Two days after the UN Security Council warned Iran to halt work on an enrichment plant, Iran announced today that they plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants. While American's eyes are directed towards Iran's NUKE plants, Iran has been busy building it's pipeline.
Iran is hoping that their pipeline (IPI) would run from Iran, through Pakistan and into India. Of course the US was not happy with these plans. The gas flow would by pass Afghanistan and would be in competition to the US backed Trans-Afghan-Pipeline. Thus the reason why the US was fiercely opposed to this pipeline and the reason why in 2005, during the Bush Administration, the US offered India a carrot and a stick. It offered India large size nuclear plants to help with it's large energy needs.
But now is seems India has again expressed an interest in the IPI pipeline. Seems the recent White House party for India's Prime minister and his wife served more sticks and not enough carrots.
Iran defies UN
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/29/iran-10-new-nuclear-plants
Iran, India to launch new round of energy talks
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=208955
The REAL reason the US wants to attack Iran.. Iran -Pakistan-India pipeline
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