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Title: More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan’s Mineral Riches
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URL Source: http://www.globalresearch.ca/more-a ... nistans-mineral-riches/5605456
Published: Aug 26, 2017
Author: Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Post Date: 2017-08-26 05:38:39 by Ada
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Comments: 2

Trump calls for escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Why? Is it part of the “Global War on Terrorism”, going after the bad guys, or is it something else?

Unknown to the broader public, Afghanistan has significant oil, natural gas and strategic raw material resources, not to mention opium, a multibillion dollar industry which feeds America’s illegal heroin market.

These mineral reserves include huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium, which is a strategic raw material used in the production of high tech batteries for laptops, cell phones and electric cars.

The implication of Trump’s resolve is to plunder and steal Afghanistan’s mineral riches to finance the “reconstruction” of a country destroyed by the US and its allies after 16 years of war, i.e “War reparations” paid to the aggressor nation?

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan’s Mineral Riches

The mineral riches (and the opium) are major factors in the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2017-08-26   6:14:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: BTP Holdings (#1)

More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan’s Mineral Riches

None of the above...

Pakistan is Islam and has NUKES.

Pa

Cynicom  posted on  2017-08-26   8:40:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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