(It's) Official White House Press Release on the Caspian Sea Pipeline.

www.whitehouse.gov ^ | November 28, 2001 | White House Press Release

[big gray tabby]

What has that got to do with anything? If you want the truth, why don't you tell us what the status of the Afghanistan pipeline is right now? Why would you even attempt to confuse the opening of the afore-mentioned lines with the Afghan hostilities? And what link do you claim exists between the "planned invasion" and the pipeline. Can you document it? The fact that the Taliban was harboring a known maniacal killer could not have entered into the thinking behind this "planned invasion?"

[Lee'sGhost]

Hey, Otis, can you recommend an on-line tutorial that would prep me for something Dream Weaver?

[US_MilitaryRules]

It's easy. F*#* Middle East Oil

[Shermy]

More info: the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline apparently terminates at Erzurum. Not at a port. It's not on the map above. This line for Turkish domestic use, no? Azeris are Turkic, no? Nice fit. BTW, I notice that both gas and oil lines hook around and avoid Armenia, seemingly not taking the most direct routes. Is this due to local geography or politics???

Patria One. Good point about the history of the peoples. However, countries, companies, people, whatever, commit acts in their own interests. The dispute predates OPEC, certainly, but I think it is worth considering why al-Qaeda gave so much emphasis and support to the Chechen crisis, and exacerbated, maybe lengthened it. And Saudis funded al-Qaeda to a substantial degree. Worth considering is whether Saudi Arabia, or the House of Saud, had an official or unofficial policy of destabilization in the Caucasus. Who would benefit from it other than Saudi Arabia? Not a criticism of Saudi Arabia per se, many countries do the same in a variety of ways. Both peace and war can be proftiable.

[Erasmus]

What is a transparent trade and investment environment?

One in which investors have visibility into the financial bona fides of those enterprises they might invest in.

International investors, i.e., those with the serious money, i.e., those from capitalist economies, have to have real financial and organizational information on potential investements, and they have to have confidence that those data are real.

This can happen only when there are existing norms for business relationships, and those norms resemble those in the developed world.

And that can happen only where there is a semblance of criminal and civil law.

[a_Turk]

BTW, I notice that both gas and oil lines hook around and avoid Armenia, seemingly not taking the most direct routes. Is this due to local geography or politics???

Politics. Armenia's constitution lays claim to eastern Turkey (what some claim is northern Kurdestan)..

[Patria One]

Saudi wins regardless. Why would they shoot themselves in the foot? The were also invested as "Delta" with Unocal on the gas pipeline from Uzbekistan through Afghanistan.

[flamefront]

examples to the world that the United States, Russia, and Kazakhstan are cooperating ????

Wishful thinking?

See today Russia announces cut in oil exports of 150,000 barrels a day wherein Russia tips the scale toward OPEC policies
mind you, during a time of war!

[It'salmosttolate]

Watch how Po, underline, and sinky try to deal with articles from major internet publications, not to mention a goverment site.

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[t-shirt]

I guess they have their route through Afaganistan now.

It is sad all those people had to die in NY, the Pentagon and on the plane in PA.

[t-shirt]

Ofcourse bin Laden's family is safe and sound and my guess is so is Osama bin Laden--the sick "evil-one"-"evil-doer"-- operative/terrorist is probably in a Castle in his home country Saudi Arabia or maybe his in the French Alps living it up talking/laughing on his cell phone with his buddy Bill Clinton???

[t-shirt]

No telling what we'd find out if this Subpoena for all the evidence against Clinton was ever enforced! : Breaking: US Congress Subpoena Orders Ashcroft To Release Clinton Evidence on Sept. 11, 2001

[Jhensy]

So what are you implying? The atrocities of Sept. 11 were actually plotted by....who? Bush? Oil companies? Please elaborate...

[It'salmosttolate]

I dought you missed it but here's a BuMp anyway.

[TigersEye]

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