Following Israel’s terrorist attack on the diplomatic building of the consulate of Iran in Damascus, Syria that resulted in the deaths of several officials of the Iranian military including a highly respected IRGC official, Mohammad Reza Zahedi is essentially the beginning of the end for Western-Zionist power structure in the Middle East.
“After repeated defeats and failures against the faith and will of the Resistance Front fighters, the Zionist regime has put blind assassinations on its agenda in the struggle to save itself,” he continued “Day by day, we have witnessed the strengthening of the Resistance Front and the disgust and hatred of free nations towards the illegitimate nature of (Israel). This cowardly crime will not go unanswered.”
“An important message was sent to the American government as a supporter of the Zionist regime. America must be held responsible.”
The US and Israel should be very worried about their military bases and assets across the Middle East and Africa because Iran will respond with full force. The red line has been crossed with an unprecedented attack on Iran’s consulate thus angering governments who are allied with Iran including Russia and China and most of the Global South.
US Commander of the Central Command Visits Israel
General Michael Erik Kurilla is in Israel to coordinate preparations with top officials from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to counter an Iranian attack. The Jerusalem Postreported that
“In recent days, Israeli and American officials have held a series of consultations at all levels to prepare for an Iranian response, senior officials from both countries said.” The report also highlighted what Biden had said, “Our commitment to Israel’s security is an ironclad commitment.”
Sounds familiar? of course, because all presidents before Biden had basically said the same thing many times.
The US military had established a base in Israel back in 2017. The US government funded news organization, Voice of Americareported on the development,
“Israel and the U.S. inaugurated the first American military base on Israeli soil on Monday, which will serve dozens of soldiers operating a missile defense system.” The report also said that “The base is located within an existing Israeli air force base and will operate under Israeli military directives.”
Fast forward to the war in Gaza, the Biden regime is sending more than 1000 US troops who will be assisting in building a seaport to bring food to the Palestinian people even though his regime is arming and funding the Israeli government’s genocide of the same people he claims to be helping.
Earlier this month, a military news website, ‘Stars and Stripes headlined ‘1,000 US troops will deploy for temporary port operations to move aid into Gaza’ which we know is a complete lie because it’s about establishing a US military presence in a show a force against Israel’s enemies that includes the Palestinian resistance, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen.
Biden had ordered the Pentagon to support efforts to get “humanitarian aid” into Gaza,
“The Pentagon will soon deploy about 1,000 American troops to build a temporary seaport just off the coast of war-torn Gaza to provide its inhabitants some 2 million meals per day, a Defense Department spokesman said Friday” but this is clearly ‘Mission Creep,’ therefore in reality, US troops who are stationed in Israel are ready to become cannon fodder for Israel.
Israel and the US Face an Uncontrollable Situation in the Middle East
There is no turning back after Israel’s brazen attack because Iran will retaliate against Israel who is already in a war with Hezbollah in its northern borders and with Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip. Israel is also at war with the Houthis in Yemen, various resistance groups in Iraq and with the Syrian government.
Israel and US forces will eventually face the Middle East with over one billion Muslims who reject Israel and its claims to Palestinian land. Iran can target every US military base in Iraq, Syria (which is an illegal military base in Syria who is literally stealing oil), Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states including its secret bases throughout the Middle East filled with CIA, MI6, Mossad, ISIS, and Al-Qaeda operatives conducting terrorist operations to further destabilize the region.
Iran has close to one million active and reserve personnel and remember, if Israel or the US were to attack Iran directly, most of Iran would unite around the flag, therefore, they will face 10’s of millions of angry Iranians. The Iranians will unleash everything they have to defeat Israel and the US including its ballistic missiles that can hit every US base in the Middle East.
The maps below shows that any missile that Iran decides to launch can reach any US military base in the region:
US military bases are within the perimeter listed in the following image:
Israel committed a terrorist attack knowing that any retaliation from Iran would most likely pull in the United States just like what they did in Iraq with the Saddam Hussein has Weapons of Mass Destruction lie. That lie ended up becoming a disaster for the US war machine who clearly lost the war in Iraq with nothing positive to show the world, only resentment from the Iraqi population who wants US forces out of their country.
Despite what happened in Iraq, the US population, especially in the Midwest and Southern parts who blindly support Israel would eagerly sacrifice their children to fight for the Jewish State to protect the “chosen ones” at all costs.
Israel and the United States will possibly counterattack, then a full-scale war short of using nuclear weapons will take center stage thus driving up oil prices in an unstable economic global landscape. Rest assured, Russia and China will get involved in some capacity.
Iran’s ballistic missile program has been regarded by many experts across the globe as the largest in the Middle East. Therefore, all US military bases will be hit with Iran’s variety of missiles including one of the most advanced ballistic missiles such as the Zolfaghar, which is capable of striking targets as far as 300 to 700 km away or (186 to 435 miles). They also have the Fateh-110, a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) with a range of 300km (185 miles) and there are many other missiles at their disposal.
Israel and their closest ally, the US will face an unwinnable war, would it go nuclear? Israel is the wild card with nuclear weapons. Are they willing to use them against Iran? We don’t know, but one thing is certain, if Israel were to use nuclear weapons against Iran, every single person in the Muslim world and beyond would target Israel, therefore, they will never live in peace.
Would a new Middle East war between Israel and Iran create a new refugee crisis on US borders? Yes, but this time, it will be Israelis trying to get into the US because they will be fleeing from a war that their own government had started.
So, would the US government take in the Israelis and create a new Jewish homeland somewhere in Texas or Florida? Would those who support Israel in the US give up their land to help Zionist Jews? I wonder how most Americans would react to that idea.
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This article originally published on November 11, 2023 was revised on January 14th, 2024 with a focus on the dangers of escalation and the role of “False Flags”.
In recent developments, in response to Israel’s bombing of Iran’s Consulate in Damascus, according to media reports:
Iran has launched more than 300 cruise and ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, IDF officials said, a retaliatory attack weeks after an Israeli strike on the Iranian consular building in Syria killed two of Tehran’s top commanders.
“There were explosions visible in the air over Jerusalem as air sirens rang throughout the country.”
“Iran said that after tonight’s attack, the “matter can be deemed concluded” unless there is more violence.”
The fundamental question is whether this retaliatory attack will lead to escalation, including an Israeli counter-attack on Iran.
Video Interview
Video produced in November 2023
Expanding Middle East War.
Planned US-Israeli Attack on Iran,
The War on Energy, Strategic Waterways
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Michel Chossudovsky
1. In Solidarity with Palestine
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We stand in Solidarity with Palestine. But we must recognize that the United States Military and Intelligence apparatus is firmly behind Israel’s genocide directed against the People of Palestine.
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And this must be part of the solidarity campaign, namely to Reveal the Truth regarding Washington’s insidious role, which is part of a carefully planned military agenda directed against Palestine and the broader Middle East. Netanyahu is a proxy, with a criminal record. He has the unbending support of Western Europe’s “Classe politique”.
The U.S. led War on the People of Palestine and the Middle East is a Criminal Undertaking
Israel and the Zionist lobby in the U.S. are NOT exerting undue influence AGAINST U.S. Foreign Policy as outlined by numerous analysts.
Quite the opposite. The Zionist lobby is firmly aligned with U.S. foreign policy, and Vice Versa. It targets those who are opposed to war, who call for a cease fire. It exerts influence in favour of the conduct of the U.S. military agenda in support of Israel.
The US military-intelligence establishment in coordination with powerful financial interests is calling the shots in regards to Israel’s genocidal intent to “Wipe Palestine off the Map”.
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2. Triggering “False Flags”
Inciting Escalation in The Red Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean
Let us be under no illusions. Remember Pearl Harbor, The Gulf of Tonkin, 9/11. “False Flags” are part of the history of modern warfare. They are sophisticated intelligence operations often requiring infiltration into enemy ranks.
Starting in the immediate wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, US-NATO war ships –including aircraft carriers, combat planes, naval vessels have been deployed in both the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
These deployments have been described in chorus by the mainstream media as a response to “Palestine’s [alleged] Aggression against the Jewish State”.
They are tagged as humanitarian undertakings: Coming to the rescue of Israel. Responsibility to Protect (R2P).
The False Flag concept requires inciting your enemy or an armed jihadist group to confront or “attack America” thereby providing a justification to strike back in self defense: The Houthis in the Red Sea and Hezbollah in the Eastern Mediterranean both of which are allies of Iran.
Trigger one or more incidents with a view to justifying a process of military escalation.
In recent developments, the “False Flag agenda” has evolved towards US-NATO air and naval attacks against Yemen.
“Sadeh, Zubaydah, Abs, Bani, Sana, Hudaydah, and Taiz have been attacked by American forces, initiating yet another war without Congressional approval, a branch of the US government emptied of power.
The New York Times, of course, blames the expansion of the conflict on the Houthis for interfering with shipping to Israel.” (Paul Craig Roberts)
The endgame is to incite Iran through various means to enter the Middle East battlefield, which would lead eventually to a process of escalation. The media is now using the term: “Iranian Proxies” in an ambivalent report by the NYT:
There is no direct evidence to show senior Iranian commanders ordered Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch attacks on ships in the Red Sea, according to a New York Times report citing US intelligence officials.The unnamed sources said they continue to assess that Iran isn’t interested in a wider war, even though it encouraged Houthi operations in the Red Sea.
“The whole purpose of the Iranian proxies, they argue, is to find a way to punch at Israel and the United States without setting off the kind of war that Iran wants to avoid,” the news report said.
