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REGISTER TO VOTE 28-Jul-2007 At 7:27:06 PM Snowball

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On 28/07/2007 GravityHound wrote:
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>i dont understand what is going on there but there was the thought that
>the US went in there so they could take it over and put a gas pipline from
>up north to the ocean. the taliban is a more legit 'enemy'?

Afghanistan is land locked, but if you are refering to the 1999 negotiations between the Taliban and the US regarding the explotation of the Caspian Basin oil fields and piping it through Afghanistan to a deep water port in Pakistan, negotiations broke down and Taliban told them to piss off. Kind of conveniant the 9/11 incident which they used as a pretext to invade even though the majority of the supposed highjackers were Saudis.
On a different note, Afghanistan will harvest it's biggest ever opium crop this year and now exports heroin produced incountry. Overseen by the corrupt government officials the US has put in place.