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The US blew up Nord Stream fearing that Berlin would lift sanctions on Russia during a cold winter, the journalist claims
The US conducted a covert operation to destroy the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines based on doubts that Germany would stick to a hard line on Russia, renowned American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has alleged. Last week, he published a bombshell report laying blame on Washington for several blasts that severely damaged the energy conduits in September 2022.
In an interview published by the Berliner Zeitung on Tuesday, Hersh suggested that Washington went ahead with the sabotage because the Ukraine conflict “was not going well for the West.” He added that Nord Stream 2 “was put on hold by Germany itself, not international sanctions, and the US was afraid Germany would lift sanctions because of a cold winter.”
"The point is that Biden has decided to let the Germans freeze this winter. The President of the United States would rather see Germany freeze than [see] Germany possibly stop supporting Ukraine.
According to Hersh, the bombs were planted in June 2022 during NATO naval exercises in the Baltic Sea. “But at the last minute, the White House got nervous. The President said he was afraid to do it. He changed his mind and issued new orders to get an opportunity to remotely detonate the bombs at any time,” he noted.
Explaining possible motives for the attacks, Hersh suggested that some people in the US thought that the operation was going “to give the American economy a long-term boost,” while the White House was more focused on politics. “I think they've always been obsessed with re-election, and they wanted to win the war… they wanted Ukraine to somehow magically win,” he said.
Nord Stream 1 and 2, which connected Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea, were damaged in a series of underwater explosions on September 26. On February 8, Hersh, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, released a report blaming the US for the attack. The White House dismissed the allegation as “utterly false and complete fiction.”
However, in early February 2022, some two weeks before the Ukraine conflict began, Biden stated at a press conference with Germany’s chancellor that “if Russia invades… we will bring an end” to Nord Stream 2.
In the aftermath of the report, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called for “an open international investigation into this unprecedented attack,” saying that instead, Russia is witnessing “attempts to silently wind down” such probes. ------------------------------------------------------------------
Washington “took out” the Russian gas pipelines, Seymour Hersh has claimed
The Nord Stream pipelines were destroyed last September by the US in a covert operation, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed. The legendary reporter made the bombshell revelation in an article posted to his newly launched blog on Substack on Wednesday.
The explosives were planted at the pipelines back in June 2022 by US Navy divers under the guise of the BALTOPS 22 NATO exercise, Hersh reported, citing a source with direct knowledge of the operational planning.
The journalist noted that he had reached out to the White House and CIA for comment, with both firmly rejecting the claim that the US “took out” the pipelines as “utterly false.”
The bombs were detonated three months later on September 26 with a remote signal sent by a sonar buoy. The buoy was dropped near the Nord Stream pipelines by a Norwegian Navy P8 surveillance plane, according to the report.
The operation came to fruition following months of back-and-forth between the White House, CIA, and military, with officials focusing on how to leave no trace of US involvement in the attack. The planning process began back in December 2021, when a special task force was created with the direct participation of US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
“The Navy proposed using a newly commissioned submarine to assault the pipeline directly. The Air Force discussed dropping bombs with delayed fuses that could be set off remotely. The CIA argued that whatever was done, it would have to be covert. Everyone involved understood the stakes,” the report read.
The source told Hersh that everybody involved understood the operation was not some “kiddie stuff” but was actually an “an act of war.” Throughout “all of this scheming” certain officials urged the White House to drop the idea entirely. “Some working guys in the CIA and the State Department were saying, ‘Don’t do this. It’s stupid and will be a political nightmare if it comes out,’” according to the source.
Originally, the explosives were to have a 48-hour timer and were set to be planted by the end of BALTOPS22, Hersh reported, citing the same source. The two-day window, however, was ultimately deemed to be too close to the end of the exercise by the White House, which ordered the task force to come up with an on-demand method of detonating them. This ultimately turned out to be the sonar buoy.
The administration of President Joe Biden has been “focused” on jeopardizing the Nord Stream pipelines – initially through sanctions, and, ultimately, by direct sabotage – seeing it as key to swaying Europe to its cause amid the then-looming conflict in Ukraine, Hersh noted.
“As long as Europe remained dependent on the pipelines for cheap natural gas, Washington was afraid that countries like Germany would be reluctant to supply Ukraine with the money and weapons it needed to defeat Russia,” he wrote.
Moscow provided a similar take on the incident shortly after the blasts, branding them a “terrorist attack” and stating that the US was the nation that benefited most from it, by accelerating Europe’s attempts to wean itself off of Russian gas.
Throughout his career, Hersh has reported on numerous explosive stories, including war crimes by the US military and high-profile political scandals. Exposing the My Lai massacre by US troops in Vietnam scored the journalist the Pulitzer Prize in 1970. Other notable stories Hersh reported on include the Watergate scandal, the CIA illegal domestic spying, as well as the American military's torture and abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The attack by Turkey on Syrian territory proves once again
that Turkey’s insane dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ruthless when it comes to
breaking International Law and committing War Crimes against neighbouring
states, all with the blessing, mind you, of the US Government and its Coalition
members.
