George Clooney was arrested this morning for protesting about the situation in South Sudan. I interviewed him earlier this week. My interview will air in full this Sunday at 10a and 1p Eastern on CNN, but here's an excerpt from Clooney on why the crisis in Sudan affects your wallet:
"China has a $20 billion oil infrastructure in the Sudan. They get 6% of their oil imported from the Sudan. And the South Sudan has the oil and North Sudan has the refineries, and North Sudan was taking that money from the oil and not giving it back and buying weapons to hurt the South. So about six weeks ago, the South said, 'OK, we're done.' And they shut off the oil.
So China suddenly is getting no return on their money. That gives us a unique position, as opposed to looking to them as humanitarians or to do the right thing, we can meet with China - not we, but a high-level government official - could meet with China and say 'Let's work on this together, because we both, economically, would benefit by a resolution, a cross-border resolution.'"
"Right now, our gas prices go up as the president said in his press conference because when the Chinese aren't getting their 6% from the Sudan, they're getting it from somewhere else and that raises the price for all of us. So it's something that's mutually beneficial."
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"Right now, our gas prices go up as the president said in his press conference because when the Chinese aren't getting their 6% from the Sudan, they're getting it from somewhere else and that raises the price for all of us. So it's something that's mutually beneficial." What? Since when do our gas prices have anything to do with what China is not getting from Sudan? Who can clarify this for me? So, China is getting their oil from "somewhere else". So tell me, what is mutually beneficial? Oh! Like if we were to invade Sudan, give China what they paid for and take the rest? Is that what you mean?
If China can't get that 6% from Sudan then they look to purchase from the same suppliers who we procure oil from and it drives prices up. supply and demand. economics 101
Scottindependent: this is not economics 101. This is market manipulation. We are fools to accept the explanation of politicians. We need to be people not sheepole.
Yes, it is economics 101.
We consume oil. (demand)
The Chinese consume oil. (demand)
Sudan provides oil. (supply)
Other places provide oil. (supply)
When the oil being supplied by Sudan stops, then the balance of supply and demand changes, and China will be buying more from the other places providing oil. Prices go up as a result of this shift.
Whether this is justification for us trying to embroil ourselves in yet another conflict is a completely different question.
North Sudan has the refineries and South Sudan the oil. The North took the money and didn't pay it to the South, instead it bought weapons to attack the South, Now they close down the oil-fields. Omar al-Bashir should be captured and sent to the Hague for war-crime charges.
No, that isn't it. Speculators drive up the price of oil, etc., so they can make more money, while the rest of us get poorer and poorer.
Oil companies set the price not the government...they are a business...it is something you need...so when the need for it goes up (China needing oil, Summer, Vacations, ALOT of driving) so does the price........one fact i didn't even realize is about 70% of our oil actually comes from Canada..i believe the closest Middle East country is Saudi Arabia and they are 3rd i believe....so its really all about the need...as it grows which it usually does when everyone is traveling in summer months...so will the price....capitalism at its finest
.......but realize oil is not controlled by the government and really what the GOP is calling for is regulations on the oil company...however out of the other side of their mouths they cry BIG GOVERNMENT because we are currently regulating the auto industry and banks...you know those people we gave billions of dollars to? and yet it is wrong for us to watch over their actions to ensure success for our investment, but NOW we need to regulate OIL.......i just do not know what the GOP are getting out...i am beginning to believe they have forgotten....sorry for the venting haha
Speculators speculate on which price they can command based on the Econ. 101 concept of supply and demand.
David is an idiot. Just saying. Go take an economics course. preferably remedial.
LoL, Since when have the laws of supply and demand affected oil prices? hahahaha, simple economics don't apply anymore you dolt. Market manipulation at its finest and your one of the sheep believing in a "fair" game. Don't be an investor without help.
Sorry to james campbell.....the reason gas costs are so high in germany is soley due to excise ans sales taxes. The cost of a refined gallon of gasoline worldwide is +/- US$0.50 per gallon. Excise & sale taxes in Germany on gasoline are over 800% hgher than in the US. Look it up...........
Nothing more than an excuse to get involved. That 6% isn't the driving factor behind the gas prices rising. But they sure have now tossed that bone out to the speculators and they will ride that horse.
George must have been paid by the oil executives.
Getting involved doesn't mean we are involved militarily or monetarily except for travel expenses for an envoy to help broker a deal to get the Sudan to supply the oil. That is all George Clooney is asking for. A by product would mean avoiding a war between the north Sudan and the South Sudan.
I agree with prtika. If we get CHINA involved, too, then China can put pressure on North Sudan... and North Sudan will either comply or have its leaders replaced by new ones China likes.
We can be nice to South Sudan without resorting to military action; in this case we can do it with almost NO monetary cost whatsoever.
prtika–
Uh you do realize Sudan is basically the next Afghanistan with Islamic militants attacking the Sudanese people. To think even for one moment we can even bother with Sudan and do anything short of again intervention and invasion is a fool's paradise.
@mike-
Which is weird given the left are the ones demonizing oil, championing green energy, and now Clooney is throwing out Sudan's problem is our gas problem and I thought the left didn't like intervention these days.
Some of these replies are just ignorant.
Does no one read any real news and understand that the oil prices are being driven upwards by the tensions with Iran and not the state of Sudan. Sudan has been a mess for years and now it's the reason for the rise in oil prices.
We saved Kuwait and got nothing in return. We invaded Iraq and 12 of the Oil Contracts went to China and Europe. Our soldiiers are dying in Aphganistan while China extracts $1 trillion worth of natural resources in the hills. Everyone says drill baby drill, but a lot of refined oil is sold overseas by refinaries because it's more profitable to sell to Europe as their gas averages $8.00 per gallon.
Kuwait has been our ally and friend during all of our operations in the Mid East. We have gotten a big return for doing something that was strategically necessary anyway.
well the main reason gas is so much more expensive in europe is not necessarily them paying MORE than us....the US dollar is the international trade currency for OIL...therefore there is an exchange rate...basically they have to exchange for US dollars and THEN they pruchase the oil...where as we pay straight in US currency...this is accurately reflected in Germany where they have the one of the best economies in the world, yet they pay more than $8 a gallon...
Gas prices are so high in Europe due to taxes placed on the gas and has nothing to do with exchange rates. The Euro and pound are both worth more than the dollar today.
Is it really that hard to understand the basic premise of supply and demand? Are people that dum?
Oil in Sudan shut off.... Supply down
Economic recovery .... Demand Up
Supply Down + Demand Up = Price Up.
