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Date: 2010/6/14
Subject: KUCING GARONG - U.S. Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in
Afghanistan
Sembilan tahun pendudukan. Dan kisah tentara Amerika di Afghanistan tak
ubahnya telenovela kucing garong. Gagah di kamera, nakal di mulut, janji
tong kosong.
Bilangnya mau menangkap SATU ORANG biang teroris tapi nyatanya justru
mengirim ratusan ribu pasukan tempur. Bilangnya mau menghadirkan keamanan
tapi saban malam drone membunuh orang-orang tak berdosa di desa-desa yang
gelap. Bilangnya mau menghadirkan pembangunan tapi nyatanya hanya produksi
opium yang meningkat pesat.
Kini, setelah sukses menjadi market bom-bom cerdas bin presisi
tinggi Amerika Serikat, Afghanistan jadi surga geologist Pentagon.
Geregetan. Gemas. Ingin sekali rasanya melihat ada kartunis Indonesia yang
mengabadikan kisah geologist Pentagon di bawah. Ingin sekali melihat ada
kartun senakal ini: http://latuff2.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2equx3
AH
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U.S. Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
A bleak Ghazni Province seems to offer little, but a Pentagon study says it
may have among the world's largest deposits of lithium.
By JAMES RISEN
Published: June 13, 2010
WASHINGTON The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped
mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves
and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan
war itself, according to senior American government officials.
The previously unknown deposits including huge veins of iron, copper,
cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium are so big and
include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that
Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important
mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.
An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afghanistan could become
the Saudi Arabia of lithium, a key raw material in the manufacture of
batteries for laptops and Blackberries.
The vast scale of Afghanistan's mineral wealth was discovered by a small
team of Pentagon officials and American geologists. The Afghan government
and President Hamid Karzai were recently briefed, American officials said.
While it could take many years to develop a mining industry, the potential
is so great that officials and executives in the industry believe it could
attract heavy investment even before mines are profitable, providing the
possibility of jobs that could distract from generations of war.
There is stunning potential here, Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the
United States Central Command, said in an interview on Saturday. There are
a lot of ifs, of course, but I think potentially it is hugely significant.
The value of the newly discovered mineral deposits dwarfs the size of
Afghanistan's existing war-bedraggled economy, which is based largely on
opium production and narcotics trafficking as well as aid from the United
States and other industrialized countries. Afghanistan's gross domestic
product is only about $12 billion.
This will become the backbone of the Afghan economy, said Jalil Jumriany,
an adviser to the Afghan minister of mines.
American and Afghan officials agreed to discuss the mineral discoveries at a
difficult moment in the war in Afghanistan. The American-led offensive in
Marja in southern Afghanistan has achieved only limited gains. Meanwhile,
charges of corruption and favoritism continue to plague the Karzai
government, and Mr. Karzai seems increasingly embittered toward the White
House.
So the Obama administration is hungry for some positive news to come out of
Afghanistan. Yet the American officials also recognize that the mineral
discoveries will almost certainly have a double-edged impact.
Instead of bringing peace, the newfound mineral wealth could lead the
Taliban to battle even more fiercely to regain control of the country.
The corruption that is already rampant in the Karzai government could also
be amplified by the new wealth, particularly if a handful of well-connected
oligarchs, some with personal ties to the president, gain control of the
resources. Just last year, Afghanistan's minister of mines was accused by
American officials of accepting a $30 million bribe to award China the
rights to develop its copper mine. The minister has since been replaced.
Endless fights could erupt between the central government in Kabul and
provincial and tribal leaders in mineral-rich districts. Afghanistan has a
national mining law, written with the help of advisers from the