“There is no direct evidence that senior Iranian leaders, either the commander of the elite Quds Force or the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered the recent Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea.” (Quoted by Al Jazeera)
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3. America’s Military Doctrine: Targeting and Killing Civilians
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The targeting of civilians and the killing of children in Gaza is modelled on numerous US sponsored massacres of civilians (1945-2023) including the 2004 attack on Fallujah. (More than 30 Million mainly civilian deaths in US-led wars in what is euphemistically called the “post War Era”).
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Veteran War correspondent Felicity Arbuthnot reflected on the indescribable barbarity of the 2004 Fallujah massacre, which resulted in countless deaths and destruction. It was a genocide conducted by the U.S military:
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“The Americans invaded, chillingly: “house to house, room to room”, raining death and destruction on the proud, ancient “City of Mosques.”
Marines killed so many civilians that the municipal soccer stadium had to be turned into a graveyard …
One correspondent wrote: “There has been nothing like the attack on Fallujah since the Nazi invasion and occupation of much of the European continent – the shelling and bombing of Warsaw in September 1939, the terror bombing of Rotterdam in May 1940.”
Fallujah, 2004
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The U.S. is supportive of the Israeli genocide directed against the people of Palestine. Prime Minister Netanyahu is a criminal. He is Washington’s proxy, unreservedly endorsed and supported by the Biden Administration as well as the U.S. Congress.
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Zionism constitutes the ideological underpinnings of contemporary U.S. imperialism and its unending war against the people of the Middle East.
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The Zionist “Greater Israel” dogma –as in all wars of religion since the dawn of mankind– is there to mislead people Worldwide as to “who is really pulling the strings”.
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Zionism has become a useful instrument which is embodied in U.S. military doctrine. The “Promised Land” broadly coincides with America’s hegemonic agenda in the Middle East, namely what the U.S. military has designated as the “New Middle East”.
Cui Bono: “To Whom Does it Benefit”
There are strategic, geopolitical and economic objectives behind Israel’s genocide directed against the People of Palestine. “Crimes are often committed to benefit their perpetrators”:
Who are the Perpetrators?
Israel’s War against the People of Palestine serves the interests of Big Money, the Military Industrial Complex, Corrupt Politicians… The Genocide is implemented by Netanyahu on behalf of the United States.
The US military and intelligence apparatus are behind Israel’s criminal bombing and invasion of Gaza. The unfolding Middle East War is largely directed against Iran.
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Video Interview: Michel Chossudovsky and Caroline Mailloux
Historical Antecedents. Using Israel As a Means to Attacking Iran
In 2003, the war on Iran project (Operation Theatre Iran Near Term, TIRANNT)) was already Déjà Vu. It had been on the drawing board of the Pentagon for more than 15 years.
Let us recall that at the outset of Bush’s Second Term, Vice President Dick Cheney dropped a bombshell, hinting, in no uncertain terms, that Iran was “right at the top of the list” of the rogue enemies of America. And that Israel would, so to speak,
“be doing the bombing for us” [paraphrase] , without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them “to do it”. For further details see my article below was first published by Global Research in May 2005, as well as PBS Interview with Z. Brzezinski
This Dick Cheney-style option is currently (November 2023) once more on the drawing board of the Pentagon, namely the possibility that Israel which is already bombing Lebanon and Syria, would be incited to wage an attack on Iran (acting on behalf of the United States).
US Congress Resolution (H. RES. 559) Accuses Iran of Possessing Nuclear Weapons
Careful timing: In June 2023, the US House of Representatives adopted Resolution (H. RES. 559) which provides a “Green Light” to wage war on Iran.
The US House passed a resolution that allows the use of force against Iran, intimating without a shred of evidence that Iran has Nuclear Weapons:
Resolved, That the House of Representatives declares it is the policy of the United States—
(1) that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable;
(2) that Iran must not be able to obtain a nuclear weapon under any circumstances or conditions;
(3) to use all means necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon; and
(4) to recognize and support the freedom of action of partners and allies, including Israel, to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Whereas Iran is tagged (without evidence) as a Nuclear Power by the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington fails to acknowledge that Israel is an undeclared nuclear power.
The Times of Israel reported that: “Amichai Eliyahu said Sunday [November 5, 2023] that one of Israel’s options in the war against Hamas was to drop a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip”
America’s strategic objective is, despite its meagre reserves of natural gas:
To Force the European Union to buy LNG “Made in America”.
What this implies is that America’s military agenda against Russia and Iran constitutes a means to hike up EU energy prices, which is an Act of Economic Warfare against the People of Europe.
The Iran-Qatar Natural Gas Partnership
The maritime gas reserves of the Persian Gulf are under a (joint ownership) partnership between Qatar and Iran (See diagram below).
The Biden Administration is Intent upon Destabilizing the Iran-Qatar Partnership
This partnership is supportive of the People of Palestine.
In March 2022, “President Joe Biden following a meeting with Qatar’s Emir Sheik Tamim “designated Qatar as a major non-NATO ally of the United States, fulfilling the promise that he had made to Qatar earlier this year [2022], the White House said” ( Reuters, March 10, 2022 )
“The designation is granted by the United States to close, non-NATO allies that have strategic working relationships with the U.S. military.
Biden promised Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, in January [2022] during a meeting at the White House that he would grant Qatar the special status.” Reuters See also Reuters (January 31, 2022)
What is at stake are cross-cutting coalitions. Qatar is a “Partner” of Iran in relation to the strategic reserves of maritime gas in the Persian Gulf. There is no formaI military cooperation between the two countries.
Washington’s unspoken agenda is to break and/or destabilize Qatar’s Partnership with Iran, by integrating Qatar into the US-NATO military orbit.
“the Emir of Qatar said the groundbreaking for the Northern Dome expansion project was laid today, which is in line with Qatar’s strategy to strengthen its position as a global LNG producer …
This joint gas field, known as “South Pars” in Iran, is the largest natural gas field in the world and contains 50.97 trillion cubic meters of gas and about 7.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas condensate.
At the time of writing, the implications of Sheik Tamin’s October 2023 expansion project in South Pars Fields (which is in Iranian territorial Waters) as well as Qatar’s “Special Status” Military Alliance with the U.S. remain unclear.
America’s Al-Udeid military base in Qatar (left) is the largest US base in the Middle East.
Have the status and functions of Al Udeid changed since the signing of the March 2022 agreement designating Qatar as a “Major Non NATO Ally of the US”
The U.S. foreign policy objective is to ultimately destroy and undermine that “friendship” with Iran which is highly valued and supported by Qatari citizens.
The export of gas from South Pars North Dome transits through Iran, Turkey and Russia.
Qatar, Russia and Iran (the 3 largest holders Worldwide of natural gas reserves) reached an agreement in 2009 to create a ‘Gas Troika’, a trilateral gas cooperation entity including the development of joint projects.
A large number of countries including South Korea, India, Japan, China are importing LNG from Qatar.
Last year (November 2022), “QatarEnergy signed a 27-year deal to supply China’s Sinopec with liquefied natural gas”. Qatar has also a strategic alliance with China.
Exert US Control over the Maritime Gas Field in the Persian Gulf
Weaken and Disable the “Gas Troika” (Russia, Iran, Qatar)
Create Chaos in the Global Energy Market,
Undermine the Trade in Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Numerous Countries
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Iran. Third Largest Reserves of Oil Worldwide
Iran is not only second in terms of its gas reserves after Russia, it ranks third Worldwide in relation to its oil reserves (12% of Worldwide oil reserves) versus a meagre 4% for the U.S.
6. Strategic Waterways: The Ben Gurion Canal Project
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U.S. Seeks Dominance over Strategic International Waterways
The Ben Gurion Canal Projectwas initially a “secret” (classified) U.S. project formulated in 1963 by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNG, a strategic think tank (focussing on nuclear radiation) on contract with the U.S Department of Energy. The LLNG project was formulated in response to the nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956 by President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1956-1970). Its intent was to bypass the Suez Canal.
The Ben Gurion Canal project is currently contemplated as means control the channels of international maritime trade to the detriment of the people of the Middle East. It also seeks to destabilize China’s maritime commodity trade.
In the context of the broader US-led Middle East War, the Ben Gurion Canal Project is part of America’s hegemonic military agenda. It is consistent with Netanyahu’s “Plan to Wipe Palestine Off the Map”.
According to Yvonne Ridley:
“The only thing stopping the newly-revised [Ben Gurion Canal] project from being revived and rubber-stamped is the presence of the Palestinians in Gaza. As far as Netanyahu is concerned they are standing in the way of the project” (Yvonne Ridley, November 10, 2023, emphasis added)
The U.S led war is intent upon confiscating all Palestinian territories, which would be appropriated by the State of Israel, acting as a strategic “Anglo-American Hub” in the Middle East:
The Ben Gurion Canal will give Israel in particular and other friendly nations the freedom from blackmail arising out of access to the Suez Canal.
Arab states have been leveraging the Red Sea to pressure Israel and in response, Israel has decided to gain more control of the Red Sea. These African countries have cultural and economic affinities with the Arab states. One of the main military benefits for Israel is that it gives Israel the strategic options as the Ben Gurion Canal will totally take away the importance of Suez for the US military if needed in the aid for Israel.
Israel aims to push Egypt further into a corner by eliminating Suez in the global trade and energy corridor and becoming a global trade and energy logistics center.
Experts are of the opinion that this situation will shake the strategic-energy balance of China’s Belt and Road Project initiative in the Mediterranean, along with the Strait of Hormuz, which is the transfer point of 30 percent of the world’s energy. The Ben Gurion Canal would have the solid backing of the West. (Eurasia Review, November 7, 2023, emphasis added)
The Promised Land of Greater Israel coincides with America’s Colonial Design in the Middle East
The Greater Israel design is not strictly a Zionist Project for the Middle East, it is an integral part of US foreign policy, its strategic objective is to extend US hegemony as well as fracture and balkanize the Middle East.