Your completely forgetting that the main driver right now is the tensions with Iran and not the problems in Sudan. It's all speculators and the perceived problems to distribution a conflict with Iran would cause.
Its all of the above its the Economic supply and demand combined with the speculators that drives the prices up guys come on its not just 1 factor
Correct it is many factors.
This is a prime example of why nothing can get done in this country. The American Public has become too stupid to govern. If the public does not understand even the simplest concepts of what is going on in this country and the world. then how can they vote the right people in to fix those problems?
Good point there, but on the flip side, who gets to decide who's smart? And what test do you use that doesn't show bias to any group or groups? Say we had a test you had to pass to get a voting license, who would get to decide what questions go on that test? How would you keep someone from slipping bias into such a test?
It's fun to witness how many conspiracy theorists there are in the world: They assume everything a politician says is only to cover up a money making scandal.
The price of oil went up because of the talk of war between Israel and Iran, which by the way is NOT going to happen. Israel will not bomb Iran's nuclear energy sites because Iran would consider this the start of a war and they would start bombing parts of Israel in retaliation.
All 16 US inteliigence agencies agree that Iran is not seeking to obtain nuclear weapons, the US is just talking about war to try and scare off Iran's investors and customers but Asians countries are not buying into it.
George Clooney has offered some good insights here.
He needs to continue educating the public about this situation, in my opinion.
Why? What are we going to do about it? How about we stay out of a problem that does not affect us.
@jal–
And what are we supposed to do about it? What?
Really... Clooney is another low educated Hollywood know it all who has a special interest. He like Obama (stated fact) are in favor of rising gas prices to drive alternatives which aren't here yet. This hurts the lower middle class and poor. They need to drive and must use their discretionary funds on gas raising prices and Clooney could care less. How is Clooney affected by gas prices? Why is he involved anyway? He is a B movie actor. And a 1 percenter multi millionaire... We are saddened by the acts of inhumanity in these african countries, Clooney just gets face time with the same old result – nothing except press coverage.
we already have alternative energy options if we simply switch to bio diesel production and remove oil engines from cars and replace it with a diesel engine we can make the ncessary changes not to mention solar and wind powder plants in places like Texas, New Mexico and oklahoma alone can powder nearly half the country.
@Commons Sense: Isn't there an issue with bio diesel and cold temperatures? Is there a viable solution? I am with you; if we don't have an economic stake in the Middle East, Al Qaeda and the other hooligans have no leverage.
The best way to hurry alternatives to market is to make the current popular choice less popular. You do that by raising the price in America. So in the long term, Obama's strategy is sound. As for your claim it hurts the poor and middle class, that is false. The poor and middle class make up the largest users of mass transit in this country. It's the upper classes that are hurt by rising gas prices as they often live in surburbs and now in counties beyond what is traditionally called suburbs and raise the price of oil twice on all of us by requring the extension of roads, which use oil, an then all the gas they burn in their fancy, less efficient cars. You know how you can tell it doesn't hurt the poor and hurts the rich? Because the GOP is talking about it. They don't talk about things that hurt the poor. Clooney is right, pressure China and Sudan to solve two problems at the same time and come out with a win win for everyone.
The US wants AFRICOM to have a military base in Arica but African countries and the AU will not agree to it. This is all about the US building more military bases and using their unmanned aircraft to bomb people. China has made friends in Africa through investment not wars. Maybe the US wants China to help it build a military AFRICOM base in Sudan.
Like George Clooney cares what gas prices are. It doesn't affect him and his millions. I say we ship him along with Jolie and all the rest of them to Darfur or the Sudan .
Where China gets its oil and how much they have to pay for it directly affects the U.S. The U.S. is trying to keep
the price of oil up in order to rein in the Chinese economy, otherwise China will become way too powerful a
player in world economics.
Correction, this Administration has pretty much LET China became more powerful by NOT standing up to China why because China holds a good chunk of our debt and Obama needs to be borrowing money from them.
China is buying its oil cheaply from Iran thanks to the US telling other countries to sanction Iran. China was never going to sanction Iran because it is none of America's business who China trades with. China obeys UN sanctions but it does not have to obey US unilateral sanctions.
Clooney is a Hollywood actor, so when he speaks on most any matter we must accept his opinions as gospel.
eroteme, once again you, like so many others, decide it's smarter to try to be funny (emphasis on try) than actually understand what is being said. This observation could have come from anyone familiar with the situation, the only reason we are hearing about it is because Clooney is a celebrity. Don't you think it's better for him to focus on talking about important issues instead of the usual celebrity nonsense?
That would be nice indeed Larry. For starters he can talk about the unemployed in this country or the number of folks that have lost their homes. Or maybe the people in the midwest that were effected by the terrible storms.
He just wants his name up in lights.
uh , so was ronnie raygun...
China's all about getting their 6% from any oil supplier, at this point in time since they are not getting it from Sudan.
I applaud George & Nick Clooney and all the rest of the wonderful gentleman for their stance today. My only regret is not being there along side them in full support!!! The IOC needs to finally take hold of the man who's at fault for all the abuse in South Sudan. Humanity should take hold in our hearts and minds for the men, women and children of Sudan.
Tonite when you eat that great dinner at your dinnertable with your loved ones and sleep safely in your beds tonite think and pray for the families and people of Sudan they don't have that luxury and never will until our great and caring America steps in. Shame on us forever if we do nothing and let ethnic cleasing take over so the arabs can have the land as their very own it will ultimately affect us in our lives dangerously if we don't get on board now...
We have neither the ability nor desire to solve every problem of every place around the world. If they can't settle their own problems without violence, then it is not *our* fault that they keep killing each other. If everyone kept their noses in their own business instead of sticking them where they don't belong, there would be a whole lot less killing in general.
Should we all pray for the palestinians who are constantly butchered by the Israelis as well – something the US supports.
Whenever the US does anything in another country you can bet it has US financial interests at the heart of the matter – screwing over black people for power is typical of what the US does.
If Sudan did not have any oil the US would have zero interest in the country.
"China has a $20 billion oil infrastructure in the Sudan. They get 6% of their oil imported from the Sudan.."
Let us ask, why isn't China taking the initiative to resolve the Sudan problem; after all, they seem to have a great deal at stake in Sudan?
Because China doesn't want to involve with internal problem of other countries. China doesn't want to throws trillions dollar to support a war that will not bring any benefit. USA is the opposite, always wants to be world police in the name of democracy until it's bankrupt.
clooney is a puppet. who advocated and pushed through the sudan split up???
