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Friday, December 11, 2015

The US Coalition is Building up Forces in Iraq to Invade Syria



By: Stewart Brennan

The Insane Push Towards WWIII in Syria by the US and its allies

The United States has stepped up their plans to remove the Assad government by calling for its allies to assemble a joint military force in Iraq. However, as most of us know, the primary purpose of this coalition is to remove the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government from power in Syria.

Pentagon demands more from action anti-ISIS coalition allies


Source: Russia Today

The US is insisting that their gulf state allies join the US war coalition to fight ISIS / ISIL / Daesh in Iraq and Syria. It is not a request nor is it going to be unanswered, as the main culprits in calling for the downfall of Bashar – al-Assad such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE are all going to put their hired mercenaries together with Turkey’s armed forces and a small fraction of European nations with air power and support via France, Germany and the UK.

Breaking News

According to Iraqi opposition MP Hanan Fatlawi, the head of the opposition Irada Movement:

“A hundred thousand foreign troops, including 90,000 from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Jordan, and 10,000 troops from America will be deployed in western regions of Iraq,” she wrote on her Facebook page.

The Iraqi MP said that the US plan was announced to the Iraqi government, during a recent visit by US Senator John McCain on November 27, 2015. McCain told Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, senior cabinet ministers and Iraqi military officials that the decision was “non-negotiable”. Hanan Fatlawi added that the Iraqi prime minister protested the plan, but was told that, “the decision has already been taken.” (Taken by whom?)

Indeed, this is very important information...and sheds more light on why Turkey invaded Northern Iraq and refuses to leave...you can be absolutely sure that Turkish government officials oil deals with ISIS certainly has something to do with it as well.

But what is really disturbing if not already alarming, is the fact that Turkey’s invasion of a sovereign state is supported by the US Government; which further proves their hypocrisy and mockery of International law.

International Law?

One moment the US says Turkey had a right to protect its airspace from intrusion and the next moment it says Iraq does not have a right to protect itself from invasion by NATO member Turkey. (Dmitry Babich sums it up perfectly here.)

This fact alone should tell everyone that the US has lost its common sense and is in the hands of madmen…madmen like Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and everyone connected to the US Foreign Policy who are itching to go to war with Russia...and Iran… 

Iraqi PM demands 48-hr deadline be met as Turkey refuses to withdraw

The original Video and the News channel of Press TV were victims of Western censorship and removed from YouTube to cover up western War Crimes in Syria. Where possible, I will insert a mirror video of the report.


Original Video Source: Press TV

The US Government also makes clear that Iraq is occupied by the US Military, serving notice to the Iraqi government that they will do as they are told or else…This arrogant attitude by US sociopaths is all too common now and the norm that one would attribute to a belligerent Fascist Dictatorship...Occupation brings out the sociopaths attitudes and actions as we saw by the results of their War Crime of invading and destroying Iraq in 2003.

Shock and Awe (Part 1 of 2)


Original Source: Deep Dish TV

Shock and Awe (Part 2 of 2)


Original Source: Deep Dish TV

The ball is in Iraq’s court now. The question on everyone’s mind is, “Will the Iraqi government officially invite Russia into Iraq to help remove the terrorist threats?” Not so long ago the Iraqi government allowed Russia to fly cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea over their country to hit targets in Syria…it’s safe to say that there are billions of people around the world and millions inside Iraq, hoping that Iraq government invites the Russians in to help them remove the chains of American Occupation.

Russian warships attack ISIS positions in Syria from Caspian Sea


Source: Russia Today

However, if an invite doesn’t go out to the Russians by the Iraqi government, then we can surmise that the American’s threatened the Iraqi government as John McCain’s reply seems to indicate…

US Coalition Troops from Middle East Countries?

Of special note in the bombshell notice by Iraqi opposition MP Hanan Fatlawi is the reference to troops from the Middle East countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Jordan, who contract mercenaries to fight for them from firms such as Blackwater / Xe Services / Academii / Dyne Corp, etc. Could these be the 70,000 strong Syrian Free Army David Cameron was talking about?

SNP: Of 70,000 how many moderates, how many fundamentalists?


Source: Russia Today

The US is putting together a mercenary army recruited by various spy agencies tied to western nations and trained by Blackwater, Xe Services, Academi etc. They are funded and employed by the Gulf State monarchy’s and are used to destabilize other Middle Eastern governments in countries such as Syria and Yemen.

UAE Blackwater mercenaries killed in Yemen

Source: South Front

Once again, foreign mercenaries connected to Blackwater / Xe Services / Academi are caught dead handed causing mayhem and destruction for western corporate interests in the Middle East. In this case, the terrorist corporation was contracted by the Saudi’s, and caught in Yemen.

The New York Times reported on November 25 that the UAE has"secretly" deployed 450 Latin American troops, mostly from Colombia, but also from Panama, El Salvador and Chile, to fight in the war on Yemen.

Yemeni sources also say that the Colombians fighting in Yemen are part of a larger battalion who have been training in the UAE deserts over the past five years.

Of course, Saudi Arabia is currently leading a coalition of forces from Egypt, Sudan, Colombia and private contractors against the Yemeni army and Ansarullah movement.


How Much More Proof Do We Need?