In this regard, Washington’s strategy consists in destabilizing and weakening regional economic powers in the Middle East including Turkey and Iran. This policy –which is consistent with the Greater Israel– is accompanied by a process of political fragmentation.
Since the Gulf war (1991), the Pentagon has contemplated the creation of a “Free Kurdistan” which would include the annexation of parts of Iraq, Syria and Iran as well as Turkey
“The New Middle East”: Unofficial US Military Academy Map by Lt. Col. Ralph Peters
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8. “America’s Promised Land”. Global Warfare
When viewed in the current context, including the siege on Gaza, the Zionist Plan for the Middle East coincides with America’s long war against the Middle East. As we mentioned earlier the Zionist agenda provides an ideological and religious justification of America’s long war against the Middle East.
The 1979-80. the so-called Soviet Afghan War, engineered by the CIA
The 1980-88 Iraq-Iran War engineered by the U.S.
The 1991 Gulf War against Iraq,
The 2001 The US-NATO Invasion of Afghanistan,
The 2003 Invasion of Iraq
The 2006 War on Lebanon,
The Arab Spring,
The 2011 war on Libya,
The 2015 war on Yemen
Obama’s 2014-2017 “Counter-Terrorism” Operation against Iraq and Syria
The ongoing wars against Syria, Iraq and Yemen
The “Greater Israel” project consists in weakening and eventually fracturing neighboring Arab states as part of a US-Israeli expansionist project, with the support of NATO.
Needless to day, the ideological and religious underpinnings of the “Greater Israel” project are consistent with America’s imperial design.
While the Zionist agenda is not the driving force, it serves the useful purpose of misleading public opinion concerning America’s long war against the people of the Middle East.
The Historical Context: A Sequence of Military Plans and Scenarios to Wage War on Iran
Since the launching of the Theater Iran Near Term (TIRANNT)war games scenario in May 2003 (leaked classified doc), an escalation scenario involving military action directed against Iran and Syria had been envisaged, of which Syria was the first stage.
TIRANNT was followed by a series of military plans pertaining to Iran. Numerous post 9/11 official statements and US military documents had pointed to an expanded Middle East war, involving the active participation of Israel.
Israel is America’s ally. Military operations are closely coordinated. Israel does not act without Washington’s approval.
U.S.-Israeli Air Defense
Barely acknowledged by the media, the US and Israel have an integrated air defense system, which was set up in early 2009, shortly after the Israel invasion of Gaza under “Operation Cast Led”.
The X-band radar air defense system set up by the US in Israel in 2009 would
“integrate Israel’s missile defenses with the U.S. global missile detection network, which includes satellites, Aegis ships on the Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and Red Sea, and land-based Patriot radars and interceptors.” (Sen. Joseph Azzolina, Protecting Israel from Iran’s missiles, Bayshore News, December 26, 2008). )
What this means is that Washington calls the shots. Confirmed by the Pentagon, the US military controls Israel’s Air Defense:
”This is and will remain a U.S. radar system,’ Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said.
‘So this is not something we are giving or selling to the Israelis and it is something that will likely require U.S. personnel on-site to operate.’” (Quoted in Israel National News, January 9, 2009, emphasis added).
At the outset of Obama’s Second Term, the US and Israel initiated discussions pertaining to a “US personnel on site” presence in Israel, namely the establishment of a “permanent” and “official” military base inside Israel.
And on September 17, 2017, a US Air Defense base located in the Negev desert was inaugurated.
According to the Israeli IDF spokesperson, the objective is to send a “message to the region, ” including Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.
Of utmost relevance:
Israel would not be able to act unilaterally against Iran, without a green light from the Pentagon which controls key components of Israel’s air defense system.
In practice, a war on Iran, would be a joint US-NATO-Israeli endeavor, coordinated by US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with America’s allies playing a key (subordinate) role.
Michel Chossudovsky, November 11, 2023, Updated January 14, 2024
Below is my May 2005 Global Research article which provides a detailed historical perspective on US war plans to attack Iran.
At the outset of Bush’s second term, Vice President Dick Cheney dropped a bombshell. He hinted, in no uncertain terms, that Iran was “right at the top of the list” of the rogue enemies of America, and that Israel would, so to speak, “be doing the bombing for us”, without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them “to do it”:
“One of the concerns people have is that Israel might do it without being asked… Given the fact that Iran has a stated policy that their objective is the destruction of Israel, the Israelis might well decide to act first, and let the rest of the world worry about cleaning up the diplomatic mess afterwards,” (quoted from an MSNBC Interview Jan 2005)
“Iran I think is more ambiguous. And there the issue is certainly not tyranny; it’s nuclear weapons. And the vice president today in a kind of a strange parallel statement to this declaration of freedom hinted that the Israelis may do it and in fact used language which sounds like a justification or even an encouragement for the Israelis to do it.”
The foregoing statements are misleading. The US is not “encouraging Israel”. What we are dealing with is a joint US-Israeli military operation to bomb Iran, which has been in the active planning stage for more than a year. The Neocons in the Defense Department, under Douglas Feith, have been working assiduously with their Israeli military and intelligence counterparts, carefully identifying targets inside Iran (see Seymour Hersh)
Under this working arrangement, Israel will not act unilaterally, without a green light from Washington. In other words, Israel will not implement an attack without the participation of the US.
Covert Intelligence Operations: Stirring Ethnic Tensions in Iran
Meanwhile, for the last two years, Washington has been involved in covert intelligence operations inside Iran. American and British intelligence and special forces (working with their Israeli counterparts) are involved in this operation.
“A British intelligence official said that any campaign against Iran would not be a ground war like the one in Iraq. The Americans will use different tactics, said the intelligence officer. ‘It is getting quite scary.’” (Evening Standard, 17 June 2003)
The expectation is that a US-Israeli bombing raid of Iran’s nuclear facilities will stir up ethnic tensions and trigger “regime change” in favor of the US. (See Arab Monitor).
Bush advisers believe that the “Iranian opposition movement” will unseat the Mullahs. This assessment constitutes a gross misjudgment of social forces inside Iran. What is more likely to occur is that Iranians will consistently rally behind a wartime government against foreign aggression. In fact, the entire Middle East and beyond would rise up against US interventionism.
Retaliation in the Case of a US-Israeli Aerial Attack
Tehran has confirmed that it will retaliate if attacked, in the form of ballistic missile strikes directed against Israel (CNN, 8 Feb 2005). These attacks, could also target US military facilities in the Persian Gulf, which would immediately lead us into a scenario of military escalation and all out war.
In other words, the air strikes against Iran could contribute to unleashing a war in the broader Middle East Central Asian region.
Moreover, the planned attack on Iran should also be understood in relation to the timely withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, which has opened up a new space, for the deployment of Israeli forces. The participation of Turkey in the US-Israeli military operation is also a factor, following an agreement reached between Ankara and Tel Aviv.
In other words, US and Israeli military planners must carefully weigh the far-reaching implications of their actions.
Israel Builds up its Stockpile of Deadly Military Hardware
A massive buildup in military hardware has occurred in preparation for a possible attack on Iran.
Israel has recently taken delivery from the US of some 5,000 “smart air launched weapons” including some 500 BLU 109 ‘bunker-buster bombs. The (uranium coated) munitions are said to be more than “adequate to address the full range of Iranian targets, with the possible exception of the buried facility at Natanz, which may require the [more powerful] BLU-113 bunker buster“:
“Given Israel’s already substantial holdings of such weapons, this increase in its inventory would allow a sustained assault with or without further US involvement.” (See Richard Bennett)
Gbu 28 Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28)
The Israeli Air Force would attack Iran’s nuclear facility at Bushehr using US as well Israeli produced bunker buster bombs. The attack would be carried out in three separate waves “with the radar and communications jamming protection being provided by U.S. Air Force AWACS and other U.S. aircraft in the area”. (See W Madsen)
Bear in mind that the bunker buster bombs can also be used to deliver tactical nuclear bombs. The B61-11 is the “nuclear version” of the “conventional” BLU 113. It can be delivered in much same way as the conventional bunker buster bomb. (See Michel Chossudovsky, see also this)
According to the Pentagon, tactical nuclear weapons are “safe for civilians”. Their use has been authorized by the US Senate. (See Michel Chossudovsky)
Even if tactical nuclear weapons are not used by Israel, an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities not only raises the specter of a broader war, but also of nuclear radiation over a wide area:
“To attack Iran’s nuclear facilities will not only provoke war, but it could also unleash clouds of radiation far beyond the targets and the borders of Iran.” (Statement of Prof Elias Tuma, Arab Internet Network, Federal News Service, 1 March 2005)
Moreover, while most reports have centered on the issue of punitive air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the strikes would most probably extend to other targets.
While a ground war is contemplated as a possible “scenario” at the level of military planning, the US military would not be able to wage a an effective ground war, given the situation in Iraq. In the words of former National Security Adviser Lawrence Eagelberger:
“We are not going to get in a ground war in Iran, I hope. If we get into that, we are in serious trouble. I don’t think anyone in Washington is seriously considering that.” ( quoted in the National Journal, 4 December 2004).
Iran’s Military Capabilities
Despite its overall weaknesses in relation to Israel and the US, Iran has an advanced air defense system, deployed to protect its nuclear sites; “they are dispersed and underground making potential air strikes difficult and without any guarantees of success.” (Jerusalem Post, 20 April 2005).
