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2008-08-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia / Georgia conflict sounds alarm bells at threat to vital link in the energy chain

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Posted by Full Bosomed1072 2008-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 What say the Turks? Maybe they could help Georgia.

Posted by Ho Chi Flish1815 2008-08-09 00:11|| 2008-08-09 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Talk at Belmont Club that Russia and Iran want to control Caspian basin oil and gas. No signs of any Iran moves against Azerbaijan, but it bears watching.

Posted by phil_b 2008-08-09 00:17|| 2008-08-09 00:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Wikipedia on the pipeline

On 6 August 2008, a major explosion and fire in eastern Turkey Erzincan Province closed the pipeline. The PKK Kurdish separatist group claimed responsibility for the attack.[31] However, the cause of the explosion would become clear only after a technical examination. The subgovernor of Refahiye town of Erzincan Province said the blast was caused by a system failure not due to sabotage.[32]

So two days ago it was blown up.
Remember the Lion of Panjsher was killed just before 9/11. Similar play?

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-09 01:07|| 2008-08-09 01:07|| Front Page Top

#4 As to the PKK - to remind folks:

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK, also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KGK[10]) is a militant Kurdish organization founded in the 1970s and led by Abdullah Öcalan who is at present in a Turkish prison. The PKK's ideology is founded on revolutionary Marxism-Leninism and Kurdish nationalism.

Natural old friends of KGB-Putin?
Also, Turkey is attacking them... with us looking the other way...

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-09 01:12|| 2008-08-09 01:12|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think the Turks want anything to do with this. This is imperial Russia at their traditional game.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-08-09 21:22|| 2008-08-09 21:22|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 - except for the pipeline, which they heavily invested in.

Posted by linker 2008-08-09 21:43|| 2008-08-09 21:43|| Front Page Top

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