Posted on 09/05/2013 6:06:42 AM PDT by maggief
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Russian gas giant Gazprom and China's state energy firm signed an agreement after a meeting between Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin ahead of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg on the "fundamental conditions" for the gas delivery.
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The deal envisages Russia pumping 38 billion cubic metres of gas to China from 2018, a major change from the Russian firm's current orientation towards European export.
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Interesting timing, eh?
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Background:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-04/guest-post-us-going-war-syria-over-natural-gas-pipeline
Guest Post: Is The US Going To War With Syria Over A Natural Gas Pipeline?
09/04/2013
EXCERPT
On the other side, Russia very much prefers the Assad regime for a whole bunch of reasons. One of those reasons is that Assad is helping to block the flow of natural gas out of the Persian Gulf into Europe, thus ensuring higher profits for Gazprom.
Now the United States is getting directly involved in the conflict. If the U.S. is successful in getting rid of the Assad regime, it will be good for either the Saudis or Qatar (and possibly for both), and it will be really bad for Russia. This is a strategic geopolitical conflict about natural resources, religion and money, and it really has nothing to do with chemical weapons at all.
It has been common knowledge that Qatar has desperately wanted to construct a natural gas pipeline that will enable it to get natural gas to Europe for a very long time.
Gas pipeline sabotaged in Syria: SANA
Acts of sabotage on Syrian infrastructure had caused damage worth $11 billion
AFP , Tuesday 3 Sep 2013
the really really smart people who advise on our strategic policies assured each other for decades that China and Russian “hate each other” and would never cooperate
oh and the “moderates” in Iran will re-emerge and take over as long as we humor Iran (been waiting 40 years now...)
Oh and now, Bashir al Assad is an imminent threat to our national security... tick tock
Well, if Syria is too tough the pipeline can be run through Iraq to get to Turkey. Our bases and troops there can assist the Iraqis securing the pipeline.
Oh, wait.....
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