Thanks Larry and thank Mo and Curley too. So I am supposed to believe that one of the little dancin' demies is worried about our oil supply. Best one I have heard today.
what about the 2 million people who died in their civil war? Is it more about oil prices than the death of millions? GO GEORGE! Go HOME, that is...
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it is south sudan problem why get involve, if you want to help the children and old people 12,000 of them was murdered by syrian thugs bashar al asad , ask your africN president the half muslim president to go and help and get red of bashar al asad. SOUTH SUDAN DESIDE TO HAVE A country and seperate so let them drink the oil....they should think about that before , north sudan dont give a sh it with the south each have there own country...there is allot of oil in north sudan and they will dig it and sale it , the south should look to pipe the oil and ship it withg the help of usa....
To my knowledge, the main infrastructure made by the Chinese for South Sudan, is the gas pipeline from oil wells in South to the Red Sea Port at port Sudan made by CNPC.About 70 percent of oil export of Sudan goes to China via this pipeline through port Sudan via sea route.Rest of the small players involved are India and Malasiya. Now the north wants the rental on this pipeline which is quite higher. Till the time there is another provision for exporting of South Sudan crude oil is made( which is repotedly in process, with Kenya) but it is going to be very expensive and time taking.Till that time the Chinese interests are going to get hurt in the region...but how it is going to increase oil prices is hard to understand as this oil is mostly meant for Chinese domestic consumption.
In continuation to my last post, i would like to clarify that the oil pipeline was made much before South Sudan came into existence and it was already known that once the South Sudan comes up as a nation, North will use as a liverage in dealing with South for getting maximum benefit with regard to all pending issues with it including Abyei.
the afgani investigation and the international lab proved now that 15 usa soldiers was involved of killing more than 16 children and women, and that 15 soldiers ra pe 2 afgani ladies young ladies ra pe them repeatdley and then shot them dead and burned there bodies , exactley as it happened in iraq when usa soldiers ra ped 14 years old girl then shot her and shot her parents and brothers and burned there bodies ...usa did that in vitnam ,korea and many other places they are murderous thugs ra piest killers and OBAMA say soyy all the time!!?/while leaving evil iranians and evil syrian bashar al asad killing more civilians obama is a cowered president if obama want to fix this problem he must attack syria now and remove bashar al asad to show to the muslim world that he mean it, remove the evil in syria now and prove your point OBAMA.......why you are silent...SILENCE IS A CRIME.
When I make a statement, I reference it to prove my point.
When you make a statement, you are unable to reference it because it is a lie.
Stop trying to sow dissent, noone believes a word you are saying.
I must ask, is George Clooney really interested in the well being of the innocent civilians entrapped by this war? or is it all about oil? Is he using his name and fame to speak up for those in need or is he lobbying for the big oil companies using a humanitarian crisis as a front? Is Clooney using human tragedy as means to fight a war of power between the USA & China over control of oil resources? I truely hope that the celebrity George Clooney is not using his charm and popularity walking over the backs of the war victims only to pave way for the return of US Oil companies back to South Sudan. Thus; crippling Chinese oil investments in that region. Should that be the case, who would be responsible for the lives lost? Would it be Clooney and others who deepened rifts of division amongst peoples of Sudan North & South only for corporate and personal gain. Last I ask Clooney, is he using the media and the ignorance of the people about facts of the matter...... only to promote hidden agenda.
Unlike you, the civilized world actually wants to make the world a better place.
We believe that you truly do not understand the genuine help that Clooney wants because it is beyond your understanding. All you want is to kill, sow dissent, fool people so that we can be swayed into believing the lies that Mohammed told you.
Too bad for you, we do not believe anything you say.
LIAR, LIAR pants on fire.
SOUTH SUDAN ARMY TERRORISTS KILL THE NOTH EVERY DAY AND NO ONE REPORT THAT WE WITNESS THE DAILY SHELLING OF THE SOUTH ON NORTH TO AGRIVATE THE NORTH TO HIT THE SOUTH BOARDER AND THEN WHEN THE NORTH TRYING TO DEFEND THERE SELF THE SOUTH ASK THE MEDIA AND SAY YOU SEE.....................IT IS ALL BRAINWASH CRAP........SOUTH SUDAN HAVE A COUNTRY NOW IT IS INDEPENDED GO ASK THE UN OR USA TO FEED YOU AND TAKE CARE OF YOU NOW ..THE NORTH IS SEPERATED FROM THIS EVIL SICK SOUTH SO LEAVE US ALONE PEASE OF SH IT AND GO FEED YOUR SELF..../
IT IS OIL WAR AND THE USA CHRISTEANS WAR AGANIST THE NORTH.............CLONIE IS A JEW AND HE WANT HIS SHARE OF OIL MONEY
If you are truly ignorant, then I feel sorry for you.
iraqi shiia are thugs
moqtada al sadder and mahdi militia the terrorists iraqi shiia let go one usa soldeir that they captured since 2011 and they say we let him go as free well juster !!!!!!why you captured him in the first place you peace of sh it shiia thugs , he was defending you ..why shiia killed many usa people in iraq and iran, becuase they are terrorists thugs...usa should start attacking bashar al asad in syria hizboallah , and iraqi shiia change those thugs and terrorists before we deal with iran, the time is for the shiia to be hit hard so they can give up arm and terrorizim...
التيار الصدري يفرج عن جندي أميركي
مقتدى الصدر أمر الجناح العسكري للتيار بالإفراج عن الرقيب هيلز (وكالة الأنباء الأوروبية) أفرج التيار الصدري السبت في بغداد عن أميركي قال إنه جندي محتجز منذ صيف عام 2011، وأوضح أن الافراج جاء "لأسباب إنسانية".
وقالت النائبة العراقية بالتيار الصدري مهى الدوري إن مقتدى الصدرأمر الجناح العسكري للتيار بالإفراج عن المواطن الأميركي، مضيفة أنه جندي يدعى راندي مايكل هيلز وهو رقيب متقاعد يبلغ من العمر 59 عاما.
كما ذكر مصدر بالتيار في النجف أن الافراج تم لأسباب إنسانية، لافتا إلى عدم حصول أي مفاوضات مباشرة أو غير مباشرة مع الأميركيين أو أي جانب آخر.
وأضاف المصدر نفسه أن الإفراج عن المواطن الأميركي يمثل بادرة حسن نية من زعيم التيار مقتدى الصدر للدلالة على "القيم الأخلاقية والإنسانية والعقائدية للمقاومة الإسلامية العراقية".