In my view, the latest military attacks in Syria by Turkey
shows that the US Coalition, has now launched its final drive to topple the
Syrian Government, confirming what I stated in my previous opinion piece, that
the US will continue to use its coalition members to bring down the Syrian
Government.
In fact, it is now very obvious that the US coalition is
moving forward with the plan they announced publicly on December 09th,
2015 when US Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter insisted that their gulf state allies join the US war coalition to remove the Syrian Government of Bashar al-Assad
under the auspices of fighting ISIS / ISIL / Daish in Iraq and Syria. Ashton
Carters statement was not a request when he called for US allies to assemble a
joint military force in Iraq, but a proclamation of their criminal intent.
Turkey invaded Iraq a few days before Ashton Carter’s
statement, confirming that the US plan was already being followed by Turkey.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry condemns “incursion” of Turkish
military units into Iraqi territories - (2015 Dec 04)
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.
However, it takes a long time to assemble coalition forces,
and when delays such as internal opposition to Turkey’s involvement in
aggressive war and occupation puts the brakes on moving forward, other plans
are made to remove those obstacles which is why we were witness to Erdogan
staging a false coup in July 2016. Once Erdogan had seized control of Turkey in his coup on
power, he removed all opposition to him from the Turkish Military,
Government, Media, and public.
Of course Russia was also a hurdle Erdogan
needed to overcome especially after relations went sour when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet over Syria in November 2015…if any US coalition invasion plan was going to
work, they needed to deceive Russia and not directly confront them. Therefore
begrudgingly, Erdogan made an apology to Russia in June 2016 before the coup. Shortly after
the false coup in July 2016, Erdogan played his part to convince Russia that everything was
never better between the two nations. Once Erdogan made a few deceptive pledges
to gain Russia’s trust, Erdogan invaded Syria in August 2016.
Turkey’s Invasion & Occupation of Syria
So far, there has been very little resistance put up by the
terrorists wherever Turkey is involved, be it in Syria or Iraq where the
Turkish Military has created staging areas from which to launch attacks.
A fake Free Syrian Army has suddenly materialized under the
wing of Turkey’s military invasion of Syria, at the same time that the multi
named US backed terrorist groups (ISIS / ISIL / Daish / Al-Nusra, etc) have
coincidently faded away. Why is it that Turkey has not met any real resistance from the terrorists during their invasion and occupation from Jarabulus to Manbij to Al-Bab (The
road to Eastern Aleppo)…while a newly materialized and bogus Free Syrian Army
appears out of nowhere in greater numbers. Where does this Free Syrian Army get
their uniforms, weapons and money? Well we already know the answer to those
questions…
Syrian Map
US Coalition Plans
I believe the goal of the US military plan in Syria is to
gather a very large terrorist force under the protection of the Turkish Army
who will lead a war against the Syrian Kurds north of Aleppo. The terrorists
will then gather under Turkey’s tanks and aircraft to push through Syrian Kurdish
strongholds and then link up with additional terrorist forces north and west of
Aleppo. Supply lines will then have been re-established, and from there the
final assault by the US coalition on Aleppo will begin where they will confront
the Syrian, Russian and Iranian coalition directly. A decision will then have
to be made by the Russian Government weather or not to shoot down Turkey’s
military and or to destroy Turkish tanks and the forces they have assembled in
Syria.
Looking at the overall actions and rhetorical positions of
Turkey and the US government, they paint a clear picture that they will not
give up their agenda of removing the Syrian Government in fact they are
insanely possessed by doing so...
Turkey’s attack on the Syrian Kurds north of Aleppo can
either be viewed as desperate or deliberate but since Turkey and the US are
both intent on removing the Syrian Government of Bashar al-Assad, the attack on
the Kurdish strongholds North of Aleppo looks more like an attempt by the US
coalition to smash through the siege and retake Aleppo with sights on bringing
down the Syrian Government.
If there was any real connection between the US & the Syrian Kurds, as the US government lets on, then we would have seen the US hold Turkey's feet to the fire by taking action against Turkey to stop their never ending attacks on Kurdish towns. So as always, actions speak louder than empty words...or in this case non actions speak louder than words.
The fact that Turkey is a NATO member might dissuade Russia
from taking military action against their so-called new-found Turkish friend
Erdogan…maybe, and then again, maybe not. We are certainly going to see very
soon however.
We know for a fact that the US Government will not change
its position and will not accept defeat in Syria regardless of the situation on
the ground. The US and its Coalition members seem panicked yet overconfident at
the same time regardless of their failures. They continue to plan covert
operations regardless of how impossible their position. That indicates a degree
of insanity and a drive to bring the entire world into conflict.
US actions throughout the past year have been very telling
in that they have adopted the position of lies, collective destruction and mass
murder while forcing their vassal states to do what they are told in order to
get what the US wants, control of the Syrian Nation and the demonization of Russia.