It has upgraded its Shahab-3 missile, which can reach targets in Israel. Iran’s armed forces have recently conducted high-profile military exercises in anticipation of a US led attack. Iran also possesses some 12 X-55 strategic cruise missiles, produced by Ukraine. Iran’s air defense systems is said to feature Russian SA-2, SA-5, SA-6 as well as shoulder-launched SA-7 missiles (Jaffa Center for Strategic Studies).
The US “Military Road Map”
The Bush administration has officially identified Iran and Syria as the next stage of “the road map to war”.
Targeting Iran is a bipartisan project, which broadly serves the interests of the Anglo-American oil conglomerates, the Wall Street financial establishment and the military-industrial complex.
The broader Middle East-Central Asian region encompasses more than 70% of the World’s reserves of oil and natural gas. Iran possesses 10% of the world’s oil and ranks third after Saudi Arabia (25 %) and Iraq (11 %) in the size of its reserves. In comparison, the US possesses less than 2.8 % of global oil reserves. (See Eric Waddell, The Battle for Oil)
The announcement to target Iran should come as no surprise. It is part of the battle for oil. Already during the Clinton administration, US Central Command (USCENTCOM) had formulated “in war theater plans” to invade both Iraq and Iran:
“The broad national security interests and objectives expressed in the President’s National Security Strategy (NSS) and the Chairman’s National Military Strategy (NMS) form the foundation of the United States Central Command’s theater strategy. The NSS directs implementation of a strategy of dual containment of the rogue states of Iraq and Iran as long as those states pose a threat to U.S. interests, to other states in the region, and to their own citizens. Dual containment is designed to maintain the balance of power in the region without depending on either Iraq or Iran. USCENTCOM’s theater strategy is interest-based and threat-focused. The purpose of U.S. engagement, as espoused in the NSS, is to protect the United States’ vital interest in the region – uninterrupted, secure U.S./Allied access to Gulf oil. (USCENTCOM, USPolicy , emphasis added)
Main Military Actors
While the US, Israel, as well as Turkey (with borders with both Iran and Syria) are the main actors in this process, a number of other countries, in the region, allies of the US, including several Central Asian former Soviet republics have been enlisted. Britain is closely involved despite its official denials at the diplomatic level. Turkey occupies a central role in the Iran operation. It has an extensive military cooperation agreement with Israel. There are indications that NATO is also formally involved in the context of an Israel-NATO agreement reached in November 2004.
Planning The Aerial Attack on Iran
According to former weapons inspector Scott Ritter, George W. Bush has already signed off on orders for an aerial attack on Iran, scheduled for June.(See this)
The June cut-off date should be understood. It does not signify that the attack will occur in June. What it suggests is that the US and Israel are “in a state of readiness” and are prepared to launch an attack by June or at a later date. In other words, the decision to launch the attack has not been made.
Ritter’s observation concerning an impending military operation should nonetheless be taken seriously. In recent months, there is ample evidence that a major military operation is in preparation:
1) several high profile military exercises have been conducted in recent months, involving military deployment and the testing of weapons systems.
2) military planning meetings have been held between the various parties involved. There has been a shuttle of military and government officials between Washington, Tel Aviv and Ankara.
3) A significant change in the military command structure in Israel has occurred, with the appointment of a new Chief of Staff.
4) Intense diplomatic exchanges have been carried out at the international level with a view to securing areas of military cooperation and/or support for a US-Israeli led military operation directed against Iran.
5) Ongoing intelligence operations inside Iran have been stepped up.
6) Consensus Building: Media propaganda on the need to intervene in Iran has been stepped up, with daily reports on how Iran constitutes a threat to peace and global security.
Timeline of Key Initiatives
In the last few months, various key initiatives have been taken, which are broadly indicative that an aerial bombing of Iran is in the military pipeline:
November 2004 in Brussels: NATO-Israel protocol: Israel’s IDF delegation to the NATO conference to met with military brass of six members of the Mediterranean basin nations, including Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. NATO seeks to revive the framework, known as the Mediterranean Dialogue program, which would include Israel. The Israeli delegation accepted to participate in military exercises and “anti-terror maneuvers” together with several Arab countries.
January 2005: the US, Israel and Turkey held military exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria. These exercises, which have been held in previous years were described as routine.
February 2005. Following the decision reached in Brussels in November 2004, Israel was involved for the first time in military exercises with NATO, which also included several Arab countries.
February 2005: Assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The assassination, which was blamed on Syria, serves Israeli and US interests and was used as a pretext to demand the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
February 2005: Sharon fires his Chief-of-Staff, Moshe Ya’alon and appoints Air Force General Dan Halutz. This is the first time in Israeli history that an Air Force General is appointed Chief of Staff (See Uri Avnery)
The appointment of Major General Dan Halutz as IDF Chief of Staff is considered in Israeli political circles as “the appointment of the right man at the right time.” The central issue is that a major aerial operation against Iran is in the planning stage, and Maj General Halutz is slated to coordinate the aerial bombing raids on Iran. Halutz’s appointment was specifically linked to Israel’s Iran agenda: “As chief of staff, he will in the best position to prepare the military for such a scenario.”
March 2005: NATO’s Secretary General was in Jerusalem for follow-up talks with Ariel Sharon and Israel’s military brass, following the joint NATO-Israel military exercise in February. These military cooperation ties are viewed by the Israeli military as a means to “enhance Israel’s deterrence capability regarding potential enemies threatening it, mainly Iran and Syria.” The premise underlying NATO-Israel military cooperation is that Israel is under attack:
“The more Israel’s image is strengthened as a country facing enemies who attempt to attack it for no justified reason, the greater will be the possibility that aid will be extended to Israel by NATO. Furthermore, Iran and Syria will have to take into account the possibility that the increasing cooperation between Israel and NATO will strengthen Israel’s links with Turkey, also a member of NATO. Given Turkey’s impressive military potential and its geographic proximity to both Iran and Syria, Israel’s operational options against them, if and when it sees the need, could gain considerable strength. ” (Jaffa Center for Strategic Studies, http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/sa/v7n4p4Shalom.html )
The Israel-NATO protocol is all the more important because it obligates NATO to align itself with the US-Israeli plan to bomb Iran, as an act of self defense on the part of Israel. It also means that NATO is also involved in the process of military consultations relating to the planned aerial bombing of Iran. It is of course related to the bilateral military cooperation agreement between Israel and Turkey and the likelihood that part of the military operation will be launched from Turkey, which is a member of NATO.
Late March 2005: News leaks in Israel indicated an “initial authorization” by Prime Minster Ariel Sharon of an Israeli attack on Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant “if diplomacy failed to stop Iran’s nuclear program”. (The Hindu, 28 March 2005)
March-April 2005: The Holding in Israel of Joint US-Israeli military exercises specifically pertaining to the launching of Patriot missiles.
US Patriot missile crews stationed in Germany were sent to Israel to participate in the joint Juniper Cobra exercise with the Israeli military. The exercise was described as routine and “unconnected to events in the Middle East”: “As always, we are interested in implementing lessons learned from training exercises.” (UPI, 9 March 2005).
April 2005: Donald Rumsfeld (right) was on an official visits to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan. His diplomatic endeavors were described by the Russian media as “literally circling Iran in an attempt to find the best bridgehead for a possible military operation against that country.”
In Baku, Azerbaijan Rumsfeld was busy discussing the date for deployment of US troops in Azerbaijan on Iran’s North-Western border. US military bases described as “mobile groups” in Azerbaijan are slated to play a role in a military operation directed against Iran.
Azerbaijan is a member of GUUAM, a military cooperation agreement with the US and NATO, which allows for the stationing of US troops in several of the member countries, including Georgia, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. The stated short term objective is to “neutralize Iran”. The longer term objective under the Pentagon’s “Caspian Plan” is to exert military and economic control over the entire Caspian sea basin, with a view to ensuring US authority over oil reserves and pipeline corridors.
During his visit in April, Rumsfeld was pushing the US initiative of establishing “American special task forces and military bases to secure US influence in the Caspian region:
“Called Caspian Watch, the project stipulates a network of special task forces and police units in the countries of the regions to be used in emergencies including threats to objects of the oil complex and pipelines. Project Caspian Watch will be financed by the United States ($100 million). It will become an advance guard of the US European Command whose zone of responsibility includes the Caspian region. Command center of the project with a powerful radar is to be located in Baku.” ( Defense and Security Russia, April 27, 2005)
Rumsfeld’s visit followed shortly after that of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami’s to Baku.
April 2005: Iran signs a military cooperation with Tajikistan, which occupies a strategic position bordering Afghanistan’s Northern frontier. Tajikistan is a member of “The Shanghai Five” military cooperation group, which also includes Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. Iran also has economic cooperation agreements with Turkmenistan.
Mid April 2005: Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets George W Bush at his Texas Ranch. Iran is on the agenda of bilateral talks. More significantly, the visit of Ariel Sharon was used to carry out high level talks between US and Israeli military planners pertaining to Iran.
Late April 2005. President Vladmir Putin is in Israel on an official visit. He announces Russia’s decision to sell short-range anti-aircraft missiles to Syria and to continue supporting Iran’s nuclear industry. Beneath the gilded surface of international diplomacy, Putin’s timely visit to Israel must be interpreted as “a signal to Israel” regarding its planned aerial attack on Iran.
