Oil and Energy

Mali, Al Qaeda, and the US Neo-Colonial Agenda

Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism.

The New Mediterranean Oil and Gas Bonanza

The entire eastern Mediterranean is swimming in huge untapped oil and gas reserves. What are the geopolitical and military implications?

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The “Great Game” being played right now by the world powers largely boils down to the United States and Russia fighting for control over Eurasian oil and gas resources

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Lobbyists for Canadian Pipeline Have Deep Ties to White House By Pratap Chatterjee, June 12, 2013
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Disinformation on Natural Gas: Pro-Fracking Spin on Public Radio, Brought to You by Qatar By FAIR, June 04, 2013
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The Geopolitics of Gas and the Syrian Crisis: Syrian “Opposition” Armed to Thwart Construction of Iran-Iraq-Syria Gas Pipeline By Dmitry Minin, June 03, 2013
North American Integration and the Militarization of the Arctic
North American Integration and the Militarization of the Arctic By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 27, 2013
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Ten Years After Invasion, Iraq Continues to Import Oil Products By Global Research News, May 18, 2013
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Indian FM to Discuss IP Gas Pipeline in Tehran By Global Research News, May 04, 2013
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Big Energy Means Big Pollution: Fracking Ourselves To Death In Pennsylvania By TomDispatch, May 02, 2013
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Stealing Syria’s Oil: The EU Al-Qaeda Oil Consortium By Gearóid Ó Colmáin, May 01, 2013
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Shrouded in Secrecy: Industry Buries Fracking’s True Dangers By Global Research News, April 30, 2013
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Alternative Energy, Wind Towers a Threat to National Security? UK Ministry of Defense By John C.K. Daly, April 30, 2013
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BP Spills Coffee By Global Research News, April 24, 2013
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Oil Geopolitics in the Horn of Africa: Somaliland DNO Oil Deal Adds Fuel to the Conflict in North Somalia By Mahdi Ali, April 24, 2013
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Pipelineistan Geopolitics at Work: Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Qatar. By Pepe Escobar, April 15, 2013
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Major Oil Spill in Arkansas: Has ExxonMobil Lost Control of More than Just its Tar Sands Oil? By William Boardman, April 15, 2013
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Are Syria and Pakistan Pieces of the Puzzle for Assembling a Mega Gas Pipeline to China? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 14, 2013
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The ExxonMobil Tar Sands Oil Spill in Arkansas. Media Coverup By William Boardman, April 12, 2013
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For the Price of the Iraq War, The U.S. Could Have a 100% Renewable Power System By Washington's Blog, April 11, 2013
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Conflict in North Somalia: “Congo” Style War for Resources By Mahdi Ali, April 09, 2013
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Oil and Pipeline Geopolitics: The US-NATO Race for Syria’s Black Gold By Manlio Dinucci, April 07, 2013
Germany: Ending Nuclear Power has Contributed to Reducing Carbon Dioxide (CO2) By Washington's Blog, April 03, 2013
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Was the Iraq War to Grab Oil … Or to Raise Oil Prices? By Washington's Blog, March 30, 2013
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Washington Promotes Islamism and Political Destabilization in Xinjiang Uygur, China’s Oil and Gas Rich Region By Vladislav Gulevich, March 30, 2013
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Environmental Crisis in the Amazon due to Oil Contamination. Peru Declares State of Emergency By Global Research News, March 27, 2013
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Keystone Trans-Canada Pipeline: Oil Industry Insiders Wrote US State Department’s Environmental Impact Assessment By William Boardman, March 26, 2013
The Battle for Oil By Eric Waddell, March 17, 2013
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Fukushima vs. Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment By Dr. Rosalie Bertell, March 13, 2013
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US Threatens Pakistan with Sanctions over Gas Pipeline Deal with Iran By Press TV, March 12, 2013
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Fracking our Future: the Corrosive Influence of Extreme Energy By Global Research News, March 05, 2013
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Who Will Stand Up to Big Oil’s Profiteering? The Gas Gougers By Ralph Nader, March 03, 2013
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Energy Geopolitics: The Economic and Social Crisis in Bulgaria By Vadim Vikhrov, March 03, 2013
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Deepwater Horizon: BP Exec Admits Knew of “Big Risk” of Explosion By Natasha Lennard, March 01, 2013
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The Geopolitics of Oil and Natural Gas: Russia is Back to Stay in the Middle East By Global Research News, March 01, 2013
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Threats to the Environment and the XL Keystone Project: “It’s Not About Oil Pipelines, It’s About Tar Sands” By William Boardman, February 27, 2013
THE IMPACTS OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS  (LNG) ON THE ECOSYSTEM: Gas Battle Heats Up In Australia
Jordan and Israel Secret Talks, to Import Natural Gas from Israel’s Tamar Field By Global Research News, February 18, 2013
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Big Oil’s in Good Hands With Obama’s New Interior Secretary Sally Jewell By Stephen Lendman, February 08, 2013
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Fukushima USA? Inside San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant By Arnie Gundersen, February 06, 2013
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Iranian Oops: Has Washington Broken its Own Sanctions by Buying Oil from the Islamic Republic? By Global Research News, February 02, 2013
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Reject Nuclear Power – Here’s Why By Jim McCluskey, February 01, 2013
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Tar Sands Blockade: The Dangers of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline By Global Research News, January 31, 2013
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Fractured Land: Confronting Big Oil the Ravages of Neocolonialism By Caleb Behn, January 20, 2013
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Canada’s Environmental Gamble: The Threat of Oil Supertankers By Corey Ogilvie, January 16, 2013
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Tar Sands Blockade: Growing Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline By Global Research News, January 08, 2013
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The People Must Lead the Way to Save the Planet By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, December 22, 2012
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More Lessons From the Fukushima Daiichi Accident By Arnie Gundersen, December 18, 2012
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Post-Deepwater Horizon: Legacy of the BP Oil Spill By Greg Palast, December 13, 2012
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16 Years of U.S. Genocide in Congo By Glen Ford, December 13, 2012
The Tar Sands Blockade to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline in Texas By Kevin Zeese, December 13, 2012
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Oil Pipeline Politics: Canada’s Tar Sands By Richard Fidler, December 11, 2012
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Are the Venezuelan People’s Gains `Solely Because of Oil’? By Paul Kellogg, November 30, 2012
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Canada – China Agreement Abrogates Rights of Indigenous People By Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, November 20, 2012
U.S. occupation at Root of Violence in Iraq
Gaza Attack: Iraq calls for use of oil to pressure the US, Israel By Global Research News, November 18, 2012
War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields
War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 17, 2012
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Argentina Court Freezes Chevron’s Assets: Penalty for Polluting the Amazon in Ecuador By Pratap Chatterjee, November 13, 2012
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Superstorm Sandy: Powerful Case For Revisiting Fukushima and the Dangers of Nuclear Energy From Natural Disasters By Washington's Blog, November 07, 2012
Whatever It Takes: Powerful Oil Lobby Protects Alberta Tar Sands Development
Stopping The Trans Canada’s Keystone XL Pipeline: Activism from the Trees and on the Ground By Colonel Ann Wright, October 25, 2012
The War on Lebanon and the Battle for Oil
The War on Lebanon and the Battle for Oil By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 21, 2012
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Spiraling Gasoline Prices are Impoverishing Americans By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 08, 2012
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Independence of Iraqi Kurdistan: Big Oil Pressuring for Breakup of Iraq? By Global Research News, October 03, 2012
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Energy New Front in Economic Warfare By Global Research News, October 03, 2012
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Towards A Russia-Pakistan “Relationship”? In Defiance of Washington By Farooq Yousaf, September 27, 2012
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Why Qatar wants to invade Syria By Pepe Escobar, September 27, 2012
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Myanmar’s Ethno-Sectarian Clashes: Containing China? By Nile Bowie, September 27, 2012
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GRTV: Japan Backpedals on Plan to Phase Out Nuclear Power By James Corbett, September 20, 2012
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GRTV: Fukushima: It Could Have Been Worse By Arnie Gundersen, September 19, 2012
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Nuclear Power: The Energy of Protest. The Future could be Renewable By Colin Todhunter, September 14, 2012
Iraqi Oil. Mission Accomplished for Big Oil?
Iraqi Oil. Mission Accomplished for Big Oil? By Greg Muttitt, August 25, 2012
GRTV: Can Fukushima's Spent Fuel Pools Catch Fire?
GRTV: Can Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Pools Catch Fire? By Arnie Gundersen, August 21, 2012
GRTV: Putting a Stop to Radiation Exposure Practices
GRTV: Putting a Stop to Radiation Exposure Practices By Chris Busby, August 06, 2012
"No Blood for Oil": The Unfinished Story of Iraq's Oil Law
“No Blood for Oil”: The Unfinished Story of Iraq’s Oil Law By Greg Muttitt and Ali Issa, July 30, 2012
On the Verge of An All Out War? Massive Military Build-Up  in the Persian Gulf
On the Verge of An All Out War? Massive Military Build-Up in the Persian Gulf By Ben Schreiner, July 16, 2012
GRTV: Lost Lightning: The Missing Secrets Of Nikola Tesla
GRTV: Lost Lightning: The Missing Secrets Of Nikola Tesla By Global Research, July 10, 2012
Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Options
Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Options By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, July 05, 2012
GRTV: Strait Answer: Iran Prepares to Close Hormuz
GRTV: Strait Answer: Iran Prepares to Close Hormuz By Gareth Porter, July 03, 2012
THE IMPACTS OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS  (LNG) ON THE ECOSYSTEM: Gas Battle Heats Up In Australia
THE IMPACTS OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) ON THE ECOSYSTEM: Gas Battle Heats Up In Australia By Patrick O’Keeffe, May 28, 2012
Shell Oil in Nigeria: A Social and Environmental Disaster By Friends of the Earth International, May 21, 2012
VIDEO: Big Oil Is Gaming the System to Keep Domestic U.S. Prices High
VIDEO: Big Oil Is Gaming the System to Keep Domestic U.S. Prices High By Washington's Blog, May 11, 2012
Carnage & Crisis Aversion in the Sudan
Carnage & Crisis Aversion in the Sudan By Nile Bowie, May 08, 2012
HYDRAULIC FRACKING: Our Country Is Being Fracked by the Merger of Government and Big Business By Washington's Blog, May 05, 2012
Alberta Election – Party of Big Oil Defeats Party of Big Oil By Paul Kellogg, May 04, 2012
SHALE GAS HYDRAULIC FRACKING: Poisoned Water. Inducing Earthquakes
SHALE GAS HYDRAULIC FRACKING: Poisoned Water. Inducing Earthquakes By F. William Engdahl, May 04, 2012