The significance of this unfolding story is massive, as it not only, once again, points the finger at the US and its partners for organized terrorism around the World but it implicates them beyond a shadow of a doubt…which is something many of us have been saying since Blackwater was first exposed for their crimes in Iraq back in...2007

Blackwater / Xe Services / Academi are just a few of the major organizations behind recruiting, training, and equipping the terrorists throughout the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa over the years…there is also a new one that Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater now heads called “Frontier Services Group” although it operates in Africa and is tied to both Western and Chinese Interests. 

Also connected in this coalition of deceit are the Israeli, Saudi and various European secret service agencies for logistics in their own spheres as branch, support, or contributing departments to the overall goals of destabilization of Independent nations such as Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq and Russia.

Organizations like Blackwater / Xe Services / Academi, are mercenary corporations and covert military organizations that are deeply imbedded with weapons manufacturers, OECD secret services, Investment Banks and the US Pentagon…They operate much the same way a corporation does only they are military specialists and technicians who train terrorists and mercenary armies…

How hard can it be to recruit people, when you have an endless supply of money and equipment? Untrained terrorists could not operate sophisticated military equipment without specific instruction on how to assemble and operate weapons such as those US TOW missile launchers…

The tools used by the US and their allies to covertly attack target nations are groups like Blackwater / Xe Services / Academi who should be labelled more correctly as organized terrorism…

Here is the connection to the terrorist armies called ISIS / ISIL / Daesh, or whatever name they choose to be called today…simply put, the terrorists in Syria and Iraq are operated by the same mercenary groups that the former Bush government unleashed on Iraq since 2003. They are funded by regimes such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. Their weapons are provided by the western countries, but mainly by the US military Industrial corporations owned by financial oligarchs who direct these companies by the weight of their majority stock shares. They are a crime syndicate that deals in smuggling oil, drugs, weapons, and pillaged historical artefacts and also drive a slave trade. They are the most ruthless and barbaric people on the planet next to their sociopathic enablers.

There’s a War Coming…

There was an article written in 2007 by JP Briggs II, Ph.D., and Thomas D. Williams for Truthout June 29th, 2007 called “Bush, Mideast Wars & End-Time Prophecy” that goes into great detail about how US foreign policy become dangerously steeped in ideas of Armageddon, the Apocalypse, an imminent war with Satanic forces in the Middle East, and an urgency to construct an American theocracy to fulfill God's end-of-days plan.

Featured prominently in this western doomsday Geo-politicult are some of the main characters that would like to see Iran and Syria destroyed. (IE: AIPAC, John Hagee, Franklin Graham, The Apostolic Congress, Kenneth Blackwell, Gen. William Boykin, Christian Embassy, James Dobson, Benny Hinn, Tim LaHaye, Rod Parsley, Erik Prince, among many others)

Included in these prominent End Time Christian groups and individuals was none other than “Erik Prince” the creator of “Blackwater” who was recently interviewed by Asia Times on Sept 25, 2015 on how to defeat Islamic State…and not surprisingly his answer comes in the guise of a twisted end times prophesy…

Recently, “Blackwater” now under UAE management, was in the news again as a number of their international recruits were killed in clashes with Houthi Ansarullah fighters and allied forces in Yemen’s southwestern Ta’izz Province bringing the total number of Blackwater forces killed in the past few days to 14.

This is the same private security firm that was exposed from leaked Stratfor emails to be helping fellow terrorists overthrow the Bashar al-Assad government in 2012…The same firm which also operated extensively in Libya…

Of course, Security groups including Blackwater were also involved in training terrorists in Turkey’s border region with Syria to fight the Syrian Army.

It looks like the US and its allies have created a World War III theatre based on the End Times Prophesies with a real manufactured terrorist army recruited, programmed, trained, and armed by the US, their allies and private security firms…and they are directing it at the western TV audience in all its blood curdling horror to justify the war they are waging on Syria, and planning on Iran…

However, Russia has stolen their thunder and seems to have spoiled their plans. In fact, the panic state we now see the US and its Gulf State partners in, is the direct result of Russia shining light in dark places…places like the Turkey / ISIS oil trade in the Azaz district of Aleppo, Northern Syria. A place that Erik Prince conveyed to Asia times was where the US should concentrate their war plans…of course, his plan was mentioned before Russia began its attack on terrorism in Syria.

Sobering Reality

The US and its Gulf State allies are building up a terrorist mercenary force to overthrow the elected Syrian government and its President, Bashar al-Assad while they are also engaged in destroying the Syrian infrastructure…they are taking direct action to back up their statement…

Saudi FM: Riyadh to continue supporting militants in Syria unless Assad steps down

The original Video and the News channel of Press TV were victims of Western censorship and removed from YouTube to cover up western War Crimes in Syria. Where possible, I will insert a mirror video of the report.


Original Source: Press TV

Russia is smack in the middle of this rapidly escalating build up to a Syrian invasion by the US Coalition and NATO allies, which includes Turkey…who the US has stressed they will back with article 5 of the NATO treaty.

Russia has no choice but to hold its ground, because a loss in Syria will bring the US sponsored terrorists right to their own borders, and that is precisely what the US government wants. So when Vladimir Putin discusses in front of news cameras, the accuracy and ability of their cruise missiles, that they could be armed with Nuclear weapons, he is not bluffing. He's being up front by letting everyone know, that what the US government is planning, will lead to catastrophic events.