The US Military attack on the Syrian Army in Deir az-Zor on
September 17th, 2016 is an example of US belligerence and outright
lying to the World when they said the attack was a mistake. The attack lasted
for over 50 minutes! Clearly this is an example of how far the US will go to
keep their plans within plans on track.
The Syrian ceasefire agreements between the US and Russian
Governments were never respected by the American backed terrorists as these agreements
were really just a stalling tactic by the Americans in order to re-arm and
replenish their terrorists groups, while also buying time for the larger US
offensive that pulls all their Coalition partners together, in hopes that they
will eventually link up with their terrorists friends in Eastern Aleppo. The US goal has always been the destruction of the Syrian Army, the
partition of Syria, and the toppling of the Bashar al-Assad government and they will never change their position.
The US Pentagon is not flying by the seat of their pants when
it comes to its operations in Syria and Iraq, nor is Turkey acting on its own
as many seem to suggest. There is a larger plan in process here that connects
everything in Iraq and Syria through the ISIS / ISIL terrorist groups and the
US Coalition partners.
It explains Turkey’s invasion of Syria with US air support,
and all the moves that the US has made since Russia helped the Syrian
Government gain the upper hand in their battle against US backed terrorism.
Even now, the US Pentagon’s Ashton Carter lies about
Turkey’s involvement in Iraq, by twisting reality and insisting that the Iraqi
Government agreed to Turkey’s participation in the liberation of Mosul, when
clearly the Iraqi government has condemned Turkey for their invasion and
occupation of the Iraqi nation.
Iraqi PM Abadi urges Saudi Arabia, Turkey to stay out of
Iraq
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.
In fact the US attack on the Syrian Army in Deir ez-Zor
becomes clearer when taking into account the liberation of Mosul Iraq where it
is said that the US has offered safe passage for 9000 terrorists to cross into
Syria…most likely towards Deir az-Zor and Ar Raqqah both US terrorist
strongholds that could become staging points for a new terrorist invasion of
Syria.
Not long ago, Russia exposed Turkey for being directly
involved with the terrorists oil smuggling trade that made its way into
Turkey…the very same Turkey that is occupying both Iraq near Mosul and Syria
from Jarabulus to Al-Bab. The Road from Mosul Iraq leads to Syria and the
Turkish Military is directly involved in both places…
Syrian Self Defence
In my view, Syria has every right to defend itself by
shooting down “ANY” hostile foreign military warplanes or by attacking ANY
foreign invading terrorist armies including Turkey’s.
Given the circumstances of how deceitful and belligerent the US and its
terrorist coalition have proven to be, their word means nothing either way and
so Syria must act and carry out their retaliation threats, even if shooting
down hostile foreign aircraft means that Turkey and the US threaten to escalate
their terrorist war by invoking “Article 5” of the NATO charter. A point that
states, an attack against one NATO member is considered an attack against all
NATO members…and therefore a “You fight me, you fight my gang” mentality brings
all of NATO into the Syrian war zone. This is exactly what the US is driving at
to bring Europe and its own armed forces into Syria.
Turkey is a NATO member, and will hide behind its US shield
when the Syrian Army responds in kind to Turkey’s military aggression.
Syria’s survival is dependent on the defeat of ALL invading
terrorist forces, including the invading Turks. So a confrontation will
eventually happen with the Turkish Military if the Turkish occupation force
does not leave Syrian lands.
What Turkey has done in Syria and Iraq is illegal and a war
crime. The fact that they are occupying and attacking Syria, which included US
military air support, proves that the US Government also does not uphold
International Law or human rights…this should be obvious to everyone by now as
the US has reverted to desperation by outright lies and mass murder to find its
way back into Syria.
The US government’s position is totally bankrupt, immoral, a
crime against humanity and mule stupid since their belligerent aggression will
lead to World War III.
Who is going to stop the US government’s continued support
of terrorism or stop them from launching their War plans in Syria, the US
Mainstream Media? The American people? A new American President in November? I
don’t think so…The outlook is pretty grim so it will be up to the Syrian,
Russian and Iranian Coalition to stop Turkey and the US terrorist Coalition
from gaining any sort of advantage.
The Syrian and Russian forces have no choice but to shoot
down any aggressive Turkish aircraft over Syria, if for anything, to let Turkey
know that if they continue attacking the Russian / Syrian coalition forces
including the Kurds, then Turkish assaults will be regarded as an act of war…
Conclusion:
Turkey is leading a covert western push in Northern Syria
that will eventually threaten the very core of Syria’s Northern City of Aleppo
if they are not stopped now.
