"Lion"?

I think the audiotape must've been garbled.

Doesn't OBL mean the "lyin' of Islam"?

In accord with their pedophile "prophet", who advised "War is deceit"?

The lyin' of the Koran.

The lyin' of Allah.

The lyin' of jihad.

Posted by: profitsbeard at June 30, 2006 12:45 AM

Why is this so necessary? According to his own beliefs Zarqawi is now in islamic heaven enjoying his 72 virgins. So why the eulogy?

He simply received what he wished and very much deserved from his beheading of unarmed captives.

I just hope that they pumped him full of pig's blood before they handed him over for burial although creation would have been more appropriate.

If there is a hell and the devil beleives in an eye for an eye etc, I just hope that there are no whetstones in hell.

Posted by: Zathras at June 30, 2006 12:49 AM

ooops sorry "cremation" not "creation"

Posted by: Zathras at June 30, 2006 12:50 AM

"Note the subtle slap at Judaism in bin Laden's comparing the mujahedin in Iraq to the Hebrews in the Book of Exodus, recasting that story as a matter of Islamic heritage."

Fully in line with Mohammed's original appropriation of Israel, by that mythological latrociny arrogating Islam as the true Israel, and Israel's Yahweh as really Allah -- the "truth" behind this ideological piracy revealed most fully by God to the final prophet of Israel: Mohammed.

Posted by: Television at June 30, 2006 12:51 AM

ooops sorry "cremation" not "creation" - Zathras

I'm sure Hell has a wide selection of "recremational" activities. ;)

Posted by: Shinoliite at June 30, 2006 12:52 AM

Shinoliite.....Excellent!!!

Posted by: Zathras at June 30, 2006 1:05 AM

"Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s legacy and "good reputation," according to bin Laden, should continue in poetry and prose, and be studied by the world to instill belief in Allah and opposition to aggression. He states: "Abu Musab - Allah bless his soul - does not only honor his tribe and country, and nation, but honors all of humanity. He presented to it the meaning of glory, pride, sacrifice, and his legacy is a valuable symbol of this time."
-- from the article above

Abu-Musab Al-Zarqawi as a role model for all Muslims and for all mankind: "He presented to it [all of humanity] the meaning of glory, pride, sacrifice, and his legacy is a valuable symbol of this time."

Decapitation tapes as recruitment devices to induce others to join the Jihad of combat, or qital.

Suicide bombers as the highest form of "Palestinian" life.

No further questions of Islam, Your Honor. Not now. Not ever again.

Posted by: Hugh at June 30, 2006 1:05 AM

According to reports, the animal took nearly an hour to die from his injuries. He must have experienced horrendous pain during that (very long) hour, and hopefully a realisation and fear of what was actually about to come to him.

At least the bastard suffered at long last, folks. At least the bastard suffered!!!!!

Posted by: enemyofislam at June 30, 2006 1:32 AM

ok listen up.

Bin laden is in Paki stain,

near the afgan border. in a cave....

So just give me 5 million when you smoke his misfvlim mis out of there...

listen i could have asked for 25 million.

kh

Posted by: winston at June 30, 2006 1:32 AM

" honors all of humanity" " a role model for all Muslims and for all mankind"

A known criminal discovers Allah and now can be a criminal with no conscience as now he is doing Allah's work.

Yet he died hiding like a dog in the basement of a house and was carried out dead with faeces soaking through his clothing (and antemortem)like a true muslim hero.

Returned soldiers from both wars told stories about just how you could never turn your back on an arab and just how adept they were at mob bashing anyone stupid enough to venture out alone. So they are only brave when they are armed and you are not or you are vastly outnumbered.

There used to be a joke about the smallest book in the world = the book of italian war heroes. But this is an insult to the italians as if you look at arabs and if you exclude those poor brainwashed adolescent males and fallen females stupid enough to die as a homicidal bomber then the list of arab heroes is indeed a short one and thus should be in the above book.

So you can understand the need they have to see a simple butcher as a hero as they are that desperate.

As for him being an icon of islamic humanity...that tells it all about islam.

Posted by: Zathras at June 30, 2006 1:52 AM

What's wrong with Pharaohs? In fact, I'd like to see mini pyramids at Arlington National Cemetary. As an aside, that should provide another reason of why the Muslim Brotherhood (our friends from the other day) would want to destroy the pyramids, not just Jahiliya.

Also, when Osama talks about all of humanity, needless to say, he's talking about Islamic "humanity" (obviously, I use the term loosely). Much like Quran 5:32, which really means "Muslims" when they say "mankind".

Posted by: Infidel Pride at June 30, 2006 2:11 AM

al-Zarqawi's role as Chief Throat Slitter in Nick Berg's beheading video should have been more than enough reason for anyone to revile such a fiendish, murderous thug.

Those who honor al-Zarqawi are, among other things, honoring the producer, director, and star of a snuff film.

Posted by: Xero G at June 30, 2006 2:57 AM

"honors all of humanity. He presented to it the meaning of glory, pride, sacrifice, and his legacy is a valuable symbol of this time."

What a bunch of rubbish.
Ask us if we care what ubl says any more. It's his turn to go now.

Posted by: freetoBEfree at June 30, 2006 3:11 AM

Lion, indeed. Hyenas cringe at being called 'zarkawi'.

