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Old Aug 2, 2007, 12:45 am   #6 (permalink) (top)
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What do you think we should do?
Stop this nonsense.
The only reason Afghanistan was attacked was to secure the gas pipeline running through the country. The Taliban wanted too big of a cut in the profits so they were taken out of power.

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The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP or TAPI) is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.
But the pipeline is now delayed because the area can not be secured...

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Since the United States military overthrew the Taliban government the project has essentially stalled; construction of the Turkmen part was supposed to start in 2006, but the overall feasibility is questionable since the southern part of the Afghan section runs through territory which continues to be under de facto Taliban control.
That is why the U.S., The EU, and Canada are fighting in Afghanistan, this bull about stopping terrorists is just the cover story used to justify it.
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