The current US backed operations in Iraq are intended to
move their armed and trained terrorists from Mosul Iraq into Syria…the timing
is very suspect which is why I believe that the US is using this opportunity to
covertly deliver terrorist reinforcements into Turkey’s charge for their use in
Northern Syria, where these ISIL terrorists will magically become the bogus
Free Syrian Army. If Turkey and its forces smash through Kurdish held areas,
they will then swing around and directly assault the Syrian Army in Aleppo. Therefore
the time has come to confront Erdogan and Turkey’s occupation of Syria and
Iraq…
Erdogan needs to be stopped and told to leave both Iraq and
Syria with deadly force, regardless of his NATO standing…
Saudi Arabia has 25% of the
Worlds known oil reserves and that's a huge amount, because global economics
depends heavily on oil energy to foster growth…but what happens when after 70
years of extraction the oil in Saudi Arabia goes into terminal decline? The
answer is economic collapse…
The above headline should have raised the attention and
anxiety levels of many people around the world...but this very significant
statement seems to have passed by without much notice...but it should be a huge
wake up call.
“OIL” is the sole natural resource that Saudi Arabia
possesses, so their plan to sell off all their oil assets tells me that they
have now passed a critical point in their oil production and have entered a
serious phase of “Terminal Decline”…You can be sure that the oil left in the
ground is not worth 2 Trillion dollars so I would caution and say “Buyer
Beware!” but also caution that if Saudi Arabia has indeed gone past their peak,
then the world is in for a very bumpy ride as indeed the Saudi’s have already
dragged us through their insane extremist mindset in Syria, Yemen, Libya,
and many other places across Asia, Africa and the Middle East to hide this fact…
The panic within the house of Saud is there for all to see
and became evident in a 2013 open letter by Prince Alwaleed, the nephew of deceased
king, Abdullah, where he revealed that “92% of the Saudi government budget
relies on oil revenues”. He also expressed that "Revenue diversification
is a must, and that it necessitates a clear vision that should be implemented
immediately," He also called on Saudi authorities to prepare plans to
generate nuclear energy and renewable energy to "reduce local consumption
of oil as soon as possible". These startling concerns point to the Saudi’s
being in an advanced state of “Terminal Decline” and that the action required by
the Saudi regime was extremely urgent.
For a country that claims to be swimming in oil, the alarm
here is quite clear, that there just isn’t going to be enough oil for the
country to sustain its future needs. The timing of the announcement is also
interesting as their total financial support of the ISIL terrorist army had not
yet come into being, nor had they declared war on Yemen at that point...and
oil was trading well over $100.00 per barrel.
Today, the oil revenue of Saudi Arabia does not even cover
the Saudi government budget so we must look at all the reasons for why that is.
Saudi Arabia ramps up austerity to avoid budget deficit
The original Video and the News channel of Press TV were victims of Western censorship and removed from YouTube to cover up the crimes of Saudi Arabia. Where possible, I will insert a mirror video of the report.
Much has been said about Saudi Arabia keeping their oil
output high to drive global prices lower to keep shale oil competition out of the market…that
would be true if the Saudi’s were in a strong financial position to launch such
an economic war…but they clearly were not in good financial shape and they knew
it…And since the Saudi’s needed money it would have been better for them to
reduce their production and drive the market prices higher rather than keeping
the price low through a higher production…It makes no logical sense that they
would lower the price of oil when they knew it would cause them economic
disaster…this is one area that panic could have influenced their actions…but
they knew that losing this economic gamble would drive them to
financial ruin…now they are in a position that they need to sell off
all their oil assets…and they are indeed in a panic.
Also of special note, within Prince Alwaleed’s open letter
is that he calls for the acquisition of nuclear energy as an alternative to
oil…this statement should give everyone pause considering the sociopathic and
sadistic actions this regime has employed against the people of the region
through their outright sponsoring of terrorism and twisted belief in supremist
ideology.
Another big give away that I believe furthers the argument
of Saudi Arabia’s Terminal oil Decline was that in November 2013, the Saudi’s
announced that they were going to deport hundreds of thousands of foreign workers
who mostly worked in the oil industry, and its supporting community. They cited
that it was to create jobs for their own people and yet the deportations were brutal
and massive in scope. As most managerial people know, training unskilled workers to do the
jobs that skilled and experienced workers held before them is a very costly and
time consuming process…especially when a large segment of the skilled foreign
worker pool is replaced…results don't happen overnight so things just don’t add up unless the thought of peak oil comes into the picture…
Saudi Arabia to
deport thousands of Egyptian workers - (2013)
The original Video and the News channel of Press TV were victims of Western censorship and removed from YouTube to cover up the crimes of Saudi Arabia. Where possible, I will insert a mirror video of the report.
When a nation deports people on a massive scale such as
this, they are preparing for an economic calamity and or an immanent war. This
was a very drastic and paranoid move by the Saudi government in 2013…and as we
look back, the war on Yemen and their own economic collapse had not happened yet.
Corruption in the House
Going back to an article from 2003 titled “The Fall of the House of Saud” written by ex CIA officer “Robert Baer” in “The Atlantic”, the number of family members in the house of Saud, was between 10,000 to
12,000 and rising. He reports that they were emptying the royal treasury by their increasing demand for royal stipends while also boldly engaging in criminal activity.
Fraud certainly took its toll on the Saudi government
budget, but I have no doubt, that some of those criminal schemes were put to an
end by King Abdullah while he was building and funding his terrorist army and
training schools in other nations.