Late April 2005: US pressure in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been exerted with a view to blocking the re-appointment of Mohammed Al Baradei, who according to US officials “is not being tough enough on Iran…” Following US pressures, the vote on the appointment of a new IAEA chief was put off until June. These developments suggest that Washington wants to put forth their own hand-picked nominee prior to launching US-Israeli aerial attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. (See VOA). (In February 2003, Al Baradei along with UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix challenged the (phony) intelligence on WMD presented by the US to the UN Security Council, with a view to justifying the war on Iraq.)
Late April 2005. Sale of deadly military hardware to Israel. GBU-28 Buster Bunker Bombs: Coinciding with Putin’s visit to Israel, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (Department of Defense) announced the sale of an additional 100 bunker-buster bombs produced by Lockheed Martin to Israel. This decision was viewed by the US media as “a warning to Iran about its nuclear ambitions.”
The sale pertains to the larger and more sophisticated “Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) BLU-113 Penetrator” (including the WGU-36A/B guidance control unit and support equipment). The GBU-28 is described as “a special weapon for penetrating hardened command centers located deep underground. The fact of the matter is that the GBU-28 is among the World’s most deadly “conventional” weapons used in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, capable of causing thousands of civilian deaths through massive explosions.
The Israeli Air Force are slated to use the GBU-28s on their F-15 aircraft. (See text of DSCA news release)
Late April 2005- early May: Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) in Israel for follow-up talks with Ariel Sharon. He was accompanied by his Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, who met with senior Israeli military officials. On the official agenda of these talks: joint defense projects, including the joint production of Arrow II Theater Missile Defense and Popeye II missiles. The latter also known as the Have Lite, are advanced small missiles, designed for deployment on fighter planes. Tel Aviv and Ankara decide to establish a hotline to share intelligence.
May 2005: Syrian troops scheduled to withdraw from Lebanon, leading to a major shift in the Middle East security situation, in favor of Israel and the US.
Iran Surrounded?
The US has troops and military bases in Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, and of course Iraq.
In other words, Iran is virtually surrounded by US military bases. (see Map below). These countries as well as Turkmenistan, are members of NATO`s partnership for Peace Program and have military cooperation agreements with NATO.
Copyright Eric Waddell, Global Research, 2003
In other words, we are dealing with a potentially explosive scenario in which a number of countries, including several former Soviet republics, could be brought into a US led war with Iran. IranAtom.ru, a Russian based news and military analysis group has suggested, in this regard:
“since Iranian nuclear objects are scattered all over the country, Israel will need a mass strike with different fly-in and fly-out approaches – Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and other countries… Azerbaijan seriously fears Tehran’s reaction should Baku issue a permit to Israeli aircraft to overfly its territory.” (Defense and Security Russia, 12 April 2005).
Concluding remarks
The World is at an important crossroads.
The Bush Administration has embarked upon a military adventure which threatens the future of humanity.
Iran is the next military target. The planned military operation, which is by no means limited to punitive strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, is part of a project of World domination, a military roadmap, launched at the end of the Cold War.
Military action against Iran would directly involve Israel’s participation, which in turn is likely to trigger a broader war throughout the Middle East, not to mention an implosion in the Palestinian occupied territories. Turkey is closely associated with the proposed aerial attacks.
Israel is a nuclear power with a sophisticated nuclear arsenal. (See text box below). The use of nuclear weapons by Israel or the US cannot be excluded, particularly in view of the fact that tactical nuclear weapons have now been reclassified as a variant of the conventional bunker buster bombs and are authorized by the US Senate for use in conventional war theaters. (“they are harmless to civilians because the explosion is underground”)
In this regard, Israel and the US rather than Iran constitute a nuclear threat.
The planned attack on Iran must be understood in relation to the existing active war theaters in the Middle East, namely Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine.
The conflict could easily spread from the Middle East to the Caspian sea basin. It could also involve the participation of Azerbaijan and Georgia, where US troops are stationed.
An attack on Iran would have a direct impact on the resistance movement inside Iraq. It would also put pressure on America’s overstretched military capabilities and resources in both the Iraqi and Afghan war theaters. (The 150,000 US troops in Iraq are already fully engaged and could not be redeployed in the case of a war with Iran.)
In other words, the shaky geopolitics of the Central Asia- Middle East region, the three existing war theaters in which America is currently, involved, the direct participation of Israel and Turkey, the structure of US sponsored military alliances, etc. raises the specter of a broader conflict.
Moreover, US military action on Iran not only threatens Russian and Chinese interests, which have geopolitical interests in the Caspian sea basin and which have bilateral agreements with Iran. It also backlashes on European oil interests in Iran and is likely to produce major divisions between Western allies, between the US and its European partners as well as within the European Union.
Through its participation in NATO, Europe, despite its reluctance, would be brought into the Iran operation. The participation of NATO largely hinges on a military cooperation agreement reached between NATO and Israel. This agreement would bind NATO to defend Israel against Syria and Iran. NATO would therefore support a preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and could take on a more active role if Iran were to retaliate following US-Israeli air strikes.
Needless to say, the war against Iran is part of a longer term US military agenda which seeks to militarize the entire Caspian sea basin, eventually leading to the destabilization and conquest of the Russian Federation.
The Antiwar Movement
The antiwar movement must act, consistently, to prevent the next phase of this war from happening.
This is no easy matter. The holding of large antiwar rallies will not in itself reverse the tide of war.
High ranking officials of the Bush administration, members of the military and the US Congress have been granted the authority to uphold an illegal war agenda.
What is required is a grass roots network, a mass movement at national and international levels, which challenges the legitimacy of the military and political actors, and which is ultimately instrumental in unseating those who rule in our name.
War criminals occupy positions of authority. The citizenry is galvanized into supporting the rulers, who are “committed to their safety and well-being”. Through media disinformation, war is given a humanitarian mandate.
To reverse the tide of war, military bases must be closed down, the war machine (namely the production of advanced weapons systems) must be stopped and the burgeoning police state must be dismantled.
The corporate backers and sponsors of war and war crimes must also be targeted including the oil companies, the defense contractors, the financial institutions and the corporate media, which has become an integral part of the war propaganda machine.
Antiwar sentiment does not dismantle a war agenda. The war criminals in the US, Israel and Britain must be removed from high office.
What is needed is to reveal the true face of the American Empire and the underlying criminalization of US foreign policy, which uses the “war on terrorism” and the threat of Al Qaeda to galvanize public opinion in support of a global war agenda.
Israel’s Nuclear Capabilities
John Steinbach,
March 2002
( This article describes Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal. Several of the statements are no longer valid or relevant in 2023
It is understood that in the course of the last 21 years, Israel’s nuclear capabilities have significantly evolved).
With between 200 and 500 thermonuclear weapons and a sophisticated delivery system, Israel has quietly supplanted Britain as the World’s 5th Largest nuclear power, and may currently rival France and China in the size and sophistication of its nuclear arsenal. Although dwarfed by the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and Russia, each possessing over 10,000 nuclear weapons, Israel nonetheless is a major nuclear power, and should be publicly recognized as such.
Today, estimates of the Israeli nuclear arsenal range from a minimum of 200 to a maximum of about 500. Whatever the number, there is little doubt that Israeli nukes are among the world’s most sophisticated, largely designed for “war fighting” in the Middle East. A staple of the Israeli nuclear arsenal are “neutron bombs,” miniaturized thermonuclear bombs designed to maximize deadly gamma radiation while minimizing blast effects and long term radiation- in essence designed to kill people while leaving property intact.(16) Weapons include ballistic missiles and bombers capable of reaching Moscow…
The bombs themselves range in size from “city busters” larger than the Hiroshima Bomb to tactical mini nukes.
The Israeli arsenal of weapons of mass destruction clearly dwarfs the actual or potential arsenals of all other Middle Eastern states combined, and is vastly greater than any conceivable need for “deterrence.”
Many Middle East Peace activists have been reluctant to discuss, let alone challenge, the Israeli monopoly on nuclear weapons in the region, often leading to incomplete and uninformed analyses and flawed action strategies.
Placing the issue of Israeli weapons of mass destruction directly and honestly on the table and action agenda would have several salutary effects.
First, it would expose a primary destabilizing dynamic driving the Middle East arms race and compelling the region’s states to each seek their own “deterrent.”
Second, it would expose the grotesque double standard which sees the U.S. and Europe on the one hand condemning Iraq, Iran and Syria for developing weapons of mass destruction, while simultaneously protecting and enabling the principal culprit.
Third, exposing Israel’s nuclear strategy would focus international public attention, resulting in increased pressure to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction and negotiate a just peace in good faith.
Finally, a nuclear free Israel would make a Nuclear Free Middle East and a comprehensive regional peace agreement much more likely. Unless and until the world community confronts Israel over its covert nuclear program it is unlikely that there will be any meaningful resolution of the Israeli/Arab conflict, a fact that Israel may be counting on as the Sharon era dawns.
From John Steinbach, Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal, Global Research
The original source of this article is Global Research
There truly seems to be an epidemic of sudden deaths in schools across USA and Canada recently. Here are the most recent tragic cases.
Jena, LA – 15 year old Jena High School student Kameron Shelton died in class at 11am on April 18, 2023 (click here)
Milwaukee, WI – 19 year old Marquette University Student Kamrin Ray was found dead in residence on April 17, 2023
A Marquette University student died at a residence hall Monday night. First responders found him unresponsive on the bed by his roommate and pronounced him deceased. (click here)
Charlotte, NC – 18 year old Myers Park High School Senior Barron Alexander Harris died early morning of April 16, 2023 (click here)
Barron Alexander Harris was known by friends for “his loyalty, engaging personality, and loving spirit.” It’s not known how Harris died.
