Kosovo and oil - GR themes

[pporteous at worley.co.nz]

to all,

A few weeks ago somebody spoke about the Kosovo war and mentioned that
there was no oil to fight over in this case - at the time I posted a
comment to the effect that I had heard that there WAS oil in the equation
somewhere, but didn't have the info. Well, lo and behold, someone sent this
to me today, and I dutifully post it to the list - the essay is long, but
worth the read, I believe. The oil angle is the $4 trillion oil reserves
around the Caspian sea - the US wanting the supply pipeline to run west
from that (ie. through the Balkans).  The Pynchon angle of course is the
focus on commercial interests behind wars.

peter

ps. the message is 90k, so here is where to find it - please read it!
from the socialist website wsws.org  "Why is NATO at war with Yugoslavia -
World power, oil and gold. 24 May 1999"
(I'm not sure how these addresses work - I can send the .htm file to anyone
 who asks for it)

peter