On May 16, 3:16=A0pm, HarryNadds <hoofhearte...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 16, 2:48=A0pm, Mike Roberts <M...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >www.americanfreepress.net
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> > CHINA STARTS OIL DRILLING OFF FLORIDA
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> > WHILE AMERICA TWIDDLES THUMBS, CHINESE TAP BILLIONS OF BARRELS
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> > rss202
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> > By Mike Blair
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> > While Wa****ngton dithers over exploiting oil and gas reserves off the
> > coast of Florida, China has seized the op****tunity to gobble up these
> > deposits, which run throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and along
> > the U.S. Gulf coast.
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> > The Chinese have forged a deal with Cuban leader Fidel Castro to
explore=
> > and tap into massive oil reserves almost within sight of Key West,
> > Florida. At the same time, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who
> > controls the largest oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere, is making
> > deals to sell his country=92s oil to China, oil that is currently
coming=
> > to the United States.
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> > Meanwhile, a new left-wing populist regime in Bolivia has nationalized
> > the natural gas industry, threatening to cut off supplies to the
United
> > States.
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> > SLANT DRILLING
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> > There are new re****ts out circulating that Chinese firms are planning
to=
> > slant drill off the Cuban coast near the Florida Straits, tapping into
> > U.S. oil reserves that are estimated at 4.6 billion to 9.3 billion
> > barrels. This compares with 4 billion to 10 billion barrels believed
to
> > be beneath the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, where drilling is held
> > up in Congress due to the objections of environmental groups which
warn
> > of endangering caribou. Permission to drill in the refuge, which
experts=
> > are certain will not present any environmental hazard, has failed by
> > just two votes in the Senate.
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> > As Chinese business increases its reach around the world, it is
seeking
> > oil, which it lacks domestically.
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> > After elections in Mexico in early July, when a new regime hostile to
> > Wa****ngton is expected to take power, the United States might be
without=
> > supplies of Mexican crude oil. The United States gets about 40 percent
> > of its im****ted oil from Mexico and Venezuela.
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> > China is eager to tap into oil reserves in the Florida Straits and
then
> > make a deal with Castro to control it. The Chinese have already
reopened=
> > an abandoned Russian oil refinery in Cuba. Much of the gas refined
there=
> > is believed to be destined for Free****t in the Bahamas, where the
> > Chinese, through front company Hutchison-Whampoa, has developed a
> > massive ****t facility and airfield.
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> > With the refinery reopened and expanded it will also meet the needs of
> > Castro.
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> > Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has introduced legislation to ease U.S.
> > restrictions that prevent dealing with Cuba to drill in the Florida
> > Straits. It is hoped that Florida regulations that prevent U.S. oil
> > drilling off the state=92s coasts could also be eased.
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> > The irony is that Chinese drilling could be even more of an
> > environmental hazard since China is not as concerned about or equipped
> > to deal with any potential ecological disaster as a result of a spill,
> > said Craig.
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> > (Issue #22, May 29, 2006)
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> If it's in international waters what would like for him to do?
He probably believes that Bush can turn on his "Hurricane Generation
and Steering" Machine and destroy all thier oil rigs with a
hurricane. Just like he did to New Orleans with Katrina.
Yol Bolsun,
Grendel.
"I'm not cynical, just experienced."
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