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To: D. Long who wrote (4349)	9/24/2001 5:57:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

How greedy oil men put the fox to mind the geese... mtholyoke.edu Excerpt: With peace talks stalled and the two sides gearing up for more war, frustrated executives from Western oil companies appear to be playing a more active role as mediators than the Clinton administration is. Unocal Corp., which leads a consortium that hopes to build a pipeline to transport natural gas and oil from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan, is financing a University of Nebraska program to train Afghan workers and teachers in regions controlled by both sides, and has paid for Taliban members to visit the United States. Bridas Corp., an Argentine company that is a Unocal rival and has its own plans for an Afghan pipeline, also has representatives in the country trying to cultivate both Northern Alliance and Taliban leaders. [...]