<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Book<EM> The Taliban</EM></FONT> by Ahmed Rashid</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Angelita Manzano" <</FONT><A href="mailto:angiemanzano@yahoo.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>angiemanzano@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 4:32 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Afghanistan/oil?</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> I'm reading this article, which I think is very<BR>> informative:<BR>> <BR>> </FONT><A href="http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2001/June/Afghan/index.html"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2001/June/Afghan/index.html</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> I found it at this site (collection of documents about<BR>> Afghanistan from UCBerkeley):<BR>> </FONT><A href="http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/su98goodwin.html"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/su98goodwin.html</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> I have a question for you. Some of the things I've<BR>> read say that Afghanistan is one of most "mineral<BR>> rich" countries, others say that there's not much of<BR>> monetary value (besides opium) . . . and a some<BR>> activists say this all boils down to oil . . .<BR>> <BR>> Can someone point me to an article, or some reference<BR>> that will clarify this for me? I'm really trying to<BR>> find out as much as I can, make sure I'm getting a<BR>> clear picture of the situation. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> =====<BR>> ". . (A)ctivists must begin by rallying support for what they favor, not simply emphasizing what they're against. In these times, war is a failure of imagination -- and so is the traditional peace protest. Folks need to hear the better alternative. . . .There's no reason a vision of a world of greater peace and economic justice cannot be wed to what makes strategic sense. We should, in fact, demand it."  Geov Parrish,<BR>> <BR>> __________________________________________________<BR>> Do You Yahoo!?<BR>> Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals.<BR>> </FONT><A href="http://personals.yahoo.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://personals.yahoo.com</FONT></A></BODY></HTML>