Vladimir Putin states that Nuclear weapons would never be needed to fight terrorism and he hopes they never have to use them against terrorists…it is my considered opinion that Vladimir Putin is telling the west, in no uncertain words, that if you decide to go down that road, and unleash your full power using a terrorist army against us, then Russia will take the appropriate actions to deal with the threat.

Hopefully, no nukes will be needed’ against ISIS – Putin


Source: Russia Today

Russia will defend itself if the west and its allies use this mercenary terrorist coalition against them…and they will defend with whatever means necessary to protect themselves, so the US coalition better be very careful in what their next steps will be…because the ramp up of 100,000 mercenary troops looks more like an Insane Push Towards WWIII by the US and its allies…it would have been much better for everyone, if the US joined the legal Russian coalition in Syria...

Any threats to Russian military in Syria will be destroyed - Putin



Source: Russia Today
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LINKS:

Turkey Invades Iraq (The US and Turkey Face off with Iraq & Russia)


Turkey Oil Smuggling with ISIS


The US & NATO Back Turkey


Turkey


Blackwater, Xe Services, Academi - Constellis Group

Syria: News Archive and Time Line of Foreign Sponsored Terrorist War on Syria


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Thursday, August 9, 2012

France deploys troops to Syria-Jordan border


French soldiers board an A310 airliner on August 9, 2012 at the Istres military airbase in southern France to be sent to the Syrian-Jordanian border

Source: Press TV

France has sent troops to the Syrian border with Jordan amid reports of escalating foreign support for the insurgents fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

France said its soldiers have been deployed to 'help refugees' in the border area.

On Monday, the spokeswoman for the so-called Syrian National Council (SNC), Bassma Kodmani, singled out Saudi Arabia and Qatar among the countries providing arms for the insurgents.

Reports also indicate that the notorious US security firm Blackwater is reportedly training al-Qaeda militants in Saudi Arabia and Turkey’s border areas to fight in Syria.


Friday, August 3, 2012

Towards A "Soft Invasion"? The Launching of a "Humanitarian War" against Syria


By: Prof. Michel Chossudovsky


The Obama administration, in liaison with London, Paris, Tel Aviv and NATO headquarters in Brussels, is mulling over various military "intervention options" directed against Syria, including the conduct of both naval and air operations in support of "opposition" rebel forces on the ground.

The US and its impervious British ally are on a "humanitarian war footing".

Allied forces including intelligence operatives and special forces have reinforced their presence on the ground in support of the opposition's "Free Syrian Army" (FSA). The British Ministry of Defense is reported to be "drawing up contingency plans in case the UK decides to deploy troops to the volatile region".

Naval and air force deployments have already been announced by the British Ministry of Defense. According to London's news tabloids, quoting "authoritative" military sources; "...The escalating civil war [in Syria] made it increasingly likely that the West would be forced to step in. " ( Daily Mail, July 24, 2012)

An Iraq-style "shock and awe" bombing campaign is, for practical reasons, not being contemplated: "defence analysts warned that a force of at least 300,000 troops would be needed to carry out a full-scale intervention [in Syria]. Even then, this would face fierce resistance. ..." (Ibid)

Rather than carrying out an all out Blitzkrieg, the US-NATO-Israel military alliance has chosen to intervene under the diabolical R2P frame of "humanitarian warfare". Modelled on Libya, the follow broad stages are envisaged:

A US-NATO backed insurgency integrated by death squads is launched under the disguise of a "protest movement" (mid-March 2011 in Daraa)

British, French, Qatari and Turkish Special Forces are on the ground in Syria, advising and training the rebels as well as overseeing special operations. Mercenaries hired by private security companies are also involved in supporting rebels forces

The killings of innocent civilians by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are deliberately carried out as part of a covert intelligence operation. (See SYRIA: Killing Innocent Civilians as part of a US Covert Op. Mobilizing Public Support for a R2P War against Syria, global Rsearch, May 2012)

The Syrian government is then blamed for the resulting atrocities. Media disinformation is geared towards demonizing the Syrian government. Public opinion is led into endorsing a military intervention on humanitarian grounds.

Responding to public outrage, US-NATO is then "forced to step in" under a Humanitarian "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) mandate. Media propaganda goes into high gear. "The International Community" comes to the rescue of the Syrian people."

Warships and fighter jets are then deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean. These actions are coordinated with logistical support to the rebels and Special forces on the ground.

The final objective is "regime change" leading to the "break-up of the country" along sectarian lines and/or the installation of an "Islamist-dominated or influenced regime" modelled on Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

War plans in relation to Syria are integrated with those pertaining to Iran. The road to Tehran goes through Damascus. The broader implications of US-NATO intervention are military escalation and the possible unleashing of a regional war extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia, in which China and Russia could be directly or indirectly involved.

Stages 1 through 4 have already been implemented.

Stage 5 has been announced.

Stage 6 involving the deployment of British and French warships to the Eastern Mediterranean is slated to be launched, according to the British Ministry of Defense, in "later Summer". (See Michel Chossudovsky, The US-NATO War on Syria: Western Naval Forces Confront Russia Off the Syrian Coastline? Global Research, July 26, 2012.

