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Bonita Chamberlin has this rebuttal "I am quite surprised that the military is announcing this as some "new" and "surprising" discovery since we knew about it in 1982 and published the information in 1995. In “Gemstones of Afghanistan”, we identified 91 minerals, metals and gems at 1,407 potential mining sites. This included, among other minerals, copper, iron, lead, zinc, mercury, beryllium, lithium, rare earths and metals, plus oil and gas reserves.Our findings were reported by the Los Angeles Times in 2001. Since the 1980s we have been traveling around the country speaking about this. Proposals were sent to the UNDP, USAID and other NGOs that the gem and mineral mine development would be a crop substitution to poppies as Afghanistan is sitting on this enormous wealth. This is NOT new. Perhaps this also hints at the real reason why we would be so intent on this war...."

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Mineral-Rich Afghanistan a Valuable Corporate Property
written in 2001 by Christopher Bollyn for American Free Press

World Affairs Report from 1982 "The Russian Rope: Soviet Economic Motives and the Subversion of Afghanistan"

2007 U.S. Geological Survey's 2007 Assessment

The infamous UNOCAL quote to the Afghanistan Government "Either we will cover you with a carpet of gold, or we will bury you under a carpet of bombs."

Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2001 by Bob Pool, Untapped Gems Could Enrich Afghans, Geologist Says

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