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An internal Pentagon memo dubs Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”–quoted in Think Progress

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Think Progress…June 13, 2010
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‘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 U.S. officials. An internal Pentagon memo dubs Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”’
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How about these […]

I thought he is called “Libyan Strongman.” No matter, the important question is whether Charo is better than Abbe.

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

The New York Post

Beyonce sings for a KhadafyLast Updated: 4:20 PM, January 5, 2010Posted: 1:27 AM, January 5, 2010
Beyonce performed for an hour on New Year’s Eve at a party thrown by terror-backing Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy’s son,Hannibal, who has a long record of violence against women.

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Image: (Album) 3-bp-blogspot.com via my-retrospace.blogspot.com; (Strongman) via misspoibntless.files.wordpress.com; (Beyonce) […]

Let us hope our stupidity and arrogance has not reached critical mass.

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Because Part I of this series was so incredible, I could not believe it was true. Patapsco Creek Jack wrote the other day about a
Washington Post on-line discussion with Dana Priest.
Voila.
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PART THE THIRD 

From the Sunday London Times…
January 27, 2008
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Tip-off thwarted nuclear spy ring probe
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Insight: Chris Gourlay, Jonathan Calvert, Joe Lauria in Washington
AN investigation into […]

But–but…W holds hands with the Saudi big shots…it can’t be.

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

1.45pm GMT
Iraq’s foreign militants ‘come from US allies’
Peter Walker
Thursday November 22, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
Around 60% of all foreign militants who entered Iraq to fight over the past year came from Saudi Arabia and Libya, according to files seized by American forces at a desert camp.
The files listed the nationalities and biographical details of more than 700 […]

Oh-oh! Guess who’s using the Libyan Strongman’s tailor?

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

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yjeswanker.com; tribuneindia.com