Posted by: arjun.sevak at June 30, 2006 3:45 AM

I am so inspired by Z and Osama's eulogy that I am going to convert, look up all you infidels and slit your unbelieving throats all in the name of great Allah (pbuh)(propeller beanie upon head)

Posted by: Dumbo at June 30, 2006 4:17 AM

Usama = lion in Arabic. So Osama's (alternate spelling of "lion") praise to Zarqawi is intended to build his own name and legacy in a backhanded way as well. Always the master showman and deceiver, Bin Laden.

The pharoahs get a bum rap in the Bible. Some of the stories are true, but notably the worst stories can't be proven. Ah well, it's all jahillyah to him. I'm sure Osama would blow up the pyramids if it were easier to accomplish.

Posted by: Beagle at June 30, 2006 4:33 AM

So there he is, poor OBL, trapped in some cave or mud hut in the tribal region somewhere in Pakistan or Afghanistan. Stuck, bored out of his skull, knowing if he was to emerge into the sunlight his location would be revealed and boom! it would be all over, just as was for his acolyte Zarqawi.

So there he is sitting with his grovelling sycophants unable to do anything. Meanwhile, they must be getting off on the local smack and/or opium. How else could you account for the ridiculous drivel he comes out with? Keep it up OBL, there is a 1,000 pounder with your name on it and your vanity will eventually get the better of you.

The real world is waiting and watching and listening.

tic....toc....tic....toc

Posted by: Turbinehead at June 30, 2006 4:53 AM

So Mousa led the Muslims out of Egypt, so at the Seder next year I am going to drink in favor of celebrating Passover in Mecca next time.

Posted by: Dumbo at June 30, 2006 5:05 AM

Gee abu,
don't you think that I understand the irony of it, it's called sarcasm.

Posted by: Dumbo at June 30, 2006 5:33 AM

Can he really be that difficult to find?

If he's in Pakistan, likely, yes. Without ground troops going from house to cave to spider hole, in friendly territory for Osama, there's no telling how long it could take.

Killing Osama was critical to putting down the global jihad ten years ago. Now it's grown far beyond one man. We're dealing with a shame-honor dynamic. Only by instilling fear in the hearts of the believers can this war be ended soon. I have some suggestions, but nobody would go for them, yet.

The first step is ending Islamic immigration to the West. That's a reasonable step, but the State Department is going to let in twice as many Saudi students this year as last.

Someone has to pay for all the ex-diplomats' golden parachutes.

Posted by: Beagle at June 30, 2006 5:37 AM

No infidels are allowed into Mecca and if for some reason you do happen to trespass then unfortunately your disappearance will remain a big mystery in this world.

Well, not exactly - everyone would know he'd been abducted by moslems and his government and their allies would be obliged to roll in with heavy armour and turn the place over.

I've had a moslem tell me that I could just disapear or be shot, and nobody would know who dunnit or why... I was shocked that a moslem would actually threaten violence. Shocked!

Posted by: Animus at June 30, 2006 5:38 AM

Wrong president, Abu America, if the story is true anyway. Clinton showed no desire to take out Bin Laden at any point from 1996 (Khobar Towers) to 2000 (USS Cole).

Obviously you get your news from Michael Moore. Good luck with that.

Iraqi oil is now sold on the open market, without the kickbacks and bribes in the UN Oil-for-Food program. Perhaps you were on Saddam's payroll?

Posted by: Beagle at June 30, 2006 6:01 AM

Oh, we have another troll. We have been getting more than our fair share lately.

abu America,
What "natural assets" afghanistan has ?

Posted by: arjun.sevak at June 30, 2006 6:04 AM

hey Abu American, you sound more like Abu michael moore, you think that any government should deal with the Taliban? these bastards brutlize women, kill them for just teaching reading and writing! your perspective on who are the war mongrels is totally reveresed. the islamist are the ones we are at war with. they want war, but they hide behind women and children, they offer stupi muslims to blow themselves up, but bin laden stays is in a little cave somewhere between afganistan and pakistan. the only war mongrels are muslims, time to put the rest to sleep.

Posted by: Lulu at June 30, 2006 6:07 AM

Big deal. Rumsfeld was using Saddam to get at the mullahs in Iran. They're still a larger problem, but we had to get rid of Saddam to end the neverending Gulf War.

Hey, Abu, guess what the Americans killed in 1996 (Khobar Towers) were doing?

Hint: flying missions over Iraq.

So now I guess the only thing to do is link to Chirac and Saddam to complete the cycle of meaningless points.

Posted by: Beagle at June 30, 2006 6:21 AM

The Butcher of Bagdad's Dead
He'll never again behead
A helpless,tortured victim

Chorus] Feed Zarqawi to the Pigs
While Infidels dance merry Jigs

A catalogue of his crimes
Would exhaust a poet's rhymes
But not Bin Ladin's

Chorus] Feed Zarqawi to the Pigs
While Infidels dance merry Jigs

This monster took an hour to die
Pumped full of lead from the sky
Don't mess with those Infidels...

Osama, we have a message for you
Soon we're gonna' get 'ya too
Better take viagra for those virgins
[we know you can't get it up ]

Chorus]Feed Bin Ladin to the Pigs
While Infidels dance Merry Jigs...

Posted by: Morgane at June 30, 2006 6:37 AM

Likewise here in London you could have the same fate, not only by the any UK citizen but even by the Metropolitan Police with 7 shots to ones head because he looked suspicious, like the fate of Charles de Menezes the Brazilian.

