Truth behind Afghanistan & Iraq Invasion - Firms ready

Before i start with my blog post regarding the truths and lies, i will love to hear from you in the end that where do you see PAKISTAN IS STANDING in this picture?.

Eric Margolis in his recent blog post has opened up the box and let the world know that what is happening in the middle. As he writes,

After a sea of lies and a tsunami of propaganda, the ugly truth behind the
Iraq and Afghanistan wars finally emerged into full view this week. Four major western oil companies, Exxon, Mobil, Shell, BP and Total, are about to
sign US-brokered no-bid contracts with the US-installed Baghdad regime to
begin exploiting Iraq’s oil fields. Saddam Hussein had kicked these firms
out three decades ago when he nationalized Iraq’s foreign-owned oil industry
for the benefit of Iraq’s national development. The Baghdad regime is
turning back the clock.

Now this is not yet another personal statement. He has his backgrounds covered. Look now what Washington Post is saying.

The two-year, no-bid contracts will be awarded to companies that have been
advising the Iraqi Oil Ministry in recent years, said Asim Jihad, a spokesman
for the ministry. He said officials expect that U.S.-based Exxon Mobil and
Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, France's Total and British oil company BP will
secure the biggest contracts.

Meanwhile, Eric comes up with something that is going to attract us now. He is what he stated later,

Meanwhile, according to Pakistani and Indian sources, Afghanistan just signed a
major deal to launch a long-planned, 1680 km long pipeline project expected to
cost $ 8 billion. If completed, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
pipeline (TAPI) will export gas and, later, oil from the Caspian Basin to
Pakistan’s coast where tankers will transport it to the west.

Confirming his statement, here is what WIKIPEDIA mentions

The 1,680 kilometres (1,040 mi) pipeline will run from the
Dauletabad gas field to Afghanistan. From there TAPI will be constructed
alongside the highway running from Herat to Kandahar, and then via Quetta and
Multan in Pakistan. The final destination of the pipeline will be the Indian
town of Fazilka, near the border between Pakistan and India.

I leave it to you...where do you now see Pakistan?


Meanwhile, Original Posts are worth reading too.

ERIC MARGOLIS


WASHINGTON POST


WIKIPEDIA on TAPI