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July 3, 1979: President Carter made a deal with the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul, calculated to induce the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Mid to Late 1980's: President Reagan, aware of our deal with the Soviets, authorizes the shipment of Stinger missiles via Pakistan to Afghanistan

1993: US Oil companies reach for the 200 billion barrels of oil in the Caspian Sea area.

1995: Unocal signs an agreement with Turkmenistan for natural gas purchasing rights for transport through a proposed pipeline in Afghanistan.

1996: Unocal makes a deal with Russia's Gazprom and Turkmenistan's Turkmenrusgaz to build a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan.

Please click on the Title, then, in the upper left corner of that web page, on the word "timelines" for the rest of the sordid details, which require the spilling of many hundreds, perhaps thousands of gallons of American and NATO blood!