Yes. Good job yous boys was on hand to rebalance the scales of injustice the next day. Hang on - wasn't that the day before?

I used to regularly stop in at the BMI library late Thursday mornings as part of my job. On 7/7 I was fortunate enough to be otherwise engaged, and only had to reschedule my appointments due to the entire London Transport system being taken offline by your 'bruvvers'.

But don't let that stop you from blaming the Met. Or broadcasting your Jihadist sympathies - The Feds are probably well onto you already. It ain't just infidels go missin' you know...

Posted by: Animus at June 30, 2006 6:41 AM

that mythological latrociny

No use when you're caught short.

Posted by: Interested at June 30, 2006 6:52 AM

It is amazing to me that Usama (or Osama) bin Laden is able to make appearances on video and use the Internet to convey his messages to his band of evil, skank followers, but we are still unable to locate and kill him.

Can he really be that difficult to find?

Posted by: americaningermany at June 30, 2006 05:27 AM

If Bush was a real man, Usama would be in a grave long back. But then, Bush hardly lifte s finger againt Muslims. Almost like he has secretely taken Shada or wears a skirt to bed. And to add insult to injury, befriends a fox (Pakistan) to fight terror. What a foolish irony, but then, what does one expect from a corrupt fool?

Posted by: Alert at June 30, 2006 6:57 AM

information for the infidels, ref provided at the bottom.

The Oil Connection: Afghanistan and Caspian Sea oil pipeline routes

Don't think there is a connection between Afghanistan and the oil monopolies? Think again. The information contained in these partial Department of Energy reports are current as of September 2001. You can read the complete texts at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/caspian.html and http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/afghan.html. (For more links, also see http://www.mujahideen.fsnet.co.uk/afghanistan-oil.htm) This story could be bigger than the Pentagon Papers if it were discovered that the "war on terrorism" were an excuse to end Afghanistan's civil war in order to secure the Southern route of an oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan. In 1998, the Taliban signed an agreement to proceed with the pipeline, but the civil war has kept the project from getting started.

Background

Afghanistan's significance from an energy standpoint stems from its geographical position as a potential transit route for oil and natural gas exports from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea. This potential includes the possible construction of oil and natural gas export pipelines through Afghanistan, which was under serious consideration in the mid-1990s. The idea has since been undermined by Afghanistan's instability. Since 1996, most of Afghanistan has been controlled by the Taliban movement, which the United States does not recognize as the government of Afghanistan.

On December 19, 2000, the UN Security Council imposed additional sanctions against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement (which controls around 95% of the country), including an arms embargo and a ban on the sale of chemicals used in making heroin. These sanctions (Resolution 1333) are aimed at pressuring Afghanistan to turn over Osama bin Laden, suspected in various terrorist attacks, including the August 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. These latest sanctions are in addition to sanctions (Resolution 1267) imposed on Afghanistan in November 1999, which included a freeze on Taliban assets and a ban on international flights by Afghanistan's national airline, Ariana. The Taliban reacted sharply to the new sanctions, ordering a boycott of US and Russian goods, and pulling out of UN-mediated peace talks aimed at ending the country's civil war.

On November 29, 1999, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan issued a report on Afghanistan which listed the country's major problems as follows: civil war (which has caused many casualties and refugees, and which has devastated the country's economy), record opium production, wide-scale human rights violations, and food shortages caused in part by drought.

According to the 2001 CIA World Factbook, Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked country, highly dependent on farming and livestock raising. Afghanistan has experienced over two decades of war, including the nearly 10-year Soviet military occupation (which ended in 1989). During that conflict one-third of the population fled the country, with Pakistan and Iran sheltering a combined peak of more than 6 million refugees. Large Afghan refugee populations remain in Pakistan and Iran. Gross domestic product has fallen substantially over the past 20 years because of the loss of labor and capital and the disruption of trade and transport. The severe drought of 1998-2000 added to these problems. The majority of the population continues to suffer from insufficient food, clothing, housing, and medical care. Inflation remains a serious problem throughout the country. International aid can deal with only a fraction of the humanitarian problem, let alone promote economic development. The economic situation did not improve in 1999-2000, as internal civil strife has continued, hampering both domestic economic policies and international aid efforts. Numerical data are likely to be either unavailable or unreliable. Afghanistan was by far the largest world producer of opium poppies in 2000, and narcotics trafficking is a major source of revenues.

Energy Overview

The Soviets had estimated Afghanistan's proven and probable natural gas reserves at up to 5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in the 1970s. Afghan natural gas production reached 275 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) in the mid-1970s. However, due to declining reserves from producing fields, output gradually fell to about 220 Mmcf/d by 1980. At that time, the Jorquduq field was brought online and was expected to boost Afghan natural gas output to 385 Mmcf/d by the early 1980s. However, sabotage of infrastructure by the anti-Soviet mujaheddin fighters limited the country's total production to 290 Mmcf/d, an output level that was held fairly steady until the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. After the Soviet pullout and subsequent Afghan civil war, roughly 31 producing wells at Sheberghan area fields were shut in pending the restart of natural gas sales to the former Soviet Union.

