Peter Chamberlin The pipeline wars are real wars, in that two or more nations are ordering their civilian and military foot soldiers, on a daily basis, into life or death contests to the finish. For the United States, it is a contest which must be won, if we are to survive, according to most of...
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Lukoil Overseas Produces First Gas from South West Gissar Uzbekistan
Today LUKOIL Overseas has produced first gas from Dzharkuduk-Yangi Kyzylcha which is the largest field of the block, under the PSA for development of gas reserves of South West Gissar (Kashkadarya Region, Republic of Uzbekistan). Before the start of gas production on South West Gissar, only oil was produced on South Kyzylbayrak and Koshkuduk fields...
nCa Returns — Starting where we left
Tariq Saeedi We were hacked in late July 2011. It was a thorough job, done by professionals. Now we are back. Thanks to all the supporters and well wishers. At the time of hacking we were in the process of starting an investigative-analytic series ‘Smashing Greater Central Asia.’ To provide background information for this series,...
Al Jazeera casts wicked shadow on Turkmenistan
nCa Commentary Karachi, 29 December 2011 (nCa) — Al Jazeera is fully conscious of the kind of competition it faces. It is racing against time to lose its credibility. The apparent aim is to join ranks with Fox. The good news is that it has managed in no time at all to sink as low...
Libyan DIplomatic Mission in Turkmenistan Joins Opposition, Flying TNC Flag
Ashgabat, 26 August 2011 (nCa) — The Libyan diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan (Libyan Bureau for Economic Cooperation) has joined the opposition. The TNC flag is flying on the mission building in Ashgabat since early last week. Mosbah Al-Foqhi, the head of the mission told nCa in an exclusive conversation Friday that he decided to join...
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Four: Final Solution for Pakistan
Continued from Part Three Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Mark Davidson in Washington, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and Rupa Kival in New Delhi 1 May 2010 (nCa) — The components of the ‘Final Solution’ for Pakistan are known, and almost ready. The exact shape those components will take when put together is not...
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Three: Rendezvous with Final Solution
Continued from Part Two Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Mark Davidson in Washington 18 April 2010 (nCa) — Several things happened since the publication of the second report in this series about a couple of week ago: Karzai finally broke down under tremendous American pressure; after a gap of six years terrorism resurfaced...
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Two: Russian Atheist Explains Suicide Bombing
Continued from Part One Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov and Tamara Orlova in Moscow Additional reporting by Qasim Jan in Kandahar and GN Brohi in Kharan and Nushki 3 April 2010 (nCa) — Lucky breaks come when you least expect them. A major break presented itself recently, revealing the involvement of the USA and India...
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part One: From Afghanistan with Love
The Final Solution Frenzy series appeared in March/April 2010. In this we presented wide ranging findings together with the opinion of experts. Except for some areas where our investigative reporting may have helped change the actual sequence of events, the predictions are coming true thick and fast. It is becoming clear by day that we...
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India – Part Four
Tariq Saeedi with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Legwork by SM Kasi in Quetta, GN Brohi in Dalbandin, and Qasim Jan in Kandahar Continued from Part Three Nearly complete jigsaw puzzle In order to get as complete a picture as possible we picked the brains of X in Washington and Sasha...
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India – Part Three
Tariq Saeedi with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Legwork by SM Kasi in Quetta, GN Brohi in Dalbandin, and Qasim Jan in Kandahar Continued from Part Two Benazir Assassinated BB (Benazir Bhutto) got assassinated on 27 December 2007, when she was leaving Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi after addressing a huge rally....
Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India — Part Two
Tariq Saeedi, with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Continued from Part One Yankee-Jihadi Marriage We turned our attention back to Balochistan and patched into the local grapevine. Misha’s phrase ‘Yankee-Jihadi Marriage’ was the key we were trying on every lock. Something seemed to click after a while. There was buzz that...
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India — Part One
This four-part report, done in January 2009, was basically related to the Mumbai incident but carried much wider in scope. It was also the first time that we pointed out a definite connection between the Americans and the Pakistani jihadis operating under various names such as TTP, LeT etc. Our experts made several predictions that...
[Archive Material] Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency — Part Two
Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington These were some of the questions that we took to Misha and Sasha and here is the explanation they...
Mullah Omar In Kabul, Negotiating with Karzai through Ms. Homa Sultani
Raja G Mujtaba I was sitting and pondering over some recent developments in the region. I was thinking Iran and China; the new initiatives by Pakistan were going in the right direction. I was also thinking who could have murdered Karzai’s brother and to what benefit? While I was thinking all this, I got a...