Phase 7, namely "regime change" --which constitutes the end game of humanitarian warfare-- has been announced on numerous occasions by Washington. In the words of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, referring to President Bashar Al Assad: "It's no longer a question of whether he's coming to an end, it's when."

The End Game: Destabilizing the Secular State, Installing "Political Islam"

The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security (RUSI), a London based think-tank, with close links to both Britain's Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon. has intimated that "some sort of western [military] intervention in Syria is looking increasingly likely... " What RUSI has in mind in its Syria Crisis Briefing entitled A Collision Course for Intervention, is what might be described as "A Soft Invasion" leading either to a "break-up of the country" along sectarian lines and/or the installation of an "Islamist-dominated or influenced regime" modelled on Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Several "scenarios" involving "clandestine" intelligence operations are put forth. The unspoken objective of these military and intelligence options is to destabilize the secular State and implement, through military means, the transition towards a post Assad "Islamist-dominated or influenced regime" modelled on Qatar and Saudi Arabia:

"A better insight is needed on the activities and relationships of Al-Qa’ida and other Syrian and international Salafist jihadists that are now entering the country in increasing numbers. The floodgates are likely to open even further as international jihadists are emboldened by signs of significant opposition progress against the regime. Such elements have the support of Saudi Arabia and Qatar and would undoubtedly have a role in Syria following the collapse of Assad. The scope of their involvement would need to be factored into intervention planning. (Ibid, p. 9, emphasis added)

While recognizing that the rebel fighters are outright terrorists involved in the killing of civilians, the RUSI Briefing, invoking tactical and intelligence considerations, suggests that allied forces should `nonetheless support the terrorists. (i.e. the terrorist brigades have been supported by the US led coalition from the very outset of the insurgency in mid-March 2011. Special Forces have integrated the insurgency):

"What military, political and security challenges would they [the jihadists] then present in the country, to the region and to the West? Issues include the possibility of an Islamist-dominated or influenced regime inheriting sophisticated weaponry, including anti-aircraft and anti-ship missile systems and chemical and biological weapons that could be transferred into the hands of international terrorists. At the tactical level, intelligence would be needed to identify the most effective groups, and how best to support them. It would also be essential to know how they operate, and whether support might assist them to massacre rivals or carry out indiscriminate attacks against civilians, something we have already witnessed among Syrian opposition groups." (RUSI - SYRIA CRISIS BRIEFING: A Collision Course for Intervention, London July 2012, emphasis added, p. 9 )

The foregoing acknowledgment confirms the US-NATO's resolve to use "Political Islam" --including the deployment of CIA-MI6 supported Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups -- to pursue their hegemonic ambitions in Syria.

Covert operations by Western intelligence in support of "opposition" terrorist entities are launched to weaken the secular state, foment sectarian violence and create social divisions. We will recall that in Libya, the "pro-democracy" rebels were led by Al Qaeda affiliated paramilitary brigades under the supervision of NATO Special Forces. The much-vaunted "Liberation" of Tripoli was carried out by former members of the Libya Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).

Military Options and Actions. Towards a "Soft Invasion"?

Several concrete military options --which largely reflect ongoing Pentagon-NATO thinking on the matter-- are contemplated in the RUSI Syria Crisis Briefing. All these options are based on a scenario of "regime change" requiring the intervention of allied forces in Syrian territory. What is contemplated is a "Soft Invasion" modelled on Libya under an R2P humanitarian mandate rather than an all out "shock and awe" Blitzkrieg.

The RUSI Briefing, however, confirms that continued and effective support to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels will eventually require the use of "air power in the form of fighter jets and sea, land and air launched missile systems" combined with the influx of Special Forces and the landing of "elite airborne and amphibious infantry" (Ibid, p 16.)

This transition towards concrete naval and air power support to the rebels is no doubt also motivated by the setbacks of the insurgency (including substantial rebel losses) following the backlash by government forces in the wake of the July 18 terror attack against the National Security headquarters in Damascus, which led to the death of the Minister of Defense General Daoud Rajha and two other senior members of the country's national defense team.

Various overlapping military actions are envisaged, to be carried out sequentially both prior and in the wake of the proposed "regime change":

"The top-of-the-range option, destruction of the Syrian armed forces through an Iraq-style ‘shock and awe’ invasion, could undoubtedly be achieved by a US-led coalition. As with all other forms of intervention, however, handling the aftermath would be far less predictable, and could draw coalition forces into a long-running and bloody quagmire. At present that option can be excluded as a realistic possibility. ... There is no doubt that the substantial neutralisation of Syria’s air defence infrastructure could be achieved by a US-led air operation. But it would require a major, sustained and extremely costly campaign including Special Forces deployed on the ground to assist targeting. ...

The remaining intervention options fall broadly into three sometimes overlapping categories. ... The first category is military enforcement action to reduce or end the violence in Syria, ... to prevent Assad’s forces from attacking the civilian population by direct [military] action. [RUSI ignores the fact that the killings are committed by the FSA rather than by government forces, M.C.].

The second is seeking to bring about regime change by a combination of support for opposition forces and direct military action. The second category might apply in the aftermath of regime collapse. The objective would be to support a post-Assad government by helping to stabilise the country and protect the population against inter-factional violence and retribution. ... A stabilisation force would be deployed at the request of the new government. In any intervention scenario there might be a need to either destroy or secure Syria’s chemical weapons, if they were about to be used, transferred or otherwise made insecure. This would require such specialised and potentially substantial combat forces, it is likely to be a mission that only the US could execute. [Reminiscent of Iraq's WMD, the pretext of Syria's chemical weapons is being used to justify a more muscled military intervention, M.C.]

