Unobtainium Discovered in Afghanistan

[wkmac]

From NY Times

WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.

continuing:

The vast scale of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth was discovered by a small team of Pentagon officials and American geologists. The Afghan government and President Hamid Karzai were recently briefed, American officials said.......
“There is stunning potential here,” Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the United States Central Command, said in an interview on Saturday. “There are a lot of ifs, of course, but I think potentially it is hugely significant.”

So our gov't tells us that just recently we discovered Afghanistan has mineral wealth?

Well this is not a newly discovered or even secret fact as the US Geological Survey noted Afghanistan's mineral wealth 4 years ago! Is President Peace Prize looking for an economic excuse to justify after the fact? Like Cheney and company told us Iraq oil would pay for........oh never mind as that lie has been so blown out of the water.

With Karzai's connections to Unocal later acquired by Chevron, one has to wonder if Chevron has an inside track to acquiring exclusive Afghanistan mineral rights. Chevron's only into oil you say? Think again!

 

[wkmac]

The announcement of huge mineral deposits in Afghanistan was a coup for both the US and the Afghan governments. But there are doubts about how realistic the estimates are, to what extent they can be developed commercially and, above all, whether mining companies will accept the security risks.
Was the "sensational find" of large natural mineral resources in Afghanistan reported by the New York Times last week a PR trick by the United States government? Or was it a clever chess move by Afghan Mining Minister Waheedullah Shahrani?

from Spiegel Online: Are Claims of Afghan Mineral Wealth a PR Trick?

 

[Blizzard]

From NY Times

So our gov't tells us that just recently we discovered Afghanistan has mineral wealth?

Well this is not a newly discovered or even secret fact as the US Geological Survey noted Afghanistan's mineral wealth 4 years ago! Is President Peace Prize looking for an economic excuse to justify after the fact? Like Cheney and company told us Iraq oil would pay for........oh never mind as that lie has been so blown out of the water.

With Karzai's connections to Unocal later acquired by Chevron, one has to wonder if Chevron has an inside track to acquiring exclusive Afghanistan mineral rights. Chevron's only into oil you say? Think again!

To me what would be exciting about this "discovery" would be our country helping Afghanistan move into mining this wealth and away from the production of opium. Is it a PR trick? Absolutely!

 

[av8torntn]

from Spiegel Online: Are Claims of Afghan Mineral Wealth a PR Trick?

Could be information warfare or could be the truth as I was thinking someone on these forums posted an article saying these mineral deposits have been know about for years.

 

[wkmac]

Could be information warfare or could be the truth as I was thinking someone on these forums posted an article saying these mineral deposits have been know about for years.

Being Afghanistan was mostly a CIA op from the get go, it all does have an Operation Mockingbird stench to it all!

 

[Catatonic]

My wife seems to be a consistent source of unobtainium - at least I haven't obtained any.