Keeping friends close & enemies closer

international | anti-war / imperialism | opinion/analysis Friday January 30, 2004 19:32 by sean heffernan - freelance journalist+ SP member (Personal Capacity) bigjimlarkin at hotmail dot com

Story exposing a link between Russia, North Korea, Pakistan & the US...

In the past few weeks we have seen the capture of the former dictator of Iraq Saddam Hussein, by US forces in Iraq. The State Department in Washington claims that this is another example of their attempts to stamp out ‘global terror’, and seek an end to ‘rogue nations’ who possess ‘weapons of mass destruction’ Evidence to the contrary paints a different picture though…

As we speak, there are Russian Nuclear experts on-site at the Yongbong Nuclear facility in North Korea. They are training the North Koreans, in how to further enhance their nuclear capabilities, and are also supplying them with the technological hardware to enable them to put their newly acquired knowledge to the test. In order to fund this project, the North Koreans have welcomed teams of Pakistani scientists into their country, who are on a mission to learn more about how to produce nuclear weapons etc. Islamabad has also taken delivery of Nuclear weapons from Pyongyang, and the money raised from these sales has now largely landed in the coffers of the Kremlin. So it has been proven that the Russians are supplying Nuclear technological know-how and hardware to Pyongyang who in return are doing likewise with the Pakistani’s, and yet the US have hardly bat an eye lid over it all. When you delve a little deeper below the surface, it all comes to light. There’s no surprises as to what three letter word this all revolves around. There are vast untapped oil reserves in the former USSR, primarily in the states of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The US, fearful that the day when the Saudi’s will be their cash cow could come to a abrupt end in the near future, are desperately trying to source alternative avenues, when it comes to the procurement of oil. They have a big plan to firstly route oil supplies from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan through a massive pipeline running through Afghanistan, and entering the sea, somewhere along the Pakistani Coast. With the current volatility in Afghanistan, the present chances of this project reaching the light of day appear hopeless. The US are placing huge pressure on the Pakistani’s to flex every muscle to ensure the creation of a ‘stable’ Afghanistan, whereupon the oil pipeline could be safely and securely be put into position. The other pipeline would run from Kazakhstan, through Azerbaijan, eventually entering the sea somewhere along the Georgian Coastline. The border are between Georgia and Azerbaijan, mirrors that of Afghanistan and Pakistan, with bandits roaming the area robbing and kidnapping any tourists who cross their path at will. Under the pretext of trying to ‘eliminate rebels from Chechnya, Putin has seen to it that the Georgians have been given weapons and their soldiers given extensive training in order to properly secure this barren deserted border area. |Thus once again rendering it a ‘stable’ territory in the Pentagons eyes this would be essential for the project to get off the ground. Another key component in this plan is Turkey. The Oil tankers would then have to through Turkish waters as it set off on it’s journey to the US, and Ankara is playing hardball on this issue. A little known fact is that Georgia is the third largest recipient of US foreign aid, after Israel and Egypt. Russia is also owed a lot of money by the former Iraqi administration, and could make things very difficult for the US if they so chose to do so. There is also a large black market trade in dangerous weaponry in many parts of the former USSR. Many global terror groups, such as the Mafia, have been known to purchase state of the art weapons from this region. Again, not a lot is being done by Washington to effectively stamp this out. As we all know, Capitalism’s version of a ‘stable economy’ vastly differs from the Socialist definition of the term. Even if the US plans came into fruition, the situation would be far from sorted. Resentment with the US would grow stronger, with the realisation by those in the Caucasus region that the US was plundering them of a vital natural resource, and leaving them high and dry in the process. Many people in that area are Muslims, and have shown massive solidarity with their fellow believers in Chechnya. They are angry that the US has turned a blind eye to the reign of terror Moscow has unleashed over the past decade in that area. On the same score, the Kurdish peoples living inside Turkey continue to face brutal oppression on the part of the Turkish state. Once again the US has turned a blind eye to this, seeing the Turks helping them maintain a firm grip on the oil rich parts of Iraqi controlled Kurdistan, as of far greater significance than the human rights of the millions of Kurds trapped within Turkey. So the North Koreans can continue receiving help from the Russians, and the Pakistani’s arsenal of lethal weaponry grows unabated, in the knowledge that the US will do nothing to stop them, as their need to maintain affirm grip on the worlds oil reserves, overrides any other concerns that permeate outside it’s 52 states.

What is needed is the overthrow of the various regimes from North Korea, Turkey Russia et al. These would be replaced by democratic governments who would use their country’s wealth, for the benefit of their peoples, leading to the creation of a fairer more just society. This would also have to have the abolition of capitalism, and all that it stands for, as the cornerstone of it’s plans. As a result, more schools hospitals, state housing etc would be built, and the living standards of all of its citizens would increase sharply. As things stand, those ideals are but a pipedream for the working class of these countries…