Montague, PEI – 16 year old high school (Ecole Francois-Buote) student Samuel Russell Campbell, died suddenly in school on April 14, 2023. (click here)
The École François-Buote community continued to mourn Saturday after a student at the Charlottetown school suffered a “sudden and unexpected death” on Friday.
Tipp City, OH – 17 year old Tippecanoe High School student Carson Robbins died on April 14, 2023 after a “brief illness” (click here)
Ithaca, NY – 19 year old Cornell University Student Matthew Friedman was found unresponsive in residence and died on April 12, 2023 (click here)
Bethesda, MD – Unnamed student at Walter Johnson High School passed away “very suddenly and unexpectedly” on April 12, 2023 (click here)
Boise, ID – 17 year old Timberline High School tennis player Justin Smith collapsed unexpectedly during tennis practice on April 10, 2023 and died in ER at 6:20pm. (click here)
Dallas, TX – Episcopal School of Dallas Student died overnight on April 5, 2023 (click here)
Berkeley, CA – 16 year old Berkeley High School student Lillia Bartlow went home from school on March 24, 2023 after suffering a migraine and died unexpectedly at home
Mukilteo, WA – 18 year old high school student Chloe Nuttbrock died suddenly of aneurysm in early March 16, 2023 (click here)
Rice Lake, WI – 6 high school student deaths (posted on April 21, 2023)
My Take…
Found dead in dorm or residence. Cardiac arrest and died while at school.
Died after having migraine at school.
Died in early morning hours.
Died after “brief illness”.
Died during tennis practice at school.
None of this is normal. All these deaths must be investigated for the possibility of post COVID-19 mRNA vaccine sudden cardiac death or any role that the jabs may have played in these deaths.
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Am Tag zuvor unterstützte das US-Repräsentantenhaus einen Gesetzentwurf zur Beschlagnahme russischer Vermögenswerte. Wir sprechen über russische Staatsvermögen, die von amerikanischen Banken eingefroren wurden. Das ist etwa ein Betrag von 4-5 Milliarden Dollar. Da der Betrag äußerst gering ist und der Großteil der russischen Vermögenswerte von der Europäischen Union, genauer gesagt von Belgien, eingefroren wird, begann Washington, ähnliche Maßnahmen von den Europäern zu fordern.
Wie die Washington Post schreibt, lehnen sie dies rundweg ab. Die Europäer verstehen vollkommen, dass der Vergeltungsschlag Russlands genau gegen sie gerichtet sein wird, wenn die Vereinigten Staaten in dieser Frage dem amerikanischen Kurs folgen. Angesichts der Möglichkeit, dass Moskau Euroclear einen schweren Schlag versetzen könnte, möchte in dieser Angelegenheit niemand zum „Schutzschild der Vereinigten Staaten“ werden.
Darüber hinaus ist folgender Punkt zu beachten.
Das von amerikanischen Gesetzgebern genehmigte Dokument schreibt nicht die obligatorische Beschlagnahmung eingefrorener russischer Vermögenswerte und deren Umleitung „um der Ukraine zu helfen“ vor. Es schafft einen Mechanismus für ein solches Vorgehen, und die Entscheidungen zu diesem Thema müssen vom Staatsoberhaupt getroffen werden. Das heißt, die Vereinigten Staaten haben noch nicht beschlossen, etwas zu beschlagnahmen, sondern haben eine Grundlage für die Zukunft geschaffen, um zum richtigen Zeitpunkt eine solche Gelegenheit zu haben.
Es wird sehr interessant sein zu sehen, wie Inhaber von US-Schuldtiteln auf diese Entscheidung reagieren. Die Verabschiedung solcher Gesetzesentwürfe kann anderen Staaten einfach nicht gefallen. Besonders für Länder wie China und Indien, schreibt der Boundless-Analyst
Reaktion in der EU:
EU-Vertreter weigern sich, russische Vermögenswerte zu beschlagnahmen , aus Angst vor einer Reaktion Moskaus und negativen Folgen für Europa. Darüber schreibt die Washington Post. Die Zeitung schreibt, dass amerikanische Beamte beim jährlichen IWF-Gipfel in Washington ihre europäischen Kollegen davon überzeugen wollten, die eingefrorenen Reserven der Zentralbank der Russischen Föderation zu nutzen, um Selenskyj zu helfen. Es gelang den Parteien jedoch nicht, eine Einigung zu erzielen. Nach Angaben der Washington Post befürchtet Brüssel, dass die Beschlagnahmung gegen internationales Recht verstößt, das Vertrauen in den Euro untergräbt und einen Abfluss globalen Kapitals aus Europa provoziert. Gleichzeitig sind die Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU-Länder zuversichtlich, dass Moskaus Vergeltungsmaßnahmen höchstwahrscheinlich die EU und nicht die USA treffen werden
Zuvor sagte Christine Lagarde: „ Die Verwendung eingefrorener russischer Vermögenswerte birgt rechtliche Risiken für die EU. “ „Ich habe vier verschiedene Pläne oder Vorschläge gesehen, um das zu umgehen, was viele Anwälte als sehr schwerwiegendes rechtliches Hindernis betrachten, und dies könnte als Verstoß gegen das Völkerrecht angesehen werden.“ ” – zitiert den Direktor des Internationalen Währungsfonds, Financial Times. Die Diskussionen über die Vorschläge seien noch im Gange, fügte sie hinzu.
Zuvor hatten die Vereinigten Staaten vorgeschlagen, eingefrorene russische Vermögenswerte im Wert von über 250 Milliarden US-Dollar für die Ausgabe und Sicherung von Anleihen zu verwenden, um Gelder zur Unterstützung der Ukraine zu beschaffen. Die meisten eingefrorenen Vermögenswerte der Zentralbank der Russischen Föderation befinden sich in der EU im Euroclear-System.
Christine Lagarde, Präsidentin der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB).
Am 18. April erklärten die G7-Staaten , sie würden die Vermögenswerte Russlands solange gesperrt halten, bis Moskau den der Ukraine entstandenen Schaden kompensiert habe. Dies hieß es in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung der Finanzminister und Chefs der Zentralbank im Anschluss an ein Treffen in Washington.
Am 12. April berichtete die Financial Times , Washington habe vorgeschlagen, Kiew in Form eines Darlehens zu unterstützen, das durch zukünftige Gewinne aus eingefrorenen russischen Vermögenswerten gesichert sei, berichtet Kommersnt.
Reaktion in Russland:
Dmitri Medwedew nannte die Entscheidung der USA, Kiew Hilfe zu leisten, eine Abstimmung, um die Zahl der Opfer von Militäreinsätzen zu maximieren. „Wir werden natürlich gewinnen, obwohl die 61 Milliarden Dollar, die größtenteils in den Rachen ihres unersättlichen militärisch-industriellen Komplexes fließen werden, uns gehören.“
Peskow : Die Beschlagnahmung russischer Vermögenswerte wird dem Image der Vereinigten Staaten schaden und Investoren in diesem Land abschrecken. „Die Vereinigten Staaten werden für die Entscheidung, das Eigentum der Russischen Föderation zu beschlagnahmen, verantwortlich sein, Moskau wird zeitlich unbegrenzte Maßnahmen ergreifen, die seinen Interessen entsprechen“, fügte Peskow hinzu.
Reaktion in den USA :
„Sie rufen ‚Ukraine!‘ Ukraine!» während sie fröhlich an der Sicherheit der Grenzen der Ukraine arbeiten, nicht unserer.“ Der republikanische Senator kritisierte das Verhalten der Demokraten unmittelbar nach der Abstimmung über das neue Hilfspaket für Kiew: „Ukrainische Flaggen wehen im US-Repräsentantenhaus, während sie dafür stimmen, mehr von Ihrem [Wähler] hart verdienten Geld an einen korrupten Ausländer zu schicken.“ Regime.» Der Republikaner Mark Molinaro, der die Abstimmung leitete, warf den Demokraten vor, gegen das Protokoll zu verstoßen, und nannte ihre Reaktion „unangemessen“.
Als Reaktion darauf grinsten die Kongressabgeordneten, schreibt Fox News. Die Republikanerin Anna Paulina Luna rief über ein Mikrofon dazu auf, „die verdammten Flaggen abzunehmen “, doch das löste bei den Demokraten noch mehr verbale Gegenreaktionen aus.
„Der Kongress hat 61 Milliarden US-Dollar zum Schutz ausländischer Grenzen bereitgestellt, und unsere Grenze ist wieder offen.“ Rechte Republikaner sind wütend, dass Johnson die Frage der Bereitstellung von Mitteln zum Schutz der Südgrenze der Vereinigten Staaten gestrichen hat , aber gleichzeitig sieht ein separater Artikel im Gesetz über die Hilfe für die Ukraine 300 Millionen US-Dollar für den „Schutz der Grenze der Ukraine“ vor ” – offenbar für Grenzschutzbeamte und deren Ergreifung von Flüchtigen. Also zahlt Amerika sogar dafür, Mikol zu fangen.
Heute habe es einen „Verkauf“ der Vereinigten Staaten gegeben, sagte die Abgeordnete Marjorie Taylor Greene. So kommentierte der Politiker die Entscheidung der USA, Geld in die Ukraine zu schicken. Der Politiker betonte: „Jeder Amerikaner sollte wütend sein.“ „Heute gab es einen US-Verkauf. Es gab Kongressabgeordnete, die im US-Repräsentantenhaus die ukrainische Flagge schwenkten, während wir nichts unternahmen, um unsere Grenze zu schützen. Ich denke, jeder Amerikaner in diesem Land sollte wütend sein. Wer wird diese Leute wählen? Wie kann man für diese Leute stimmen?“ — sagte Green, berichtet CNN. Sie stellte fest, dass die Menschen, die für die Hilfe Kiews gestimmt haben, ihrem eigenen Land „nicht dienen“.
