Iranian gas via Turkey to Europe

Skybird · 07-19-07, 06:44 AM

Ooopsala - almost escaped my attention: Turkey is to pipe Turkmenian gas via Iran to Europe, putting an affront to both Washington and Russia, both of which compete with their own pipeline intentions that mirror very different strategic considerations.

Nice perspectives for Europe. It has nothing to control in this, it seems. Is anyone worried of that? "Noooooooo..."

But NATO cannot be happy either. Turkey brakes with NATO policies concerning Iran with this stunt.

Iran:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id...onid=351020204

Turkey:
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=78555
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=78743
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=78640

Links simply taken over from a Grman essay I just stumbled over.

If you want to press your way into the EU and have a dominant word in it: make yourself indispensable and always have the finger close to the trigger. Or the gas tap, in this case.

07-19-07, 06:44 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,629 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Iranian gas via Turkey to Europe Ooopsala - almost escaped my attention: Turkey is to pipe Turkmenian gas via Iran to Europe, putting an affront to both Washington and Russia, both of which compete with their own pipeline intentions that mirror very different strategic considerations. Nice perspectives for Europe. It has nothing to control in this, it seems. Is anyone worried of that? "Noooooooo..." But NATO cannot be happy either. Turkey brakes with NATO policies concerning Iran with this stunt. Iran: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id...onid=351020204 Turkey: http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=78555 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=78743 http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/a...?enewsid=78640 Links simply taken over from a Grman essay I just stumbled over. If you want to press your way into the EU and have a dominant word in it: make yourself indispensable and always have the finger close to the trigger. Or the gas tap, in this case. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.