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Explosive New Book Published in France Alleges that U.S. Was in Negotiations to
Do a Deal with Taliban for an Oil Pipeline in Afghanistan.
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Re: Fwd: Explosive New Book Published in France Alleges that U.S.Was in
Negotiations to Do a Deal with Taliban for an Oil Pipeline inAfghanistan.
spiker wrote:
>
> From: "Pastor Butch Paugh" <ctdm@hotmail.com>
>
> AMERICAN MORNING WITH PAULA ZAHN
> http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0201/08/ltm.05.html
>
> Explosive New Book Published in France Alleges that U.S.
> Was in Negotiations to Do a Deal with Taliban
>
> Aired January 8, 2002 - 07:34 ET
>
> THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL
> FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
>
> PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Time to check in with ambassador-in-
> residence, Richard Butler, this morning. An explosive new book published
> in France alleges that the United States was in negotiations to do a deal
> with the Taliban for an oil pipeline in Afghanistan.
>
> Joining us right now is Richard Butler to shed some light on this new book.
> He is the former chief U.N. weapons inspector. He is now on the Council
> on Foreign Relations and our own ambassador-in- residence -- good
> morning.
>
> RICHARD BUTLER, FMR. U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTOR: Good
> morning, Paula.
>
> ZAHN: Boy, if any of these charges are true...
>
> BUTLER: If...
>
> ZAHN: ... this...
>
> BUTLER: Yes.
>
> ZAHN: ... is really big news.
>
> BUTLER: I agree.
>
> ZAHN: Start off with what your understanding is of what is in this book --
> the most explosive charge.
>
> BUTLER: The most explosive charge, Paula, is that the Bush
> administration -- the present one, just shortly after assuming office
slowed
> down FBI investigations of al Qaeda and terrorism in Afghanistan in order
> to do a deal with the Taliban on oil -- an oil pipeline across Afghanistan.
>
> ZAHN: And this book points out that the FBI's deputy director, John
> O'Neill, actually resigned because he felt the U.S. administration was
> obstructing...
>
> BUTLER: A proper...
>
> ZAHN: ... the prosecution of terrorism.
>
> BUTLER: Yes, yes, a proper intelligence investigation of terrorism. Now,
> you said if, and I affirmed that in responding to you. We have to be
careful
> here. These are allegations. They're worth airing and talking about,
because
> of their gravity. We don't know if they are correct. But I believe they
> should be investigated, because Central Asian oil, as we were discussing
> yesterday, is potentially so important. And all prior attempts to have a
> pipeline had to be done through Russia. It had to be negotiated with
> Russia.
>
> Now, if there is to be a pipeline through Afghanistan, obviating the need
to
> deal with Russia, it would also cost less than half of what a pipeline
through
> Russia would cost. So financially and politically, there's a big prize to
be
> had. A pipeline through Afghanistan down to the Pakistan coast would
> bring out that Central Asian oil easier and more cheaply.
>
> ZAHN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) as you spoke about this yesterday, we
> almost immediately got a call from "The New York Times."
>
> BUTLER: Right.
>
> ZAHN: They want you to write an op-ed piece on this over the weekend.
>
> BUTLER: Right, and which I will do.
>
> ZAHN: But let's come back to this whole issue of what John O'Neill, this
> FBI agent...
>
> BUTLER: Right.
>
> ZAHN: ... apparently told the authors of this book. He is alleging that --
> what -- the U.S. government was trying to protect U.S. oil interests? And
> at the same time, shut off the investigation of terrorism to allow for that
to
> happen?
>
> BUTLER: That's the allegation that instead of prosecuting properly an
> investigation of terrorism, which has its home in Afghanistan as we now
> know, or one of its main homes, that was shut down or slowed down in
> order to pursue oil interests with the Taliban. The people who we have
> now bombed out of existence, and this not many months ago. The book
> says that the negotiators said to the Taliban, you have a choice. You have
a
> carpet of gold, meaning an oil deal, or a carpet of bombs. That's what the
> book alleges.
>
> ZAHN: Well, I know you're going to be doing your own independent
> homework on this...
>
> BUTLER: Yes.
>
> ZAHN: ... to see if you can confirm any of this. Let's move on to the whole
> issue of Iraq. The deputy defense secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, at one time
> was considered one of those voices within the administration...
>
> BUTLER: Yes.
>
> ZAHN: ... that was pushing for moving beyond Afghanistan. He seemed to
> back off a little from that yesterday.
>
> BUTLER: Yes.
>
> ZAHN: What do you read through the tea leaves here?
>
> BUTLER: A very interesting report that the administration will focus on the
> Philippines, Yemen, Somalia as places where there are al Qaeda cells. But
> the word Iraq wasn't used by the man who was the chief hawk -- used as
> a, you know, as a future target. So what I interpret from that is this:
That
> very likely our allies have been saying to us, this is too hard. This is
really
> serious. Be careful. Saddam is essentially contained at the moment. Don't
> start, you know, a bigger problem either in the Arab world or in the
> coalition by going after him. And Wolfowitz, it seems, has probably
> accepted that.
>
> ZAHN: A quick thought on the Israelis intercepting this latest armed
> shipment? What that means? You've got to do it in about 15 seconds.
>
> BUTLER: It's extraordinarily serious, because it seems to have been tied to
> Yasser Arafat himself. It needs to be further investigated, but you know,
> Paula, the potentiality that this could once again prove an impediment to
> resume peace negotiations is really quite serious.
>
> ZAHN: Thank you as usual for covering so much territory. Richard Butler,
> see you same time, same place tomorrow morning.
>
> BUTLER: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
>
> ZAHN: We appreciate your insights.
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