U.S. signs $150 mln air base lease agreement with Kyrgyzstan

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http://en.rian.ru/world/20060714/51364963.html

U.S. signs $150 mln air base lease agreement with Kyrgyzstan

17:55 | 14/ 07/ 2006

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BISHKEK, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - The United States is going to pay Kyrgyzstan about $150 million for the continued use of an air base in the country in 2007, the Kyrgyz government said Friday.

The two countries reached the agreement in negotiations on the U.S.'s further military presence in the Central Asian republic.

The U.S. government is going to pay fair compensation to Kyrgyzstan and its private sector for the goods and services provided in support of U.S. operations, a joint U.S.-Kyrgyz statement said.

It also said Kyrgyzstan had over the past four and a half years been a strong and reliable coalition partner in combating international terror.

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1. Plus puppet master (cheney) has been in region...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucru/20060705/cm_ucru/howdickcheneyspenthissummervacation

:wtf: is going on over there??

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2. Dueling Pipes

Iran and Russia left out of the loop w/ this US backed pipeline:

The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey and senior officials from some 30 other countries gathered here Thursday to inaugurate the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, a major US-backed project to supply oil to Western markets.

The route bypasses Russia's energy web, as well as US foe Iran, and is seen as easing Western reliance on Middle East crude supplies. The Turkish authorities laid on heavy security for the ceremony, with 5,000 police and troops deployed at the venue and its environs, including snipers positioned on rooftops.

It is seen by the West as a project of geostrategic significance, loosening Russia's long-standing grip over oil exports from the Caspian and isolating Iran, also an oil producer.

The United States has staunchly backed the route, lobbying hard for the exclusion of Iran, whose participation would have made the conduit both shorter and more profittable.

> Cont'd http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=133380


Russia and Iran lead new energy game:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/HG14Dj03.html

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3. Bookmarked that sucker, Thanks!

But when are we going to sell out our international credibility to Turkmenistan? That county is sitting on a lot of untapped oil, and it's ruled by an Iron-fisted Dictator, so it's the perfect Bush Cabal trading partner.