The third category is humanitarian relief – bringing in supplies and medical aid to besieged populations. .... This form of intervention, which would most likely be conducted under the auspices of the UN, would require aid agencies such as the International Red Crescent as well as armed military forces including air power, again perhaps based on a NATO coalition. Humanitarian relief might be needed before or after a change of regime. (See RUSI - SYRIA CRISIS BRIEFING: A Collision Course for Intervention, London July 2012, emphasis added, p.9-10 )

"Humanitarian relief" is often used as a pretext to send in combat units. Special forces and intelligence ops are frequently dispatched in under an NGO cover.

Concrete US-NATO Military Actions

Does the RUSI Briefing reflect the current outlook of US-NATO military planning in relation to Syria?

What concrete military and intelligence actions have been taken by the Western military alliance in the wake of the Chinese and Russian vetoes in the United Nations Security Council?

The deployment of a powerful naval armada of French and British warships is already envisaged for deployment at an unstipulated date "later in the Summer". (See Michel Chossudovsky, The US-NATO War on Syria: Western Naval Forces Confront Russia Off the Syrian Coastline?, Global Research, July 26, 2012)

The British Ministry of Defense, however, has intimated that Royal Navy deployments to the Middle East could only only be activated 'after" the London Olympic games. Two of Britain's largest warships, the HMS Bullwark and the HMS Illustrious have been assigned, at tremendous cost to British tax payers, to "ensuring the security" of the London Olympics. HMS Bulwark is stationed in Weymouth Bay for the duration of the games. HMS Illustrious is "currently sitting on the Thames in central London". (Ibid)

These planned naval operations are carefully coordinated with stepped up allied support to the "Free Syrian Army", integrated by foreign jihadist mercenaries trained in Qatar, Iraq, Turkey and Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Western military alliance.

Will the US-NATO alliance launch an all out air operation?

Syria's air defense capabilities, according to reports, are based on Russia's advanced S-300 system? (Unconfirmed reports point to the cancellation of delivery by Russia, following pressure from Israel, of the advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria) (See Israel convinces Russia to cancel Syrian S-300 missile deal: official, Xinhua, June 28, 2012) Reports also suggest the installation of an advanced Russian radar system. (See Report: Russia Sent Syria Advanced S-300 Missiles, Israel National News, November 24, 2011).

The Role of Special Forces

In the months ahead, allied forces will no doubt focus on disabling the country's military capabilities including its air defense, communications systems, through a combination of covert operations, cyber-warfare and US-NATO sponsored SFA terror attacks.

"The Free Syrian Army" rebels are NATO's foot soldiers. FSA commanders, many of whom are part of Al Qaeda affiliated entities, are in permanent liaison with British and French Special Forces inside Syria. The RUSI report recommends that the rebels should be supported through the "deployment into the country of Special Forces advisers with air support on call:

"Advisers working alongside rebel commanders, perhaps accompanied by small units of Special Forces troops, could be tactically and strategically decisive, as it proved in both Afghanistan in 2001 and in Libya in 2011. (RUSI, op cit, p. 10)

Special Forces have been on the ground in Syria since the outset of the insurgency. Reports also confirm the role of private security companies including former Blackwater mercenaries in the training of the FSA rebels. In what is described as "America's War Under the Table", Special forces on the ground are in permanent liaison with allied military and intelligence.

The Influx of Mercenary Jihadist Fighters

In the wame of the UN Security council deadlock, a speeding up in the recruitment and training of mercenary jihadist fighters is unfolding.

According to a British Army source, British Special Forces (SAS) are now training Syrian "rebels" in Iraq "in military tactics, weapons handling and communications systems". The report also confirms that advanced military command training is being conducted in Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Western military alliance:

"British and French Special Forces have been actively training members of the FSA, from a base in Turkey. Some reports indicate that training is also taking place in locations in Libya and Northern Lebanon. British MI6 operatives and UKSF (SAS/SBS) personnel have reportedly been training the rebels in urban warfare as well as supplying them with arms and equipment. US CIA operatives and special forces are believed to be providing communications assistance to the rebels." Elite Forces UK, January 5, 2012

"More than 300 [Syrian rebels] have passed through a base just inside the Iraq border, while a command course is run in Saudi Arabia.

Groups of 50 rebels at a time are being trained by two private security firms employing former Special Forces personnel. “Our role is purely instructional teaching tactics, techniques and procedures,” said a former SAS member.

... “If we can teach them how to take cover, to shoot and avoid being spotted by snipers it will hopefully help.” ( Daily Mail, July 22, 2012)

The Role of Turkey and Israel

Turkey's military high command has been in liaison with NATO headquarters since August 2011 pertaining to the active recruitment of thousands of Islamist "freedom fighters", reminiscent of the enlistment of Mujahideen to wage the CIA's jihad (holy war) in the heyday of the Soviet-Afghan war:

"Also discussed in Brussels and Ankara, our sources report, is a campaign to enlist thousands of Muslim volunteers in Middle East countries and the Muslim world to fight alongside the Syrian rebels. The Turkish army would house these volunteers, train them and secure their passage into Syria. (DEBKAfile, NATO to give rebels anti-tank weapons, August 14, 2011, emphasis added)

The recent influx of foreign fighters on a significant scale suggests that this diabolical Mujahideen recruitment program developed more than a year ago, has come to fruition.

