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U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan - 6/15/2010 6:31:45 PM

Brain

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Uh oh, Afghanistan is doomed. The US will definitely want control of all this, just like they want the oil in Iraq.

U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.

The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?th&emc=th