neocone wrote:replaced by a neo-Trudeau who will tell the US to stick it where he is thinking about.
Dreamtwister wrote:neocone wrote:replaced by a neo-Trudeau who will tell the US to stick it where he is thinking about.
OMFG I would laugh my arse off if Dion actually did that. I'd laugh and laugh and laugh, right up until Calgary got "liberated".
Then it wouldn't be so funny any more.
The Somalia Raid: Part of a Wider War (link) “Somalia falls within the military's CENTCOM command area, and as a longtime Qaeda theater of operations has been a focus of U.S. military interest for years.”
US military continues Somalia raid amid protests (link) “Blair says its Britain's duty to support US while UN condemns action that could worsen conflict in Somalia.”
Somalia Enters a Devolutionary Cycle (link) “During the last two weeks of January, the future political configuration of Somalia and the dispositions of external actors toward the country became more apparent, as a devolution of power to sub-societies got underway that international and regional players seemed too weak and half-hearted to arrest.”
Somalia is important to America (link) “Like its Arab neighbors, Somalia has petrol reserves, but these deposits have gone untapped in the almost two decades since oil companies including Chevron signed deals with Somalia's government.”
This week has seen the latest example of the US power elite bombing a broken-backed country in the name of the global 'war on terror'. The phantom menace of 'Al Qaeda' has again provided a pretext for the further destruction and destabilization of struggling state, this time Somalia, in order that the Western elite power-mongers can move in and control its valuable resources.
The CIA World Factbook only says "likely oil reserves."128shot wrote:what are the possible total reserves of Somali oil?
THE OIL FACTOR IN SOMALIA (link)
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There is a very good chance Somalia has huge oil reserves. This in part is due to the proven gas reserves and other geological features of the country and its geographical location.
Somalia welcomes oil interest (link)
Aug 22, 2005
Somalia's fledgling government welcomes approaches by firms keen to hunt for oil or gas on its territory but has yet to open any such discussions, President Abdullahi Yusuf said.
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Somalia has no proven oil reserves and only 200 bn cf of proven natural gas reserves, according to the US Energy Information Administration. However, companies including Total, Amoco, Chevron and Conoco and Phillips, which have since merged into ConocoPhillips, held exploration concessions in northern Somalia in the 1980s.
The firms declared force majeure following the collapse of the central government in 1991. Force majeure is a clause in a contract exempting the parties from their obligations under the agreement as a result of conditions beyond their control.
More attacks in Somalia's capital (link)
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
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Dozens of people have been killed in recent weeks and there are fears that Somalia is descending back into the chaos seen before the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) restored calm to the capital last year.
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Plantagenet wrote:Al Qaida declared war on the US in 1998.
The US Congress authorized the US to wage war on al Qaida in late 2001 and also passed a second war powers act broadening the first in 2002.
You win wars by degrading your enemy's ability to fight and killing his fighters.
The victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
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