Indeed, the Saudi’s support and funding of fanaticism,
terrorism, and war throughout the Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia has taken a
severe toll on Saudi money reserves, so much so that they have actually had to borrow billions of dollars to meet this years budget.
The Saudi’s were the largest exporter of oil to the world,
with 25% of known global oil reserves. They made a lot of money over the past
45 years and it looks increasingly clear that many of the Saud family members
have squandered their entire fortune on maintaining a lavish criminal lifestyle
while also shouldering the cost of their violent ideology while warring on
neighbouring countries…all while the general population of Saudi Arabia lives
in a state of brutal abject poverty…
Documentary - Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Saudi Arabia is now trying to ward off national bankruptcy
by implementing austerity measures. According to the IMF, the Saudi’s would
need the selling price of oil to be around $106.00 per barrel just to avoid a
budget deficit. But in 2013 according to the IMF, Saudi Arabia needed $89.00
per Barrel to balance its budget and in 2012 it needed $78.00 per barrel to
balance its budget.
The Saudi argument in 2013 for their budget deficit was that the
shale oil Industry in the USA was responsible for their decline in oil sales,
but today the shale oil industry is in complete decay. The amount of cash
required for a barrel of oil, to balance the Saudi budget, has risen exponentially
year on year. Where more than 90% of the budget is dependent on the sale of
oil…
Here’s the thing, once an oil pocket recedes past a certain
point, water has to be pumped in to maintain the outflow…however, as the oil is
extracted, more water has to be pumped in to maintain pressure and therefore
more water has to be separated from the oil which in turn increases the cost of
extracting it. The costs rise exponentially until the oil well is no longer
productive. Once the increased cost of oil extraction passes the actual market price
per barrel then it is no longer profitable…if your budget requires $106.00 per
barrel and the price of oil is below that, then losses are going to occur.
Today’s oil prices are hovering between $30.00 and $40.00 per barrel…. UMMMM, Houston,
they have a problem…
If the Saudi’s need money, then ideally, all they have to do
is cut production to drive the oil price up, but instead they will sell their
oil assets? It doesn’t add up, unless they have gone into terminal decline and
need to sell off their oil assets to secure some sort of future…
The global economy is contracting and therefore oil is not
in as big a demand as it would be with a growing economy, and that really is
the global situation today, economic contraction worldwide…but it doesn’t answer the question as to why the
Saudi’s would sell off their ONLY resource and their only future, because oil powers economic growth, not just for the present, but for the future as well…there are many things the Saudi's could do to save money...one would be to stop buying weapons from all the western countries, and cut some of those royal stipends that seem to find their way into offshore accounts...
Maybe the Saudi’s should not invest themselves in criminal
wars! After all, funding global terrorism and waging war on other countries
like Syria and Yemen does drain a treasury dry now doesn’t it...just ask the Americans…add to that the internal fraud, lavish lifestyles and the
funded projects of its twisted Ideology all over the World…but I digress…
I believe that Saudi oil is in severe terminal decline, and
since the US dollar is deeply connected with Saudi Arabia who controls OPEC,
the American’s might be trying to distance themselves from the Saudi’s as we
are witnessing with the list of people just thrown under the bus by the planned
leak of the “Panama Papers”.
The leaked documents include the Saudi King along with some
of his associates from Qatar, Jordan, and U.A.E. How wonderfully convenient if
you are trying to distance yourself from a few used up dictators and their
involvement of war crimes and crimes against humanity by having a leak…adding
Petro (Petrol) Poroshenko means he is no longer useful as well…
Could they be preparing for an immanent stock market crash?
After all, a sharp decline of 25% in global oil production will certainly have
an effect on the global stock markets. Anyone who is in debt will want to be
sure that they are liquid when it happens, but don’t stash your cash in
Panama…because one might find themselves shaken down in the upcoming
lawsuits that will help the US recover some of their 19 Trillion dollar deficit before
they go down in flames…
Then again, maybe the US is desperate to find a way back into
the Middle East and offered Putin a bribe or a blackmail threat when John Kerry
showed Vladimir Putin what was in his briefcase…judging by all the
smirks, the Russians already knew what John Kerry was up to…
If the Saudi’s are in terminal decline, and I believe they
are, then the US Oligarch’s will do anything to retain their power and that
means they need a way back into the Middle East but at the moment, they have no
choice but to deal with Russia or continue in the same direction that the Saudi
Regime is headed…bankruptcy…after all, oil is what powers an economy and the US
must import a great deal of oil to power its military and keep their economy
afloat…the energy future belongs to Russia…
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British Prime Minister David Cameron says a one-day debate
will be held in parliament on Wednesday on whether his country will commence
airstrikes against Daesh in Syria.
"I can announce that I will be recommending to cabinet
tomorrow that we hold a debate and a vote in the House of Commons to extend the
airstrikes," he said, referring to Britain's current air campaign as part
of a US-led coalition against purported Daesh positions in Iraq.
"I believe there's growing support across parliament
for the compelling case there is to answer the call from our allies, to act
against Daesh in Syria and in Iraq," he said in a televised statement on
Monday.
