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What's interesting about the NYT's version of the story is that they have to maintain the pose that the war was never about exploiting Afghanistan for its natural resources, like it was all serendipity. Imagine someone trying to write the following paragraph without smirking:<br><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Crkoester%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C08%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"The Pentagon task force has already started trying to help
the Afghans set up a system to deal with mineral development. International
accounting firms that have expertise in mining contracts have been hired to
consult with the Afghan Ministry of Mines, and technical data is being prepared
to turn over to multinational mining companies and other potential foreign
investors. The Pentagon is helping Afghan officials arrange to start seeking
bids on mineral rights by next fall, officials said."</p>
<br> See, they're already starting to try to help them.<br><br>Rohn<br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: ls1000@live.com<br>To: jencart13@yahoo.com; peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net<br>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:32:22 -0500<br>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Afghanistan has $1 Trillion in mineral deposits(DN! Monday, June 14, 2010)<br><br>
<div><font face="Calibri">My guess is that the US will steal it over time under
the guise of some good cause or another or to save Western control in the US's
national interess and make the world safe for corporate plutocracy.</font></div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a title="jencart13@yahoo.com" href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com">Jenifer Cartwright</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 14, 2010 10:01 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [Peace-discuss] Fw: Afghanistan has $1 Trillion in mineral
deposits(DN! Monday, June 14, 2010)</div></div></div>
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<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><br>Friends,<span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span"><br></span>
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<td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span">This was one of this morning's Democracy
Now's headlines. Anybody care to guess what the US will do about
this??</span>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span"> --Jenifer</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span"><br></span>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" class="ecxApple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span">Report: US Discovers $1 Trillion in Afghan
Mineral Deposits</span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="ecxApple-style-span"><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span">The </span><i><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span">New York
Times</span></i><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span"> is reporting the United States has
discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in
Afghanistan, including huge amounts of copper, cobalt, gold and
lithium. US officials say the find could alter the Afghan war and
make Afghanistan one of the most important mining centers in the
world. An internal Pentagon memo states that Afghanistan could
become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a key raw material in the
manufacture of batteries for laptops and cell phones. The value of
mineral deposits dwarfs the size of Afghanistan’s existing
economy. Afghanistan’s gross domestic product is only about $12
billion. American geologists have been studying the potential for
mining since at least 2004. The timing of the </span><i><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span">New York
Times</span></i><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span"> article has been questioned by some
because it is being published at a time when the Obama
administration has little good news to report on Afghanistan. On
Saturday the </span><i><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span">Times</span></i><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span"> reported
Afghan President Hamid Karzai had lost faith in the United States
and NATO to prevail in Afghanistan. Karzai has reportedly been
involved with secret negotiations with the Taliban outside the
purview of American and NATO officials. Meanwhile, a new report
from the London School of Economics includes new evidence that
Pakistan’s main spy agency, the ISI, continues to arm and train
the Taliban. The report states, "Without a change in Pakistani
behavior it will be difficult, if not impossible, for
international forces and the Afghan government to make progress
against the insurgency."</span></span><span style="font-size: small;" class="ecxApple-style-span"> </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>--
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