Taliban set 50 NATO fuel tankers on fire

[Warlord]

One of my men snapped this pic. We tried our best to protect the tankers but they caught us by surprise

 

[bolil]

One of my men snapped this pic. We tried our best to protect the tankers but they caught us by surprise

You terrify me.

Note, not terrorize, just terrify.

 

[Pericles]

One of my men snapped this pic. We tried our best to protect the tankers but they caught us by surprise

Gotta be careful where one takes a pee break.

 

[bunklocoempire]

Oopsie daisy.

I wonder who has the NATO fuel tanker contract -bet they're real broke up about having to sell some more trucks... NOT

 

[Zippyjuan]

Is that the one from 2010?

 

[torchbearer]

Is that the one from 2010?

looks like hitting fuel trucks is a strategy the liberators of afghanistan are using: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en....7.7.0.90.393.5.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.uj3MkeFQ2pw

 

[SneakyFrenchSpy]

Local residents watch the burning NATO supply oil tankers following an attack by gunmen on the main highway at Kolpur village, 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province on August 22, 2011. Gunmen on motorbikes in southwestern Pakistan on August 22 set ablaze at least 19 oil tankers carrying fuel for US-led NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said. AFP PHOTO / BANARAS KHAN (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/ne...l-tankers-news-photo/121958169?Language=en-US

 

[torchbearer]

who are the people in the foreground?
did the attackers let the drivers out of the cabs before torching the trucks?

 

[UWDude]

These attacks happen all the time. The latest was two or three days ago.
The Pentagon shrugs them off. Even when 100 tankers were destroyed in 9 days in October 2010, the Pentagon said it was insignificant. I'm guessing each tanker holds about 4000 gallons of refined fuel. That would be $16,000 a truck of fuel lost, or $1,600,000 in fuel, in US retail pricing. Reality is, it costs over $25 a gallon to get a gallon of gasoline into Afghanistan, so it was more like $10,000,000 worth of fuel destroyed in 9 days.

However, with cost-plus contracting, defense contractors just see that as $500,000 profit.

 

[green73]

And the MIC sees $$$

 

[Warlord]

These attacks happen all the time. The latest was two or three days ago.
The Pentagon shrugs them off. Even when 100 tankers were destroyed in 9 days in October 2010, the Pentagon said it was insignificant. I'm guessing each tanker holds about 4000 gallons of refined fuel. That would be $16,000 a truck of fuel lost, or $1,600,000 in fuel, in US retail pricing. Reality is, it costs over $25 a gallon to get a gallon of gasoline into Afghanistan, so it was more like $10,000,000 worth of fuel destroyed in 9 days.

However, with cost-plus contracting, defense contractors just see that as $500,000 profit.

You left out Warlord's 15%. Although as you can see the guarantee is limited.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

If Obama puppet masters were charging US tax payers $400/gallon for gas in Afghanistan before, will neocon master profiteers bump up rate to $500 per gallon now?

Real cost of gas at Afghan bases: $400/gal. - World Watch - CBS News

www.cbsnews.com/8301.../real-cost-of-gas-at-afghan-bases-$400-gal/‎

Dec 6, 2011 – Real cost of gas at Afghan bases: $400/gal. ... such deliveries are spiking the ultimate price of a gallon of fuel to as much as $400 per gallon.

 

[UWDude]

Ahh, yes, the $25 a gallon price was to ship fuel from Kuwait into Iraq. I had read the price in afghanistan was higher, but forgot how high.