Gained a deal with Uzbekistan's northern neighbour, Kazakhstan, and oil and gas Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan could then merge and cross Afghanistan. Unocal also gained a natural gas agreement with Uzbekistan. Sea to Azerbaijan, where it could link with the Azerbaijan fields and then run
US oil giant Enron planned another line from Turkmenistan, across the Caspian Turkmenistan to lay a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan, across Afghanistan, to the In 1995, the Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) gained an agreement with The problem for US, and other Western oil companies, is how to get oil and gasįrom these huge land-locked reserves to seaports for export. INTERNATIONAL oil companies have long been aware that the former USSR states ofĪzerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have huge reserves of oil John Maresca, vice president of international relations for 'It's not going to be built until there is a single Afghan government. Time magazine reported on August 12, 2002, ``They had a plan long before 9/11''.Īttack on Afghanistan Formalised before 9/11: was Key to Unlock Route to Gas and Oil from Central Asian Republics. The Guardian reported on September 22, 2001, ``Threat of US strikes passed to Taliban weeks before New York attack''. However, the US planned an invasion of Afghanistan before the events of 9/11. On October 7, 2001, US and UK forces commenced their attack on Afghanistan. The Telegraph reported on December14,1997, ``Oil barons court Taliban in Texas''.ĩ/11 was blamed on Osama Bin Laden and Taliban without a shred of evidence being offered only to pre-text attack already planned attack on Afghanistan to have a unified single pro-US government there instead of the violently squabbling factions holding different regions, which made Centgas project impossible. Unocal invited Taliban leaders to Texas to finalise the Centgasproject. In August 1996, Unocal led the formation of Central Asia Gas Pipeline Ltd (Centgas). The ISI component was headed by Osama bin Laden
This anti-Soviet operation established a base in Afghanistan jointly funded by the US and SaudiArabia-and run by the CIA and Pakistan's ISI. Unocal then gained a deal with Uzbekistan's northernneighbour, Kazakhstan, and oil and gas pipelines could then run south from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan and link with the trans-Afghanistan pipelines.ĭuring the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the US established a covert operation in Afghanistan code named `BearTrap'. Pipelines from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan could then merge and cross Afghanistan.
In1995, the Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) gained an agreement with Turkmenistan to lay a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan, across Afghanistan,to the Pakistan coast. The problem forUS, and other Western oil companies, was how to get oil and gas from these huge land-locked reserves to seaports for export. International oilcompanies had long been aware that the former USSR states of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistanand, Kazakhstan have huge reserves of oil and naturalgas.
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