http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3023063
Cheney Energy Task Force Docs:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/iraqi-oil-maps.shtml
http://www.judicialwatch.org/cheneycase.shtml
BBC's Greg Palast on what happened:
http://www.gregpalast.com/the-best-thing-in-the-world-f...
OIL Motive for Iraq War Resources
http://professorsmartass.blogspot.com/2006/09/iraq-oil-...
BAGHDAD — Vice President Dick Cheney made an
unannounced trip Monday to Baghdad, where he plans to push Iraqi political
leaders toward opening the countryÕs vast oil fields to international
companies, a senior Bush administration official said. By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.,
March 18, 2008
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Baluchistan: the key piece in the puzzle. As
noted, India's lack of participation does not kill the IP pipeline.
Neither would it be the end-all for the pie-in-the-sky Trans-Afghan line.
This pipeline has been drawn to cross central Pakistan (via Quetta and Multan,
with spokes to larger Pakistani cities) and head to India. Instead, it
could be re-routed to end in the Baluchi port, of the would-be-Dubai, Gwadar
(as planned in all IP variants). Gwadar is strategically located 250
miles beyond the straits of Hormuz, and with TAP ending there, would satiate
American desires (and one-time Soviet dreams) of bringing Caspian gas to the
Gulf. Control of the port of Gwadar would be paramount to any nation
involved in developing the TAP, just as it would be for China in the case of
IPC. Hence, stability in the underdeveloped and underappreciated
Baluchistan would be necessary. This is not a given considering its restive
history and current socio-economic climate.