Cameron also denied a request made earlier by UK Labour
party leader Jeremy Corbyn to hold a full two-day debate on the subject.
“As has happened previously a one-day debate would
inevitably lead to important contributions being curtailed. It is incumbent on
us all to ensure the country feels there has been the fullest parliamentary
discussion of what you have rightly described as a highly complex situation,”
Corbyn wrote in a letter to Cameron.
Meanwhile, Corbyn told members of parliament that they are
free to vote on the subject of bombing Syria – a move that strays from a
tradition in which British party leaders dictated what members should vote
during major debates.
Since August 2014, the United States and some of its allies
have been conducting airstrikes against what they say are Daesh positions in
Iraq. Since last September, some members of the US-led coalition have also been
pounding purported Daesh positions inside Syria without any authorization from
Damascus or a UN mandate.
However, the airstrikes have not dislodged the Daesh
terrorists and have reportedly caused huge collateral damage and civilian
deaths.
UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn offers his MPs free vote on
Syria airstrikes
UK opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) and
British Prime Minister David Cameron attend the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at
the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London, on November 8, 2015. (AFP photo)
The Labour Party has confirmed that it will offer its MPs a
free vote on the Tory government’s proposal for UK airstrikes against ISIL
terrorists in Syria.
The controversial decision to extend military operations
against ISIL from Iraq to Syria came at a shadow cabinet meeting. The party's
leader Jeremy Corbyn and most of its members are opposed to bombing. They
believe airstrikes in Syria could deteriorate the situation and increase
support for ISIL.
However, some Labour lawmakers want to back Prime Minister
David Cameron's call for more bombing. Corbyn has requested a two-day debate on
the issue in the House of Commons.
In his letter to Cameron, Corbyn has asked for more details
of the planned airstrikes.
“As of this morning, we have not had a clear proposal
from the government on when you plan to bring forward a motion to the house on
airstrikes in Syria or on arrangements for the debate…In the view of the
opposition on a matter of such critical importance there must be full and adequate
time for any debate in the house and only a full two-day debate would ensure
time for all members who wish to participate to be able to do so,” Corbyn
wrote to Cameron
The decision is seen as a last-ditch effort by Corbyn aimed
at averting the threat of a mass shadow cabinet walkout.
The Labour Party has already announced that the official
party line will be a "strong anti-bombing" position, which is backed
by the membership.
Everything the West has done was to create ISIS’ – John
Pilger
Award winning journalist and author, John Pilger talks to
Afshin Rattansi about how Washington, London and Paris gave birth to
ISIS-Daesh. Plus we examine the media's role in spreading disinformation ahead
of a vote in Parliament for UK bombing of Syria. Afshin looks at the Autumn
Statement and why in a time of high alert we are cutting the police force and
buying drones.
Cameron likely to go ahead to bomb Syria’ - Ex-UK MP
Galloway
The vote comes after a hot debate in the House of Commons on
how Britain should respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria.
During the debate, Prime Minister David Cameron urged the M-Ps to approve
military action against the Syrian government. Cameron made the call despite
his admission that there was no definitive evidence Damascus had carried out
chemical weapons attacks against the Syrian people. The opposition, however,
rejected Cameron's proposal and stated that Britain should wait for the U-N
team of chemical weapons inspectors to finish their investigation in Syria.
In a series of hacked emails received from “Anonymous Ukraine” it is
clear that Pentagon officials working in concert with extremist elements in the
Ukraine have carried out and are planning more attacks in Ukraine.
What is also clear is that these attacks are to be blamed on Russia
including blowing up planes at an airport. Other attacks may well include mass
civilian casualties.
The long series of emails include several that are frighteningly
incriminating. This is first of the “worst,” three “smoking gun” false flag
planning documents:
“Framing up the neighbor” as Lt. Col. Gresh states so inelegantly defines
false flag terrorism. Other documents including a White Paper done by the
International Centre for Policy Studies in Kiev dated March 4, 2014 warns of
Russian “conspiracy theories.”
The Centre’s White Paper provides what intelligence experts call “deception
and cover” for terror attacks planned, as we learn, by the US Army working with
Ukrainian military officials and terrorist groups.
The email below, copied to COL Igor PROTSYK, Chief, Bilateral Military
Cooperation Division, Main Directorate for Military Cooperation and PKO,
General Staff, Armed Forces of Ukraine, not only outlines a terror attack to be
blamed on Russian Special Forces, it actually includes a map of where the
wreckage is to be found:
Oleg, an urgent need poshumity
(sic) on behalf of Russians at the airport in Melitopol. This should be done by
March 15 . Sam understands why.
First of all you must contact Pasha Tarasenko. You must know him , he is a
local Liberty and has a theme.
Before you arrive 10-12 boys from the Centre. Top fighters Trident. Chief Mike
there, you should know it too . Details will know him. We need people to meet
and provide everything you need.