وسلم الجندي المفرج عنه إلى بعثة الأمم المتحدة في بغداد التي نقلته إلى السفارة الأميركية، وأكد المتحدث باسم السفارة أن هيلز مواطن أميركي دون تقديم مزيد من التفاصيل.
وفي تصريحات مقتضبة للصحفيين، قال هيلز إنه أرسل للعراق عام 2003، وعمل بادئ الأمر جنديا لمدة 15 شهرا.
وأضاف أنه ظل في العراق بصفة مدنية منذ ذلك الحين وحتى يونيو 2011 عندما أخدته عناصر من "اليوم الموعود" رهينة، في إشارة إلى مليشيا لواء اليوم الموعود التابعة لجيش المهدي.
يُذكر أن وزارة الدفاع الأميركية (بنتاغون) تقول إنه لم يتم إدراج أي فرد من جنودها رهينة بالعراق منذ استعادة رفات آخر جندي مفقود الشهر الماضي.
October 27, 2011 at 2:26 pm | Reply
DR ABO WAQASS- CALGARY -ALBERTA
HOW CAN WE ATTACK IRAN- part 1 of 10 parts.
I USE USA FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN INCREASE THE JETS FIGHTERS IN THAT SIDE.
2- KEEP SOME GOOD FORCE IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT TO DEAL WITH THE SHIIA THUGS WHO WILL SUPPORT IRAN FORM the Iraqi evil government side.
3- keep tanks and jets in Kuwait
4- improve the bases in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and uae
5- ask Qatar to not help or involve with Iran
6- increase USA sea base and naval strength in Bahrain
7-prepare the submarines in the red sea, Mideastern sea, and the Arabian sea
8- close down the straight of hermoze and increase inspections on Iranians boat and ships
9- keep forces in Turkmenistan north of Iran ,and the turkey borders.
10-keep economic bloc-aid
11- attack with multi nations France, Germany, Italy, holand, and UK ,use every thing you got to finish the mission
12-help with money and arms the resistant ( KURDS, ARABESTAN, LOURS, TURKS, BAHA'I, PERSIANS, BELOOSH, SUNNIS , CHRISTENS , ASSYRIANS GROUP AND MUJAHEDIN KHLAQ FIGHTERS ) use every means of propaganda TV, radios, news and secret short wave radios to teach the masses what to do and where to get weapon and money and how to attack the enemy and destroy the enemy war machine and infrastructures,
13- use virus to attack Iran computers and army computers, destroy their satellites, command and controls, nooks sites,
and attack QUM as the mullahs will hide at their shrines and use it to make fatwas .
14- freeze all Iran assets, stop them from immigrations or coming here as most are using USA and Canada to send money to Hezbollah and Iraqi thugs, stop Ahmad AL jalabi and arrest him as he is one of Iran spies
15-help Dr ayad alawi to take over Iraq as he won the election but Iran put AL maleki instead, Al maleki pretend he is with USA but he is a lire,
16 control the Iran Iraqi boarder and Syria Iraq border by using drones so no shiia can cross to Iran from Iraq and Syria
17- Iraqi kurds can help from north Iraq, the Sunni can help from west Iraq and the resistant can attack from inside Iran
18-Israel can take care of Hezbollah and leash hell if those terrorists Hezbollah attack Israel , that's why we must get red of Syrian regimes now to cut Iran arms before attacking Iran
I will write part 2 in detail on how we can do it .
here's the only flaw in your theory...
1) getting allied nations to help with an unsanctioned war is going to be the hardest fight of it all.
2) once they all say they will not assist with the battle our forces alone will be the same as if you stood there alone (Meaning we will be spread that thin)
3) learn to type. If it's more than one show it if its singular then finish your word to show only one.
4) before you try to draw up a battle plan please go back to grammer class.
I'm a fan for this program and I think Fareed needs serious support. However I think George Clooney is not serious. His crusade against Sudan is hypocritic as he is mute about attrocities in Afghanistan, Abu Ghreb, Gaza and Guantanamo. The other concern is why we always see the side of Clooney and not that of Sudan government. I think Fareed should not be biased here.
By using words like "crusade" you give yourself away as an Islamist pig. All you want is for us to leave these places so that your brethen can attack and kill all those poor people who do not want to convert to the ideologies of allah.
I think it is funny how the President says it is not a supply and demand issue, but his supporter, Clooney, says it is.
so much for "talk is cheap"
..seems like everytime someone (speculators) opens their mouth, i gotta pay for it at the pump
... just shut up already
Silly moslem boy. You have no idea the good that communication can do. All you know is lie, lie, lie and lie again.
If you have that much of a problem with the president don't vote for his re-election. However bear in mind that in his three years in office he has done more good than the eight prior years with Republicans in office. Also if you have a problem with George Clooney don't pay to see one of his movies. The only way to shut him up is if everyone boycots HIM. Hurt his wallet. I am really getting tired of hearing people complain about this issue, when really they just need to take a little action.
supply and demand alright..
demand more money and supply alot of BS
George and the President are clever. Using a humanitarian crisis to spin attention away from the fact that this admin is preventing drilling in the Gulf, forcing the market to go green, and elsewhere has stopped or hindered development of our own resources which directly affects the price at the pump. Fine, use oil as a club because that is the only thing China responds to to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Whatever it takes to accomplish this and force China to join us is great. But using the crisis and spinning this into the re-election campaign is trashy Chicago politics.
Chicago is a much better place then the "bled" you come from. Trashy indeed!
I'd have more respect for Mr. Clooney's efforts if he didn't let publicity hound Zarcaria get involved.
As an "expert" on the oil crisis, Clooney is out of his league. Better stick to being a fairly competent actor.
Refined finished gasoline is being exported at 600 THOUSAND barrels a day. The more we save on consumption the more is exported for the higher price. The dollar was driven down in 1985 with the Plaza Accord under President Regan. (Republican sponsored by our treasury secretary Donald T. Regan and supported by the next secretary James A. Baker.)
Check out iea.gov weekly imports and exports.
We are still suffering from the devalued dollar as oil is bought and sold on the dollar.
George is just a dipstick with a low reading! Wipe him off and stick him again.
Meanwhile, on the South Pacific Island of Bula Bula, The governor and his wife had an argument this morning. This unrest is expected to cause the price of gas to hit the $10 mark immediately. They will settle their argument this evening but it will be months before the prices come down due to market lag.
