Iran – Pakistan – India Pipeline Under Attack Before It

Pipelines traversing international territories often get played up at moments as opportune as their location is strategic. You wonder why so far international terrorists haven’t really cottoned on to this, because an attack on one of the pipelines would not be misplaced in any analytical study on how terrorists conduct their acts of barbarism. An attack on a major oil or gas pipeline might not be as outlandish as it sounds, but in fact might be rather logical.

Last weekend’s high profile bickering over the 2,670km gas pipeline that is supposed to run from Iran through Pakistan to India might set the scene rather perfectly. Plans for the gas pipeline do not have US approval because they involve Iran. Iran is setting a high price to transport gas to India, which in turn could be suspected of using whatever trick in the school book to negotiate a bargain price as well as safe passage through Pakistani territory. Pakistan isn