At its peak in the late 1970s, Afghanistan supplied 70%-90% of its natural gas output to the Soviet Union's natural gas grid via a link through Uzbekistan. In 1992, Afghan President Najibullah indicated that a new natural gas sales agreement with Russia was in progress. However, several former Soviet republics raised price and distribution issues and negotiations stalled. In the early 1990s, Afghanistan also discussed possible natural gas supply arrangements with Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and several Western European countries, but these talks never progressed further. Afghan natural gas fields include Jorqaduq, Khowaja Gogerdak, and Yatimtaq, all of which are located within 20 miles of the northern town of Sheberghan in Jowzjan province. Natural gas production and distribution is the responsibility of the Taliban-controlled Afghan Gas Enterprise. In 1999, work resumed on the repair of a distribution pipeline to Mazar-i-Sharif. Spur pipelines to a small power plant and fertilizer plant also were repaired and completed. Mazar-i-Sharif is now receiving natural gas from the pipeline, as well as some other surrounding areas. Rehabilitation of damaged natural gas wells has been undertaken at the Khowaja Gogerak field, which has increased natural gas production.

In February 1998, the Taliban announced plans to revive the Afghan National Oil Company, which was abolished by the Soviet Union after it invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Soviet estimates from the late 1970s placed Afghanistan's proven and probable oil and condensate reserves at 95 million barrels. Oil exploration and development work as well as plans to build a 10,000-bbl/d refinery were halted after the 1979 Soviet invasion. A very small amount of crude oil is produced at the Angot field in the northern Sar-i-Pol province. It is processed at a primitive topping plant in Sheberghan, and burned in central heating boilers in Sheberghan, Mazar-i-Sharif, and Kabul. Another small oilfield at Zomrad Sai near Sheberghan was reportedly undergoing repairs in mid-2001.

Petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel are imported, mainly from Pakistan and Turkmenistan. A small storage and distribution facility exists in Jalalabad on the highway between Kabul and Peshawar, Pakistan. Turkmenistan also has a petroleum product storage and distribution facility at Tagtabazar near the Afghan border, which supplies northwestern Afghanistan.

Besides oil and natural gas, Afghanistan also is estimated to have 73 million tons of coal reserves, most of which is located in the region between Herat and Badashkan in the northern part of the country. Although Afghanistan produced over 100,000 short tons of coal annually as late as the early 1990s, as of 1999, the country was producing only around 1,000 short tons.

Afghanistan's power grid has been severely damaged by years of war. Currently, the ruling Taliban are concentrating on rebuilding damaged hydroelectric plants, power distribution lines, and high-voltage cables. Production of power by Afghanistan's hydroelectric dams was negatively affected by the drought of 1998-2000, resulting in blackouts in Kabul and other cities. Increased rainfall in 2001 has improved power production. The Kajaki Dam in Helmand province near Kandahar is undergoing the addition of another generating turbine with assistance from the Chinese Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery Company. This will add 16.5 megawatts (MW) to its generating capacity when completed. Transmission lines from the Kajaki Dam to Kandahar were repaired in early 2001, along with a substation in the city, restoring supplies of electricity. The Dahla Dam in Kandahar province also has been restored to operation, along with the Breshna-Kot Dam in Nangarhar province, which has a generating capacity of 11.5 MW. The 66-MW Mahipar hydro plant also is now operational.

Turkmenistan supplies electricity to much of northwestern Afghanistan. In October 1999, Afghanistan announced that it had reached agreement with Turkmenistan for electricity imports into northwestern Afghanistan, including power to the city of Herat and the Herat cement plant. Another transmission line has been built from Turkmenistan to the city of Andkhoy, and one was under construction in 2001 to Sheberghan. Electricity has previously been imported from Uzbekistan for Mazar-i-Sharif, but supplies were cut off during the winter of 1999 due to payment arrears.

Regional Pipeline Plans

In January 1998, the Taliban signed an agreement that would allow a proposed 890-mile, $2-billion, 1.9-billion-cubic-feet-per-day natural gas pipeline project led by Unocal to proceed. The proposed pipeline would have transported natural gas from Turkmenistan's 45-Tcf Dauletabad natural gas field to Pakistan, and most likely would have run from Dauletabad south to the Afghan border and through Herat and Qandahar in Afghanistan, to Quetta, Pakistan. The line would then have linked with Pakistan's natural gas grid at Sui. Natural gas shipments had been projected to start at 700 Mmcf/d in 1999 and to rise to 1.4 Bcf/d or higher by 2002. In March 1998, however, Unocal announced a delay in finalizing project details due to Afghanistan's continuing civil war. In June 1998, Gazprom announced that it was relinquishing its 10% stake in the gas pipeline project consortium (known as the Central Asian Gas Pipeline Ltd., or Centgas), which was formed in August 1996. As of June 1998, Unocal and Saudi Arabia's Delta Oil held a combined 85% stake in Centgas, while Turkmenrusgas owned 5%. Other participants in the proposed project besides Delta Oil include the Crescent Group of Pakistan, Gazprom of Russia, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company of South Korea, Inpex and Itochu of Japan

On December 8, 1998, Unocal announced that it was withdrawing from the Centgas consortium, citing low oil prices and turmoil in Afghanistan as making the pipeline project uneconomical and too risky. Unocal's announcement followed an earlier statement -- in August 1998 -- that the company was suspending its role in the Afghanistan gas pipeline project in light of the recent U.S. government military action in Afghanistan, and also due to intensified fighting between the Taliban and opposition groups. Unocal had previously stressed that the Centgas pipeline project would not proceed until an internationally recognized government was in place in Afghanistan. To date, however, only three countries -- Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates -- have recognized the Taliban government.

