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Posted by Jeff (Guest) jeff@attoz.com - Thursday, November 13 2003, 11:49:13 (EST)
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The author of this book was interviewed on NPR yesterday and he explained how the leaders of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have TERRIBLE human rights records. In Azerbaijan, a father dictator just transferred power to his son dictator, and there were demonstrations as a result. Those demonstrations were crushed with brutal force, and then a week later, the US secretary of something or another called the baby dictator up and congratulated him on winning the election. In Uzbekistan, the leader is a ruthless dictator ("worse than Saddam"), and the US gives his government 500 million a year for oil. It's interesting to look at this scenario... you can tell that there WILL be a war "on terror" (of course, what else would it be on) in these two countries within 20 years. At that time, the US will say "He crushed revolts and harmed his own people, just like Saddam" and the quiet voices will respond "And you turned a blind eye". Repeat cycle.


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The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia

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The Caspian Sea contains the world's largest amount of untapped oil and gas resources. It is estimated that there might be as much as 100 billion barrels of crude oil in the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan alone. Using the concept of the "Great Game" that Rudyard Kipling immortalized in his novel Kim, Lutz Kleveman has discovered a New Great Game raging in the region, a modern variant of the 19th century clash of imperial ambitions of Great Britain and czarist Russia. Only this time the stakes are higher. Desperate to wean itself from dependence on the powerful OPEC cartel, the United States is now pitted in a struggle against Russia and China, as all three nations compete for dominance in the Caspian region and access to its resources and pipeline routes. Complicating the playing field are transnational energy corporations with their own agendas and brash new entrepreneurs who have taken control after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Based on extensive research and travel in the regions, The New Great Game is a gripping narrative and a savvy analysis of the power struggle for the world's remaining energy resources.



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-- Jeff

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