A Tough Oil World Why High Gas Prices Are Here to Stay by Michael Klare (
via)
It was the easy oil—that’s what fueled our prosperity. Back in the fall The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health highlighted
The five key areas that illustrate the potential health fallout of petroleum scarcity.
posted by adamvasco
on Mar 14, 2012 -
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Multi - polarity in Eurasia.
Pepe Escobar on Iran, China and the New Silk Road
1 &
2
Iran and China just signed a $3 bn. deal for China to help develop Iran's refinery capacity in Abadan and the Gulf. (
previous )
posted by adamvasco
on Aug 10, 2009 -
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"Fog of War" cited by United States Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad. He was
speaking to journalists to clarify reports concerning his
unauthorised contacts with foreign government officials, among them Asif Ali Zardari; a then contender to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan.
Earlier this year he was being touted as a possible successor to Hamid Karzai as President of Afghanistan as seen in
these two
articles.
So
who is Zalmay Khalilzad?
Neo con and
oil businessman.
[more inside]
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on Sep 10, 2008 -
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