Proceed with caution. Speak only Russian. 25 team is executing combat missions,
so do not do them much damage to aircraft . There is a lot of scrap metal, with
it you can do anything. Damaged aircraft you specify. It is essential that all
was as real attack neighbor's Special Forces. But without corpses.
Give me again your account. The money will come in time, do not worry.
See the appendix . This is an example of action. Decisions are made in person.
Will publication of this hacked email actually stop the upcoming attack on
Melitopol? When they specify that corpses aren’t needed, does this mean that
they are planning on getting them elsewhere?
When they say “the money will come in time,” are they aware of sequestration
and how the US has been paying its bills less quickly than before?
We quickly found Pasha Tarasenko through his “My Space” account. Prominently
featured is a photograph in a Ukrainian Army officers dress uniform.
In this final email about the upcoming terror attack on Melitopol airport,
Colonel Protsyk takes clear control of the operation:
Basil , you must quickly
carry out proactive in Melitopol. There's 25 aviation brigade . Must zamaraty
our sworn friends and good neighbors. I think you understand me.
Just proceed carefully and cautiously. 25 brigade combat mission out , so do
not do them much damage to aircraft . There is already damaged aircraft , that
He can do everything. Yihny board numbers you give. Remember , you need
everything to be as real attack of the Russian Special Forces.
Brigade commander there is a reasonable man . Details of know he will not, but
in extreme cases it can turn to. We did come.
COL Igor PROTSYK
Chief, Bilateral Military Cooperation Division
Main Directorate for Military Cooperation and PKO
General Staff, Armed Forces of Ukraine
tel +38044 481-5407
Cell +38067 407 97 40
e-mail: i.v.protsyk@mil.gov.ua
e-mail: protsyk@ukr.net
It began with terrorist snipers hired by the “new” Ukrainian government,
killing their own supporters. The US involvement was long proven through the
infamous Victoria Nuland phone conversation, America “anointing” their chosen
terrorists to stage a confrontation with Russia.
The second call, between the Estonian Foreign Minister, Urmas Paet and EU
Foreign Minister Catherine Ahston gave us that “smoking gun,” that the current
cabal in Kiev are terrorists and criminals.
We now have Americans hiring terrorists, planning attacks, working with the
Ukrainian Army and Neo-Nazi groups to blow up planes, attack airports and
clearly do so in order to blame Russia and inflame the world to the point of
war.
Many of the other documents show planning and logistic support through
Bulgaria with PowerPoints in English. Mixed in with the documents are a
selection of NATO unclassified news reports.
What can be safely assumed? The US government, certainly the State Department
and US Army are involved. NATO involvement is a given.
The current rulers in Kiev are proven to be the criminal element predicted
by Catherine Ashton of the EU and so many others.
What we do have is a clear smoking gun, not just names but personal email
addresses, mobile phone numbers and language that can never be mistaken.
Gladio based false flag terrorism is alive and well, there can be no
question.
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A response to the
use of chemical weapons in Syria is possible without the unanimous consent of
the UN Security Council, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.
“I would argue
yes it is, otherwise it might be impossible to respond to such outrages, such
crimes, and I don't think that's an acceptable situation," Hague said on BBC radio, when asked
whether it would be possible to respond to the use of chemical weapons without
the backing of the UN Security Council.
Meanwhile,
Britain’s Royal Navy is reportedly moving ships into place for a possible
strike with the US on Syria in the next few days.
Citing government sources, British daily The Telegraph wrote that as military
commanders were discussing a list of potential targets, the Royal Navy is
deploying vessels for a series of cruise missile strikes on Syria.
Since last week’s chemical weapons attack on a Damascus suburb that left over
300 civilians dead, political rhetoric has been building against President
Bashar Assad, alleging the regime carried out the attack against its own
citizens. On Sunday, Britain added its voice to the chorus of countries urging
for intervention in Syria.
Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the Assad regime, stating that “all
the evidence points in one direction.”
"We cannot, in the 21st century, allow the idea that chemical weapons can
be used with impunity, that people can be killed in this way, and there are no
consequences for it," he said.
Branding Assad a dictator, Hague stressed a “strong response” was
essential in light of the use of chemical weapons to “slaughter” Syrian
citizens.
Syrian President Bashar Assad
responded to the calls for an international reaction to the chemical attack,
warning that any international intervention in Syria would end in failure.
"The comments [accusing the regime of using chemical weapons] made by
politicians in the West and other countries are an insult to common sense... It
is nonsense," Assad said, adding the accusations were completely
“political.”
Russia also urged caution, calling on Washington to avoid “repeating
past mistakes.”
“All of this makes one recall the events that happened 10 years ago, when,
using false information about Iraqis having weapons of mass destruction, the US
bypassed the United Nations and started a scheme whose consequences are well
known to everyone,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Moscow has also said a UN investigation into last Wednesday’s attack is of
paramount importance and it was essential that its results were not influenced
before time.
A team of UN experts arrived at the site of the attack on Monday in the
Damascus suburb of Ghouta, however doubts have already been raised over the
validity of an investigation.
