Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Karzai is eyeing Chevron for oil in Afghanistan


If Karzai got Unocal to invest and gotten Halliburton a contract to built a pipeline in Afghanistan while he was a consultant for Unocal, he will try with another oil company.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai tried to persuade oil-giant Chevron to invest in Afghanistan. “The rules are simple: Just come and look for oil, and then we’ll see what we can do with you,” Karzai said. “Are security threats a factor? No. You won’t even know about them until you turn on CNN.” Meanwhile, attacks in Afghanistan are growing more frequent and lethal.




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