Did you know

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I got this in my mail last night. Is it true?   Did you know that:  q       USA supported Bin Laden and the Taliban for years, and viewed them as freedom fighters against the Russians? q       As late as 1998, the US was paying the salary of every single Taliban official in Afghanistan?  q       There is more oil and gas in the Caspian Sea, but you need a pipeline through Afghanistan to get that out?  q       UNOCAL, a giant oil conglomerate, wanted to build a 1000 mile pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan to the  Arabian Sea?  q       UNOCAL spend $ 10,000,000,000 on geological studies for the pipeline construction, and courted the Taliban for their  support in allowing the construction to begin?  q       All leading Taliban officials were in Texas negotiating with UNOCAL in 1998?  q       In 1999, Taliban changed its mind and threw UNOCAL out of the country and awarded the pipeline project to a company  in Argentina?  q       John Maresca, VP of UNOCAL testified before Congress and said no pipeline should be set until the Taliban was gone  and a more friendly government was established?  q       After 1999, the Taliban became the most evil people in the world q       In 2001, Bush declares war against Afghanistan, though not a single Afghani was involved in the plan hijacking?  q       Bush blamed Bin Laden, but did not offer any proof, saying it was confidential?  q       Talibans offered to hand over Bin Laden if there was proof, but Bush bombed Afghanistan instead?  q       We now have a new government in Afghanistan, which is friendlier? q       That the leader of the new government is one gentleman called Hamid Karzai, who formerly worked for UNOCAL?  q       Bush appoints a special envoy (Lakhdar Ibrahimi) to represent the US to deal with the new government. This special  envoy was formerly chief consultant to UNOCAL?  q       The US government quietly announces in January 2002 that it will support the Trans-Afghan pipeline construction?  q       President Musharraf and Hamid Karzai announce agreement in February 2002 to build proposed gas pipeline from  Central Asia to Pakistan through Afghanistan?  q       And you thought we were fighting terrorism here, didn't you? q       It is all about OIL................ Shantikam Hazarika