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2007-02-23 Iraq

American armada prepares to take on Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-23 20:41|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 CNN > Saudi Arabia does have an East-to-West national pipeline that can be used to ship oil to the Red Sea, but its unreliable and in dire need of total modernization. And even wid moderniz,
te costs of transhipment thru the deserts and unto Red Sea will be protractively cost-prohibitive for any International company or Govt. While the Nile is secure, at the other end of the Red Sea [Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean]the sectarian conflict in Ethiopia + Somalia-Etriea alone will drive up costs of ground, air and naval security, espec from regional Muslim PIRATES. CNN > IT IS THUS VITAL AND IN NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THE USA FOR THE USDOD [Navy] TO PROTECT STRAITS OF HORMUZ AND CONTAIN IRAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-23 21:01|| 2007-02-23 21:01|| Front Page Top

#2 That's right, Joe. We only get a fraction of the US oil from the Gulf. But a lot of countries get a big chunk of their oil from there, and like it or not, they are in it, too. The MSM tries to spin it of as a US thing, but it is much bigger than that.

Posted by Al Aska Paul, Resident Imam">Al Aska Paul, Resident Imam 2007-02-23 22:46|| 2007-02-23 22:46|| Front Page Top

#3 See also WND.com > STARTRIBUNE.com [Minneapolis-ST.Pauk, MN]> Lady Congressperson > Agreement to give Iran roughly 1/2 of Iraq.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-23 22:54|| 2007-02-23 22:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Most Gulf oil is piped to the Red or Med seas. If Hormuz is shutdown it will hit East Asia the most.

Posted by phil_b 2007-02-23 22:55|| 2007-02-23 22:55|| Front Page Top

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