> Sam wrote: > these enemies are going after the lands with the oil. Money is power. >
* Bin Laden is a millionaire who lives in a cave. He doesn't care about oil or money - he cares about Islam. To finish his life's goal, he must eject the Saudi royal family from the penninsula and unite Mecca and Medina under a fundamentalist Islamic gov't. He started this effort in Afghanistan in the 80s with the Taliban and planned to expand it to Saudi Arabia. * The US cares about maintaining a constant oil supply - for this reason we've been allied with Saudi Arabia, who's always sat on at least 70% of the world's oil reserves, since the 30s* (see history below) SUMMARY: To protect oil the US will defend the Saudi royal family from any threat internal or external. Bin Laden knew this so he attacked the US to eject them from the region so that his forces could eject the Royal family from power. --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Saudi/US Oil History --------------------------------- Saudi Aramco's history dates back to May 29, 1933, when the government of Saudi Arabia signed a concessionary agreement with Standard Oil of California (Socal). In 1936 the Texas Oil Company purchased a 50 % stake of the concession. The company name was changed in 1944 from California-Arabian Standard Oil Company to Arabian American Oil Company (or Aramco). In 1948 Standard Oil of California and the Texas Oil Company were joined as investors by Standard Oil of New Jersey who purchased 30% of the company, and Socony Vacuum who purchased 10% of the company, leaving Standard Oil of California and the Texas Oil Company with equal 30% shares. In 1973 the Saudi Arabian government acquired a 25% share of Aramco, increased this to 60% by 1974 and finally acquired full control of Aramco by 1980. In November 1988 the company changed its name from Arabian American Oil Company to Saudi Arabian Oil Company (or Saudi Aramco). In 1998 Saudi Aramco, Texaco and Shell establish Motiva Enterprises LLC, a major refining and marketing joint venture in the southern and eastern United States. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224659 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
