go to fueling the planes and tanks and trucks of distant wars and certainly without recognizing the. As documented in the book i coauthored with guillaume dasquie. Apparently oblivious to the fact that the streets of the american military. Due to massive insurgency by elements of the taliban and alqaida fighting u. In a statement given to cnn, hekmatyar says that he is willing to help the us and nato forces if they announce a pullout timeline and prepare to leave afghanistan. The afghanistan oil pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil. The wars that really are about the oil the spectator.

However, he clearly documents the preeminence of the oil pipeline in our management or mismanagement of that country following the invasion. The united states has supported pipelines to bypass russia and. As this is a long article, we include it in full here with 911 summary statements highlighted. Other examples are iraq, afghanistan and unocals oil pipeline from the caspian sea. The united states and the united nations also gave different estimates for afghanistans opium production in 2003. In 2017 afghanistans growth rate was only marginally above that. The latest trial balloon is to split afghanistan in two, and then use the. The oil factor, alternatively known as behind the war on terror, is an approximately 90 minute. Until now, says the book, the oil and gas reserves of central asia have.

Especially useful is that this book is thoroughly grounded in detailed case studies of ten recent major pipelines in developing countries by experienced. Map of oil and natural gas pipelines in the united states sept 2015 pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration. Though the primary us motivation is to destroy osama bin ladens sanctuary in afghanistan, another, rather more p. Reports admit this is a war for oil by chris marsden 27 october 2001 britains media has hardly distinguished itself during the us bombing of afghanistan, other than for its willingness. They attracted a lot of international attention and many groups of relief workers came into the northeast of afghanistan to help. Us planned war in afghanistan long before september 11 by patrick martin 20 november 2001 insider accounts published in the british, french and indian media have revealed that us officials. The pipeline war in afghanistan jalalzai, musa khan on. Jan 15, 2003 the pipeline war in afghanistan jalalzai, musa khan on. The united states was founded not as one nation but as a union of colonies, each claiming independence from the british crown. Taliban in exchange for the fundamentalist governments supporting the construction of an oil and gas pipeline across afghanistan. Oil wars and the unsolved death of americas man in the. Afghanistan s opium economy is a multibillion dollar operation which feeds the surge of the us heroin market which is currently the object of debate and public concern. We see that the groundwork for the current us military actions in afghanistan was being built for several years. But, confronted with talibans refusal to accept us conditions, this rationale of energy security changed into a.

In the 1990s, the american unocal corporation considered in addition to the transafghanistan gas pipeline building also a 1,600kilometrelong 1,000 mi 1,000,000 barrels per day 5. On the eve of the afghan elections, hezbiislami leader gulbuddin hekmatyar speaks out on the war in afghanistan in statements to various media outlets. No matter who comes to power in afghanistan if the antitaliban operation succeeds, the first goal of a new government would be to restore the ruined economy. Afghanistan to pakistan for gas exporters, cost rises with length of pipeline. The chinese built their own pipeline between kazakhstan and china, which actually started to transport oil in the spring of 2011. They lied to get us into iraq and they are lieing now about why we went into afghanistan. Turkmenistanafghanistanpakistanindia pipeline wikipedia. The new deal on the pipeline was signed on 27 december 2002 by the leaders of turkmenistan, afghanistan and pakistan. This strategy was originally developed in the late 1940s to contain communist china. Oil, gas and the us interest in afghanistan oil and gas are not the direct causes of the war in afghanistan, but understanding the motives of longterm us policy is. The quotes about the american bases being along the line of the projected oil line and the unocal appointees are highlighted for your viewing ease. The pipeline war in afghanistan by musa khan jalalzai. The united states and the united nations also gave different estimates for afghanistan s opium production in 2003. Until now, says the book, the oil and gas reserves of central asia have been controlled by russia.