Washington has already alleged that an investigation would be “too late to
be credible.” The British government echoed the US, stating that valuable
evidence could have been destroyed in subsequent bombing of the area or
tampered with.
"The fact is that much of the evidence could have been destroyed by
that artillery bombardment. Other evidence could have degraded over the last
few days and other evidence could have been tampered with," Hague told
reporters on Saturday.
The toxic gas attack in Ghouta triggered a wave of media hysteria with mixed
reports alleging that thousands had been killed. On Saturday, French charity
Medcins sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) said that 355 people had died
and over a thousand were exhibiting systems related to neurotoxic poisoning.
However, the non-profit organization said it was impossible to discern who was
behind the attack.
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Saudi spy chief hails UK role in persistent Syrian civil war
Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar Bin Sultan has in a
secret meeting briefed Britain’s MI6 chief Sir Robert Sawers on Riyadh’s role
in stoking the Syrian civil war and thanked London for its strategic
cooperation to that end.
"At the meeting, the Saudi intelligence chief briefed Sawers on Riyadh's
latest moves on Syria, including the supply of over 400 tons of weapons to the
militants in Syria via Turkey," Fars News Agency quoted unnamed sources as
saying.
“We have made the Syrian army engage in a civil war and of course this
strategic mission could not be accomplished without your (MI6) cooperation,”
the source quoted Prince Bandar as saying during the meeting.
According to the report, the Saudi National Security Council Secretary and
Intelligence Chief also reiterated that his country is sending the Salafi and
other extremist fighters to Syria to get them killed and trigger religious
discord among different Muslims groups in the region.
"The Prince also reminded the different advantages of the Saudi plan in
Syria, saying that extremist groups, including the Salafis, have been engaged
in the war in Syria and killed in there, while the Lebanese Hezbollah movement
has also been pushed into direct confrontation with radical Sunni Muslims,"
the source said.
Prince Bandar also reportedly ensured Sawers of control over the extremist
mercenaries in Syria so that they do not turn up against Saudi Arabia and its
western allies.
Lebanon’s Assafir newspaper reported back in June that Prince Bandar has been
an intermediary between the western governments and the Syrian militants to
deliver heavy weapons to the terrorists.
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Updated: 2013 August 26, 1:55 PM
US cannot afford to wait for UN to attack Syria: Officials
US President Barack Obama meets with his national security
team
Rep. Eliot Engel (NY), the top Democrat on the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, has said “this is time for us” to launch cruise missile
strikes on Syria, and that the US government cannot afford to wait for the
United Nations.
“The world is a better place when the United States takes leadership; this is
time for us to do this. I hope we’ll do it soon,” the American lawmaker said on
Fox News Sunday.
A growing number of Republicans and Democrats in Congress are urging President
Barack Obama to approve military action against Syria following reports of a
deadly chemical attack in the suburbs of Damascus last week.
Engel said that the United States had to respond quickly and could not afford
to wait for the United Nations.
“We could even destroy the Syrian Air Force if we wanted to… We have to move
and we have to move quickly.”
Other senior US officials have also indicated that instead of seeking a UN
approval for military action, Washington could work with its partners such as
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or the Arab League.
"We'll consult with the UN. They're an important avenue. But they're not
the only avenue," a senior administration official said.
The Syrian government has allowed UN inspectors to visit a site that allegedly
came under chemical attack on Wednesday. Obama administration officials,
however, have dismissed as too late the Syrian offer.
Although there is still no evidence to blame the chemical attack on the
government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a senior administration
official said there was “very little doubt” that Damascus was behind the
attack.
“Based on the reported number of victims, reported symptoms of those who were
killed or injured, witness accounts and other facts gathered by open sources,
the US intelligence community, and international partners, there is very little
doubt at this point that a chemical weapon was used by the Syrian regime
against civilians in this incident,” the unnamed official said in a written
statement on Sunday, as reported by the New York Times.
The Syrian government and the army categorically denied any role in Wednesday’s
chemical attack which killed hundreds of people. Russia, a key ally of Syria,
insists that the attack was "clearly provocative in nature," and that
it was staged by foreign-backed militant groups to incriminate the Assad
government.
In recent days, the Pentagon has moved more warships into place in the eastern
Mediterranean Sea and American war planners have updated strike targets that
include government and military installations inside Syria, officials said.
President Obama met with his national security advisers at the White House over
the weekend to discuss “a range of options” for Syria, but officials said late
Sunday that the president had yet to decide how to proceed.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reiterated Sunday that the Pentagon has
prepared “options for all contingencies” and is ready to use force if the
president gives the green-light.
Meanwhile, the US top military leader is in Jordan to discuss possible strikes
on neighboring Syria.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey was set to meet with
his Jordanian counterpart and other regional defense chiefs during his visit.
"The exchange is designed to increase the collective understanding of the
impact of regional conflicts on nations, foster ongoing dialogue and improve
security relationships," Defense Department spokeswoman Lt. Col. Cathy
Wilkinson said.
President Obama said last year that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian
government was “a red line” that would provoke a military response
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