Turkey is also supporting Muslim Brotherhood fighters in Northern Syria. As part of of its support to SFA rebels, "Turkey has set up a secret base with allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar to direct vital military and communications aid to Syria’s rebels from a city near the border" Exclusive: Secret Turkish nerve center leads aid to Syria rebels | Reuters, July 27, 2012).

Israel's role in supporting the rebels, largely characterised by covert intel ops, has been "discrete" but nonetheless significant. From the very outset, Mossad has supported radical Salafist terrorist groups, which became active in Southern Syria at the outset of the protest movement in Daraa in mid-March. Reports suggest that financing for the Salafi insurgency is coming from Saudi Arabia. (See Syrian army closes in on Damascus suburbs, The Irish Times, May 10, 2011).

While channelling covert support to the SFA, Israel is also supporting Syrian Kurdish separatists in North Syria. The Kurdish (KNC) opposition group has close links to the Kurdish Regional Government of Massoud Barzani in northern Iraq, which is directly supported by Israel.

The Kurdish separatist agenda is slated to be used by Washington and Tel Aviv to seek the break up of Syria along ethnic and religious lines-- into several separate and "independent" political entities. It is worth noting that Washington has also facilitated the dispatch of Kurdish Syrian "opposition militants" to Kosovo in May to participate in training sessions using the "terrorist expertise" of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). (See Michel Chossudovsky, Hidden US-Israeli Military Agenda: "Break Syria into Pieces", Global Research, June 2012).

The not so hidden US-Israeli military agenda is to "Break Syria into Pieces", with a view to supporting Israeli expansionism. (The Jerusalem Post (May 16, 2012).

Confrontation with Russia

What can we expect in the months ahead:

1) a naval deployment in the Eastern Mediterranean, the military objective of which has not been clearly defined by allied forces.

2) a greater influx of foreign fighters and death squads into Syria and the conduct of of carefully targeted terrorist attacks in coordination with US-NATO.

3) an escalation in the deployment of allied special forces including mercenaries from private security companies on contract to Western intelligence.

The objective, under the “Damascus Volcano and Syrian Earthquake." operation, ultimately consisted in extending the SFA terror attacks to Syria's capital, under the supervision of Western Special Forces and intelligence operatives on the ground. (See Thierry Meyssan, The battle of Damascus has begun, Voltaire Net, July 19, 2012). This option of targeting Damascus has failed. The rebels have also been pushed back in heavy fighting in Syria's second largest city Aleppo.

3) The weakening of Russia's role in Syria --including its functions under the bilateral military cooperation agreement with Damascus-- is also part of the US-NATO military-intelligence agenda. This could result in terrorist attacks directed against Russian nationals living in Syria.

A terror attack against Russia's naval base in Tartus was announced less than 2 weeks week following the Security Council face-off, no doubt order by US-NATO, with a view to threatening Russia.

Following the arrival of Russia's naval flotilla of ten warships stationed off the Syrian coast, an FSA spokesman confirmed (July 26) their intention to attack Russia's naval base in Tartus:

"We have a warning for the Russian forces: if they will send any more weapons that kill our families and the Syrian people we will hit them hard inside Syria," said Louay al-Mokdad, a logistical coordinator for the Free Syrian Army (FSA).

"Informers inside the regime are telling that us that there is a big weapons' shipment arriving at Tartous in the next two weeks. We don't want to attack the port, we are not terrorists, but if they keep acting like this we will have no choice."

The FSA has formed a 'Naval brigade', made up of defectors from the Syrian navy, which operates close to Tartous. "Many of our men used to work in the port of Tartous and they know it well," said Captain Walid, a former officer in the Syrian Navy. "We are watching very closely the movements of the Russians."

"We can easily destroy the port. If we hit the weapons' stores with anti-tank missiles or another weapon it would trigger a devastating explosion," said an FSA representative. "Or we can attack the ships directly." (Syrian rebels threaten to attack Russian naval base - World - DNA, July 26, 2012)

Were Russia's naval base to be attacked, this would, in all likelihood, be undertaken under the supervision of allied special forces and intelligence operatives.

While Russia has the required military capabilities to effectively defend its Tartus naval base, an attack on Russia's naval base would constitute an act of provocation, which could set the stage for a more visible involvement of Russian forces inside Syria. Such a course could potentially also lead to a direct confrontation between Russian forces and Western special forces and mercenaries operating within rebel ranks.

According to the RUSI Syria Crisis Briefing quoted above: "Anticipating Russian action and counter action would have to be a major factor in any Western [military] intervention plan [in Syria]. The Russians are certainly capable of bold and unexpected moves..." (RUSI, op cit, p. 5).

The World at a Dangerous Crossroads

An all out "humanitarian war" against Syria is on the drawing board of the Pentagon, which, if carried out, could lead the World into a regional war extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to the heartland of Central Asia.

A sophisticated and all encompassing propaganda program supports war in the name of World peace and global security.

The underlying scenario of Worldwide conflict goes far beyond the diabolical design of Orwell's 1984.

