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India-Pakistan
Musharraf says he supports Iranian gas pipeline
2006-02-14
ISLAMABAD - PakistanÂ’s leader said Monday he supports building a pipeline that would carry gas from Iran to Pakistan and India - a project the US has opposed. Pakistan needs more gas because the nationÂ’s economy has become stronger in the past two years, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told a visiting group of journalists from the US and Asia.

“Pakistan wants gas. Iran wants to sell it. What is the problem?” Musharraf said.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Ah, thanks john. I just fig'ged Pervy was hoping for a little (more) "special" treatment... To add the ability to blackmail (or worse) India certainly ups the ante and explains his (soon to be dashed) hopes, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-02-14 22:36  

#3  Yep. It has to pass thru Bugti and Mazari homelands.

The real reason Pakistan wants it is that it thinks it can use the pipeline to blackmail India.
Once Indian industry becomes dependent on the gas, the paks can threaten to turn it off during dispute over Kashmir.

Posted by: john   2006-02-14 15:02  

#2  Would this pipeline go through Bugti territory so it could be blown up regularly, like Pakistan's current gas pipeline?
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-02-14 14:42  

#1  LOL. Another RFSP / YJCMTSU story, lol. Pervy, baby, don't quit your day job, k?
Posted by: .com   2006-02-14 05:08  

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