I'm not so sure the "pipeline connection" is pure conspiracy theory. Right after the final defeat of the Taliban and the appointment of Karzai as head of the Afghan Goverment, The New York Times or some other major newspaper reported that a US company (maybe Unocal, I don't remember exactly) had signed an agreement with the Afghans to finally build the pipeline.
So, if the pipeline is not something very important, why would US companies rush to sign agreements about it without the situation in Afghanistan being even close to stable???
by Rafael Gomez on September 25, 2002 at 9:51 PM