The Ministry of Truth upholds war as a peace-making undertaking by twisting realities upside down.

In turn, the lies and fabrications of the mainstream media are presented with various innuendos in a complex web of deceit.

In a cynical twist, documented atrocities against Syrian civilians committed by the West's "opposition" are now being acknowledged (rather than blamed on government forces) as "unavoidable" in the painful transition towards to "democracy".

The broader consequences of "the Big Lie" are obfuscated.

Global humanitarian warfare becomes a consensus which nobody can challenge.

The war on Syria is part of an integrated Worldwide military agenda. The road to Tehran goes through Damascus. Iran, Russia, China and North Korea are also being threatened.

With the deployment of the Franco-British naval armada later this Summer, Western warships in the Eastern Mediterranean would be contiguous to those deployed by Russia, which is conducting its own war games, leading to a potential "Cold War style confrontation" between Russian and Western naval forces. See Michel Chossudovsky, The US-NATO War on Syria: Western Naval Forces Confront Russia Off the Syrian Coastline?, Global Research, July 26, 2012).

A war on Syria, which would inevitably involve Israel and Turkey, could constitute the spark towards a regional war directed against Iran, in which Russia and China could be (directly or indirectly) involved.

It is crucial to spread the word and break the channels of media disinformation.

A critical and unbiased understanding of what is happening in Syria is of crucial importance in reversing the tide of military escalation.

Spread the word. Forward this article far and wide.

It is essential that people in the UK, France and the US prevent "the late Summer" naval WMD deployment to the Eastern Mediterraean from occurring.

The British Ministry of Defense has announced that several British warships are required "to ensure the security" of the Olympic Games. HMS Bulwark is stationed in Weymouth Bay for the duration of the games. HMS Illustrious is "currently sitting on the Thames in central London". The deployment of British warships including HMS Bulwark and HMS Illustrious to the Middle East is envisaged "after" the Olympic Games.

Prevent the warships from leaving port.


Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Blackwater training anti-Assad terrorists in Turkey: Report


A handout picture shows foreign-backed militants in the western Syrian city of Qusayr on July 11, 2012

Source: Press TV

The notorious US security firm Blackwater has set up military camps in Turkey’s border region with Syria to train armed groups fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

A report published by the Turkish newspaper Idinik said Blackwater agents have been operating at the border area and that the firm’s mercenaries are being deployed to Syria via the Turkish province of Hatay.

Syrian security forces in the western city of Homs have also said that the Israeli spy agency, Mossad, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Blackwater are involved in the country’s unrest.

The idea of Blackwater’s role in the Syrian unrest developed after Egyptian writer Mohammad Husayn Haykal said that the firm has more than 6,000 mercenaries operating against Damascus inside and outside the country.

Haykal described Blackwater's activity inside Syria and along the country’s borders as a bid to buy time for Israel and to turn the Arab-Israeli conflict into a sectarian conflict between the Shia and Sunni Muslims.

Syrian expert in strategic affairs Salim Harba has also said that an anti-Damascus center has been established in Qatar to bring together US, French, Qatari, Saudi, and Israeli intelligence agents as well as members of Blackwater, and the Syrian opposition.

The advanced weaponry used by the armed gangs in Syria, the presence of foreign mercenaries among the rebels, and documents leaked on the involvement of Blackwater in the crisis in Syria indicate that the so-called security firm is after fueling violence in the Arab nation to help the US topple the Assad government and thus more efficiently protect its interests and those of Tel Aviv in the region.


Wednesday, March 21, 2012

WikiLeaked: Ex-Blackwater ‘helps regime change’ in Syria



A portrait of two Free Syrian Army rebels posing with their rifles in Al-Shatouria village near the Turkish border in northwest Syria, on March 16, 2012 (AFP Photo / Giogos Moutafis)

Source: Russia Today

A US government-contracted private security firm is helping the Syrian opposition to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime, leaked Stratfor emails indicate. The same firm earlier operated extensively in Libya.

The private military company SCG International had been contracted to engage the Turkey-based Syrian opposition, according to correspondence released by WikiLeaks.

Their assignment was called a “fact finding mission”, but “the true mission is how they can help in regime change,”an email addressed to Stratfor VP for counter-terrorism Fred Burton says.

The source reporting the info is most reliable – it is SCG Chief Executive James F. Smith, who used to be director of notorious company Blackwater, now known as Academi. In a separate message Smith introduces himself to Stratfor as having background in CIA and heading a company “comprised of former DOD, CIA and former law enforcement personnel.”

SCG’s mission with the Syrian opposition is said to have “air cover from Congresswoman [Sue] Myrick,” a Republican lawmaker from North Carolina, who is a member of the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The body is charged with overseeing the American intelligence community.

The email adds that Smith “intends to offer his services to help protect the opposition members, like he had underway in Libya.”

Smith has an extensive record of sharing intelligence with Stratfor, according the Al-Akhbar, the Lebanese daily newspaper, which is one of the media outlets chosen by WikiLeaks as an information partner for disclosure of private Stratfor emails.

The security contractor provided insider data on services he provided to members of the Libyan National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising, the search for the portable surface-to-air missiles that went missing during the civil war there, and the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi, among other things.