I suggest reading the laest publication of "The Price" published in 2008. You'll find a history of Oil and why we got where we are today. It's nonpartisan and clear. The Prize was also publise\hed in 1991 but his is much more updated.
I can't say I necessarily advocate and support ALL Hollywood celebrities, because most live off their 1% wealth, but at least celebrities like Clooney is out there trying to make a difference – whether they are successful or not. Government really need to push alternative fuel more than ever, decrease the cost of hybrid and electric cars and make them more affordable.
It's truly alarming, the amount of ignorance and biased nonsense that flows freely in these comments. America has raised a generation (or two) of people who cannot process information using basic logic and critical reasoning. That fact more than any other is helping to bring about the demise of a great nation.
America has enjoyed a great deal of respect in the past because of our actions and beliefs. A lot of what we've done in the last decade has tarnished that respect. Sadly, we've become a nation of fools.
I think everyone is missing the point here, the game is rigged either way. Oil is not the answer. Phone your congressman and tell him it is time to find a better way. We have huge deposits of natural gas in this country that could supply our whole transportation needs. Why do we continue to allow our "leaders" to BS this while they are getting rich off this stuff.
If obama had any balls at all he would have his kennedy moment and say we are off oil in ten years whatever it takes. Pay for research, pay for infrastructure and who cares if we go into debt for it now as we will wish we had done this down the road. Oil is a dying bread and if we attach our life raft to that ship will will sure as hell go down with the ship. It is time for leaders to LEAD. It is time for the US to be a leader in alternative fuel, solar, NG, and wind and sell it back to the rest of the world. Lets build the next generation of power together people, phone your congressman and tell him that you are mad as hell and you are not going to take it anymore period!
Yes, large vehicles such as buses should all have been moved over to using LPG.
Also, the US should pay for its heathcare policy by rising the price of cigarettes.
Hey GEORGE-go to CVS,by a bottle of STFU,take one and go away.
I hope no one is buying into clooney's drivel. Another loony from the left.
I fully support George clooney's intrest of the murders in sudan. I am confused why he was agianst removing Sadam Husain. He murdered 100,000's of people. Did he forget the pictures of dead mothers with there babbies in there arms that were gassed. They looked like gray statues dead in the streets. During the Iraq war the military discovered mass graves. This was kept low by Liberal news like Cnn.
Peobably because Iraq was not a humanitarian war but supposed to be about WMDs which we all doubted were there. Sadly we were proven right.
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Mr Clooney is a Hollywood Actor, thereby having a great knowledge of most all matters. When he speaks we must all listen and learn.
Chevron found the oil in Sudan in early 80s and did all the geophysical surveys – - i was there 83 to 87 . Chevron spent $4 billion but pulled out when the war broke out
Hey, this Clowny fella doesn't know what he is talking about. Ronmey, and the Grinch, and that Holier Than Thou feller Snactimonius all said it is Obamarama's fault that gas/oil (goil?) isn't FREE to tax payers. Now who you gonna believe ? Some movie star or one of them Real Americans like Snooki Palin ?
Clooney just get back to banging hot chics and making dopey movies will ya !!
There are many reasons.
Supply and Demand.
We are told if we allowed more drilling it would take 5 yrs to see a difference. Well it has been 5 yrs.
Could the companies drill and produce any faster than they are. I don;t know.
The Govt printing press is churning out money like an old Gusher An over supply of money makes a difference.
There are many reasons. Mr. Pres just asked we write our Reps to give up the old energy and embrace the new. I agree all government employees should turn in their present transportation for a Chevy Volt. Please note this last sentence is a joke.
George Clooney knows as much about international finance as my pet Airedale. Clooney is too egocentric and drunk on Obambi Kool-Aid to understand that it is indeed Obambi's anemic policies, especially toward the Middle East, that are driving oil speculation right now. If you inform Clooney that all...yes, all...oil exploration under Obambi's administration was initiated by Bush, he will not bother to Google that fact...but call you an idiota, instead. Typical Hollywood blimp head...a la Sean Penn.
let gay clooney give them his money
Clooney knows all.
George, if you love Sudan so much then put your money in Sudan to help fix their problems. If you do not put a few millions in Sudan FIRST, then you are just BS us. Show me the money and then I will follow. Otherwise, shut up.
was china behind the atrocities of darfur then?
Clooney...stick to something you know. Go back to Hollywood.....keep your nose of the US politics.
Give Sudan some of your $$$ millions..in place of Obama.
Hey George: You are a professional make-beleive artist, aka, an actor. You have made millions of dollars living a make-believe world. Don't expect us to take you all that seriously unless you want to throw down those millions to your cause.
there are so many commercials on tv now. you might as well go out and run a few laps, they are never going to tell you about that hot headline anyway.
cloony is just looking to gain attention for himself...
Haha, he's setting himself up to run for office. Too funny!
Gas prices in the US have very little to do with the cost of a barrel of oil and everything to do with politics and artificial supply and demand. The long term solution is getting rid of all the boutique blends that each metro area requires and go with one blend of the strictest emission standards that everyone can use. It will take years to convert the refinaries to make this but in the long run it will be less expensive for everyone.
Who do they buy weapons from? Is China trading oil for weapons?
George and every single celebrity in Hollywood will blame Sudan, China,Russia,Iran, even Bozo the Clown, but not Obama and his energy policy.
Now he's an economist not just a lousy actor in lousy movies
High gas prices have something to do with Dich Cheney and Haliburton.. And their cohorts. We need to tax them and remove their subsidies.
Wow, must be true since George Clooney says so. Just like all those lives he saved when he was a doctor.
20 Billion dollars in infrastructure! How long ago was it that this was the total GDP of an industrialized Nation?
Fareed Zakaria is member of Scroll and Key secret society(sister society to Skulls and Bones).
This is all one big scam including George Clooney.
So now we should step in and do something about the oil crisis? GOP cries foul when government steps in to fix our healthcare system and improve the quality of life for those 50 mil who don't have insurance, but when it comes to private corporations and their revenues, WE NEED THE GOVERNMENT...PLEASE. Haha ok, lobbyists are the ones paying the politicians anyways.
Thats right blame Obama. Prices are still lower than in 2008 when the RebubliCONS declared that the the President had no control over gas prices. On the other had Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia (aka) Bandar Bush stated in a Meet the Press interview with Tim Russert in 2004 that the Saudis could and would manipulate the market to help re-elect Bush.
The US have people killing everyday... If you can't fix our country, why don't these people stop off in Mexico? People are always worried about what we can't fix and ignore what we can fix... This clown has a enoguh work he can do in his own backyard.
