"Afghan ore up for tender"

[ConsAreLiars]

Over one hundred investors and mining executives met the Afghan mining minister in New York this week to discuss the tender for Afghanistan's largest iron ore mine.

The minister wants to show the global community that Afghanistan's fledgling mining industry is free from corruption and stable enough to invest in. As part of this PR push, Al Jazeera was part of a group to be flown high up into the mountains west of Kabul to see the mining area stretching over three different provinces.
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More of the photo-diary at: http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2010/10/01/afghan-ore-tender

[CrispyQ]

1. Jon Stewart hits it out of the park in his skit "Ore on Terror."

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-15-2010/ore-on-terror

Worth the time to watch. 4:15

[ConsAreLiars]

2. Great bit.

The article points out that the mapping of these deposits had been done by the Soviets during their attempt at conquest, and those guided the lease selling. The US certainly had all those maps as well, long before the decision to invade.