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U.S. Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
NY Times ^
| June 13, 2010
| James Risen
Posted on 06/13/2010 6:27:46 PM PDT by americanophile
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And suddenly the whole world has a reason to want Afghanistan to succeed. This will change everything!
To: americanophile
China was hoping to corner the rare earth minerals.
I would bet she isn’t too happy about this.
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:30:24 PM PDT
by
TruthConquers
(Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
To: americanophile
Pffft...1 Trillion dollars is chump change now days, once Obama finds out about this, it will be spent up in no time. Wasteful stimulus Government and Green jobs abound for Afghanistan!
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:31:52 PM PDT
by
RatsDawg
To: SunkenCiv; blam
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:34:31 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(*)
To: TruthConquers
How far is China from Afghanistan?
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:35:11 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: americanophile
No blood for lithium! / s
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:35:17 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
("Danger is My Beer" - Rev. Dr. Fred Lane)
To: americanophile
Far be it from the Afghans to discover this for themselves.
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:35:33 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: americanophile
Watch the conspiracy theorists come out of the woodworks and declare that the US knew about this all along, and it was the *real* reason for the war!
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:38:09 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: americanophile
Well if gold goes to $20,000 an ounce as I read here earlier today it wont take any time at all to develop the reserves...
To: americanophile
Imagine if Bush sent mineral drilling teams to the middle of a war that he was escalating.
The left would be freaking out!
NO BLOOD FOR LITHIUM! NO BLOOD FOR LITHIUM!
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:39:14 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:40:54 PM PDT
by
mick
(Central Banker Capitalism is NOT Free Enterprise)
To: americanophile
What are the odds of that.
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:41:20 PM PDT
by
onona
(dbada)
To: americanophile
Russian mineralogists discovered a major deposit of gallium arsenide in a mountain North of Kabul. Within 6 months the Red Army was inside Afghanistan "helping the regime".
They moved in on the gallium arsenide immediately, mined it out, and within weeks of completely exhausting the supply they pulled out of Afghanistan.
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:41:52 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: americanophile
dont lose my afghan lapis!
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:42:06 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: americanophile
Watch China become the taliban’s new financial backer.
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:42:15 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: americanophile
I’ll believe it when I see it. That country’s been there since dirt, and it’s hard to believe it hasn’t been scoured for precious metals for millenia.
Not saying it ain’t so. Just saying, “show me.”
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:42:16 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
To: americanophile
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:43:25 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
To: Flag_This
They’re in Iraq now glomming onto its oil.
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posted on
06/13/2010 6:44:24 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(It's all just a part of this rich tapestry we call life)
To: americanophile
I knew it.
Obama started this war to steal their MINERALS!
NO WAR FOR MINERALS!!!
/s
To: marktwain
I worked for Brinkley in Iraq, it was very interesting.
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