ًWhere is the other side of the storey? Why we been exposed in CNN to the Clooney the Monopoliser? I think transparency requires Fareed to invite the Sudanese response. Some times I wonder whether Clooney is an Islamophobe or Arabophobe. It is apparent he hates both.
A Pro-Palestine conference has been held in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to express support for al-Quds against the Israeli occupation.
The al-Quds International Foundation in Sudan organized the gathering in Khartoum on Sunday.
Qotbi al-Mahdi, chairman of the foundation, addressed the conference, saying the subject of the city of al-Quds is the “core of the Palestinian issue.”
Israel is hoping to fully control al-Quds and after that Palestine will only be a piece of land with no meaning.
The Sudanese are well-known in supporting the Palestinian issue.
Participants in the Khartoum conference on al-Quds called on all Islamic countries to cooperate and unite to stop the Israeli aggressions against al-Quds and Palestinians.
No doubt this is one of the reasons why the US wants to be involved in Sudan.
IRAQI SHIIA ARE STEALING IRAQ READ THE PROVE, I AM IN BAGHDAD NOW
IRAQI SHIIA THUGS ARE SENDING MILLIONS TO SYRIA GOVERNMENT TO KILL THE KURDS AND THE SUNNI, ALSO TAKEN IRAN OIL AND SALE IT FOR THEM
في عراقنا المزيَّنِ بالفقر والعوز والثكالى وفقراء الطرق الذين يمسحون زجاج السيارات في برد بغداد القارس والدولة عنهم في غيبوبة، أقول في هذا المشهد المظلم يخرج الينا مجلس النواب ببدعة جديدة في الإسراف والبذخ، وهذه المرة من خلال شراء عشرين قطعة سلاح لكل نائب. أود تذكيركم سريعاً وقبل الدخول في الموضوع ان كل نائب يستلم ما يقارب 12.000.000 دينار مقطوعة عن 12 يوم عمل في كل شهر اي مليون دينار عن كل جلسة سواء عقدت ام لم تعقد كما يستلم 22.500.000 دينار لثلاثين شخصاً يحمونه علماً ان الغالب الاعم من النواب يقطنون المنطقة الدولية والتي لا يكادون يحتاجون فيها لحماية من أحد، ويعلم الجميع ان عضو المجلس يستلم كامل المبالغ المخصصة للحماية نيابة عن الحماية على اساس ان يوزعها لاحقاً.
وفوق هذا البذخ الصلِف للمال العام الذي يجب ان يكون محلُّهُ فقيرات العراق وعجزته ومعوقوه ومعدموه قرر مجلس النواب ان يشتري لكل نائب عشرة مسدسات (من نوع CZ99 سعر القطعة في بلد المنشأ 500$ كما يظهر فيهذا الرابط وعشرة بندقيات نوع M16 سعر القطعة في بلد المنشأ 586$ كما يظهر في هذا الرابط وبعملية رياضية بسيطة سيتضح ان كل نائب سيكلف الدولة 21.720$ دولار امريكي علماً اننا احتسبنا الكلفة حسب قيمة الاسلحة في بلد المنشأ وتغاضينا عن عمليات الفساد الحتمية التي ستضاعف المبلغ وتضخمه، ومعنى هذا ان مجلس النواب سيقتني اسلحة بقيمة 7.059.000$ دولار امريكي اي ما يعادل 8.611.980.000 مليار دينار عراقي اذا اخذنا بالاعتبار ان عدد اعضاء المجلس 325 نائباً حفظهم الله ورعاهم ذخراً لنا وللفقراء والمعدمين.
ولإنعاش الذاكرة وحسب اود التذكير ان المجلس موشِكٌ على الموافقة على شراء سيارة مصفحة لكل نائب فضلاً عما ذكرنا من قبل من اسلحة، وتود رئيسة لجنة شؤون الاعضاء والتطوير البرلماني الدكتورة حنان الفتلاوي زعيمة مقارعة الفساد ان تجري مناقشة الموضوع بكل شفافية ولكن خلف ابواب موصدة في جلسة سرية خشية الفضيحة طبعاً وليس لسرية الامر، ولو افترضنا جدلاً ان كلفة السيارة المصفحة الواحدة 50.000$ دولار امريكي فان المجلس سيقتني مجمل السيارات بمبلغ 16.250.000$ مليون دولار وهو ما يعادل 18.281.250.000مليار دينار عراقي.
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SOUTH SUDAN IS A COUNTRY NOW SO LET HEM FEED AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR SELF OR ASK UN AND USA TO HELP ...KEEP THE NORTH AWAY AND NO HAND OUT STOP CRYING AND BULD YOUR STUPID COUNTRY AND LET USA SUCK YOUR OIL.
IRAQI SHIIA ARE STEALING IRAQ READ THE PROVE, I AM IN BAGHDAD NOW
IRAQI SHIIA THUGS ARE SENDING MILLIONS TO SYRIA GOVERNMENT TO KILL THE KURDS AND THE SUNNI, ALSO TAKEN IRAN OIL AND SALE IT FOR THEM
في عراقنا المزيَّنِ بالفقر والعوز والثكالى وفقراء الطرق الذين يمسحون زجاج السيارات في برد بغداد القارس والدولة عنهم في غيبوبة، أقول في هذا المشهد المظلم يخرج الينا مجلس النواب ببدعة جديدة في الإسراف والبذخ، وهذه المرة من خلال شراء عشرين قطعة سلاح لكل نائب. أود تذكيركم سريعاً وقبل الدخول في الموضوع ان كل نائب يستلم ما يقارب 12.000.000 دينار مقطوعة عن 12 يوم عمل في كل شهر اي مليون دينار عن كل جلسة سواء عقدت ام لم تعقد كما يستلم 22.500.000 دينار لثلاثين شخصاً يحمونه علماً ان الغالب الاعم من النواب يقطنون المنطقة الدولية والتي لا يكادون يحتاجون فيها لحماية من أحد، ويعلم الجميع ان عضو المجلس يستلم كامل المبالغ المخصصة للحماية نيابة عن الحماية على اساس ان يوزعها لاحقاً.
