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I guess we all got lucky we had to go fight in Afghanistan, was it luck or was it..?

Nearly $1 trillion in untapped resources could fundamentally alter economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37677987/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times

By James Risen
updated 10:22 p.m. ET, Sun., June 13, 2010

WASHINGTON - 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 American government officials.

The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.

An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries for laptops and Blackberries.

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[*MAFIA* Dune Surfer]

Sounds like a desperate shout by washington to get other countries/investors to help-out in Afganistan because its proved to be a bottomless pit for the US economy.

[*MAFIA* Bonehead]

invade and just take it over. they would just use it to fund arabs for joy program. and we would use it to make the rich, richer and bail banks out.

either way it will be a useless thing for the rest of us.

[Tim_@916]

Hopefully the newly discovered ore will replace the opium export & better the Afghani people. ARABS for joy program? - is this it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrczI9R7tJY&feature=related