Newsgroup: it.cultura.militare
Titolo: interessante speriamo esca in Italia

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FF6FC2AA-1876-494E-97E9-570A22F76B3C.htm
Wednesday 23 February 2005, 15:54 Makka Time, 12:54 GMT  
The book begins with a US attack on Turkish troops in Iraq
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US warplanes relentlessly pound Istanbul and Ankara, killing hundreds, while
the rest of the country is in flames: Washington has just launched
operation Metal Storm against its former ally, Turkey.
The futuristic novel by two young Turkish writers has sold more than 100,000
copies since it came out in December - a huge run in a country where most
books get printings of a few thousand at best.
 
Metal Storm seems to be riding a wave of strong anti-US sentiment in the
country sparked by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which resulted in tensions
between the two Nato allies.
 
The novel, set in May 2007, begins when Turkish troops deployed in northern
Iraq to protect the ethnic Turkish Turkmen community there, come under
attack from US forces.
 
A huge disinformation campaign launched by Washington has people thinking
that the Turks fired first, while the true aim of the United States is to
seize Turkey's rich borax mines, which account for 60% of the world's boron
production.
 
Turkey's major cities come under heavy fire, with huge loss of life, while
Ankara, taken by surprise, turns to the European Union and Russia for help.
 
Among other things, boron is used in the manufacture of fibreglass
insulation, as an ignition source in rockets, as a radiation shield and
neutron detector in nuclear reactors and in the aerospace industry because
of its high-strength and lightweight.
 
Strained relations
 
Critics have panned the book's literary merits and explain its success
solely by the current strain in ties between the US and Turkey.
 
"This novel is not just another conspiracy theory - it is a possibility
theory"
Burak Turna,
Metal Storm's co-author
Bilateral relations, forged in the Cold War years, suffered a major blow two
years ago when the Turkish parliament, dominated by the governing Justice
and Development Party (AKP), refused the US permission to open a northern
front to Iraq through southeast Turkey.
 
Since then, despite repeated assurances from both sides that the "strategic
partnership" is as strong as ever, the chill between Washington and Ankara
has been evident.
 
Anti-US sentiment
 
After a recent visit to Ankara, outgoing US Undersecretary of Defence
Douglas Feith warned, according to the Turkish media, that the partnership
between the two countries would not survive unless Ankara took steps to
defuse anti-US sentiment among its population.
 
Turkish newspapers, analysing Metal Storm's success, say the novel has found
a strong readership among politicians - notably among the AKP, some of
whose members have termed US military actions in Iraq "genocide" - as well
as among high-ranking soldiers. 
 
"The Americans today are just like the crusaders who seized Jerusalem
centuries ago"
Orkun Ucar,
Metal Storm's co-author
The book's authors, science-fiction buff Orkun Ucar and Burak Turna, a
former journalist specialising in defence issues - do not conceal their
opposition to US policy and say their plot is not as far-fetched as it
seems.
 
"This novel is not just another conspiracy theory - it is a possibility
theory," Turna said in a recent interview with a magazine.
 
"The United States today has a crusader mentality," Ucar added. "The
Americans today are just like the crusaders who seized Jerusalem centuries
ago."
 
In any case, anti-Americanism sells.
 
The book's publishers, Timas, have just ordered a fresh run of 50,000
copies, according to company spokeswoman Yasemin Nak.
 
Why does she think the book is so popular?
 
"Because it appeals to the subconscious of the Turkish reader."

 production.
Accipicchia ! Dopo le guerre dell'Oppio, quelle del Borace !!!
Peccato che:
<<Rio Tinto Borax operates California's largest open pit mine in Boron, 
California - one of the richest borate deposits on the planet. The 
company supplies nearly *half* the world's demand for refined borates, 
minerals essential to life and modern living.>>
Insomma, che se ne farebbero gli USA delle miniere Turche ?
Saluti,
[1] 
http://www.borax.com/borax1.html
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    Luca Morandini
www.lucamorandini.it
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 Insomma, che se ne farebbero gli USA delle miniere Turche ?
Beh, se per quello gli USA sono pieni di petrolio (Texas, Oklahoma, Alaska),
ma lo usano in minima parte, mi sembra, e preferiscono comprarlo all'estero
per mantenere delle riserve strategiche.
ciao
MG
PS: ma a che serve il borace? Vale una guerra??

MILES GLORIOSUS wrote:
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Forse ti è sfuggito che: <<The company *supplies* nearly half the 
world's demand for refined borates>>, non stiamo parlando di riserve, ma 
di fornitura corrente.
Ad ogni modo, c'era chi giurava che le miniere del Kosovo (Trepca) erano 
la vera causa di quella guerra ! Per cui ben venga anche il Borace ;)
Saluti,


 PS: ma a che serve il borace? Vale una guerra??
Curioso notare che il borace è "protagonista" anche nel bel film di Wim 
Wenders "La terra dell'abbondanza" ma in tutt'altra veste, cioè di 
materiale di risibile valore stategico... divertente vedere che qualche 
*barone turco* lo mette in un romanzo come casus belli :)
Cougar
(comunque Barone fa rima con metad0ne, no?)
;)

 Insomma, che se ne farebbero gli USA delle miniere Turche ?
L'idea alla base del libro è quella che ci si trovi di fronte ad un
cambiamento tecnologico a breve termine, passando dai motori a scoppio
a quelli ad idrogeno, e che il boro sia indispensabile a questa
seconda tecnologia. La Turchia attualmente non sfrutta totalmente i
suoi depositi di borace (et similia) perché non c'è una richiesta tale
di boro da giustificarne lo sfruttamento, ma qualora il boro assumesse
una maggiore rilevanza strategica, a quanto pare (ho letto solo fonti
di seconda mano sull'argomento) in Anatolia vi sarebbe in una forma o
nell'altra l'80% del boro presente sulla superficie terrestre. Gli
autori del libro (di cui ho letto qualche recensione) postulano che
G.W. Bush ordinerebbe un blitzkrieg per impossessarsi delle suddette
risorse (e già che c'è anche del Torio, che effettivamente anche al
giorno d'oggi una certa importanza strategica ce l'ha già), spinto in
questo da un suo sostenitore e correligionario.
Interessante notare come alla fine, nonostante i Turchi riescano a
distruggere Washington con un'atomica piazzata da un agente segreto,
il loro salvatore sarà Putin, che manderà le armate Russe a difendere
la Turchia una volta scoperto il piano dei Bushiti.
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