وفوق هذا البذخ الصلِف للمال العام الذي يجب ان يكون محلُّهُ فقيرات العراق وعجزته ومعوقوه ومعدموه قرر مجلس النواب ان يشتري لكل نائب عشرة مسدسات (من نوع CZ99 سعر القطعة في بلد المنشأ 500$ كما يظهر فيهذا الرابط وعشرة بندقيات نوع M16 سعر القطعة في بلد المنشأ 586$ كما يظهر في هذا الرابط وبعملية رياضية بسيطة سيتضح ان كل نائب سيكلف الدولة 21.720$ دولار امريكي علماً اننا احتسبنا الكلفة حسب قيمة الاسلحة في بلد المنشأ وتغاضينا عن عمليات الفساد الحتمية التي ستضاعف المبلغ وتضخمه، ومعنى هذا ان مجلس النواب سيقتني اسلحة بقيمة 7.059.000$ دولار امريكي اي ما يعادل 8.611.980.000 مليار دينار عراقي اذا اخذنا بالاعتبار ان عدد اعضاء المجلس 325 نائباً حفظهم الله ورعاهم ذخراً لنا وللفقراء والمعدمين.
ولإنعاش الذاكرة وحسب اود التذكير ان المجلس موشِكٌ على الموافقة على شراء سيارة مصفحة لكل نائب فضلاً عما ذكرنا من قبل من اسلحة، وتود رئيسة لجنة شؤون الاعضاء والتطوير البرلماني الدكتورة حنان الفتلاوي زعيمة مقارعة الفساد ان تجري مناقشة الموضوع بكل شفافية ولكن خلف ابواب موصدة في جلسة سرية خشية الفضيحة طبعاً وليس لسرية الامر، ولو افترضنا جدلاً ان كلفة السيارة المصفحة الواحدة 50.000$ دولار امريكي فان المجلس سيقتني مجمل السيارات بمبلغ 16.250.000$ مليون دولار وهو ما يعادل 18.281.250.000مليار دينار عراقي.
أقول لمن اراسلهم من عيون السلطة الرابعة حان دوركم الان، واقول للبرلمانيين: اذا لم تستحوا فاصنعوا ما شئتم
الراصد البرلماني
March 24, 2012 at 11:10 am | Reply
BASHAR AL KALB
BASHAR AL ASAD AND HIS WIFE, SENDING MILLIONS OD USA DOLLARS TO LEBANON IN A STASH IN A DIFFRENT ANAME ACCOUNT, ALSO SENDING WEAPONS FROM SYRIA TO HIZBOALLAH 10 FULL TRUCKS EVERY DAY CROSSING TO HIZBOALLAH TO PREPARE FOR A RUN AND TO BE USED FOR EMERGENCY , those love birds killers and thug are preparing to empty syria from cash and weapons and move them to lebanon in the hands of the terrorists hizboallah i saw that my self, we have people on the ground at the syria / lebanon boarder sending these informations , some of the trucks also contain chemical weapoins to hizboallah...please inform the media now before it is too late
March 24, 2012 at 11:54 am | Reply
....BASHAR AL KALB
.....BASHAR AL ASAD AND HIS WIFE, SENDING MILLIONS OD USA DOLLARS TO LEBANON IN A STASH IN A DIFFRENT ANAME ACCOUNT, ALSO SENDING WEAPONS FROM SYRIA TO HIZBOALLAH 10 FULL TRUCKS EVERY DAY CROSSING TO HIZBOALLAH TO PREPARE FOR A RUN AND TO BE USED FOR EMERGENCY , those love birds killers and thug are preparing to empty syria from cash and weapons and move them to lebanon in the hands of the terrorists hizboallah i saw that my self, we have people on the ground at the syria / lebanon boarder sending these informations , some of the trucks also contain chemical weapoins to hizboallah...please inform the media now before it is too late
March 24, 2012 at 11:55 am | Reply
Huh?
Wrong story, pal...your rant does not relate to Mali in any way, shape, or form...
March 25, 2012 at 2:55 am | Reply
GET RED OF THEM NOW, SHIIAZIM IS EVIL MUST END
GET RED OF THEM NOW, SHIIAZIM IS EVIL MUST END
1. al-Assad IS in serious trouble. Obama was one of the first world leaders to call explicitly for al-Assad's ouster. ALL THE WORLD CONDEMN AND SANCTION HIM and we must keep doing it until he fall and then bring him as a war criminal along with russian leaders we must attack russian interest every where, they have blood in there hands.
2. Force is only answer aganist syria now.along with Hizboallah, terrorists must be hunted down, Yes, the Pentagon is reportedly preparing "detailed" contingency options for U.S. military action in Syria. That's what militaries do, and it's only prudent for the United States to monitor chemical weapons sites and eavesdrop on the regime's communications. It's also a good idea for the president to have a full understanding of what his options are and the risks and costs involved.
3. The U.S. intelligence community is concerned about hizboalla ,iran and iraqi shiia terrorists presence in Syria of fighters from Iraq's shiia branch, who are thought to be behind a spate of bombing attacks in Damascus and Aleppo.
4. . If al-Assad is to fall, the pillars that prop up his regime must first be removed. Iran and Russia, both of which continue to send weapons and advice, if not more, must be convinced that a post-al-Assad Syria is something they can at least live with. Both countries have met with members of the Syrian opposition, indicating they want to explore their options. Perhaps
5. Ignoring China. and use the human right tickets aganist them, make it tough for china to buy and sale to any memebers , china love money and will leave asad if there are economic snaction aganist this evil communist regime.
6. Focusing exclusively on the Syrian National Council he;p them, arm them , finance them, get no fly zones in multiple areas so they can get weapons and supplies, they are already in civil war , so no worries we can safe civilians , al asad already kilkled 14,000 civilians, and more than 132 000 in prison, killing daily.
.7- attack syria now alonmg with hizboallah as they are hiding chimechal weapons and stash and make the region un stable, attack them now and save millions of civilians later, attack them now and that will make it easy to get red of iran later. we all must be united to get red of those evil fregiemes, dont be silent SILENCE IS A CRIME, HITLER MUST NOT COME BACK AGAIN and he is a life and well as long as IRAN AND SYRIA THUGS ARE COMMITTING CIVILIAN KILLING.
March 24, 2012 at 3:05 pm | Reply
THE E MAILS OF BASHAR AL ASAD THE KILLER OF SYRIA
الناشطون وصفوا الأسد بأنه حريص ويلغي ما يكتبه من صندوق الإرسال بشكل مستمر (وكالة الأنباء الأوروبية )
نشرت صحيفة ذي غارديان لائحة بأهم الشخصيات التي ورد ذكرها في ثلاثة آلاف رسالة إلكترونية حصلت عليها، والتي تقول الصحيفة إن جزءا كبيرا منها نسخ من البريد الإلكتروني للرئيس السوري بشار الأسد sam@alshahba.com. وتصف الصحيفة الشخصيات التي تبادلت الرسائل أو لها علاقة بهذا العنوان البريدي بأنها مجموعة صغيرة ولكنها متنفذة وهم كالتالي:
بشار الأسد: يقول الناشطون إن الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد يستخدم اسم "سام" (Sam) كاسم حركي في مراسلاته عبر الإنترنت. وقد لاحظ الناشطون -الذين راقبوا هذا العنوان لشهور عديدة- أن صاحبه شديد الحذر ويتمتع بحس أمني عال، ويقوم بمسح الرسائل الصادرة سريعا.