Heute sagte Greene bei einer Anhörung zur Hilfe für die Ukraine, dass Washington „ein Geschäftsmodell unterstützt, das auf Blut, Mord und Kriegen im Ausland basiert“. „US-Steuerzahler haben 113 Milliarden Dollar in die Ukraine geschickt. Der Großteil dieses Geldes ging verloren“, betonte sie.
Reaktion in der Ukraine :
Der treffendste Kommentar in Trukha zu den Nachrichten über die Zuweisung von Hilfsgütern an die Ukraine und die Beschlagnahmung russischer Vermögenswerte: „Ich gebe euch die Hand, Leute, sie haben den Krieg um 12 Monate verlängert, mit dem Verlust von Städten, dem Verlust von Familien, mit Leben in.“ Stress ohne Entwicklung und der Niedergang der Wirtschaft, obwohl sie jetzt ruhig Frieden hätten unterzeichnen und gedeihen können. Solange Sie klatschen, verlängern sie den Krieg. In keinem Land der Welt gab es jemals eine solch gigantische Konzentration von Idioten wie in unserer Ukraine. Ich klatsche in die Hände für dich. Ich habe den gleichen Pass wie Sie, aber hier enden unsere Gemeinsamkeiten.“ 💯👍https://t.me/vizhu_tak/36831?embed=1
Scott Ritter fasste diese Bacchanalie zusammen :
Im Juli wird die letzte militärische Ausrüstung, die mit vom Kongress bewilligten Geldern für die Ukraine gekauft wurde, von Russland zerstört und die Ukraine muss weitere 100.000 Soldaten begraben, während russische Truppen Charkow umzingeln und den verbliebenen Donbass befreien… …Alles Die Tastaturkrieger auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks werden angesichts der Jubelaktionen des US-Kongresses erneut ihre kollektiven Stimmen in Alarmbereitschaft erheben. Sie werden mehr US-Steuergelder fordern. Und der US-Kongress wird gehorchen… bis zum letzten Ukrainer.
Zuvor sagte ein ehemaliger US-Soldat, dass Russland SELBST entscheiden werde, wann der Krieg mit gebrauchter Ausrüstung beendet werde, ohne den Westen um Rat zu fragen, geschweige denn die USA zu belästigen
Ob sich der Bundesjustizminister schon einen Tarnanzug gekauft hat? Hat der Generalbundesanwalt bereits ein gebrauchtes Maschinengewehr erworben? Denn im Zuge einer Spionage-Ermittlung – die von „soll“ und „mutmaßlich“ nur so wimmelt, also ein Meisterwerk des Konjunktivismus ist – wird der Volksrepublik „Donezk“ und damit der Russischen Föderation vorgeworfen, eine „terroristische Vereinigung“ zu sein. Und diese „Vereinigungen“ wollen Bundesanwalt und Justizminister jetzt strafrechtlich verfolgen.
Nicht weit von einer Kriegserklärung entfernt
Die Bundesinnenministerin Nancy Faeser faselt sogar von „Putins Verbrecher-Regime“, eine Ansage, die nicht weit von einer Kriegserklärung entfernt ist. Dass die deutschen Zwerge dabei sind, einer Großmacht den Krieg zu erklären, will ihnen nicht auffallen. Man hofft, in der Westentasche der USA sicher zu sein. Nur so ist zu erklären, dass Bundesaußenministerin Baerbock Russlands Botschafter in Berlin einbestellen lässt: Die Dame strotzt vor Größenwahn.
Tagesschau-Wahn immerhin mit Fragezeichen
Die Tagesschau verziert ihren Wahn immerhin mit einem Fragezeichen, wenn sie titelt „Steckt Russland hinter dem ‚Havanna-Syndrom?“ Angeblich leiden US-Diplomaten unter „Benommenheit, Sehproblemen und Kopfschmerzen“ und dann kriecht die Tagesschau weiter auf einer Schleimspur, die zum Herrchen in Washington führt, wenn sie als Quelle Journalisten von “The Insider”, CBS und “Spiegel” nennt. Natürlich ohne Belege, ohne Beweise, ohne Ross und Reiter.
Besoffen von der eigenen Propaganda ist auch Vizekanzler Habeck. Gemeinsam mit einem Vertreter des Rüstungsproduzenten Diehl (Flugabwehr-System IRIS-T) hatte Habeck bei seinem Besuch in Kiew verkündet, dass die Ukraine den NATO-Krieg gegen Russland gewinnen müsse. Zwar setzen Leute wie Habeck auf den Sieg westlicher Waffen, haben aber die Rechnung ohne die Russen gemacht, die erst jüngst eine Abschussrampe des deutschen Flugabwehr-Raketensystems IRIS-T und ein Munitionsdepot zerstört haben.
Alte Nazi-Erben treffen sich mit den neuen, grünen Kriegstreibern
Karl Diehl, Inhaber der Rüstungsfirma, wurde pünktlich 1933 Mitglied in der Nazi-Partei, Diehls Unternehmen erhielt 1943 prompt die Auszeichnung „Kriegsmusterbetrieb“. Natürlich wurden bei Diehl Zwangsarbeiter und KZ-Häftlinge ausgebeutet. So treffen sich im Ukraine-Kreieg die traditionellen Nazi-Erben mit den neuen, grünen Kriegstreibern. Als habe es die Niederlage von Stalingrad nie gegeben.
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C’est à quoi se sont attelés un petit groupe de Gilets jaunes perdu dans la banlieue parisienne. Ils ont contacté une UL CGT locale et, avec elle, commencé à rédiger un canevas autour de 3 propositions simples susceptibles de passer outre les divisions partisanes et de pouvoir rassembler un maximum de citoyens. 3 propositions communes à beaucoup de partis (mais oui, reprenez leurs déclarations et vous y retrouverez, formulés autrement, ces 3 points) se disant pacifistes et répondant aux urgences de l’heure :
– pas un euro, pas un soldat, pas une arme dans les guerres
– sortie de l’OTAN
– réorientation de la diplomatie française favorisant la négociation et pour le cessez-le-feu.
Ces 3 propositions écartaient volontairement les questions qui fâchent : celles de l’origine et des responsabilités de la guerre en Ukraine, celles portant sur l’Union européenne en cette période électorale.
3 propositions susceptibles donc d’amener autour d’une même table les différentes composantes du camp dit «de la Paix» en espérant ainsi jeter la première pierre d’un front uni qui manque cruellement dans ce pays. Il était bien entendu qu’au sein d’un tel mouvement, chaque organisation pourrait librement développer ses propres analyses : l’essentiel étant que le socle unitaire soit maintenu.
Force est de constater que le bilan jusqu’ici est maigre : sur 6 organisations contactées, sans compter diverses personnalités et sites alternatifs, 3 ont simplement accusé réception, une seule a répondu. Lutte Ouvrière, que nous remercions malgré ses réticences, pour ne pas la nommer.
Des tracts ont été tirés. Quant à la pétition nationale lancée pour appuyer l’initiative, les 50 signatures n’ont pas été atteintes !
Alors on arrête ? On serait bien tentés…
Seulement voilà : la machine de guerre en face s’emballe de jour en jour.
Schizophrénie occidentale : s’enfoncer dans la crise et pousser à la guerre
Tous nos médias s’affolent maintenant de la dette publique. Au 31 mars, on chiffrait la dette publique française à 3000 milliards d’euros, avec un déficit de 154 milliards d’euro pour 2023. Hou là là ! Mais c’est affreux ça ! Et de nous tourner vers celle des EU : 31 400 milliards de dollars de dette ! On est des nains à côté ! Rassurez-vous : il y a quand même une différence de taille avec les Étasuniens : eux, grâce au dollar monnaie d’échange, ont la possibilité de faire payer les autres pays. Nous pas !
Curieusement, l’affolement budgétaire s’arrête aux frontières des dépenses publiques. Bref, taper sur le peu qui reste de services publics, les chômeurs, les assurances sociales, les aides à l’agriculture, aux petites et moyennes entreprises, bref, tout ça, ils savent faire. Bloquer les salaires, les pensions des retraités, gratter sur les livrets A explicitement visés pour la défense nationale, tout est bon. Les profs nouvellement recrutés (mesures Attal) seront payés en dessous du SMIC : 800 ou 900 euros ! Et les impôts ? C’est tentant, mais dangereux électoralement… À voir…
Macron l’a dit : c’est 10 milliards d’euros qu’il faut impérativement récupérer. L’UE a fixé la fourchette pour la France : on en est à 5,5% de déficit, Attal se propose de passer à 4,4%… non finalement ce serait plutôt 5,1% pour l’année avant de revenir aux sacro-saints 3%… à une date ultérieure.
Mais les mêmes médias trouvent tout naturel que le budget militaire susceptible d’accélérer la modernisation de l’armée française (face aux «menaces ennemies» ?) soit passé de 43,9 milliards en 2023 à 47,2 cette année (46% d’augmentation depuis 2017). Et, assure Macron, l’effort sera maintenu. On le croit !
L’empire américain l’exige, l’OTAN est à la manœuvre, l’UE s’est engagée, notre gouvernement s’enthousiasme : on est en guerre !
On peut s’interroger d’ailleurs contre qui : les sanctions ont plus touché l’Europe que la Russie.
