27-09-2014, 12:27 AM
Syria
29-09-2014, 02:38 AM
TEL AVIV – Russia has delivered a behind-the-scenes threat to retaliate if airstrikes carried out by the U.S. or its allies target the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle Eastern security officials told WND.
The security officials said Russia complained Sunday in quiet talks with United Nations representatives that the Obama administration’s current aerial campaign against Islamic State fighters in Syria is a violation of international agreements regarding control of Syrian airspace.
The officials said Russia warned it could potentially retaliate if U.S. or Arab airstrikes go beyond targeting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, and instead bomb any Syrian regime targets.
The officials told WND they do not have any information about the seriousness of the Russian threat or whether Moscow meant it would retaliate directly or aid Assad’s air force in a military response.
The officials said Russian diplomats asserted terms regarding Syrian airspace were agreed upon last September as part of a sweeping deal to disarm Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons by the middle of 2014.
At the time, the international community feared Assad could target chemical weapons inspectors acting in Syria. That fear in part lead to a deal in which Moscow says it was provided with significant responsibility over the skies of Syria, purportedly to insure against Assad’s air force acting against the international disarmament effort.
The officials further said that both the Russia and Iranian militaries are on heightened alert amid the ongoing situation in Syria.
On Saturday, U.S.-led coalition warplanes for the first time reportedly struck ISIS targets in Syria near the Turkish border as well as positions in the country’s east, according to activists and a Kurdish officials speaking to the Associated Press.
Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria’s Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, told the AP the strikes targeted Islamic State positions near the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
U.S.-coalition strikes also reportedly targeted a local ISIS headquarters in the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad along the Turkish border, setting an oil refinery ablaze.
“Our building was shaking and we saw fire, some 60 meters (65 yards) high, coming from the refinery,” local businessman Mehmet Ozer told Time Magazine.
Time reported the strikes were also confirmed by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and were reported by Turkey’s Dogan news agency.
The security officials said Russia complained Sunday in quiet talks with United Nations representatives that the Obama administration’s current aerial campaign against Islamic State fighters in Syria is a violation of international agreements regarding control of Syrian airspace.
The officials said Russia warned it could potentially retaliate if U.S. or Arab airstrikes go beyond targeting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, and instead bomb any Syrian regime targets.
The officials told WND they do not have any information about the seriousness of the Russian threat or whether Moscow meant it would retaliate directly or aid Assad’s air force in a military response.
The officials said Russian diplomats asserted terms regarding Syrian airspace were agreed upon last September as part of a sweeping deal to disarm Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons by the middle of 2014.
At the time, the international community feared Assad could target chemical weapons inspectors acting in Syria. That fear in part lead to a deal in which Moscow says it was provided with significant responsibility over the skies of Syria, purportedly to insure against Assad’s air force acting against the international disarmament effort.
The officials further said that both the Russia and Iranian militaries are on heightened alert amid the ongoing situation in Syria.
On Saturday, U.S.-led coalition warplanes for the first time reportedly struck ISIS targets in Syria near the Turkish border as well as positions in the country’s east, according to activists and a Kurdish officials speaking to the Associated Press.
Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria’s Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, told the AP the strikes targeted Islamic State positions near the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
U.S.-coalition strikes also reportedly targeted a local ISIS headquarters in the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad along the Turkish border, setting an oil refinery ablaze.
“Our building was shaking and we saw fire, some 60 meters (65 yards) high, coming from the refinery,” local businessman Mehmet Ozer told Time Magazine.
Time reported the strikes were also confirmed by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and were reported by Turkey’s Dogan news agency.
30-09-2014, 04:31 AM
While the world watched and tried to categorize which nations had joined in the USI attack on Syria: Israel attacked Syria as well from the air. Yes of course those are American planes with that filthy Star of David attached sneaking in to do their deed, cowards to the end.
“BEIRUT -- Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said.
The attack, the second in three days and the third this year, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syrian state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near Damascus and caused casualties.
Syria's government called the attacks against its territory a "flagrant violation of international law" that have made the Middle East "more dangerous."
Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi, who read a Cabinet statement to reporters Sunday in Damascus following an emergency government meeting, claimed the Israeli strikes are evidence of the Jewish state's links with Islamic extremist groups trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime.
He added that Syria has the right and the duty "to defend its people by all available means…"
“Israeli warplanes strike Syria”, from the San Jose Mercury News
On the 21st of September, one day before the US strike: Israel struck Syria again:
“Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike early today on a Syrian military facility near the northern Syrian port city of Latakia along the Mediterranean coast, a U.S. official confirms to ABC News.
The attack is believed to be the fifth airstrike conducted by Israel inside Syria this year. Like the earlier airstrikes, the official said the latest attack presumably targeted advanced Russian missile weapons systems headed to the extremist group Hezbollah based in Lebanon.
An Israeli source also confirmed the attack to ABC News which like the four previous attacks this year has not been acknowledged by the Israeli government.
The air strike was first reported in Israeli newspapers which cited explosions at a missile storage facility near Latakia. The accounts differed as to what types of air defense missile systems may have been targeted by Israeli warplanes.
U.S. official say that the Israeli warplanes conducting the airstrikes usually launch missiles at targets inside Syria from inside Lebanese airspace so they are not exposed to Syria's advanced air defense systems…
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/israeli-w...d=20746782
Neither Israel nor USI ever bothers to observe international laws whenever either of them decides to attack any other nation on earth.
(CNN) “The coalition that attacked ISIS in Syria overnight "makes it clear to the world that this is not America's fight alone," U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
At the same time, the United States took action -- on its own -- against another terrorist organization, the Khorasan Group. (?) Obama described its members as "seasoned al Qaeda operatives in Syria."
U.S. officials said the group was plotting attacks against the United States and other Western targets. The plots against the United States were discovered by the intelligence community in the past week, an intelligence source with knowledge of the matter told CNN. The source did not say what the target may have been, but said the plot involved a bomb made of a nonmetallic device, toothpaste container, and clothes dipped in explosive material. (K -obviously another bogus attack from CNN that never happened) A plot involving concealed bombs on airplanes "was just one option they were looking at," a U.S. official said…
'There are five Arab nations involved' "Once again, it must be clear to anyone who would plot against America and try to do Americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people," Obama said in televised remarks from the White House.
The airstrikes in Syria began early Tuesday morning local time. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan took part in airstrikes on ISIS targets, the U.S. military said. Qatar played a supporting role, the U.S. military said.”
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140923/19319159...order.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cri...49404.html
“BEIRUT -- Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said.
The attack, the second in three days and the third this year, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syrian state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near Damascus and caused casualties.
Syria's government called the attacks against its territory a "flagrant violation of international law" that have made the Middle East "more dangerous."
Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi, who read a Cabinet statement to reporters Sunday in Damascus following an emergency government meeting, claimed the Israeli strikes are evidence of the Jewish state's links with Islamic extremist groups trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime.
He added that Syria has the right and the duty "to defend its people by all available means…"
“Israeli warplanes strike Syria”, from the San Jose Mercury News
On the 21st of September, one day before the US strike: Israel struck Syria again:
“Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike early today on a Syrian military facility near the northern Syrian port city of Latakia along the Mediterranean coast, a U.S. official confirms to ABC News.
The attack is believed to be the fifth airstrike conducted by Israel inside Syria this year. Like the earlier airstrikes, the official said the latest attack presumably targeted advanced Russian missile weapons systems headed to the extremist group Hezbollah based in Lebanon.
An Israeli source also confirmed the attack to ABC News which like the four previous attacks this year has not been acknowledged by the Israeli government.
The air strike was first reported in Israeli newspapers which cited explosions at a missile storage facility near Latakia. The accounts differed as to what types of air defense missile systems may have been targeted by Israeli warplanes.
U.S. official say that the Israeli warplanes conducting the airstrikes usually launch missiles at targets inside Syria from inside Lebanese airspace so they are not exposed to Syria's advanced air defense systems…
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/israeli-w...d=20746782
Neither Israel nor USI ever bothers to observe international laws whenever either of them decides to attack any other nation on earth.
(CNN) “The coalition that attacked ISIS in Syria overnight "makes it clear to the world that this is not America's fight alone," U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
At the same time, the United States took action -- on its own -- against another terrorist organization, the Khorasan Group. (?) Obama described its members as "seasoned al Qaeda operatives in Syria."
U.S. officials said the group was plotting attacks against the United States and other Western targets. The plots against the United States were discovered by the intelligence community in the past week, an intelligence source with knowledge of the matter told CNN. The source did not say what the target may have been, but said the plot involved a bomb made of a nonmetallic device, toothpaste container, and clothes dipped in explosive material. (K -obviously another bogus attack from CNN that never happened) A plot involving concealed bombs on airplanes "was just one option they were looking at," a U.S. official said…
'There are five Arab nations involved' "Once again, it must be clear to anyone who would plot against America and try to do Americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people," Obama said in televised remarks from the White House.
The airstrikes in Syria began early Tuesday morning local time. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan took part in airstrikes on ISIS targets, the U.S. military said. Qatar played a supporting role, the U.S. military said.”
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140923/19319159...order.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cri...49404.html
05-10-2014, 03:49 AM
NATO's Dream Coming True - Turkey Pushes For Syria No-Fly Zone; US Approves
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Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post
On October 2, 2014, Turkey’s parliament passed a resolution to allow the Turkish military to enter the sovereign territory of Iraq and Syria under the pretext of battling Western-backed IS militants.
The resolution will also allow foreign troops to use Turkish territory for the same purpose suggesting that the Incirlik air base may soon be used by the United States for its airstrikes against Syria.
The vote was 298 in favor of the motion and 98 opposed.
Despite its claims that the vote was centered around defeating ISIS on its borders, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, perhaps inadvertently, admitted that the real target of NATO aggression is the Syrian government.
As the BBC reports ,
Speaking in parliament earlier on Wednesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the West to find a long-term solution to the crises in Syria and Iraq, pointing out that dropping "tonnes of bombs" on IS militants would only provide a temporary respite.
While he said "an effective struggle" against IS would be a priority for Turkey, "the immediate removal of the administration in Damascus" would also continue to be its priority. [emphasis added]
Erdogan also called for a “buffer zone” on the Turkey/Syria border – which would be enforced by a no-fly zone – to “ensure security.”
A buffer zone, of course, has been part of the NATO agenda against Syria since the beginning of the Western-controlled crisis in the country. Remember, it was under the guise of a humanitarian corridor or buffer zone in Libya , that NATO bombing took place which ultimately led to the destruction of the Libyan government, the murder of Ghaddaffi, and the subsequent expansion of chaos, anarchy, and genocide across the entire North African country.
Indeed, public discussion of the implementation of a “buffer zone” began as far back as 2012 when the Brookings Institution, in their memo “ Assessing Options For Regime Change ” stated
An alternative is for diplomatic efforts to focus first on how to end the violence and how to gain humanitarian access, as is being done under Annan’s leadership. This may lead to the creation of safe-havens and humanitarian corridors, which would have to be backed by limited military power. This would, of course, fall short of U.S. goals for Syria and could preserve Asad in power. From that starting point, however, it is possible that a broad coalition with the appropriate international mandate could add further coercive action to its efforts. [emphasis added]
The Brookings Institution went further, however, describing a possible scenario that mirrors the one currently unfolding in Syria where Turkey, in coordination with Israel, could help overthrow Assad by establishing a “multi-front war” on Syria’s borders. Brookings writes,
In addition, Israel’s intelligence services have a strong knowledge of Syria, as well as assets within the Syrian regime that could be used to subvert the regime’s power base and press for Asad’s removal. Israel could posture forces on or near the Golan Heights and, in so doing, might divert regime forces from suppressing the opposition. This posture may conjure fears in the Asad regime of a multi-front war, particularly if Turkey is willing to do the same on its border and if the Syrian opposition is being fed a steady diet of arms and training. Such a mobilization could perhaps persuade Syria’s military leadership to oust Asad in order to preserve itself. Advocates argue this additional pressure could tip the balance against Asad inside Syria, if other forces were aligned properly. [emphasis added]
To his credit, Syrian Foreign Minister Waleed Muallem has recognized the beginning of the implementation of the NATO plan for a buffer zone in the manner described by the Brookings Institution. In an interview with Lebanese television outlet Al-Meyadin, Muallem declared that Syria will not accept the creation of a “buffer zone” and that such an act is “attack on Syrian territory and its sovereignty.”
Muallem also rightly pointed out both the fact that Turkey has been a reliable supporter of ISIS terrorists and the coordination of the calls for a buffer zone between Turkey and Israel. Muallem stated,
At a time when Israel promised that a buffer zone would be set up in the south of Syria, Turkey is in the same manner talking about setting up a buffer zone in northern Syria. Both announcements are linked to one another. These initiatives constitute as an attack on the Syrian territory and its sovereignty. If Turkey considers the security and stability of Syria, it must end these kinds of provocative acts.
The Obama administration is also stating that it is open to the possibility of establishing a “no-fly zone” over Syria.
The statements, made by both Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and General Martin E. Dempsey, are supposed to hinge upon an agreement with Turkey, that is itself calling for a “buffer zone,” one of the wishes of NATO since the very beginning of the Syrian crisis.
According to the New York Times , Hagel stated that “We’ve discussed all these possibilities and will continue to talk about what the Turks believe they will require.”
Dempsey added that “a buffer zone might at some point become a possibility” although he also stated that it should not be considered imminent.
A “buffer zone” and/or a “no-fly zone,” of course, is tantamount to war and an open military assault against the sovereign secular government of Syria since the implementation of such a zone would require airstrikes against Assad’s air defense systems.
Turkey has been whining and groaning for some time over an influx of Syrian refugees as a result of a humanitarian crisis that it helped create with its support and facilitation of Islamic fundamentalist death squad forces funded by the West and allowed to travel into Syria through Turkey’s borders. The most recent influx of refugees came from the city of Kobani, where ISIS fighters were herded by American airstrikes for the purposes of reinforcing the fighters already battling Kurdish and Syrian forces there.
As Tony Cartalucci comments in his own article “ Turkey Preparing For Syria Occupation? ”
Of course, with US airstrikes carving out a vacuum soon to be filled with extremists uncontested by the Syrian Arab Army forced to back off in fear of provoking further Western aggression, the situation will undoubtedly "deteriorate." Just as Turkey staged false flag operations along its border last year in attempts to trigger a war with Syria directly, and by supporting terrorists resulting in a predictable humanitarian catastrophe now spilling over into Turkey' territory, the vacuum the US is intentionally creating is meant to be filled with terrorist mercenaries and NATO forces to protect them as the front is inched ever closer to Damascus in the form of a "buffer zone."
It is important to remember that the U.S. airstrikes and its attempts to create a “buffer zone” inside Syria are nothing more than a farce. The death squads running amok in Syria are themselves entirely creatures of NATO and they remain under NATO’s command. The true enemy of ISIS, Khorasan, and the cannibals of the Levant has always been and continues to be Bashar al-Assad.
For those of us who have tried to warn of and prevent a direct military intervention in Syria, we must now redouble our efforts. Time is growing short.
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Damascus will consider any Turkish military intervention in its territory as an act of aggression, Syrian Foreign Ministry says a day after Turkish lawmakers authorized military operations against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
In a statement on Friday, the Syrian ministry said the "declared policy of the Turkish government represents a real aggression against a member state of the United Nations."
The move is a "flagrant violation of the United Nations charter, which stipulates respect for the national sovereignty of states and non-interference in their domestic affairs," the statement added.
The ministry also accused Turkey of having provided political, military and logistical support to terrorists and aided the arrival of foreign militants in Syria.
"The international community and, in particular, the Security Council, should act to put an end to the adventures of the Turkish leadership, which represents a threat to world security and peace," the ministry added.
On Thursday, Turkey’s 550-seat parliament voted 298-98 in favor of a motion that would provide the legal ground for Ankara to deploy forces to Iraq and Syria and launch attacks against ISIL terrorists, members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and even Syrian government forces.
According to the motion, which will last for one year, the Turkish government could also allow foreign forces to use the country’s soil for their so-called anti-terror operations.
Since September 22, the United States and its allies have been conducting airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria without authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.
Turkey, a NATO member, has been under pressure by Western countries to cooperate with them in their so-called anti-ISIL operations.
Ankara has been a major supporter of foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists operating to topple the Damascus government since March 2011.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/03/...ggression/
TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulaziz bin Abdullah voiced concern about the disclosure of the close relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, specially when Muslims from across the world are in Saudi Arabia for Hajj rituals.
"After a meeting between Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, also a former foreign minister, with Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting late September, and given the decreasing influence of Riyadh in the region and among the Muslims, Abdulaziz bin Abdullah expressed dire concern about the disclosure of the close relations with Tel Aviv, specially when a large number of Muslims have gathered in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for Hajj rituals," an informed source told FNA.
According to the report, in a secret meeting between a close advisor to Abdulaziz bin Abdullah and Saudi Interior Minister Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, the two sides discussed the serious challenges facing Saudi Arabia in the near future.
"At the start of the meeting, the representative of Abdulaziz bin Abdullah elaborated on the meetings between certain high-ranking Saudi officials, specially Turki bin Faisal, and Zionist officials, mostly held in Aqaba port, in which Riyadh undertook some commitments," the source who called for anonymity due to security concerns, said.
The source quoted Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud as saying that the most important subjects raised during the meeting between the Saudi and Israeli officials included 1. Strengthening cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Israel in defeating the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, 2. All-out cooperation to prevent a nuclear deal between Iran and the West in a way that Tehran's relations with the western states will be experience serious trouble and lead the nuclear talks to a failure, 3. Finding new ways to accelerate and facilitate economic, political and foreign policy relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, 4. Given the existence of differences between Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the political, territorial, economic and regional issues, Israel undertook to support Riyadh's stances and force Qatar to accept the preconditions of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE for ending the existing conflicts, and 5. During the meeting between Turki al-Faisal and Tzipi Livni in New York, Saudi Arabia has presented a dual-track approach to play with Iran which started with Turki al-Faisal's meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York.
"During the meeting between the two Saudi officials in Riyadh, Abdulaziz's representative told Nayef that the issues raised in the meetings with the Israeli officials were undoubtedly Riyadh's most important goals but given the presence of Muslims in Saudi Arabia for Hajj rituals the relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv should never be allowed to come under the spotlight, warning him that otherwise there will start a crisis which may lead to the overthrow of the Saudi dynasty," the source told FNA.
The informed source revealed that at present, the Saudi princes, specially "Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Saud a-Feisal and Turki al-Feisal have intense differences on may important issues".
Drumbeats Of War Between Syria And Turkey And The U.S. Is Sending More Troops To Oust Bashar Al-Assad
by Shoebat Foundation on October 3, 2014 in Featured, General
When Bashar Al-Assad of Syria warned of the true intentions behind the 2011 Arab Spring, that it will turn into an Islamic winter, few in the west were listening. Now, the story is repeating when Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad just accused Turkey’s military intervention in Syria as “an act of aggression” and “a front to helping ISIS”. All this while the US military has even deployed more Marines to the Middle East, the Pentagon revealed Wednesday with the ultimate goal of the US intervention, as Obama administration spokesmen have repeatedly declared, is “the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,” who is allied to Iran and Russia, the two main targets of the American government in the region.
Bashar Al-Assad is deeply concerned as his government argued that Turkey and Syria are in cahoots pointing to Turkey when it held “diplomatic and political negotiations” with ISIS to the release of 46 Turkish hostages. The Syrian government called on the international community and the United Nations to stop Turkey from what it believes will threaten “international and regional peace and security.”
The Turkish as well as the U.S. government wants to see a regime change in Syria arguing that its intervention was to eradicate ISIS and the Obama Administration sees that Turkey’s intervention in Syria as a positive thing, the Turkish Kurdish populations are particularly angered of such position and accused the Turkish government of supplying weapons to ISIS warned Turkey on Friday against any military intervention on its territories, saying it would consider it an act of “aggression” while accusing the government of turning a blind eye to ISIS by refusing to allow Turkish Kurds to cross the border and fight ISIS in Syria.
The announcement by Syria warning of the drumbeats of war happened a day after the Turkish military was given authorization to conduct cross-border incursions against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operating in the Arab country.
Bashar Al-Assad is nervous, he sees the writing on the wall that the king of the North (Turkey) is coming for him. “The declared policy of the Turkish government represents a real aggression against a member state of the United Nations,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said.
The warning came after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed late Thursday that Ankara would do whatever it could to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, falling to ISIS militants. That while at the same time the Turkish military prevented Kurds to aid Kobani was a red-flag which caused suspicion that Turkey has nefarious reasons to intervene in Syria. Turkish Chief of Staff Necdet Ozel gave another pretext for possible military intervention in Syria, saying that the army was ready to act in defense of a small Turkish unit deployed in northern Syria to guard the tomb of Suleyman Shah, an ancestor of the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
Just hours before Davutoglu’s comment, Turkey’s parliament gave the government powers to order cross-border military incursions claiming it to be against ISIS, and to allow foreign coalition forces to launch similar operations from Turkish territory to oust Bashar Al-Assad.
Also, the US military has deployed a quick-reaction force of 2,300 Marines to the Middle East, the Pentagon revealed Wednesday, the latest step in a carefully planned escalation of American military power in the region. Yet, the Marines are only the spearhead of a much larger US force in Kuwait, already numbering some 15,000 troops, including an entire armored brigade, which has only flat desert terrain separating it from the war zone in eastern Syria and western Iraq. Another 1,000 Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are stationed on board Navy warships in the Persian Gulf.
But the ultimate goal of the US intervention, as Obama administration spokesmen have repeatedly declared, is the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is allied to Iran and Russia, the two main targets of American government in the region.
As it turns out, the Obama administration used the crimes of ISIS, such as the beheading of prisoners and the slaughter of minority religious groups, to sway public opinion in the United States, what it truly was doing was to partner with Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf despotisms who also have made it clear that they are mainly concerned with overthrowing Assad.
The latest recruit to the US-led “coalition,” the Turkish government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was even more explicit about this goal, as the Turkish parliament voted Thursday for a measure to allow Turkish troops to enter Iraq and Syria and to permit foreign troops to use Turkish territory.
Bashar’s days are numbered and Turkey’s Erdogan is ready to occupy Syria with the blessings and partnership of his best ally, president Barack Hussein Obama. In a speech before the vote, Erdogan dismissed the US-led bombing campaign against ISIS as ineffective and pointless, saying, “Tons of air bombs will only delay the threat and danger” of terrorism that the second largest army in NATO, the Turkish Army needs to put boots on the ground of Syria. He renewed his call for the ouster of Assad. This was echoed by Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz, who told parliament, “The main source of ISIS is the Syrian regime.” While this is false, Turkey is the main source of ISIS, the United States is shamelessly advancing an Antichrist.
Westerners are confused. Including even many Christians who proclaim judgment on Syria according to Isaiah 17. They say that Damascus will be no more referring to the Assad regime. They will see later that such destruction is not on that regime, but the regime which comes after, Antichrist. There are so many talking confusions who are in reality aiding Antichrist while proclaiming themselves to be pro-Christ.
And for years they declared that Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear installations, next year, this year, this month … it never happened as we predicted years ago. When they said that Turkey will soon join the European Union, we said it will not. So many were the false proclamations they made. So many want to tickle ears with fanciful proclamations yet without sound understanding that Scripture is a Middle Eastern manuscript and one is not to isolate Isaiah 17 without looking at the big picture studying previous chapters and forward chapters like Isaiah 19 which involves Egypt. One is not to isolate Ezekiel 38 without studying Ezekiel 28 all the way to Ezekiel 38. Isolation is the first trick of the devil.
As to the U.S. government, heaven will abound with repentant prostitutes and even IRS tax-collectors, but very few U.S politicians will make it. The first myth when it comes to politicians is that they are here to protect the safety of their people when all they care about is the safety of their power. The politician in the U.S. is arguing that U.S. intervention in Syria was to eradicate ISIS when all the U.S. government wants to see is a regime change in Syria and the full accomplishment of the 2011 plan for the Arab Spring to fully succeed. For whatever reason, the dark forces are at work to complete the plan of Antichrist.
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Turkey sends military equipment to Syrian border
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Turkey has sent military equipment to Syrian border, Haber7 TV channel reported on Oct.3.
Reportedly, Turkish Air Force is also on the full combat alert.
Previously, Turkish parliament gave permission for the armed forces’ participation in military operations abroad. Some 298 MPs, out of 396, voted for the mandate, while 98 voted against it.
The document was supported by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Earlier, the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) stated that they will not support the document.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Oct. 3 in an interview with A Haber channel that Turkey will do everything possible to protect the Syrian town of Kobani, settled by Kurds, from the IS (the Islamic State group) terrorist organization.
Davutoglu also said the government intends to take the advantage of the mandate, which was earlier approved by Turkey’s parliament. Under the mandate, Turkish armed forces’ can take part in the military operations in Syria and Iraq.
The terrorist organization known as the ‘Islamic State’ (IS, formerly ISIL or ISIS) was created in 2003 in Iraq. Between 2004 and 2006, the organization was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and consisted of 11 radical Islamist groups, which had close ties to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.
Following the start of military confrontation in Syria in 2013 between the armed opposition and the government forces, the IS penetrated the country. IS said at the time it refuses to take the oath of Al-Qaeda and declared ‘a holy war’ against all groups in Iraq and Syria, as well as the Syrian government forces.
Strengthening of the IS in Syria allowed it to return to Iraq, deploying military actions against government forces there.
In late June of 2014, the IS announced about the creation of the ‘Islamic Caliphate’ on the territories under its control in Iraq and Syria. In turn, Iraqi authorities asked the international community for help in fighting the IS.
Pentagon: U.S. plans Patriot missile sale to Saudi Arabia
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The United States plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia worth $1.75 billion and long-range artillery to the United Arab Emirates valued at about $900 million, the Pentagon said Wednesday, Al Arabiya reported.
The Defense Department informed Congress of the potential arms sales this week as fighter jets from both of the Gulf states took part in a U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group.
The Saudi government had requested the purchase of 202 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 missiles - the most sophisticated version of the Patriot anti-missile weapons -- as well as a flight test target, telemetry kits and other related equipment, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement.
"The proposed sale will help replenish Saudi's current Patriot missiles which are becoming obsolete and difficult to sustain due to age and the limited availability of repair parts," the agency said.
"The program will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a partner which has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," it added.
Both Kuwait and Qatar already have purchased the PAC-3 weapons, which are designed to knock out incoming ballistic missiles as well as enemy aircraft and cruise missiles using ground radar.
Gulf countries in recent years have invested heavily in missile defense weapons, radar as well as air power, mainly as a hedge against Iran which they view as a regional threat.
The Patriot missiles, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, have an estimated range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles) and have more advanced radar than the older systems.
Separately, the Defense Department notified lawmakers about a planned sale of 12 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) Launchers to the United Arab Emirates for nearly one billion dollars.
The system "will improve the UAE's capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security for its critical infrastructure," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. The weapons, which deliver precise and powerful artillery fire at a long range, would also bolster the UAE military's ability to operate with U.S. forces, it said.
Congress has 30 days to raise objections to the potential arms sales. Without any move to block the deals, the U.S. government can then negotiate contracts with the two countries.
Spreading the Conflict: Turkey and Australia Join In Attacking ISIS
By Binoy Kampmark
Global Research, October 05, 2014
Region: Middle East & North Africa, Oceania
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Two very different allies of Washington have decided to spread their wings more aggressively in the ever expanding conflict against the Islamic State. Turkey has decided to get the boots of its soldiers dirty via parliamentary vote (298 to 98), while Australia has done its obsequious best by deploying its small forces by executive fiat.
Several crude and separate realities are masked by these decisions. For one thing, it doesn’t get away from the fact that Ankara’s view on the Islamic State is somewhat alien to that of Washington’s. Foreign policy analysts use the irritating term “disconnect” in describing the relationship between the government of President Recept Tayyip Erdoğan and that of US President Barack Obama on the subject.[1]
Any Turkish deployment to assist the Coalition forces has been marred by its Syrian calculations, ones which were based on a labyrinthine series of considerations of which group to back in their conflict against the Assad regime. The logical conclusion of that rather skittish policy was one of backing almost all groups, from those of moderate hue (can revolution ever be in moderation?) to more conventional, hard hitting fundamentalists. Turning a blind eye to atrocity and mayhem, even among Syria’s own diffuse and murderous opposition, was always going to be on the cards.
Such laxness was bound to revisit Turkey at some point, and the fear now is that the Islamic State has become something of an internalised bacillus, keeping a close eye on Ankara’s movements even as it supposedly involves itself with the somewhat hobbled coalition of the righteous. As Sinan Ülgen surmises, “The fear now is that this benign neglect has allowed the Islamic State to embed itself in Turkey and build the capacity to conduct terrorist activities on Turkish soil – and thus to retaliate for Turkish participation in the US-led coalition.”[2]
The statements from Turkish officials seem to centre on such flashpoints as Kobane (Ayn al Arab), which is witnessing an incessant assault from Islamic State forces. It has become a point of attraction for Kurdish fighters whom the Turkish forces are wary of given their links to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), and the issue of how far the Turkish troops will go to actually prevent it from falling. The Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has stated that, “We wouldn’t want Kobane to fall. We’ll do whatever we can to prevent this from happening.”[3]
Yet even as Kobane is being pummelled, the guns of Turkish tanks are trained away from the city. This seemingly describes a long tendency in Ankara’s foreign policy. An authorisation for the use of military force need not be a clarion call for aggressive engagement – after all the fuss, the Turkish parliament has given three in a row.[4] The balance may well change if the tomb of Suleyman Shah – a Turkish enclave in northern Syria – is threatened.
The Australian deployment to the Middle East was never in dispute, lacking the range of nuanced problems facing Ankara. Unlike the Turkish example, Cabinet, not Parliament, made the decision to engage in some long distance killing against an enemy it can barely describe. (Abbott has resorted to the Darth Vader-like appellation of an “apocalyptic death cult”.)
With the outflanked Greens essentially the only party crying foul at the pompously unilateral move, it was left to the near invisible foreign minister, Julie Bishop, to affirm “the usual convention of past governments and that is that the government of the day has the ultimate responsibility for making decisions involving our military.” On that score, dastardly convention is on Bishop’s side, with Australia’s Cabinet resolutely anti-parliamentarian in deploying troops since federation in 1901. Indifference and spinelessness are sound properties of the Australian political system.
While the Abbott government stirs populist flames on home soil dangling burqa bans for visitors to Parliament (Abbott subsequently quashed the inane moves), Canberra’s foreign deployments operate according to laws of futility. An almost enviable, clear headed stupidity seems to dictate the Prime Minister’s decision. “ISIL,” Abbott explained on October 3, “has effectively declared war on the world. The world is responding.”
In typically bamboozling fashion, Abbott, having suggested that the Islamic State has declared a global war, suggests that Australians are not involved in such a business, engaging in a repelling, humanitarian “mission”. Having taken a rather novel reading of the laws of war, Abbott noted the authorisation of “Australian air strikes in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government and in support of the Iraqi government.”[5]
The Middle East has always provided the richest of grounds for abhorrent vacuums of power. These have all too often been filled by something worse. There are no exotic proclamations of pivoting away and finding refuge in some other strategic theatre. The Coalition’s language of liquidation and degradation towards the Islamic State will simply displace one problem with another. Ankara may have stumbled, but it has done so in part with good reason. Australia’s involvement, however, is pure indulgence, an act of historical vanity and political immaturity.
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.
Obama’s Plan For a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Northeastern Syria – ISIS Was a Window-Dressing for the Real War Against the Syrian Government
By 21st Century Wire
Global Research, October 03, 2014
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Region: Middle East & North Africa
In-depth Report: SYRIA: NATO'S NEXT WAR?
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Get ready. It’s the logical next step for central planners in Washington. Take away a country’s airspace and you’ve physically revoked their sovereignty…
Reports out of Washington this week indicate that the Obama administration is in the planning stages of establishing a ‘No-Fly Zone’ over northeastern Syria.
White House officials are well aware that their current strategy commitment to “Bomb ISIS” will wear thin soon, and need to up the stakes to avoid a public backlash. To justify such a bold move, Washington is preparing its PR campaign which includes US State Department talking points like, “humanitarian corridors”, and “protecting civilians from airstrikes by the Syrian government”.
The ladder would be a giant leap in rhetoric in a war that US President Barack Obama originally sold to the public as a war against ISIS terrorists. Now that the public are sufficiently confused by the twisting narrative, Washington planners can make arrangements to move ahead by isolating the Syrian government and military.
NATO member Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now backing the US-run ‘No-Fly Zone’ idea, not to neutralize ISIS as one would think, but to neutralize Syria’s Air Force. Naturally, the US will want its NATO ally to be the public face of the No-Fly Zone, even though the US will still be using the airspace lock-down as an excuse to hit any air or ground targets it wishes.
It’s worth pointing out here that the elimination of Syria’s air defenses and Air Force has also been a stated goal of Israel and has been promoted heavily in Washington and London through the Israeli lobby and its think tanks.
To avoid a Democratic voter backlash over its pending 3rd Iraq War and Syrian War, White House will gradually ramp-up its campaign after the mid-term elections. The usual official-looking suspects to sell an inevitable escalation of its latest ‘Not-a-War War’. US Defense SecretaryChuck Hagel and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey are pushing the benefits of a No-Fly Zone and more US Troops on the ground.
Hagel and Dempsey have already instructed the American public that their new war “will take maybe three years” so it’s certain that stage by stage plans have already been drawn up. US officials will attempt to sell this new operation on its humanitarian benefits, and will claim that these measures “will help to avert a humanitarian disaster”.
Based on hints from both US and Israel, the primary object of a US-led ‘No-Fly Zone’ would be to disable the Syrian government’s air defense system through a series of airstrikes. After the No-Fly Zone is established, then the push will begin to carve out a NATO-run Buffer Zone, or ‘DMZ’ along the Turkish-Syrian which could help to facilitate additional US ground forces into the region in 2015.
Kurds avoiding ISIS terror armies are gathering along the Turkish-Syrian border (Photo:Albawaba)
According to Hagel, there are 1.3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey today. NATO member Turkey is very keen to do something along its border, not least of all because of the hundreds of thousands of additional Kurds crossing over from Syria.
What Hagel won’t tell us is that this refugee flow has been caused by US, UK, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar – all working hard to fuel a civil war by arming and funding an endless flow of foreign fighters, including ISIS terrorists, into Syria to destabilize the country.
These latest noises from Hagel and Dempsey verify what many already knew from the start – that the war on ISIS was simply window-dressing for Washington and London’s real war against Bashar al-Assad’s government in Damascus. A US or NATO declared ‘No-Fly Zone’ and ‘Buffer Zone’ serves as a run-around to the UN Security process. Despite grand proclamations of Obama’s ‘broad-based coalition’, the restriction zones will be based on the whims of the Pentagon and its strategic objectives.
This is classic mission creep, only it’s by design. It would be naive to think that after the initial month of acquiring ‘ISIS targets’, the Pentagon would not move ahead to coordinate its airstrikes with Kurdish and ‘Moderate Rebels’ on the ground in order to mitigate any influence on the ground from Damascus.
No-Fly Zones and DMZ’s
In case we’ve forgotten, a US-administered ‘No-Fly Zone’ is what really set the stage for the main US bombing campaign and invasion of Iraq in 2003 (see image below). Now we are hearing Washington wants to do the same with Syria. It’s easy to see where this is headed.
Another thing to remember about US-led Buffer Zones or ‘Demilitarized Zones’, is that once they are erected, they are never taken down.
65 years later, one war still rages on…
The longest running war in the world today is still the Korean War, which started with combat hostilities between 1950 and 1953, after which time a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was erected by the US to separate North and South Korea. The US still has some 30,000 military and civilian contractors stations on the DMZ – all on high alert.
Soldiers look in over the Israel-Lebanese border (Photo: Al Arabiya)
Likewise, following a violent and bloody Lebanese Civil War, Israel’s IDF forces held on to a strip of South Lebanon bordering Israel, illegally annexing part of Lebanon into an Israel “Buffer Zone”. Total Israeli occupation of this zone lasted for nearly 15 years, from 1985-2000.
When it comes to buffer zones, the rhetoric and the reality never match up. With both DMZ’s in Korea and South Lebanon, US and Israeli occupiers never initially admitted that they planned to stay long, but they did. Expect the same for this latest US brainwave for Syria and Turkey.
In the short term, any US-led proposals for a ‘humanitarian’ No-Fly Zone and Buffer Zone will serve first to assist US strategic planning and a US-led rebel offensive on the ground against Syrian government military forces.
Just waiting for the PR campaign to begin…
What do wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria and Libya have in common ?
by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme
For Mexican geopolitical expert, Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, the simultaneity of the events illuminates their meaning: soon after announcing the creation of an alternative to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that is to say the dollar, Russia is having to face at the same time the accusation of having downed the Malaysia Airlines jet, the Israeli attack on Gaza backed by US and UK military intelligence, the chaos in Libya and the Islamic State offensive in the Levant. In addition, in each of these war theaters, the fighting revolves around the control of hydrocarbons, which until now were traded exclusively in dollars.
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The best-selling video game worldwide "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" pits the United States against Russia in a war for oil scenario.
Calendars, flow charts, diagrams and genealogical indexes are most useful for making a geopolitical analysis. Thus, two days before a mysterious missile blew the Malaysia Airlines plane out of the sky – an event as obscure as the circumstances surrounding both its recent flights – the sixth summit of the BRICS including a number of UNASUR member countries, such as Colombia and Peru, had ended successfully. [1]
One day before the deadly missile strike, Obama had heightened pressure on Russia and its two inextricable assets : banks and energy resources. "Pure coincidence", the day the mysterious missile was fired in Ukraine, "Netanyahu, at the helm of a state with a nuclear arsenal, ordered his army to invade the Gaza Strip", as Fidel Castro rightly pointed out when denouncing the coup government in Kiev which he accused of having carried out a "new form of provocation" under United States sponsorship. [2]
What could this old spoilsport of the Caribbean possibly know about this case?
As the mysterious missile was shredding the Malaysia Airlines flight, Israel, a racist and segregationist state, invaded the Gaza Strip, in violation of UN resolutions and "antagonized the international public opinion", as stated by former President Bill Clinton. [3]
Concurrently with the "coincidence" (dixit Castro) relating to the geopolitical objectives in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, clashes of a confessional nature involving the control of energy resources took center stage in the three Arab countries classified as "failed states" by U.S. strategists : Libya, Syria and Iraq, not to mention the wars in Yemen and Somalia.
In Libya, a balkanized and decimated state as a result of the "humanitarian" intervention led by Britain and France under the hypocritical oversight of the United States, just two days prior to the mysterious missile shooting in Ukraine rebel Zintan brigades barred all access to Tripoli (the capital) International Airport, while clashes escalated between rival clans in Benghazi from where jihadists in Syria and Iraq were provided with weapons and where the U.S. ambassador in Libya was murdered under bizarre circumstances.
Beyond the tie-in of weapon flows into Libya, Syria and Iraq within the region controlled by Al Qaeda/Al-Nusra and the new Islamic State (Daesh) [4], the crucial issue for the US, British and French oil and gas corporations is to secure control of the raw materials (gas and fresh water) belonging to Libya, where Russia and China naively walked into a trap [5].
As for the appropriation of Iraqi oil by the US/UK imperialist duo, which also led to the balkanization and destruction of Iraq, plunging the country into a "30-year war", it would be futile and lethally boring to have to go over the well-known evidence again.
During my recent visit to Damascus, where I was interviewed by Thierry Meyssan, president of Voltaire Network, he told me that the sudden volte-face of "the West (whatever is intended by that)" against Bashar al-Assad is due in large part - in addition to the gas fields located along the Mediterranean coast – to the profusion of oil deposits which lie inside Syria, deposits that are now controlled by the "New 21st century Caliphate (Daesh)."
The interdependence between oil and gas is back in the spotlight in Gaza five years after the "Cast Lead" operation, whose strategy is being pursued by Operation "Protective Edge" (sic), without an investigation to conclusively establish who was responsible for the horrific murder of three young Israelis – which had been prophetically announced by Tamir Pardo, the "visionary" chief of Mossad [6] - and served as a pretext for yet another Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip which has claimed the lives of several hundred children.
According to the geographer Manlio Dinucci, writing in the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto [7], the abundance of gas reserves located in the coastal waters of Gaza is one of the reasons for the Israeli intransigence.
Similarly, the substantial shale gas reserves deeply buried in the Autonomous Republic of Donetsk, which seeks to separate from or federate with Ukraine, is the source of the fierce psychological war between pro-EU and pro-Russian media to pin the responsibility on the other side for the explosion of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft. Could it not be a false-flag operation contrived by the Ukrainian government to incriminate the separatists using "recordings" that may very well have been doctored in order to accuse them of "terrorism" and thus obliterate them?
Two months ago the news channel Russia Today (RT) - which is increasingly viewed in Latin America to counter the disinformation spewed by the Israeli-Anglo-American controlled media and which was held up to public obloquy by Secretary of State John Kerry – had already stressed the importance of shale gas in the region of Donetsk (the region in eastern Ukraine which seeks to gain independence) and wondered whether "the interests of Western oil companies may not be behind the violence" [8].
Indeed, the eastern part of Ukraine, currently engulfed in a civil war, is full "of coal and a myriad of shale gas deposits in the Dnieper-Donets Basin." In February 2013, British Shell Oil signed with the Ukrainian government (the previous one, which was overthrown by a neo-Nazi coup backed by the EU) a 50-year agreement to share the profits emanating from the exploration and extraction of shale gas in the Donetsk region. [9]
According to RT, "the profits that Kiev does not want to miss out on" are such as to prompt the Ukrainian government to unleash a "military campaign [disproportionate] against its own people."
Last year, Chevron signed a similar agreement (with the same government filed) for 10 billion dollars worth.
Hunter Biden, son of the U.S. Vice President, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Burisma, the largest private gas producer (supersic) in Ukraine [10], which "opens a new perspective for the exploitation of Ukrainian shale gas" to the extent that "it holds the license covering the Dnieper-Donets basin." John Kerry will not be left out in regard to the distribution of profits and Devon Archer, his former adviser and step-son’s college roommate, joined the controversial company in April.
Can an "alienation of property" license to exploit shale gas in Ukraine also serve as a "license to kill" innocent people?
Is hydraulic fracturing in the process of fracturing Ukraine? This has been a permanent feature of the tragic history of hydrocarbons exploitation by "Western" oil companies throughout the twentieth century.
There is no doubt that hydrocarbons are the common denominator of the wars in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Alfredo Jalife-Rahme
[1] “6th BRICS Summit: the seeds of a new financial architecture”, by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez, Voltaire Network, 3 July 2014. “Sixth BRICS Summit: Fortaleza Declaration and Action Plan”, Voltaire Network, 16 July 2014. «Momento BRICS en Fortaleza», par Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, 17 juillet 2014.
[2] «Fidel Castro: El derribo de avión malasio es una "provocación insólita" de Ucrania», Russia Today, 17 July 2014.
[3] AFP, 17/07/14.
[4] «¿Yihad global contra los BRICS?», por Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, La Jornada (México), Red Voltaire , 18 de julio de 2014.
[5] «El botín del saqueo en Libia: "fondos soberanos de riqueza", divisas, hidrocarburos, oro y agua», by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, La Jornada, 28 August 2011.
[6] „Mossad-Chef sagte Entführung der Jugendlichen voraus“, von Gerhard Wisnewski, Voltaire Netzwerk, 8. Juli 2014.
[7] “Gaza, il gas nel mirino”, di Manlio Dinucci, Il Manifesto (Italia), Rete Voltaire, 17 luglio 2014.
[8] «Shale gas and politics: Are Western energy giants’ interests behind Ukraine violence?», Russia Today, 17 May 2014.
[9] « L’Ukraine brade son secteur énergétique aux Occidentaux », par Ivan Lizan, Traduction Louis-Benoît Greffe, Однако (Russie), Réseau Voltaire, 2 mars 2013.
[10] “In Ukraine, Joe Biden’s son mixes business with pleasure”, Voltaire Network, 15 May 2014.
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On October 2, 2014, Turkey’s parliament passed a resolution to allow the Turkish military to enter the sovereign territory of Iraq and Syria under the pretext of battling Western-backed IS militants.
The resolution will also allow foreign troops to use Turkish territory for the same purpose suggesting that the Incirlik air base may soon be used by the United States for its airstrikes against Syria.
The vote was 298 in favor of the motion and 98 opposed.
Despite its claims that the vote was centered around defeating ISIS on its borders, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, perhaps inadvertently, admitted that the real target of NATO aggression is the Syrian government.
As the BBC reports ,
Speaking in parliament earlier on Wednesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the West to find a long-term solution to the crises in Syria and Iraq, pointing out that dropping "tonnes of bombs" on IS militants would only provide a temporary respite.
While he said "an effective struggle" against IS would be a priority for Turkey, "the immediate removal of the administration in Damascus" would also continue to be its priority. [emphasis added]
Erdogan also called for a “buffer zone” on the Turkey/Syria border – which would be enforced by a no-fly zone – to “ensure security.”
A buffer zone, of course, has been part of the NATO agenda against Syria since the beginning of the Western-controlled crisis in the country. Remember, it was under the guise of a humanitarian corridor or buffer zone in Libya , that NATO bombing took place which ultimately led to the destruction of the Libyan government, the murder of Ghaddaffi, and the subsequent expansion of chaos, anarchy, and genocide across the entire North African country.
Indeed, public discussion of the implementation of a “buffer zone” began as far back as 2012 when the Brookings Institution, in their memo “ Assessing Options For Regime Change ” stated
An alternative is for diplomatic efforts to focus first on how to end the violence and how to gain humanitarian access, as is being done under Annan’s leadership. This may lead to the creation of safe-havens and humanitarian corridors, which would have to be backed by limited military power. This would, of course, fall short of U.S. goals for Syria and could preserve Asad in power. From that starting point, however, it is possible that a broad coalition with the appropriate international mandate could add further coercive action to its efforts. [emphasis added]
The Brookings Institution went further, however, describing a possible scenario that mirrors the one currently unfolding in Syria where Turkey, in coordination with Israel, could help overthrow Assad by establishing a “multi-front war” on Syria’s borders. Brookings writes,
In addition, Israel’s intelligence services have a strong knowledge of Syria, as well as assets within the Syrian regime that could be used to subvert the regime’s power base and press for Asad’s removal. Israel could posture forces on or near the Golan Heights and, in so doing, might divert regime forces from suppressing the opposition. This posture may conjure fears in the Asad regime of a multi-front war, particularly if Turkey is willing to do the same on its border and if the Syrian opposition is being fed a steady diet of arms and training. Such a mobilization could perhaps persuade Syria’s military leadership to oust Asad in order to preserve itself. Advocates argue this additional pressure could tip the balance against Asad inside Syria, if other forces were aligned properly. [emphasis added]
To his credit, Syrian Foreign Minister Waleed Muallem has recognized the beginning of the implementation of the NATO plan for a buffer zone in the manner described by the Brookings Institution. In an interview with Lebanese television outlet Al-Meyadin, Muallem declared that Syria will not accept the creation of a “buffer zone” and that such an act is “attack on Syrian territory and its sovereignty.”
Muallem also rightly pointed out both the fact that Turkey has been a reliable supporter of ISIS terrorists and the coordination of the calls for a buffer zone between Turkey and Israel. Muallem stated,
At a time when Israel promised that a buffer zone would be set up in the south of Syria, Turkey is in the same manner talking about setting up a buffer zone in northern Syria. Both announcements are linked to one another. These initiatives constitute as an attack on the Syrian territory and its sovereignty. If Turkey considers the security and stability of Syria, it must end these kinds of provocative acts.
The Obama administration is also stating that it is open to the possibility of establishing a “no-fly zone” over Syria.
The statements, made by both Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and General Martin E. Dempsey, are supposed to hinge upon an agreement with Turkey, that is itself calling for a “buffer zone,” one of the wishes of NATO since the very beginning of the Syrian crisis.
According to the New York Times , Hagel stated that “We’ve discussed all these possibilities and will continue to talk about what the Turks believe they will require.”
Dempsey added that “a buffer zone might at some point become a possibility” although he also stated that it should not be considered imminent.
A “buffer zone” and/or a “no-fly zone,” of course, is tantamount to war and an open military assault against the sovereign secular government of Syria since the implementation of such a zone would require airstrikes against Assad’s air defense systems.
Turkey has been whining and groaning for some time over an influx of Syrian refugees as a result of a humanitarian crisis that it helped create with its support and facilitation of Islamic fundamentalist death squad forces funded by the West and allowed to travel into Syria through Turkey’s borders. The most recent influx of refugees came from the city of Kobani, where ISIS fighters were herded by American airstrikes for the purposes of reinforcing the fighters already battling Kurdish and Syrian forces there.
As Tony Cartalucci comments in his own article “ Turkey Preparing For Syria Occupation? ”
Of course, with US airstrikes carving out a vacuum soon to be filled with extremists uncontested by the Syrian Arab Army forced to back off in fear of provoking further Western aggression, the situation will undoubtedly "deteriorate." Just as Turkey staged false flag operations along its border last year in attempts to trigger a war with Syria directly, and by supporting terrorists resulting in a predictable humanitarian catastrophe now spilling over into Turkey' territory, the vacuum the US is intentionally creating is meant to be filled with terrorist mercenaries and NATO forces to protect them as the front is inched ever closer to Damascus in the form of a "buffer zone."
It is important to remember that the U.S. airstrikes and its attempts to create a “buffer zone” inside Syria are nothing more than a farce. The death squads running amok in Syria are themselves entirely creatures of NATO and they remain under NATO’s command. The true enemy of ISIS, Khorasan, and the cannibals of the Levant has always been and continues to be Bashar al-Assad.
For those of us who have tried to warn of and prevent a direct military intervention in Syria, we must now redouble our efforts. Time is growing short.
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Damascus will consider any Turkish military intervention in its territory as an act of aggression, Syrian Foreign Ministry says a day after Turkish lawmakers authorized military operations against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
In a statement on Friday, the Syrian ministry said the "declared policy of the Turkish government represents a real aggression against a member state of the United Nations."
The move is a "flagrant violation of the United Nations charter, which stipulates respect for the national sovereignty of states and non-interference in their domestic affairs," the statement added.
The ministry also accused Turkey of having provided political, military and logistical support to terrorists and aided the arrival of foreign militants in Syria.
"The international community and, in particular, the Security Council, should act to put an end to the adventures of the Turkish leadership, which represents a threat to world security and peace," the ministry added.
On Thursday, Turkey’s 550-seat parliament voted 298-98 in favor of a motion that would provide the legal ground for Ankara to deploy forces to Iraq and Syria and launch attacks against ISIL terrorists, members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and even Syrian government forces.
According to the motion, which will last for one year, the Turkish government could also allow foreign forces to use the country’s soil for their so-called anti-terror operations.
Since September 22, the United States and its allies have been conducting airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria without authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.
Turkey, a NATO member, has been under pressure by Western countries to cooperate with them in their so-called anti-ISIL operations.
Ankara has been a major supporter of foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists operating to topple the Damascus government since March 2011.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulaziz bin Abdullah voiced concern about the disclosure of the close relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, specially when Muslims from across the world are in Saudi Arabia for Hajj rituals.
"After a meeting between Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, also a former foreign minister, with Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting late September, and given the decreasing influence of Riyadh in the region and among the Muslims, Abdulaziz bin Abdullah expressed dire concern about the disclosure of the close relations with Tel Aviv, specially when a large number of Muslims have gathered in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for Hajj rituals," an informed source told FNA.
According to the report, in a secret meeting between a close advisor to Abdulaziz bin Abdullah and Saudi Interior Minister Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, the two sides discussed the serious challenges facing Saudi Arabia in the near future.
"At the start of the meeting, the representative of Abdulaziz bin Abdullah elaborated on the meetings between certain high-ranking Saudi officials, specially Turki bin Faisal, and Zionist officials, mostly held in Aqaba port, in which Riyadh undertook some commitments," the source who called for anonymity due to security concerns, said.
The source quoted Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud as saying that the most important subjects raised during the meeting between the Saudi and Israeli officials included 1. Strengthening cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Israel in defeating the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, 2. All-out cooperation to prevent a nuclear deal between Iran and the West in a way that Tehran's relations with the western states will be experience serious trouble and lead the nuclear talks to a failure, 3. Finding new ways to accelerate and facilitate economic, political and foreign policy relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, 4. Given the existence of differences between Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the political, territorial, economic and regional issues, Israel undertook to support Riyadh's stances and force Qatar to accept the preconditions of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE for ending the existing conflicts, and 5. During the meeting between Turki al-Faisal and Tzipi Livni in New York, Saudi Arabia has presented a dual-track approach to play with Iran which started with Turki al-Faisal's meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York.
"During the meeting between the two Saudi officials in Riyadh, Abdulaziz's representative told Nayef that the issues raised in the meetings with the Israeli officials were undoubtedly Riyadh's most important goals but given the presence of Muslims in Saudi Arabia for Hajj rituals the relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv should never be allowed to come under the spotlight, warning him that otherwise there will start a crisis which may lead to the overthrow of the Saudi dynasty," the source told FNA.
The informed source revealed that at present, the Saudi princes, specially "Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Saud a-Feisal and Turki al-Feisal have intense differences on may important issues".
Drumbeats Of War Between Syria And Turkey And The U.S. Is Sending More Troops To Oust Bashar Al-Assad
by Shoebat Foundation on October 3, 2014 in Featured, General
When Bashar Al-Assad of Syria warned of the true intentions behind the 2011 Arab Spring, that it will turn into an Islamic winter, few in the west were listening. Now, the story is repeating when Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad just accused Turkey’s military intervention in Syria as “an act of aggression” and “a front to helping ISIS”. All this while the US military has even deployed more Marines to the Middle East, the Pentagon revealed Wednesday with the ultimate goal of the US intervention, as Obama administration spokesmen have repeatedly declared, is “the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,” who is allied to Iran and Russia, the two main targets of the American government in the region.
Bashar Al-Assad is deeply concerned as his government argued that Turkey and Syria are in cahoots pointing to Turkey when it held “diplomatic and political negotiations” with ISIS to the release of 46 Turkish hostages. The Syrian government called on the international community and the United Nations to stop Turkey from what it believes will threaten “international and regional peace and security.”
The Turkish as well as the U.S. government wants to see a regime change in Syria arguing that its intervention was to eradicate ISIS and the Obama Administration sees that Turkey’s intervention in Syria as a positive thing, the Turkish Kurdish populations are particularly angered of such position and accused the Turkish government of supplying weapons to ISIS warned Turkey on Friday against any military intervention on its territories, saying it would consider it an act of “aggression” while accusing the government of turning a blind eye to ISIS by refusing to allow Turkish Kurds to cross the border and fight ISIS in Syria.
The announcement by Syria warning of the drumbeats of war happened a day after the Turkish military was given authorization to conduct cross-border incursions against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operating in the Arab country.
Bashar Al-Assad is nervous, he sees the writing on the wall that the king of the North (Turkey) is coming for him. “The declared policy of the Turkish government represents a real aggression against a member state of the United Nations,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said.
The warning came after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed late Thursday that Ankara would do whatever it could to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, falling to ISIS militants. That while at the same time the Turkish military prevented Kurds to aid Kobani was a red-flag which caused suspicion that Turkey has nefarious reasons to intervene in Syria. Turkish Chief of Staff Necdet Ozel gave another pretext for possible military intervention in Syria, saying that the army was ready to act in defense of a small Turkish unit deployed in northern Syria to guard the tomb of Suleyman Shah, an ancestor of the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
Just hours before Davutoglu’s comment, Turkey’s parliament gave the government powers to order cross-border military incursions claiming it to be against ISIS, and to allow foreign coalition forces to launch similar operations from Turkish territory to oust Bashar Al-Assad.
Also, the US military has deployed a quick-reaction force of 2,300 Marines to the Middle East, the Pentagon revealed Wednesday, the latest step in a carefully planned escalation of American military power in the region. Yet, the Marines are only the spearhead of a much larger US force in Kuwait, already numbering some 15,000 troops, including an entire armored brigade, which has only flat desert terrain separating it from the war zone in eastern Syria and western Iraq. Another 1,000 Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are stationed on board Navy warships in the Persian Gulf.
But the ultimate goal of the US intervention, as Obama administration spokesmen have repeatedly declared, is the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is allied to Iran and Russia, the two main targets of American government in the region.
As it turns out, the Obama administration used the crimes of ISIS, such as the beheading of prisoners and the slaughter of minority religious groups, to sway public opinion in the United States, what it truly was doing was to partner with Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf despotisms who also have made it clear that they are mainly concerned with overthrowing Assad.
The latest recruit to the US-led “coalition,” the Turkish government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was even more explicit about this goal, as the Turkish parliament voted Thursday for a measure to allow Turkish troops to enter Iraq and Syria and to permit foreign troops to use Turkish territory.
Bashar’s days are numbered and Turkey’s Erdogan is ready to occupy Syria with the blessings and partnership of his best ally, president Barack Hussein Obama. In a speech before the vote, Erdogan dismissed the US-led bombing campaign against ISIS as ineffective and pointless, saying, “Tons of air bombs will only delay the threat and danger” of terrorism that the second largest army in NATO, the Turkish Army needs to put boots on the ground of Syria. He renewed his call for the ouster of Assad. This was echoed by Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz, who told parliament, “The main source of ISIS is the Syrian regime.” While this is false, Turkey is the main source of ISIS, the United States is shamelessly advancing an Antichrist.
Westerners are confused. Including even many Christians who proclaim judgment on Syria according to Isaiah 17. They say that Damascus will be no more referring to the Assad regime. They will see later that such destruction is not on that regime, but the regime which comes after, Antichrist. There are so many talking confusions who are in reality aiding Antichrist while proclaiming themselves to be pro-Christ.
And for years they declared that Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear installations, next year, this year, this month … it never happened as we predicted years ago. When they said that Turkey will soon join the European Union, we said it will not. So many were the false proclamations they made. So many want to tickle ears with fanciful proclamations yet without sound understanding that Scripture is a Middle Eastern manuscript and one is not to isolate Isaiah 17 without looking at the big picture studying previous chapters and forward chapters like Isaiah 19 which involves Egypt. One is not to isolate Ezekiel 38 without studying Ezekiel 28 all the way to Ezekiel 38. Isolation is the first trick of the devil.
As to the U.S. government, heaven will abound with repentant prostitutes and even IRS tax-collectors, but very few U.S politicians will make it. The first myth when it comes to politicians is that they are here to protect the safety of their people when all they care about is the safety of their power. The politician in the U.S. is arguing that U.S. intervention in Syria was to eradicate ISIS when all the U.S. government wants to see is a regime change in Syria and the full accomplishment of the 2011 plan for the Arab Spring to fully succeed. For whatever reason, the dark forces are at work to complete the plan of Antichrist.
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Turkey sends military equipment to Syrian border
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Turkey has sent military equipment to Syrian border, Haber7 TV channel reported on Oct.3.
Reportedly, Turkish Air Force is also on the full combat alert.
Previously, Turkish parliament gave permission for the armed forces’ participation in military operations abroad. Some 298 MPs, out of 396, voted for the mandate, while 98 voted against it.
The document was supported by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Earlier, the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) stated that they will not support the document.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Oct. 3 in an interview with A Haber channel that Turkey will do everything possible to protect the Syrian town of Kobani, settled by Kurds, from the IS (the Islamic State group) terrorist organization.
Davutoglu also said the government intends to take the advantage of the mandate, which was earlier approved by Turkey’s parliament. Under the mandate, Turkish armed forces’ can take part in the military operations in Syria and Iraq.
The terrorist organization known as the ‘Islamic State’ (IS, formerly ISIL or ISIS) was created in 2003 in Iraq. Between 2004 and 2006, the organization was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and consisted of 11 radical Islamist groups, which had close ties to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.
Following the start of military confrontation in Syria in 2013 between the armed opposition and the government forces, the IS penetrated the country. IS said at the time it refuses to take the oath of Al-Qaeda and declared ‘a holy war’ against all groups in Iraq and Syria, as well as the Syrian government forces.
Strengthening of the IS in Syria allowed it to return to Iraq, deploying military actions against government forces there.
In late June of 2014, the IS announced about the creation of the ‘Islamic Caliphate’ on the territories under its control in Iraq and Syria. In turn, Iraqi authorities asked the international community for help in fighting the IS.
Pentagon: U.S. plans Patriot missile sale to Saudi Arabia
2 OCTOBER 2014, 12:29 (GMT+05:00)
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The United States plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia worth $1.75 billion and long-range artillery to the United Arab Emirates valued at about $900 million, the Pentagon said Wednesday, Al Arabiya reported.
The Defense Department informed Congress of the potential arms sales this week as fighter jets from both of the Gulf states took part in a U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group.
The Saudi government had requested the purchase of 202 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 missiles - the most sophisticated version of the Patriot anti-missile weapons -- as well as a flight test target, telemetry kits and other related equipment, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement.
"The proposed sale will help replenish Saudi's current Patriot missiles which are becoming obsolete and difficult to sustain due to age and the limited availability of repair parts," the agency said.
"The program will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a partner which has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," it added.
Both Kuwait and Qatar already have purchased the PAC-3 weapons, which are designed to knock out incoming ballistic missiles as well as enemy aircraft and cruise missiles using ground radar.
Gulf countries in recent years have invested heavily in missile defense weapons, radar as well as air power, mainly as a hedge against Iran which they view as a regional threat.
The Patriot missiles, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, have an estimated range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles) and have more advanced radar than the older systems.
Separately, the Defense Department notified lawmakers about a planned sale of 12 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) Launchers to the United Arab Emirates for nearly one billion dollars.
The system "will improve the UAE's capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security for its critical infrastructure," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. The weapons, which deliver precise and powerful artillery fire at a long range, would also bolster the UAE military's ability to operate with U.S. forces, it said.
Congress has 30 days to raise objections to the potential arms sales. Without any move to block the deals, the U.S. government can then negotiate contracts with the two countries.
Spreading the Conflict: Turkey and Australia Join In Attacking ISIS
By Binoy Kampmark
Global Research, October 05, 2014
Region: Middle East & North Africa, Oceania
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Two very different allies of Washington have decided to spread their wings more aggressively in the ever expanding conflict against the Islamic State. Turkey has decided to get the boots of its soldiers dirty via parliamentary vote (298 to 98), while Australia has done its obsequious best by deploying its small forces by executive fiat.
Several crude and separate realities are masked by these decisions. For one thing, it doesn’t get away from the fact that Ankara’s view on the Islamic State is somewhat alien to that of Washington’s. Foreign policy analysts use the irritating term “disconnect” in describing the relationship between the government of President Recept Tayyip Erdoğan and that of US President Barack Obama on the subject.[1]
Any Turkish deployment to assist the Coalition forces has been marred by its Syrian calculations, ones which were based on a labyrinthine series of considerations of which group to back in their conflict against the Assad regime. The logical conclusion of that rather skittish policy was one of backing almost all groups, from those of moderate hue (can revolution ever be in moderation?) to more conventional, hard hitting fundamentalists. Turning a blind eye to atrocity and mayhem, even among Syria’s own diffuse and murderous opposition, was always going to be on the cards.
Such laxness was bound to revisit Turkey at some point, and the fear now is that the Islamic State has become something of an internalised bacillus, keeping a close eye on Ankara’s movements even as it supposedly involves itself with the somewhat hobbled coalition of the righteous. As Sinan Ülgen surmises, “The fear now is that this benign neglect has allowed the Islamic State to embed itself in Turkey and build the capacity to conduct terrorist activities on Turkish soil – and thus to retaliate for Turkish participation in the US-led coalition.”[2]
The statements from Turkish officials seem to centre on such flashpoints as Kobane (Ayn al Arab), which is witnessing an incessant assault from Islamic State forces. It has become a point of attraction for Kurdish fighters whom the Turkish forces are wary of given their links to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), and the issue of how far the Turkish troops will go to actually prevent it from falling. The Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has stated that, “We wouldn’t want Kobane to fall. We’ll do whatever we can to prevent this from happening.”[3]
Yet even as Kobane is being pummelled, the guns of Turkish tanks are trained away from the city. This seemingly describes a long tendency in Ankara’s foreign policy. An authorisation for the use of military force need not be a clarion call for aggressive engagement – after all the fuss, the Turkish parliament has given three in a row.[4] The balance may well change if the tomb of Suleyman Shah – a Turkish enclave in northern Syria – is threatened.
The Australian deployment to the Middle East was never in dispute, lacking the range of nuanced problems facing Ankara. Unlike the Turkish example, Cabinet, not Parliament, made the decision to engage in some long distance killing against an enemy it can barely describe. (Abbott has resorted to the Darth Vader-like appellation of an “apocalyptic death cult”.)
With the outflanked Greens essentially the only party crying foul at the pompously unilateral move, it was left to the near invisible foreign minister, Julie Bishop, to affirm “the usual convention of past governments and that is that the government of the day has the ultimate responsibility for making decisions involving our military.” On that score, dastardly convention is on Bishop’s side, with Australia’s Cabinet resolutely anti-parliamentarian in deploying troops since federation in 1901. Indifference and spinelessness are sound properties of the Australian political system.
While the Abbott government stirs populist flames on home soil dangling burqa bans for visitors to Parliament (Abbott subsequently quashed the inane moves), Canberra’s foreign deployments operate according to laws of futility. An almost enviable, clear headed stupidity seems to dictate the Prime Minister’s decision. “ISIL,” Abbott explained on October 3, “has effectively declared war on the world. The world is responding.”
In typically bamboozling fashion, Abbott, having suggested that the Islamic State has declared a global war, suggests that Australians are not involved in such a business, engaging in a repelling, humanitarian “mission”. Having taken a rather novel reading of the laws of war, Abbott noted the authorisation of “Australian air strikes in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government and in support of the Iraqi government.”[5]
The Middle East has always provided the richest of grounds for abhorrent vacuums of power. These have all too often been filled by something worse. There are no exotic proclamations of pivoting away and finding refuge in some other strategic theatre. The Coalition’s language of liquidation and degradation towards the Islamic State will simply displace one problem with another. Ankara may have stumbled, but it has done so in part with good reason. Australia’s involvement, however, is pure indulgence, an act of historical vanity and political immaturity.
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.
Obama’s Plan For a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Northeastern Syria – ISIS Was a Window-Dressing for the Real War Against the Syrian Government
By 21st Century Wire
Global Research, October 03, 2014
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Region: Middle East & North Africa
In-depth Report: SYRIA: NATO'S NEXT WAR?
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Get ready. It’s the logical next step for central planners in Washington. Take away a country’s airspace and you’ve physically revoked their sovereignty…
Reports out of Washington this week indicate that the Obama administration is in the planning stages of establishing a ‘No-Fly Zone’ over northeastern Syria.
White House officials are well aware that their current strategy commitment to “Bomb ISIS” will wear thin soon, and need to up the stakes to avoid a public backlash. To justify such a bold move, Washington is preparing its PR campaign which includes US State Department talking points like, “humanitarian corridors”, and “protecting civilians from airstrikes by the Syrian government”.
The ladder would be a giant leap in rhetoric in a war that US President Barack Obama originally sold to the public as a war against ISIS terrorists. Now that the public are sufficiently confused by the twisting narrative, Washington planners can make arrangements to move ahead by isolating the Syrian government and military.
NATO member Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now backing the US-run ‘No-Fly Zone’ idea, not to neutralize ISIS as one would think, but to neutralize Syria’s Air Force. Naturally, the US will want its NATO ally to be the public face of the No-Fly Zone, even though the US will still be using the airspace lock-down as an excuse to hit any air or ground targets it wishes.
It’s worth pointing out here that the elimination of Syria’s air defenses and Air Force has also been a stated goal of Israel and has been promoted heavily in Washington and London through the Israeli lobby and its think tanks.
To avoid a Democratic voter backlash over its pending 3rd Iraq War and Syrian War, White House will gradually ramp-up its campaign after the mid-term elections. The usual official-looking suspects to sell an inevitable escalation of its latest ‘Not-a-War War’. US Defense SecretaryChuck Hagel and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey are pushing the benefits of a No-Fly Zone and more US Troops on the ground.
Hagel and Dempsey have already instructed the American public that their new war “will take maybe three years” so it’s certain that stage by stage plans have already been drawn up. US officials will attempt to sell this new operation on its humanitarian benefits, and will claim that these measures “will help to avert a humanitarian disaster”.
Based on hints from both US and Israel, the primary object of a US-led ‘No-Fly Zone’ would be to disable the Syrian government’s air defense system through a series of airstrikes. After the No-Fly Zone is established, then the push will begin to carve out a NATO-run Buffer Zone, or ‘DMZ’ along the Turkish-Syrian which could help to facilitate additional US ground forces into the region in 2015.
Kurds avoiding ISIS terror armies are gathering along the Turkish-Syrian border (Photo:Albawaba)
According to Hagel, there are 1.3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey today. NATO member Turkey is very keen to do something along its border, not least of all because of the hundreds of thousands of additional Kurds crossing over from Syria.
What Hagel won’t tell us is that this refugee flow has been caused by US, UK, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar – all working hard to fuel a civil war by arming and funding an endless flow of foreign fighters, including ISIS terrorists, into Syria to destabilize the country.
These latest noises from Hagel and Dempsey verify what many already knew from the start – that the war on ISIS was simply window-dressing for Washington and London’s real war against Bashar al-Assad’s government in Damascus. A US or NATO declared ‘No-Fly Zone’ and ‘Buffer Zone’ serves as a run-around to the UN Security process. Despite grand proclamations of Obama’s ‘broad-based coalition’, the restriction zones will be based on the whims of the Pentagon and its strategic objectives.
This is classic mission creep, only it’s by design. It would be naive to think that after the initial month of acquiring ‘ISIS targets’, the Pentagon would not move ahead to coordinate its airstrikes with Kurdish and ‘Moderate Rebels’ on the ground in order to mitigate any influence on the ground from Damascus.
No-Fly Zones and DMZ’s
In case we’ve forgotten, a US-administered ‘No-Fly Zone’ is what really set the stage for the main US bombing campaign and invasion of Iraq in 2003 (see image below). Now we are hearing Washington wants to do the same with Syria. It’s easy to see where this is headed.
Another thing to remember about US-led Buffer Zones or ‘Demilitarized Zones’, is that once they are erected, they are never taken down.
65 years later, one war still rages on…
The longest running war in the world today is still the Korean War, which started with combat hostilities between 1950 and 1953, after which time a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was erected by the US to separate North and South Korea. The US still has some 30,000 military and civilian contractors stations on the DMZ – all on high alert.
Soldiers look in over the Israel-Lebanese border (Photo: Al Arabiya)
Likewise, following a violent and bloody Lebanese Civil War, Israel’s IDF forces held on to a strip of South Lebanon bordering Israel, illegally annexing part of Lebanon into an Israel “Buffer Zone”. Total Israeli occupation of this zone lasted for nearly 15 years, from 1985-2000.
When it comes to buffer zones, the rhetoric and the reality never match up. With both DMZ’s in Korea and South Lebanon, US and Israeli occupiers never initially admitted that they planned to stay long, but they did. Expect the same for this latest US brainwave for Syria and Turkey.
In the short term, any US-led proposals for a ‘humanitarian’ No-Fly Zone and Buffer Zone will serve first to assist US strategic planning and a US-led rebel offensive on the ground against Syrian government military forces.
Just waiting for the PR campaign to begin…
What do wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria and Libya have in common ?
by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme
For Mexican geopolitical expert, Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, the simultaneity of the events illuminates their meaning: soon after announcing the creation of an alternative to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that is to say the dollar, Russia is having to face at the same time the accusation of having downed the Malaysia Airlines jet, the Israeli attack on Gaza backed by US and UK military intelligence, the chaos in Libya and the Islamic State offensive in the Levant. In addition, in each of these war theaters, the fighting revolves around the control of hydrocarbons, which until now were traded exclusively in dollars.
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The best-selling video game worldwide "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" pits the United States against Russia in a war for oil scenario.
Calendars, flow charts, diagrams and genealogical indexes are most useful for making a geopolitical analysis. Thus, two days before a mysterious missile blew the Malaysia Airlines plane out of the sky – an event as obscure as the circumstances surrounding both its recent flights – the sixth summit of the BRICS including a number of UNASUR member countries, such as Colombia and Peru, had ended successfully. [1]
One day before the deadly missile strike, Obama had heightened pressure on Russia and its two inextricable assets : banks and energy resources. "Pure coincidence", the day the mysterious missile was fired in Ukraine, "Netanyahu, at the helm of a state with a nuclear arsenal, ordered his army to invade the Gaza Strip", as Fidel Castro rightly pointed out when denouncing the coup government in Kiev which he accused of having carried out a "new form of provocation" under United States sponsorship. [2]
What could this old spoilsport of the Caribbean possibly know about this case?
As the mysterious missile was shredding the Malaysia Airlines flight, Israel, a racist and segregationist state, invaded the Gaza Strip, in violation of UN resolutions and "antagonized the international public opinion", as stated by former President Bill Clinton. [3]
Concurrently with the "coincidence" (dixit Castro) relating to the geopolitical objectives in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, clashes of a confessional nature involving the control of energy resources took center stage in the three Arab countries classified as "failed states" by U.S. strategists : Libya, Syria and Iraq, not to mention the wars in Yemen and Somalia.
In Libya, a balkanized and decimated state as a result of the "humanitarian" intervention led by Britain and France under the hypocritical oversight of the United States, just two days prior to the mysterious missile shooting in Ukraine rebel Zintan brigades barred all access to Tripoli (the capital) International Airport, while clashes escalated between rival clans in Benghazi from where jihadists in Syria and Iraq were provided with weapons and where the U.S. ambassador in Libya was murdered under bizarre circumstances.
Beyond the tie-in of weapon flows into Libya, Syria and Iraq within the region controlled by Al Qaeda/Al-Nusra and the new Islamic State (Daesh) [4], the crucial issue for the US, British and French oil and gas corporations is to secure control of the raw materials (gas and fresh water) belonging to Libya, where Russia and China naively walked into a trap [5].
As for the appropriation of Iraqi oil by the US/UK imperialist duo, which also led to the balkanization and destruction of Iraq, plunging the country into a "30-year war", it would be futile and lethally boring to have to go over the well-known evidence again.
During my recent visit to Damascus, where I was interviewed by Thierry Meyssan, president of Voltaire Network, he told me that the sudden volte-face of "the West (whatever is intended by that)" against Bashar al-Assad is due in large part - in addition to the gas fields located along the Mediterranean coast – to the profusion of oil deposits which lie inside Syria, deposits that are now controlled by the "New 21st century Caliphate (Daesh)."
The interdependence between oil and gas is back in the spotlight in Gaza five years after the "Cast Lead" operation, whose strategy is being pursued by Operation "Protective Edge" (sic), without an investigation to conclusively establish who was responsible for the horrific murder of three young Israelis – which had been prophetically announced by Tamir Pardo, the "visionary" chief of Mossad [6] - and served as a pretext for yet another Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip which has claimed the lives of several hundred children.
According to the geographer Manlio Dinucci, writing in the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto [7], the abundance of gas reserves located in the coastal waters of Gaza is one of the reasons for the Israeli intransigence.
Similarly, the substantial shale gas reserves deeply buried in the Autonomous Republic of Donetsk, which seeks to separate from or federate with Ukraine, is the source of the fierce psychological war between pro-EU and pro-Russian media to pin the responsibility on the other side for the explosion of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft. Could it not be a false-flag operation contrived by the Ukrainian government to incriminate the separatists using "recordings" that may very well have been doctored in order to accuse them of "terrorism" and thus obliterate them?
Two months ago the news channel Russia Today (RT) - which is increasingly viewed in Latin America to counter the disinformation spewed by the Israeli-Anglo-American controlled media and which was held up to public obloquy by Secretary of State John Kerry – had already stressed the importance of shale gas in the region of Donetsk (the region in eastern Ukraine which seeks to gain independence) and wondered whether "the interests of Western oil companies may not be behind the violence" [8].
Indeed, the eastern part of Ukraine, currently engulfed in a civil war, is full "of coal and a myriad of shale gas deposits in the Dnieper-Donets Basin." In February 2013, British Shell Oil signed with the Ukrainian government (the previous one, which was overthrown by a neo-Nazi coup backed by the EU) a 50-year agreement to share the profits emanating from the exploration and extraction of shale gas in the Donetsk region. [9]
According to RT, "the profits that Kiev does not want to miss out on" are such as to prompt the Ukrainian government to unleash a "military campaign [disproportionate] against its own people."
Last year, Chevron signed a similar agreement (with the same government filed) for 10 billion dollars worth.
Hunter Biden, son of the U.S. Vice President, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Burisma, the largest private gas producer (supersic) in Ukraine [10], which "opens a new perspective for the exploitation of Ukrainian shale gas" to the extent that "it holds the license covering the Dnieper-Donets basin." John Kerry will not be left out in regard to the distribution of profits and Devon Archer, his former adviser and step-son’s college roommate, joined the controversial company in April.
Can an "alienation of property" license to exploit shale gas in Ukraine also serve as a "license to kill" innocent people?
Is hydraulic fracturing in the process of fracturing Ukraine? This has been a permanent feature of the tragic history of hydrocarbons exploitation by "Western" oil companies throughout the twentieth century.
There is no doubt that hydrocarbons are the common denominator of the wars in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Alfredo Jalife-Rahme
[1] “6th BRICS Summit: the seeds of a new financial architecture”, by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez, Voltaire Network, 3 July 2014. “Sixth BRICS Summit: Fortaleza Declaration and Action Plan”, Voltaire Network, 16 July 2014. «Momento BRICS en Fortaleza», par Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, 17 juillet 2014.
[2] «Fidel Castro: El derribo de avión malasio es una "provocación insólita" de Ucrania», Russia Today, 17 July 2014.
[3] AFP, 17/07/14.
[4] «¿Yihad global contra los BRICS?», por Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, La Jornada (México), Red Voltaire , 18 de julio de 2014.
[5] «El botín del saqueo en Libia: "fondos soberanos de riqueza", divisas, hidrocarburos, oro y agua», by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, La Jornada, 28 August 2011.
[6] „Mossad-Chef sagte Entführung der Jugendlichen voraus“, von Gerhard Wisnewski, Voltaire Netzwerk, 8. Juli 2014.
[7] “Gaza, il gas nel mirino”, di Manlio Dinucci, Il Manifesto (Italia), Rete Voltaire, 17 luglio 2014.
[8] «Shale gas and politics: Are Western energy giants’ interests behind Ukraine violence?», Russia Today, 17 May 2014.
[9] « L’Ukraine brade son secteur énergétique aux Occidentaux », par Ivan Lizan, Traduction Louis-Benoît Greffe, Однако (Russie), Réseau Voltaire, 2 mars 2013.
[10] “In Ukraine, Joe Biden’s son mixes business with pleasure”, Voltaire Network, 15 May 2014.
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