the real reason we are in afganistan...........1 trillion in unmined deposits

[7th trump]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37677987/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times

[Quantum]

I'm sure this was known or at least suspected years ago. Afghanistan has been a treasure trove since ancient times. The finest Lapis is from Afghanistan.

[StackerKen]

Makes sense to me....

[JohnQPublic]

Wow! What a coincidence!

After we occupied Iraq, we found out they may have the world's largest oil reserves!

http://www.energyinvestmentstrategies.com/2008/05/20/iraqi-reserves-claimed-to-be-enormous/

[Mill Man]

If you have not read John Perkins books, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, you should do so. I guarntee they knew going in these deposits were there. Can we even imagine how much money has been made between the defense contracting, opium crop, and now soon to be minerals.

[Quantum]

If you have not read John Perkins books, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, you should do so. I guarntee they knew going in these deposits were there. Can we even imagine how much money has been made between the defense contracting, opium crop, and now soon to be minerals.


The American people pay in blood and money to conquer and occupy these lands, and the capitalists take away the profits at our expense. Nice.

[Book]

http://fromafghanistan.encblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/poppies.jpg

http://peacerebelgirl.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/us-soldier-in-opium-field.jpg

Goyim meatshields there to protect the ZOG poppy distribution channel.

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[StackerKen]

If you have not read John Perkins books, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, you should do so. I guarntee they knew going in these deposits were there. Can we even imagine how much money has been made between the defense contracting, opium crop, and now soon to be minerals.


The American people pay in blood and money to conquer and occupy these lands, and the capitalists take away the profits at our expense. Nice.


But Hitler was a great man for wanting to take control of Europe?

[Ponce]

Sorry trump, I poste mine before I say yours..........but.........I am glad to see that everyone agrees with me or me with everyone, we are finally getting some thinking people here..........keep it up :oo-->

[ximmy]

Great news for TPTB... More for me... none for you!

[Grand Master Melon]

I still think we're there for the opium. I don't care what any of you say. :oo-->

[Olmstein]

We just need to get rid of all those pesky Afghanis so we can strip mine the entire country. :sarc:


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.

The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.

An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries for laptops and Blackberries.

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.

'Stunning potential'
While it could take many years to develop a mining industry, the potential is so great that officials and executives in the industry believe it could attract heavy investment even before mines are profitable, providing the possibility of jobs that could distract from generations of war.

“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.”

The value of the newly discovered mineral deposits dwarfs the size of Afghanistan’s existing war-bedraggled economy, which is based largely on opium production and narcotics trafficking as well as aid from the United States and other industrialized countries. Afghanistan’s gross domestic product is only about $12 billion.

“This will become the backbone of the Afghan economy,” said Jalil Jumriany, an adviser to the Afghan minister of mines.

American and Afghan officials agreed to discuss the mineral discoveries at a difficult moment in the war in Afghanistan. The American-led offensive in Marja in southern Afghanistan has achieved only limited gains. Meanwhile, charges of corruption and favoritism continue to plague the Karzai government, and Mr. Karzai seems increasingly embittered toward the White House.

So the Obama administration is hungry for some positive news to come out of Afghanistan. Yet the American officials also recognize that the mineral discoveries will almost certainly have a double-edged impact.

Corruption
Instead of bringing peace, the newfound mineral wealth could lead the Taliban to battle even more fiercely to regain control of the country.

[Apparition]

Gee, what a surprise! ::)

But honestly, if this is true (which is highly likely) I feel completely disgusted and hope for the severe collapse of the US dollar as soon as possible.

[Horn]

At the same time, American officials fear resource-hungry China will try to dominate the development of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, which could upset the United States, given its heavy investment in the region. After winning the bid for its Aynak copper mine in Logar Province, China clearly wants more, American officials said.

There is just something back asswards with U.S. presence there at all?

[gunDriller]

Goyim meatshields there to protect the ZOG poppy distribution channel.

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hit the nail on the head - and poetically, even ! 8)

[DMac]

I still think we're there for the opium. I don't care what any of you say. :oo-->


Agreed.

Per wikipedia Afghanistan produces $3 billion worth of opium a year (probably a low ball figure). Some quick searching on the net shows that the price of a little baggie of heroin ($5-$100 bag) is inflated 10 times, in the US, compared to what it was paid for by the heroin producers.

Some simple guesstimations can put the Afghani opium production as putting in at least $50 Billion a year into the economy, and I think that is a really low balled figure.

1,000 billion in minerals costs a lot of money to extract from the ground and also takes years to bring online.

This story sounds like a distraction from the avalanche of heroin that has hit the streets after the US invasion of Afghanistan.

(Oh, and pipelines are our 2nd reason for being in Afghanistan - the Opium Wars continue to be #1...)

[Bullfrog]

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.

The previously unknown deposits

Somebody's lying. Again.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0614/discovery-afghan-riches-prowar-pr-scam/

While the dollar estimate -- $1 trillion -- may be new, it's hardly news that Afghanistan sits on rich mineral deposits. In a 2007 press release, the US Geological Survey announced that Afghanistan possesses "significant amounts of undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources." And, as Marc Ambinder reports on his Atlantic blog, the Soviet Union was aware of Afghanistan's mineral potential as early as 1985.

“The ‘discovery’ of Afghanistan’s minerals will sound pretty silly to old timers,” a "retired former senior US official" tells Politico's Laura Rosen. “When I was living in Kabul in the early 1970’s the [US government], the Russians, the World Bank, the UN and others were all highly focused on the wide range of Afghan mineral deposits.

[JDRock]

....c'mon guys..... away with these wild conspiracy theories and lets remember " were hunting for bin laden" :ROFL: