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THE CIA AND THE GLOBAL OIL CONSPIRACY(cid:1) ----~-_._~- gas? The British New Scientist of 9 of Iraq and in Kuwait Put simply, the CIA November 1991 painted a grim picture of was responsible for the clearest case of lakes of crude oil, no longer burning to the massive problem the environmentalists genocide since Pol Pot butchered more atmosphere, incre.ased in size to the point had chosen to forget: than a million unarmed civilians in where some roads were impassable. "The lakes vary in size and depth but are Cambodia during the I 970s. Within days of Sheikh Jabir-al'Ahmad usually no more than a metre deep. In Next the CIA turned the United Nations al-Jabir al Sabah throwing the lever that the northern oi/fields, small lakes Ihave Security COUllcil through about five points 'capped' the last of the burning wells, the Irun together to form rivers that stretch for of the compass and pointed it at Libya. British World Conservation Monitoring many kilometres." The third card in the deck was scheduled to Centre commented on the blowing wells Horrifying stuff, and it got worse. fall before the November American presi the media camera.s somehow missed: Middle East contacts advised that one of dential election. That way there would be a "Burning wells cause less pollution damage the Fakes measured about 8 kilometres by 5 double bonus with decreased Arab produc than non-burning gushers." but was 'only' about a metre deep. Only? tion and more 'gung-ho' votes for the hawk It was a factual statement, entirely accu The ,capacity of that lake alone to a depth ish extremists. President Bush was starting rate but understating the case. When an oil of one metre is 230 million barrels. How to need votes badly. During the US slaugh , well blows out die primary task is to stop many lakes are left, what is their combined ter of 70,000 innocent Iraqi women and the flow of oil from the underground reser capacity 'and how many rogue wells are children, his popularity rating rose as high voir. Most wells that blowout but fail to still feeding them? Alas, the CIA and NSA -as 90% but the glitter and glory was fast light spontaneously are lit as quickly as are being coy and sitting on the satellite wearing off as decent Americans became possible by well-control specialists, ,in images so details may be withheld until a aware of the tragic events in the Middle order to keep the volatile oil and explosive complete cure is impossible. One thing is East. gas away from workers in the immediate certain: the western public will never be Once again the tall, urbane Thomas area. Failure to light the well swiftly can told the truth. Reeve Pickering went about his job with lead to a situation where lakes of oil astonishing vigour, drumming up support entrained with explosive gas pose a deadly THE HUMAN PRICE OF OIL for full-blown sanctions after failing to risk for the well-control specialists them From the CIA viewpoint Kuwait and Iraq convince Libya that it should illegally hand selves. were oil cripples, with savage sanctions over its citizens for a 'fair' trial in America How were the specialists to control rogue 'punishing' the entire civilian population of or Scotland on the accusation of bombing wells surrounded by huge oil lakes, grow Iraq by slowly starving women and chil Pan Am 103. Seemingly the Western intd ing larger all the time as they were continu dren to death, while deadly toxic uranium ligence agencies had suddenly found criti ally fed with more underground oil and dust worked even more slowly in the south cal evidence that Libya, rather than new I n·NEXUS DECEMBER 1993 - JANUARY 1994