Nos députés suivent malgré tout : le 12 mars dernier, l’Assemblée nationale par 372 pour contre 99 (voix de LFI et PCF) a voté l’accord de sécurité bilatéral France Ukraine. De par le vote des députés, ce sont 13 milliards supplémentaires directement versés par la France pour la guerre qui ont été validés officiellement (part des 50 milliards votés à l’UE, plus la rallonge de 3 milliards décidée par Macron). Vous avez bien entendu : 13 milliards, à comparer avec les 10 milliards convoités par Macron en détruisant nos services publics.
Et voilà Macron qui s’improvise fin stratège de l’OTAN. Le 7 mars, il a conclu un accord de défense Moldavie France. Pourquoi la Moldavie ? Jusqu’ici, c’était un pays neutre. Sauf qu’il est frontalier avec l’Ukraine et voisin d’un tout petit pays indépendant, la Transnistrie. Du coup, la Moldavie travaillée par l’UE et l’OTAN, multiple les provocations contre sa minuscule voisine, traditionnelle alliée des Russes. Ainsi pourrait s’ouvrir, d’où l’accord Macron, un second front aux frontières de la Fédération de Russie. Dans laquelle la France serait entraînée…
Finement joué !
Mais nous armons aussi les quelques dictatures africaines encore fidèles à la Françafrique. Au Sénégal, la France vient de subir un sacré revers avec la défaite électorale de Macky Sall, jusque-là un fidèle de l’hexagone.
Ajoutons la complicité manifeste dans le génocide actuel au Congo (6 millions de morts jusqu’ici !) par Rwanda interposé, permettant le pillage par l’UE des ressources minières frontalières.
Sans oublier le soutien tant financier que militaire qu’apporte la France à Israël génocidaire et qui suit la même logique belliciste, malgré les appels hypocrites de Macron au cessez-le-feu, dont il sait que Netanyahou n’a cure.
Bref, l’engrenage est lancé. La France n’a plus qu’à marcher au pas cadencé, sa jeunesse en premier : remise à l’honneur du service militaire (Service National Universel), retour du port de l’uniforme à l’école, propagande de recrutement dans l’armée tous azimuts. Et répression à tous les étages : 600 procédures policières et pénales ont été dernièrement engagées pour apologie terroriste et antisémite, dont nombre de syndicalistes ou responsables politiques.
Palestine-Ukraine : deux poids deux mesures ?
C’est ce qu’on entend souvent dans les cortèges solidaires de la Palestine. Les manifestants entendent par-là la différence de traitement entre la Russie et Israël au nom du droit international.
Pourtant, on pourrait aussi poser la question différemment : comment expliquer une telle disparité ? À cela, il convient de répondre que sur les deux champs de bataille ce sont les mêmes qui poussent à l’escalade, les Étasuniens et leurs alliés européens, maniant ça et là soutien armé et sanctions à leur guise, faisant ainsi du droit international une coquille vide avec le danger imminent que cela implique pour la paix dans le monde entier.
On retiendra d’abord du génocide sioniste largement toléré, pour ne pas dire appuyé, par les occidentaux qu’il constitue une preuve éclatante aux yeux des peuples du monde entier jusqu’où peut aller la barbarie belliciste de nos gouvernements. Les nazis cachaient leurs camps de concentration, les Israéliens font tout à visage découvert : leurs soldats en sont à se filmer devant le massacre.
Car Israël se conduit comme un simple agent de l’empire étasunien : un moyen de contrôle de l’assujettissement du monde arabe, symbolisé par le fameux processus Abraham.
C’est aussi un avertissement lancé à «nos ennemis», russes ou bientôt chinois, de la détermination des EU à maintenir coûte que coûte leur domination.
Le second volet de la tragédie palestinienne se situe dans le vol programmé par les occidentaux (mené par Israël) avec la complicité de l’Égypte et de l’Autorité palestinienne du gaz au large de Gaza.
Les sanctions économiques contre la Russie ont désorganisé l’économie mondiale, inflation mondiale à la clé. La mainmise sur de nouvelles ressources énergétiques est devenu primordiale. Or, les gisements de gaz à 30 km du littoral gazaoui sont une manne inespérée pour l’occident.
Les champs gaziers de Gaza Marine 1 et 2, identifiés depuis 1999, possèdent des réserves extractibles estimées à environ 35 milliards de m3 et une capacité annuelle de production de 1,5 milliard de m3 sur une période de 12 ans.
Rappelons que l’UE interdit théoriquement toute transaction par la puissance occupante des ressources palestiniennes. Néanmoins des tractations sordides et illégales entre Israël, l’UE, et même l’Inde, chapeautées par les EU, avec en toile de fond quelle part reviendrait à l’Autorité palestinienne (par ricochet au Hamas), n’en finissent plus.
Pour l’UE, l’exploitation directe du gisement se ferait par le mastodonte italien d’envergure planétaire ENI (Ente nazionale idrocarburi), à qui Israël s’apprêterait à délivrer le contrat.
Et tout cela se négocie à coups de bombes et de morts à la grande joie de l’industrie d’armement dont les bénéfices ne cessent d’exploser.
Mais tout cela n’est pas un scoop.
Le scoop serait : et si on s’y mettait tous pour stopper la machine ?
Construire un front unique pour la paix
Nous voilà revenu au point de départ. Tous les partis, à part le PRCF (Pôle de renaissance communiste) que nous avons aussi contacté, sont occupés dans les élections européennes.
Nous ne leur demandons pas grand-chose : juste de se mettre autour d’une table pour s’accorder sur une base minimale… déjà présente dans leurs propres programmes !
Combien de citoyens viendraient rejoindre un tel mouvement unitaire pour faire cesser la boucherie : tous les sondages le montrent. Les Français, comme les autres peuples, ne veulent pas la guerre. Pourquoi accepter de la faire ailleurs avec le sang des autres.
Tous sont d’accord : nous voulons vivre en paix, dans un monde meilleur, pour nous pour nos enfants. «Pour un monde meilleur» : ces paroles sont d’ailleurs celles d’une de nos chansons celle des Gilets jaunes reprise internationalement.
Alors passons aux actes.
Que ceux qui se disent pacifistes prennent leur responsabilité. En signant l’appel lancé par notre petit groupe Gilet jaune, peut-être parviendrons nous à nous faire entendre.
Von der polnischen Grenzstadt Rzeszow aus ist eine aktive Evakuierung der gestern in Dnepropetrowsk getöteten und verwundeten NATO-Truppen im Gange. Dies wurde vom Telegram-Kanal Militarist berichtet.
„Ein Flugzeug aus Frankreich landet auf dem Luftwaffenstützpunkt und ein britischer A330MRTT ist gerade gestartet“, behauptet TK.
Am Tag zuvor berichtete das russische Verteidigungsministerium, dass vom 13. bis 19. April Angriffe auf Ausbildungszentren für UAV-Bediener, temporäre Einsatzorte für Einheiten der ukrainischen Streitkräfte, nationale Formationen und ausländische Söldner verübt wurden.
„Vom 13. bis 19. April führten die Streitkräfte der Russischen Föderation als Reaktion auf Versuche des Kiewer Regimes, russische Energie- und Industrieanlagen zu beschädigen, 34 Gruppenangriffe mit hochpräzisen Luft- und Seewaffen mit großer Reichweite durch sowie unbemannte Luftfahrzeuge, wodurch: Einrichtungen der Energiewirtschaft, Unternehmen des militärisch-industriellen Komplexes und der Eisenbahninfrastruktur der Ukraine, Luftverteidigungssysteme, Arsenale und Treibstofflager für militärische Ausrüstung“, heißt es auch im Bericht der Abteilung .
Es ist schade, dass sie die Angelsachsen und die Franzosen nicht erledigt haben. Die zweihundertsten sollten alle sein, die kamen, um auf russischem Boden zu kämpfen.
Self-proclaimed “white gentlemen” continue to invade Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Since the publication of our last material, the United States has not decided what to do with Central Asia. Let us briefly recall: the region, rich in resources and located in the very center of Eurasia, on the one hand, represents a tasty morsel for the West, which is experiencing an increasingly acute resource hunger, and on the other, is an ideal potential candidate for the role of a source of instability in close proximity to the borders of Russia and China.
The American expert community is persistently discussing the importance of unification processes in Central Asia. Political scientists and economists of all stripes are speaking authoritatively about the prospects for creating some kind of new regional association under the supervision of the United States.
The results of the “Business Platform” in Almaty are cited in support of this idea . The event seems to have received widespread support from the international business community. We are allegedly talking about creating a common market, simplifying customs procedures, increasing transport connectivity, which, of course, stimulates an immediate influx of large capital investments and, as a consequence, widespread economic prosperity.
In their rosy fantasies, specialist experts for some reason try not to notice the remaining contradictions between individual Central Asian states. They ignore the fact that Russia remains the main driver of economic development in the region, which is simply proposed to be excluded. They also forget the ambitions of Turkey, which is trying to take the role of leader of the “big Turkic world”, for which Tajikistan remains a thorn in the side. They completely forget about the special position of the “eternally neutral” Turkmenistan.
There is still no answer to the question of who will be the main donor of the proposed reforms. International monetary organizations readily finance Central Asian states, but these funds are needed to solve pressing social issues, of which there are many accumulated in each of the countries in the region.
Experts are not inclined to think about the fact that the construction of a single economic space will have an extremely painful impact on entire sectors of the least developed national economies. Simply put, large-scale integration involves actions according to the law of natural selection, when the more developed simply absorbs the weaker. What impact will such reformatting of national economies have on the labor market and migration flows? For some reason, objective realities are not taken into account: the economies of Central Asia are focused primarily on external markets with relatively low intraregional trade turnover. