------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Sept. 27, 2001 issue of Workers World newspaper ------------------------- OIL COMPANIES HAPPY The return of unbridled feudal tyranny to Afghanistan is considered a "very positive development" by the U.S. energy company Unocal Corp. Together with Delta Oil Co. of Saudi Arabia, it is seeking to build both a gas and an oil pipeline from Pakistan to Turkmenistan via Afghanistan. Chris Taggart, executive vice president of the company, says these projects are "now more likely to succeed than they were two weeks ago." These are multi-billion-dollar projects that promise huge profits to the transnational oil companies. The U.S. government indicated it will recognize the new regime soon, despite its ultra- reactionary character. --Oct. 10, 1996 - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