[Archive Material] Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency — Part One
This report, in two parts, was published in March 2005. It was the first, and so far the only, authoritative report on the origins and revival of BLA. There were some predictions in this report that have materialized already. It was also a report that painted in bold strokes the deadly game being played in...
[Archive Material] Mossad, Mossad – Coming Soon to A Town Near You!
This was the first report we produced on geopolitical games being in Greater Central Asia. It was initially published by the now-defunct Balochistan Post in May 2002. Then, Rense.com carried it with mutual arrangement and sine then it has appeared on hundreds of sites and has been quoted extensively by analysts and scholars. We are...
Mussolini wins in Istanbul conference; Right to colonize Libya reasserted
nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 16 July 2011 (nCa) — When the façade crumbled Friday, the face of Benito Mussolini was visible to the world. It eerily resembled Hillary Clinton. In the Fourth Contact Group Meeting in Istanbul on 15 Jul, the USA and 29 of its toadies recognized the Transition National Council (TNC) – an impressive...
EBRD supports small business development in Tajikistan
Accessbank joins EBRD’s Local Currency Lending Programme The EBRD is stepping up its support for the financial sector in Tajikistan with a US$ 6 million equivalent multi-currency facility to Accessbank to provide more affordable loans to small businesses in the Tajik currency, the somoni. Accessbank is the second financial institution in Tajikistan to join the...
Drugs, a Social Curse
Clemente Ferrer Laura and Javier have both learned one of the most stabbing lessons of their lives. At the age of 18, Laura became addicted to amphetamines, such as “speed”. Soon enough, she fell into the temptation of cocaine. Now 24, she is undergoing a School And Family Prevention Program launched by the “Proyecto Hombre”...
ВОДОХРАНИЛИЩА УЗБЕКИСТАНА — УБИЙЦЫ АРАЛЬСКОГО МОРЯ
Бикташ Садбаев Начиная с 1960 г. в связи с массовым развитием хлопководства в Среднеазиатских республиках и строительством крупных водохранилищ в низовьях Сырдарья и Амударья друг за другом стали образоваться водохранилища, обслуживающие ирригацию. В бассейне Аральского моря только на территории Узбекистана по официальной информации Европейской экономической комиссии (ЕЭК) ООН от 2007 г. построены и действуют 54 ...
CNH Supplies Turkmenistan Fleet of 90 New Holland Combines
CNH delivered in May a fleet of 90 New Holland combines to the Government of Turkmenistan; the machines, which were immediately put to work in the field, exceeded expectations as they fulfilled their role in the harvest of over a third of the Country’s 850,000 ha (2,100,400 ac) of wheat LUGANO, Switzerland – (July 14,...
Turkmenistan’s Journalists Enhance Capacity and Knowledge of Human Rights Issues
Ashgabat, 13 July 2011 (nCa) — Journalists from Turkmen television and radio, main newspapers, magazines and regional media organizations familiarized themselves with the United Nations treaties and conventions related to human rights as well as aspects of news journalism at a two-day workshop in Ashgabat on 7-8 July. This workshop was organized within the framework...
EBRD investments reach record high in first half of 2011
Bank concludes 161 projects, investing €3.5 billion The EBRD financed 161 projects in the first six months of 2011, a record number for the first half of any year in the Bank’s 20-year history and a clear indication of the strong demand for EBRD funding throughout the 29-country region where it invests. Watch the interview...
OMV successfully closes acquisition of Petronas Carigali (Pakistan) Ltd
► Purchase of the entire share capital of Petronas Carigali (Pakistan) Ltd, which is Petronas’ Exploration and Production (E&P) operating entity in Pakistan: The transaction was successfully completed as of July 11, 2011 ► Strong growth potential of the acquired portfolio will contribute towards the anticipated production increase in Pakistan to about 25,000 boe/d by...
CJSC Somon Oil begins Seismic Program in the Republic of Tajikistan
BAAR, SWITZERLAND, July 12, 2011. Manas Petroleum Corp. (“Manas”) (TSX‐V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) is pleased to announce the commencement of the second seismic survey on CJSC Somon Oil Company’s WEST and NORTH WEST licenses in the Republic of Tajikistan. This program includes up to 774 km of 2D seismic survey, which up to 115 km...
Cheating: Competition’s Great Equalizer?
Ben Tanosborn Back in the wild-and-woolly days of the American West – encompassing much of the second half of the nineteenth century – the Colt revolver was said to be the “great equalizer.” It promised to wipe out any gap between weak and strong, claiming to put every man at the same level of strength...
KBR to Work on US Military Contract in Turkmenistan
Ashgabat, 11 July 2011 (nCa) — Turkmenistan is among the 20 countries where KBR, formerly a part of Halliburton, will work on a US $ 3.8 billion contract for the US CENTCOM. However, the exact details of the kind of work KBR will do in Turkmenistan are still not clear. Ms. Sheryl Gibbs, KBR media...
Abadan Incident in Turkmenistan: American hand traceable already?
nCa Report Ashgabat, 11 July 2011 (nCa) — The recent incident in Abadan town of Turkmenistan that the government described as accidental flare of pyrotechnics but was reportedly a series of blasts in an ammunition depot could possibly be a part of the desperate American strategy for the region. The evidence so far is flimsy...
Reality Check: Opposition participation in presidential elections of Turkmenistan
nCa Report Ashgabat, 11 July 2011 (nCa) — President Berdymuhamedov of Turkmenistan announced on 8 July during a meeting of the cabinet of ministers that he would welcome the participation of the ‘opposition’ candidates in the forthcoming presidential elections, scheduled for early 2012. He also said that Turkmenistan will switch to two-party system. This is...
Turkmenistan admits casualties in Abadan blast; defence minister demoted
nCa Report Ashgabat, 11 July 2011 (nCa) — Turkmenistan acknowledged Sunday that casualties did take place in the ammunition depot blast in Abadan town that took place on 7 July. President Berdymuhamedov, chairing a session of the commission that had been formed to investigate the incident, expressed condolence to the families of the departed souls...
Human Rights Resource Centre Hosts Turkmenistan’s Disability Organizations
Ashgabat, 8 July 2011 — Representatives from 5 disability organizations and staff from the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (NIDHR) under the President of Turkmenistan met at a roundtable on the rights of persons with disabilities in Ashgabat on 5 July 2011. This roundtable took place at the Resource Centre, which was recently...
The Super Power under Siege
General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan On 7th October 2001, President Bush launched the ‘Sock and Awe’ Crusade against Taliban, hoping to defeat them and consolidate hold overAfghanistan but failed. The Taliban emerged victorious and are not prepared to give concessions unless the occupation forces leaveAfghanistan....
Blasts at ammunition depot in Turkmenistan; casualties reported
Ashgabat, 8 July 2011 (nCa) — A series of blasts occurred Thursday afternoon at the ammunitions depot inAbadan, an industrial town some 25 km west of Ashgabat. The severity of the explosions knocked down several residential buildings in the vicinity and a huge fire erupted in the depot. The authorities scrambled to contain the aftermath...
Online Advertising is the Only One Increasing
Clemente Ferrer Due to the latest innovations and inventions of the digital market, emerging technologies such as the so called ‘smart phones’ have gained worldwide popularity. If the mobile phone revolution has already begun, up till what point will it transform the emerging online news media market? More and more, users are increasingly turning to...
UNDP Turkmenistan Releases Reference Guide on Basic Concepts of Parliamentary Institutions
Ashgabat, 4 July 2011 – UNDP Turkmenistan has recently translated from English into Russian and released a reference guide for parliamentarians titled “Parliamentary Institutions: Basic Concepts”. This publication features basic information on parliamentary models, relations between the executive and legislative powers, parliaments’ law-making, oversight and representative functions, parliamentary rules and procedures, the work of parliamentary...
Узбекистан — расточительное использование воды
Акбар Саидзода Одной из самых обсуждаемых тем последних лет стали водно-энергетические вопросы Центральной Азии. Идут большие споры и полемика вокруг этих вопросов. Узбекистаном создана мощная пропагандистская система, которая используется исключительно для оправдания своих действий. Надо признать, что эта система работает довольно эффективно. В результате, многие соглашаются с тем, что любую неправду можно превратить в правду,...
Libya today, Central Asia tomorrow?
nCa Analysis Ashgabat, 3 July 2011 (nCa) — According to the spirit of the international law, NATO is now engaged in war of aggression against Libya. Whatever flimsy excuses it had for attacking Libya under UN Security Council resolution 1970, have disappeared after the passage of resolution 1973 and arming of Libya rebels by France....
Central Asia must protect itself against NATO
nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 2 July 2011 (nCa) — NATO had a somewhat tolerable face at the start of this century but it has turned ugly and loathsome within a decade. Not a kind wrinkle in the face of this hag, even if you look hard. At the start of the US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan soon...
Попытка исламизировать Центральную Азию
Комментарий nCa Ашгабат, 1 июля 2011 (nCa) — Таджикистан выступает за законопроект, который будет иметь неприятные последствия во всем регионе и вызовет широкий резонанс. Нижняя палата таджикского парламента почти единогласно одобрила законопроект, запрещающий религиозное образование и участие детей и подростков в религиозной деятельности (за исключением похорон и траура); только два оппозиционно настроенных депутата проголосовали против...