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'U.S. eyes Central Asian oil'
The U.S.-led military strikes against Afghanistan have nothing to do with terrorism but they are just another episode in the overall U.S. strategic plan to control the oil sources of Central Asia to secure its interest and the interests of Israel, a Bahraini newspaper said yesterday.
- By A Correspondent
- Published: 00:00 October 21, 2001
The U.S.-led military strikes against Afghanistan have nothing to do with terrorism but they are just another episode in the overall U.S. strategic plan to control the oil sources of Central Asia to secure its interest and the interests of Israel, a Bahraini newspaper said yesterday.
The Arabic language daily Al Ayyam described the war on Afghanistan as just another "chapter of the designs drawn up by the then U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to ensure U.S. supremacy in the world.
The plan was prepared just after the October 1973 Middle East war when oil was used for the first time as a weapon and the industrial countries had first taste of the difficulties caused by the halt in the oil exports, the daily said in a commentary.
"Just as the Americans used the Gulf War scenario to obtain the cover of international legitimacy to enter this region with their military might to control the oil resources, the U.S. found in the events of September 11 in New York and Washington a pretext to wage war against Afghanistan with an eye on the oilfields in Central Asia and reduce its present dependence on the Gulf oil".
"The U.S. has been trying to penetrate Central Asia since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the agreements it had entered into with various Central Asian countries clearly shows its intention in this regard... In fact the U.S. rushed to sign these agreements for oil exploration to keep both China and Japan out of the scene."
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