Besides the gas pipeline, Unocal also had considered building a 1,000-mile, 1-million barrel-per-day (bbl/d) capacity oil pipeline that would link Chardzou, Turkmenistan to Pakistan's Arabian Sea Coast via Afghanistan. Since the Chardzou refinery is already linked to Russia's Western Siberian oil fields, this line could provide a possible alternative export route for regional oil production from the Caspian Sea. The $2.5-billion pipeline is known as the Central Asian Oil Pipeline Project. For a variety of reasons, including high political risk and security concerns, however, financing for this project remains highly uncertain.

In April 1999, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan agreed to reactivate the Turkmenistan-Pakistan gas pipeline project, and to ask the Centgas consortium, now led by Saudi Arabia's Delta Oil (following Unocal's withdrawal from the project), to proceed. Periodic meetings to discuss the project have continued. It remains unlikely, however, that this pipeline will be built.

Possible Caspian Oil Routes

There are several Caspian region gas export pipelines that have been proposed. Although there is no lack of export option proposals, questions remain as to where all these exports should go.

West?

The TRACECA Program (Transport System Europe-Caucasus-Asia, informally known as the Great Silk Road) was launched at a European Union (EU) conference in 1993. The EU conference brought together trade and transport ministers from the Central Asian and Caucasian republics to initiate a transport corridor on an West-East axis from Europe, across the Black Sea, through the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea to Central Asia. In September 1998, twelve countries (including Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, Turkey, and Uzbekistan) signed a multilateral agreement known as the Baku Declaration to develop the transport corridor through closer economic integration of member countries, rehabilitation and development of new transportation infrastructure, and by fostering stability and trust in the region. In addition, the EU has sponsored the INOGATE program, which appraises oil and gas exports routes from Central Asia and the Caspian, and routes for shipping energy to Europe. INOGATE is run through the EU's TACIS program.

East?

However, there is some question as to whether Europe is the right destination for Caspian oil and gas. Oil demand over the next 10-15 years in Europe is expected to grow by little more than 1 million bbl/d. Oil exports eastward, on the other hand, could serve Asian markets, where demand for oil is expected to grow by 10 million bbl/d over the next 10-15 years. To feed this Asian demand, though, would necessitate building the world's longest pipelines. Geographical considerations would force these pipelines to head north of the impassable mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan across the vast, desolate Kazakh steppe, thereby adding even more length (and cost) to any eastward pipelines.

South?

An additional way for Caspian region exporters to supply Asian demand would be to pipe oil and gas south. This would mean sending oil and gas through either Afghanistan or Iran. The Afghanistan option, which Turkmenistan has been promoting, would entail building oil and gas pipelines across war-torn Afghan territory to reach markets in Pakistan and possibly India. The Iranian route for gas would pipe Caspian region gas (from Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan) to Iran's southern coast, then eastward to Pakistan, while the oil route would take oil to the Persian Gulf, then load it onto tankers for further trans-shipment. However, any significant investment in Iran would be problematic under the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act, which imposes sanctions on non-U.S. companies investing in the Iranian oil and gas sectors. U.S. companies already are prohibited from conducting business with Iran under U.S. law.

North or Northwest?

For its part, Russia itself has proposed multiple pipeline routes that utilize Russian export pipelines that transport oil to new export outlets being developed on the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. Russia is set to complete its Baltic Sea port at Primorsk later this year, and the country is working with Croatia to connect the Adria pipeline with the southern Druzhba pipeline. Reversing the flows in the Adria pipeline and tying it to the southern Druzhba route would allow oil exports from the Caspian to run via Russia's pipeline system, across Ukraine and Hungary, and then terminate at the Croatian deep-sea Adriatic port of Omisalj. In addition, Russia already has the most extensive natural gas network in the region, and the system's capacity could be increased to allow for additional Caspian region gas exports via Russia.

However, there are political and security questions as to whether the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union should rely on Russia (or any other country) as their sole export outlet, and Caspian region producers have expressed their desire to diversify their export options. In addition, most of the existing Russian oil export pipelines terminate at the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, requiring tankers to transit the Black Sea and pass through the Bosporus Straits in order to gain access to the Mediterranean and world markets. Turkey has raised concerns about the ability of the Bosporus Straits, already a major chokepoint for oil tankers, to handle additional tanker traffic. Already, Turkey has stated its environmental concerns about a possible collision (and ensuing oil spill) in the Straits as a result of increased tanker traffic from the launch of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) Tengiz-Novorossiisk pipeline in March 2001. The first tanker with CPC oil is not scheduled to be loaded at Novorossiisk until August 6, 2001, but already there are a number of options under consideration for oil transiting the Black Sea to bypass the Bosporus Straits.

Regional Conflict

In almost any direction, Caspian region export pipelines may be subject to regional conflict, an additional complication in determining final routes. The Uzbek government is dealing with the threat of rising Islamic fundamentalism in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan remains scarred by over 20 years of war, the Azerbaijan-Armenia war over the Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in Azerbaijan has yet to be resolved, separatist conflicts in Abkhazia and Ossetia in Georgia flared in the mid-1990's, and Russia's war with Chechnya has devastated the region around Grozny in southern Russia.

Nevertheless, several export pipelines from the Caspian region already are completed or under construction, and Caspian region exports are already transiting the Caucasus. While the hope is that export pipelines will provide an economic boost to the region, thereby bringing peace and prosperity to the troubled Caucasus and Caspian regions in the long run, the fear is that in the short-term, the fierce competition over pipeline routes and export options will lead to greater instability.

ref:http://www.newhumanist.com/oil.html

Posted by: Abu America at June 30, 2006 7:05 AM

Wrong president, Abu America, if the story is true anyway. Clinton showed no desire to take out Bin Laden at any point from 1996 (Khobar Towers) to 2000 (USS Cole).

Posted by: Beagle at June 30, 2006 06:01 AM

What can be expected from an American president (Abe Lincoln must turn in his grave), who was more interested in sex with an intern, than the welfare of the nation? In some ways, Americans share the blame for electing such corrupt and perverts.

Posted by: Alert at June 30, 2006 7:06 AM

babu American hey he can copy and paste, note that it took non muslims to make up the report, guess otherwise muslims would still be sleeping in tents.
So the this muslim thinks its bad for companies to go out and explore and actually produce something that is good for people. l just came back from Europe last Tuesday. the short time l was in England, l noticed a truck marked with "produce from Israel". Now what do the muslims produce to export from their own hands..... they would rather build bomb belts for their people duped by the coward leaders. you talk about Rumsefield shaking hands with Saddam, while your bin boy and his coward co-horts send off stupid muslims to bomb themselves. this islam cult has got to be the most mind numbing cult of all time.

Posted by: Lulu at June 30, 2006 7:18 AM

americaningermany,
He didn't get it. He won't get it. :) He's got the koran, and that is all that he needs. Don't bother with him.

Posted by: arjun.sevak at June 30, 2006 7:43 AM

hey Babu, oh my, you surley are not American if you do not know the comic strip where Lulu came from. as far as having muslims stop the flow of oil, let them do it! the faster the better, you see your sieks and mullahs for hate are addicted to "oil money". Canada is one of the largest supplier of oil to the US. and when we dump the left, companies can drill for oil off the coast, artic, etc. and with "Western" technology we will get away from oil.
look at history Babu, you will see when the arab thugs stopped European traders from going to the FarEast, they took other routes, thereby leaving the mulim horde in the dark ages! so the sooner your arab brothers stop the oil flow, the faster we will move away from oil. and yes you will be regulated back to the tents and your camels.

Posted by: Lulu at June 30, 2006 7:46 AM

Americaningermany

you avoided the below, can you please submit a reply:

Why are you being shy in telling everyone (or the whole world) your method of erasing all the Muslims from your land. You Muslim eliminations can’t be that bad that you shivering to share them, I mean you can’t get any worse than Al-Zaq or can you? Maybe your Muslim elimination ways match and are identical to Al-Zaq’s ways of righting off invading infidel forces.

I think the easiest way to do the job is to Nuke the so called Muslim government and nations, it will save the hassle and time, not to mention make room for new stock pile of Nukes for the next threat the west face.

What would the infidels do if Europe and UK were at war against America, comments please infidels.

Posted by: Abu America at June 30, 2006 8:01 AM

Osama praise Abu the vile murderer. Ever notice how these jihadists always praise the most despicable people on earth. Ever notice how they can always find to to supply AK47s, RPGs, cintex,and to be able to fuel the hatred behaviour in dimwitted suicide bombers? Do you ever see them contributing to help AIDS victims, feed the starving people (many of them Muslims),ever see them donating aid to disaster victims (many of them Muslims), ever see them participate in providing medical needs of some of the epidemics in the world, ever see them helping struggling farmers find better ways to raise crops (for the record, as Muslims take over good farmland, they proceed to cease crop production--witness the fine vegetable farms that used to exist in GAZA-they are now gone). All they do is lie, kill, keep their own people in a constant state of non contributing lifestyles. And yet they wonder why their life is miserable. They should give peace a chance and give life as opposed to war and taking life.

Posted by: exsgtbrown at June 30, 2006 8:07 AM

Abu my point is that you just have to look at history. European countries advanced while arabs setteled back to the stone age when they prevented Europeans from trading and traveling to the FarEast.Civilizations expand and improve with free trade and sciences improved with separation of state and church. these are alien to muslim and the koran.
\muslim only advance on the backs of others.
So my point dear is that when you stop something, money and good flow another way. therefore as in the past, (yes you need to learn your history Babu) the muslim horde will be delegated to their tents and camels. or a parking lot will be your price of payment for your war on the West.
ps.. Western counties, found the oil, Western tech. got the oil out of the ground. Western people pay for the oil, what do the fat shieks do with the oil money, keep if for themsevles, and give out enough to pay for bombs and bullets to the brain dead muslim islamofacists to go out and blow themselves up.
So Babu you need to look at your own people for their own poverty and backwardness. Look in the mirror if you want to blame anyone, with your koran in hand.

Posted by: Lulu at June 30, 2006 8:09 AM

americanintoilet

Ha ha - got ya.

Toilet paper is only used in the west and you just changed your mind because I've just made you realise that Muslims never used or use toilet paper and how dirty you actually are.

Your very quick to switch sides arn't you infidel, toilet paper user a true smelly looser

Posted by: Abu America at June 30, 2006 8:12 AM

Lulu

I’m not an Arab or any other, I’m a British who converted to Islam. I never have been to a Muslim country. I have nothing to do with the people living in the Muslim countries the only one and strong link is Islam, and nothing else matters.

That’s the problem with the infidelic society as they think all Muslims are brown and Arabs, well you wrong, they can be white and non-Arabs.

A Lulu will remain a Lulu.

Posted by: Abu America at June 30, 2006 8:16 AM

americaningermany

but don't take it to heart but you stink of crap, go get a wash. Infidelic natural smell.

Posted by: Abu America at June 30, 2006 8:18 AM

so Babu to convert to islam proves you are stupid and must lie, why do you call yourself "Abu America"? if your British, so you are a proven deceitful mo. the only people attracked to islam are losers. l never said muslims were all arabs, you implied that, islam is an ideology, with arab muslims being the most superior. so you dumb Babu its easier to be a muslim in Britain, try being a muslim in an Arab country, yeah visit mecca, see it while it exist, soon it will be dust.

Posted by: Lulu at June 30, 2006 8:33 AM

Lulu, americaningermany,
Don't waste your time. This moslim is not in London, he is in India. He is in a cybercafe and will get off shortly.

Posted by: arjun.sevak at June 30, 2006 8:45 AM

arjun.sevak you are probably right, well l have to go out and work, Infidels actually work, no time to raise you butt five times a day. hahaha..

Posted by: Lulu at June 30, 2006 8:48 AM

The muslim's not native British, his English is not good enough and he uses the wrong idioms.

Posted by: CGW at June 30, 2006 9:53 AM

"If the Muslim world turned off the taps of oil your luxury lives and that truck you saw in Europe marked with Israel illegal state would have come to halt. It maybe hard for you to digest but the source of all the plastic and oil related products which you consume on a daily basis comes from the Muslim world, or have you forgotten that." -from a muhammadan poster above.

This is just another Islamic lie. The number one supplier of oil used in the US is the United States. We produce a little over 40% of our own oil. The leading exporter of oil to the United States is Canada. Second is Mexico. The middle east only accounts for about 17% of all oil imports to the US and since imports acount for only account for about 60% of oil used, it amounts to about 10% of the oil we use. On Wall Street every day, all the oil traded only counts for 5% of the total value. Obviously, this value certainly isn't enough to pay for even a fraction of the cost of deploying or maintaining a military occupation half way around the world. Stealing oil from countries half way around the world is not economically or logistically viable. As Hugh has noted, we have been happy to pay for the oil we have used. The payments for oil to gulf states constitutes the largest transfer of wealth in the history of humanity. 80 years ago, the gulf states were barren deserts, sparsely populated with a few nomadic goat herders, whose meager supply of water was often polluted by the petroleum which lay close beneath the surface of the desert sand. And yet some muslims have the audacity to claim that the west has been "stealing their resources." This is probably the biggest, most bald faced lie of the 20th and 21st centuries.

As for the Arabs shutting off the taps in order to destroy the western economic system, I guess that some have pretty short memories. It was done in 1973, or have you forgotten? At that time, many Gulf states had per capita incomes rivaling that of the US and Western Europe. By the time it was all said and done, the West had experienced a small economic recession, while the incomes of those in the gulf states had fallen to about half that of the United States and Western Europe. Please do it again. Alternative energy and conservation need the extra boost. It might hurt the economy slightly in the very short run, but in the long run it will drive western inginuity. Even now with oil at near record prices, the Dow Jones continues to approach record levels and the American economy is growing at nearly 4% per year. Home ownership is at all time highs. If the middle east again cuts off the oil, the Arabs will again be the losers, and the big winners will be the environment and American farmers. We can and do make Ethanol, Biodiesel, and Bioplastics from corn, soybeans, grass clippings and all manner of waste, and electricity is cheap and abundant. We can easily (and should) replace the 10% of the oil we get from the middle east with conservation and alternative sources. But the Arabs cannot eat their oil. The fact is they need us to support their uncontrolled and unsustainable populations with petrodollars and food far more than we need their oil. If or rather when the oil supply runs out or is disrupted for any long period of time, you will see starvation and death in the middle east that makes what happened in Ethiopia and Somalia look like a joke.

Posted by: Abu Allah at June 30, 2006 10:58 AM

Abu: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Osama: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Foehammer:

Ratta-tatta-tatta-tatta-tatta-tat-tat-tat.

Posted by: Foehammer at June 30, 2006 11:19 AM

Praise allah for butt cleaning instructions! lol No wonder muslims dont shake hands. Gross me out...

Foehammer, the problem is they reek so bad but they are used to their own stink. If a clean person from the civilized world comes in their presence it offends their olfactory senses.

Posted by: GreatShaitan at June 30, 2006 12:43 PM

Good one Hammer!

Bin Laden wants Zarqawi to be remembered through "poetry"....is he joking? Excuse me while I throw-up!

Posted by: champ at June 30, 2006 1:01 PM

Abu America -

Why do you identify yourself with America if you live in England? And Abu in Arabic means "Father of", which makes your username even more puzzling because it sounds like America holds a special place in your heart.

But then again I shouldn't be surprised since LYING is one of the hallmarks of Islam.

Posted by: champ at June 30, 2006 1:18 PM

Foehammer, good point. It always cracks me up when I hear muslims try to tell me they are more hygenic than us. If that is the case, I have to wonder why every time I get in a cab driven my a mohammaden, he smells like feces and body odor. And those ridiculous beards certainly don't do much for hygene either. Especially not on a battlefield. They don't seem to understand the fact that we wipe and wash both. At least one shower a day does a great deal for one's aroma, but I guess when you have a desert mentality, the idea of such "wasteful" use of water seems almost blasphemous.

Posted by: Abu Allah at June 30, 2006 1:34 PM

Yeah, I also think this guy is all the same people AIG mentioned above under all those different nicknames.

I think it is obvious he has a quite serious mental condition. He might be bi-polar or schizophrenic because he swings from towering in anger to cowering in paranoia.

He is also delusional and has little awareness of realty.

Again, it sounds like I'm being facetious but I seriously think he is ill. A muslim, maybe, but mental definately.

I'll be more careful. I wont address him anymore, but I do think its all the same guy.

Posted by: GreatShaitan at June 30, 2006 1:44 PM

That is because they have to use the water they have over and over and over and over and over.

Posted by: BIRDDDOG at June 30, 2006 1:51 PM

Abu American wrote :

I’m not an Arab or any other, I’m a British who converted to Islam. I never have been to a Muslim country. I have nothing to do with the people living in the Muslim countries the only one and strong link is Islam, and nothing else matters.

That’s the problem with the infidelic society as they think all Muslims are brown and Arabs, well you wrong, they can be white and non-Arabs.

My reply :

it's been a long time i don't give a comment in here. i always come and read in JW. but now i'm interesting to comment Abu American. poor Abu, He doesn't know the core teaching of islam.

He has been trapped by moslems. Hey Abu, I think you should come to moslem country and stay to see how moslems treat the non moslems. As you know that I'm living in Indonesia, country with the most moslem majority in the world.

it is a very common thing in here if you read or hear the news that churches closed or burn down by moslem mobs.

i don't know, how come you can't be trapped by this evil ideology.

but now i am very happy since more and more west people especially in America start to wakeup about the danger of islam.

Islam has been wage war againts non moslem worlds since 1400 years ago.

Once by once non moslem worlds defeated brutally by Islam. I think it is God plans to created USA 230 years ago to destroy Islam once and forever.

Posted by: Mohammed_Pedophiles_Club at June 30, 2006 1:59 PM

Mohammed_Pedophiles_Club, good comment, but I don't believe for one second that 'Abu America' is a British convert. After reading several of his posts you can tell he is not a native English speaker, and on one occasion, he bragged about how "white girls" find him attractive and that makes "white men" jealous. He is just a liar. My guess is that he is most likely an "Asian Male." Translated from BBC speak into English that means a muslim male of Pakistani or Bangli origin. Most of his anger probably stems from the fact that he can't grow a full beard to save his life and all of his Arab friends make fun of him for it.

Posted by: Abu Allah at June 30, 2006 2:36 PM

ABU SENDS:

This story could be bigger than the Pentagon Papers if it were discovered that the "war on terrorism" were an excuse to end Afghanistan's civil war in order to secure the Southern route of an oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan.

It may well be oil plays a part, but not for the reasons Abu suggests. Ending the civil war was necessary to simply stem the continuous flow of blood dished out by the Muslims. The oil money was being squandered by those in power to purchase weapons and weapons technology. The people were receiving no benefit from oil money. Perhaps with a "reasonable" government the oil money could be better used to improve the everyday regular hard working citizens of the country and not for the insipid JIHAD of the Peaceful Religion of Islam.

Posted by: exsgtbrown at June 30, 2006 3:13 PM

We in the West stink?
That is so funny!

Posted by: Carolyn2 at June 30, 2006 6:35 PM

Ha ha - got ya.

Toilet paper is only used in the west and you just changed your mind because I've just made you realise that Muslims never used or use toilet paper and how dirty you actually are.
Your very quick to switch sides arn't you infidel, toilet paper user a true smelly looser

Posted by: Abu America

How's the left hand workin' out for you? Do you brush your teeth with the stick prescribed in the qur'an?

Posted by: Carolyn2 at June 30, 2006 6:43 PM

That's LOSER, moron, not "looser."

Abu America is Khalid, salahudin, lionheart--and I forget the rest.

As others have noted, his defective prose is distinctive and rather unique. I've read enough of his drivel now to float a boat, and I could pick him out of a cast of illiterate thousands.

Pay him no mind. He's got a screw loose.

The point of this thread, though, is bin Laden's kudos for Zarqawi, and in his address he suggested that Zarqawi should be immortalized in poetry. Well, I decided to do just that. Here's a sample:

There was a fat boy called The Lion,
Who hated the U S and Zion.
He strutted his stuff
Till we'd all had enough,
So now he's in Hell just a-fryin'.

Or how 'bout:

Zarqawi was sure a good Muslim,
A lion, they say, among Islam.
One night while in bed
With a towel on his head,
Two great big ‘ol bombs split his eardrums.

OK. It ain't Rumi, but he didn't write limericks anyway. I'm working on more and sending them to Al-Jazeera for wider dissemination. :-)

Haid

Posted by: Haid Dasalami at June 30, 2006 9:48 PM