The trail on email ends in mid-December, days before Stratfor mail servers were reportedly hacked by the hacking group Anonymous. The WikiLeaks whistleblower website began publishing the emails, apparently handed over to it by the hacker team, in late February.

The US has been increasingly dependent on private contractors like SCG, outsourcing functions to them that were previously fulfilled by regular troops. Employees of these “modern mercenaries” provide services like personal and area security, intelligence gathering and recruit training in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Critics of the practice say such firms lack accountability and allow the government to carry out “black op” tasks while being able to deny any involvement.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Mossad, CIA and Blackwater operate in Syria - report




Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol an area in Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs. (AFP Photo / STR) Ahmed Jadallah)

Source: Russia Today

A security operation in Homs reveals Mossad, CIA and Blackwater are involved in the military violence in this part of Syria, as over 700 Arab and Western gunmen and Israeli, American and European-made weapons were detained in Baba Amr district.

Syrian security forces got yet further proof of Western powers’ military involvement in Syria’s internal conflict, reports Al-Manar, a news agency, affiliated with Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group and political party.

Around 700 gunmen were recently arrested in the former rebel stronghold of Babar Amr.

“The captured gunmen held Arab nationalities, including Gulf, Iraqi, and Lebanese. Among them were also Qatari intelligence agents and non-Arab fighters from Afghanistan, Turkey, and some European countries like France,” the agency quotes Syrian expert in strategic affairs Salim Harba as saying.

Harba also confirmed to the agency that “a coordination office was established in Qatar under American-Gulf sponsorship. The office includes American, French, and Gulf – specifically from Qatar and Saudi Arabia – intelligence agents, as well as CIA, Mossad, and Blackwater agents and members of the Syrian Transitional Council.”

The Syrian expert also added the security forces have also seized Israeli-, European- and American-made weapons.

“The Syrian army also uncovered tunnels and equipments there,” he told to the agency, “advanced Israeli, European, and American arms that have not yet been tested in the countries of manufacture, in addition to Israeli grenades, night binoculars, and communication systems were confiscated by the security forces.”

Salim Harba however said the Syrian authorities are not planning to reveal all the obtained information now, but assured all the evidence is of high value.

“The Syrian security forces have documents and confessions that could harm everyone who conspired against Syria, and could make a security and political change, not just on the internal Syrian level, but also on the regional level,” he said.

The recent Stratfor leak and hacked email of the company’s director of analysis also suggest undercover NATO troops are already on the ground in Syria.

There have been previous allegations of a Western presence on the side of the rebels as 13 French officers were reportedly captured by the loyalist forces earlier in March.

President Bashar al-Assad has repeatedly claimed his regime is fighting not with peaceful protesters as claimed by the West, but with the military gangs supported by the West.

Western powers however have categorically denied any military involvement in Syrian internal conflict.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

'US posts elite commandos near Iran'




A commando with the Combined Special Forces Operations Component Command, fires his weapon during a drill. (File photo)

Source: Press TV

The US-based Wired magazine says Washington has stationed a special team of highly trained commandos near Iran's border for possible sabotage operations.

Quoting a US Army officer speaking on behalf of Special Forces, the report by the magazine's columnist, Spender Ackerman, said a team of “highly trained personnel that excel in uncertain environments” are operating near Iran.

According to Ackerman, the team called Joint Special Operations Task Force-Gulf Coordinating Council (JSOTF-GCC) is now on the ground to instruct local troops in special operations. This is the first time the US has acknowledged the existence of the team, which apparently did not exist before the middle of 2009.

“The primary, day-to-day mission of the team…is to mentor military units belonging to the US oil-rich Arab allies…[which] consider Iran to be their primary foreign threat,” he added.

Ackerman also quoted Maj. Rob Bockholt, a spokesman for special-operations forces in the Mideast, as saying that the task force provides “highly trained personnel that excel in uncertain environments,” and “seeks to confront irregular threats.”

The report said the unit began its existence in mid-2009 - around the time that Iran rejected President Barack Obama's offer of diplomatic dialogue.

“Whatever the task force does about Iran - or might do in the future - is a sensitive subject with the military,” it added.

“It would be inappropriate to discuss operational plans regarding any particular nation,” Bockholt said when asked about a possible link between the unit and terrorist operations in Iran.

Ackerman quoted Col. Tim Nye, the chief spokesman for the US Special Operations Command, as saying that the task force is responsible “for coordinating all SOF [Special Operations Forces] engagements and training with [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council nations.”

“The special operations forces of those nations have shown a notable improvement over the past year. Qatari commandos quietly traveled to Libya ahead of Muammar Gaddafi's downfall to prepare Libyan rebels for the successful capture of Tripoli. The United Arab Emirates, another close US ally, has also made its elite forces a priority, even hiring [the American security affairs company] Blackwater's founder to bolster their training,” he added.

According to Ackerman, US military officials have thus far refused to identify missions of the task force, its leadership or its headquarters, citing the safety of the personnel involved and the success of those missions.

He noted that even if JSOTF-GCC is primarily a training team, it represents another military option for the US in the region at a time of escalating rhetoric with Iran.

“The Iranians are threatening to close off the Strait of Hormuz, the sea lane through which a fifth of the world's oil travels, as two US aircraft carrier battle groups float nearby. And when the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the US could reopen the waterway by force, there might be an elite commando team nearby to help do it,” Ackerman concluded.

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