Rice Balks at Iranian Pipeline

[chlamor]

Thursday, March 17, 2005. Issue 3126.

Rice Balks at Iranian Pipeline
By Cherian Thomas
Bloomberg

NEW DELHI, India -- The United States has "concerns" about plans for a pipeline to transport natural gas to India from Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.

"Our views concerning Iran are very well-known and we have communicated to the Indian government our concerns about gas pipeline cooperation between Iran and India," Rice told a news conference in New Delhi. "We need to look at the broader question of how India meets its energy needs in the next decade."

India wants to build the proposed 2,775-kilometer pipeline via Pakistan. It is investing in oil and gas fields in Iran to secure energy supplies because it depends on imports for 70 percent of its oil needs. Iran has the world's biggest reserves of gas after Russia.

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The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday reported that the United States may sell F-16 fighter jets to India and Pakistan, citing unidentified U.S. officials and other people with knowledge of the plan. Rice said she had discussed the issue with Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and that there would be no announcement on the planes.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/17/255.html

[Carolab]

1. Why do we need to look at this, Condi?

"We need to look at the broader question of how India meets its energy needs in the next decade."

Are they looking at how we meet OUR energy needs?

[Erika]

2. and why is it our business?

The 19 bombers on 9/11 were almost entirely Saudis. So wy are we interested?

[wtmusic]

3. She needs to keep her bobbly head out of other country's business n/t

[anitar1]

4. My God, are we running the world now?

This is really sickening. Our own country is falling apart and we are going to have India wait for our approval about energy plans. Would like to see them tell her where to shove it. What a total jerk she is. ahoe much worse can it get? And this person is supposed to represent us?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. The NeoCons think they are...and they're starting...

...to get some real opposition in the form of China, Russia, India, Iran, Syria, Indonesia, Germany, France, and others too many to count.

[applegrove]

5. Like India cares! Condi is the embarrassing delusional puppet who

is wandering around the world making a fool of herself because she has gotten her information on what is going on from sociopaths. Karl Rove must be beside himself laughing at what a fool the whole USA government is to him.

How embarrassing. Thank god she is no longer coming to Canada. Because we are building a gas pipeline to Asia too and I for one could not stand that much embarrassment if she started to scold us on who we can buy and sell stuff from.

Note to Rice: take Australia... it is much easier to defend and your get 3 armies for every roll of the dice.

[ProgressiveConn]

15. She is VERY good at deluding herself.

Anyone who has ever read her dissertation knows that. =)

She cites a communist spy's disinformation quite well. =)

[doublethink]

7. Condi .... get your .....

little claws off that natural gas pipeline. What busness is it of yours? Ohhhh the Energy Corporations your represent want their 'cut' of all the available world reserves huh? Oh I see now. Yea that makes sense. What's in it for you and them? In want of all things, greed will be your administrations demise one day you know. :spank:

[IndianaGreen]

8. Who appointed this bitch the world's dominatrix?

She has nothing to say to Iran or to India. She might as well go and drink a coke laced with Clarence Thomas's pubic hairs!

Gawd, I hate that woman!

[Erika]

9. She has ice water flowing through her veins

Never known of a colder woman. Maybe that's how she got an oil tanker named after her. All greed and no heart.

[IndianaGreen]

10. The most revolting memory I have of Condi was...

the time she played the piano and sang with John Ashcroft.

:puke:

[jdj]

12. well, get ready.

the next four years will be full of revolting memories, I'm sure.

[ConsAreLiars]

13. Glad I missed that.

Thank Allah, Gaia, The Fates or whatever for small favors. Things are bad enough without having had that experience.

[Hand]

37. Aiieeeeeee!!!!!

I'd never heard about that. :scared: The horror! The horror!

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. An Iran-India alliance isn't something they would favor

After all, India has nukes and a mind of their own.

[applegrove]

17. Yep - but really how close were they before Bush named Iran the

Axis of evil? People make close friendships under duress. There are many of those going on in the world today. We are all pretty much exhausted by your sociopaths in the WH.

That is what sociopaths do best... exhaust.

[Rockerdem]

14. The predicted pipeline across Afghanistan -- whoda thunk

[Kool Kitty]

16. Er, Condi-

how is this any of our fucking business? And I am sick of seeing and hearing this woman. Ever since she got this position, she has been all over the TeeVee and newspapers. She needs to sit down and shut up for a while.

[MsMagnificent]

18. No, that pipeline is supposed to go to Israel

They'll certainly "fix" that, I'm sure. India is close, begins with an 'I' but not close enough.

Ah, the good old PNAC!
just forget about The USS Liberty...

[pinniped]

19. Anything that has to do with black gold concerns these assclowns.

So the entire United States is concerned eh? I think > 99% of the US citizens don't give a flying f$ck.

[GoBlue]

20. This is just priceless,,,

"Our views concerning Iran are very well-known and we have communicated to the Indian government our concerns about gas pipeline cooperation between Iran and India," Rice told a news conference in New Delhi. "We need to look at the broader question of how India meets its energy needs in the next decade."

Like maybe they could, oh I dunno, import natural gas from Iran?


IMO Rice makes dumb blondes look intelligent.

[0007]

21. God, I can't believe how this woman dictates to other counties.

[chlamor]

29. Conandeleeza Ricecake

Very Phallic this photo of yours-Very funny too.

[truthisfreedom]

22. she's just concerned that India might spend money on building a pipeline

that's going to be blown to smithereens when we invade Iran.

[adigal]

23. How about we look at how we are going to meet

our energy needs, you dumb bunny??? Does she sound stupid, or what, every time she opens her mouth??

GGGRRRRRR!!!

[anakie]

24. no money in it for Haliburton

yet.

[Deja Q]

25. Cool. India is now going to do what it wants as they have us by our

nuts thanks to the OFFSHORING.

Yo, Bush cabinet members: Your policies encourage isolationism, yet y'all have no qualms about big corporations moving jobs overseas.

Dunno if you've seen the obvious yet, but China and now India seem to be holding us by our proverbial soft parts because they know we need them more than they need us.

Have fun.

[Strelnikov_]

26. Because We Need That Gas For GTL To Fuel SUV's

Freedom is about to go marching and reigning again.

Natural Gas To Liquids

GTL provides ultra-clean fuel that can dramatically improve air quality in the major metropolitan areas of the world. GTL technology uses syngas production and the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process to convert natural gas into liquid synthetic fuels.

. . .

GTL fuels can be used to run diesel engines, jet and natural gas turbines and also fuel cells.

. . .

The benefits of GTL technology are becoming very clear. GTL has the potential to convert the trillions of cubic feet of stranded natural gas worldwide into billions of barrels of economic value. Countries that control the gas will realize great value from the investment, jobs and revenue that will result from the development of these resources. Furthermore, the products and fuels from GTL plants can be transported and sold through conventional infrastructure, such as tankers, pipelines, storage facilities and existing retail distribution systems.

[Bragi]

27. Has India Approved the Arctic Pipeline?

Maybe Condi could be democratic on this, and put it to a fair vote, though the fact that India has more than a billion voters may rule that out.

- B

[robbedvoter]

28. Because all your Iran's oil are belong to us, !

Silly India, oil is for US!

[primavera]

30. They must not be offering Kindasleazy a big enough kickback

Toss her a yacht and she'll come around.

[Javaman]

31. The more I hear stories like this, the more it seems like...

Very soon, there will be a world wide response to any of our demands, to the effect of, "go fuck yourself!"
The nerve of us to time and time again try to dictate the policy of another country.
Bobble head, lollipop, what ever you call her, she's still one dumb ass waste of time.
She can't even tell us what our goals or diplomatic mission is as a country. This woman has never had and never will have an original thought in her head, she's the parrot of moron*.
She is nothing more than an obedient lapdog willing to please her owner.

[daleo]

32. Now Rice says Iran can't sell gas to India?

What possible pretext can they use for this? The neo-cons get crazier and more brazen with each passing day.

[Moderator]

33. kick to combine

[chlamor]

34. Fate of US $4b Iran-Pak-India Gas Pipeline Hangs in Doubt

Fate of US$4b Iran-Pak-India gas pipeline hangs in doubt

    By Rong Shoujun     

    ISLAMABAD, March 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The fate of the 4 billion US dollars trans-Pakistan gas pipeline, to energize India's power hungry industrial sector with Iranian gas, seems to hang in balance after increasing US pressure on the participating countries to abandon the project.

    US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in her talks with the Pakistani and Indian leaders during her visit early this week to the Asian countries did not mince words about the US concerns over the gas pipeline project.

    "We've voiced our concerns to the Indian Government about the gas pipeline with Iran. It's not only with India. We've similarly talked to Japan about a gas project that they would have because the United States has sanctions on Iran for good reasons," Rice said.

    Under a US law or the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, George Bush can penalize any foreign firm that invests more than 20 million dollars in the energy sectors of either country.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/19/content_2718213.htm

[jmcgowanjm]

35. there would be no announcement on the planes.

Because India is buying better planes from Russia.

Flanker Beats Eagle

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/5/26/154053.shtml

[fujiyama]

39. I found that bit about the planes odd myself

Since when did India fly F-16s or show any interest in flying them?

[jmcgowanjm]

42. ‘Iran N-deals threw spanner into F-16s’

Ahead of Rice’s visit, Pakistan Information Minister
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed suddenly admitted that Khan
supplied nuclear centrifuges to Iran. This was followed
reports quoting diplomats linked to the IAEA in Geneva
that Pakistan has agreed to send centrifuges parts
for examination, which was later denied by
Islamabad.

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=66685

[Bhaisahab]

36. ok shrub, you're really making it easy for me

to hate your stupid ass even more. we'll build the pipeline, and we'll shove the leftover screws up slick dick's arse. see if you can stop us. we got nukes too, and more importantly, all the data from your slimy donors - GE et al - belongs to us...
as they say in these parts - gand maraley bhosdi ke!
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when will it all end people?

[Hand]

38. How about a translation of that curse? nt

[fujiyama]

40. Talk about arrogance

It's interesting to note that Halliburton got away with doing business with Iraq when sanctions were in place against them. Wasn't CondiSleazy in the energy industry before joining this administration? I wouldn't be surprised if whatever company she was with (I think Texaco) did business with countries that were sanctioned.

Either way, she's a really obnoxious bitch, dictating to the world what they can and can't do.

I am curious though that India signed on to the deal though. After all, I would assume that a pipeline through Pakistan couldn't be very stable due to being a high profile terrorist target. Plus in certain times of hostility, I would assume that Pakistan could cut off the flow (though I'm sure Iran wouldn't be too pleased about that).

[jmcgowanjm]

41. shifting alliance-Euros talk BS walks

and Pakistan definitely needs money.

See that new nuke capable missile test
they did. They think thet can hit Israel w/ it.

And Pakistan has no disagreements w/ Iran.
AQ Khan comes to mind.

And about that no announcements on planes
statement:

ISLAMABAD, MARCH 17: Pakistan's expectations of
acquiring F-16 fighters failed to materialise during talks
between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and
President Pervez Musharraf due to Washington’s concerns
over Islamabad’s close nuclear cooperation with
Iran.

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=66685

Game-set-match