أسماء الأسد: زوجة الرئيس السوري، وتستخدم بريدا إلكترونيا تحت عنوان ak@alshahba.com للمراسلة مع العنوان المذكور والحرفان الأولان يرمزان إلى عالية كيالي معلوف. وغالبا ما خاطب sam@alshahba.comصاحبة الحرفين AوK بعبارة "عزيزتي أسماء".
ويعتقد الناشطون أن عالية كيالي الحقيقية ليس لديها حق الدخول إلى العنوان، ولكنهم لاحظوا أيضا أن صاحب هذا الحساب لا يتخذ إجراءات أمنية عالية مثل صاحب الحساب "سام". وتصف الصحيفة المراسلات بين العنوانين البريديين أعلاه، بأنها تنم عن شخصين يرتبطان بعلاقة زواج، ولكن علاقتهما ترزح تحت وطأة ضغط العمل الشديد، ولكن على أي حال فإن المراسلات بين الطرفين لا تنم عن اكتراث بالعنف الدموي الذي يجتاح سوريا.
شهرزاد الجعفري: ابنة السفير السوري لدى الأمم المتحدة، وهي في بداية العشرينيات من عمرها. ويعتقد أن الجعفري وبعد تخرجها من الجامعة في الولايات المتحدة، عملت متدربة في مؤسسة براون لويد للعلاقات العامة في نيويورك بالولايات المتحدة. وبعد عودة الجعفري إلى دمشق، سرعان ما أصبحت من المقربين من الأسد وأعلى مستشاريه الإعلاميين.
ويقول زملاؤها في مؤسسة براون إنها استمرت في التواصل معهم، واستخدمت علاقاتها مع المؤسسة لتحصل على ثقة الأسد كشخصية لها خبرة في مجال العلاقات العامة. إلا أن إحدى الرسائل التي تبادلتها الجعفري مع مسؤول رفيع المستوى في المؤسسة أظهرت دعمه للجعفري والأسد، ولكن المؤسسة بررت ذلك بأن كلمات المسؤول لم تكن سوى كلمات تشجيع لمتدربة سابقة في المؤسسة، وهي لا تعني دعما للأسد.
هديل العلي: مستشارة صحفية إلى جانب الجعفري، وتتمتع بحظوة لدى الأسد وتأخذ على عاتقها كتابة تقارير عن الصحف اليومية وطريقة تعاملها مع الشأن السوري، ووقع خطابات الأسد على المناصرين، بالإضافة الى تأمين إيصال طلبات مقابلة الأسد من صحفيين يعتبرون مقبولين لدى النظام.
لونة الشبل: مذيعة سابقة في قناة الجزيرة. تقدم دعما قويا للأسد وقد تكون من أشد المطالبين بانتهاج أسلوب متشدد إلى أكثر حد مع المعارضين السوريين. كما تقدم المشورة بشأن كيفية إبقاء الانتفاضة تحت السيطرة.
خالد أحمد: أحد اللاعبين الأساسيين في المراسلات، ويقوم بتقديم تقييمات منتظمة عن الوضع المتردي في حمص. وهو مكلف بمهام إشرافية بوصفه مسؤولا سابقا في المنطقة التي تضم حمص. ويعتقد أن لأحمد صلات بالحزب القومي الاشتراكي السوري الذي ظل ومليشياته لمدة أربعين عاما من أشد المناصرين للنظام السوري. ويردد خالد رواية النظام أن هناك إرهابيين إسلاميين مدعومين من الخارج يحركون الانتفاضة السورية.
حسين مرتضى: رئيس قناة العالم التلفزيونية الإيرانية، ويتمتع مرتضى بصلات قوية بإيران وحزب الله ويقدم النصائح والمشورة للأسد بشكل مستمر، ويدعي في مراسلاته مع "سام" بأن ما يقوله يمثل وجهة نظر إيران وحزب الله. ويعتبر مرتضى عنصرا رئيسيا في تسويق رواية النظام عن ما يجري في سوريا.
March 25, 2012 at 12:33 am | Reply
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And here i was thinking that Africans are getting things right after so long?! How does sacking the government help their quest to defeat the Tuareg militia attacks? Restore the elected government so that all hands will on deck to tackle this threat to Mali‘s sovereignty!
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يشار أن لأذربيجان -الجمهورية السوفيتية السابقة الواقعة على الحدود مع إيران- علاقات ودية مع الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل وقد تزايد التوتر بينها وبين إيران في الأشهر الأخيرة.
وفي الشهر الماضي اتهمت طهران باكو بمساعدة المخابرات الإسرائيلية في عملية اغتيال العالم النووي الإيراني مصطفى أحمدي روشان الذي قتل في انفجار قنبلة ثبتت في سيارته.
كما تدهورت العلاقات بين البلدين في يناير/كانون الثاني بعد أن اعتقلت أذربيجان رجلين للاشتباه في قيامهما بالتخطيط لمهاجمة أجانب، بمن في ذلك السفير الإسرائيلي في باكو وأحد الحاخامات، وقالت السلطات الأذرية إن المشتبه بهما كانا يتلقيان المساعدة من رجل إيراني على صلة بأجهزة المخابرات الإيرانية.
وتقول السلطات الأذرية أيضا إنها أحبطت خطة لعملاء إيرانيين وحزب الله اللبناني لتفجير سيارة ملغومة قرب السفارة الإسرائيلية بأذربيجان قبل أربع سنوات، ومؤامرة كانت تستهدف السفارتين الأميركية والبريطانية في العام 2007.
كما تنظر طهران حسب مراقبين بارتياب متزايد لجارتها بسبب علاقاتها التجارية المتنامية مع إسرائيل، التي كان آخرها توقيعهما اتفاقا بمليارات الدولارات الشهر الماضي لتزويد باكو بمعدات دفاع صاروخي، في حين تستورد منها تل أبيب أكثر من ربع احتياجاتها النفطية.
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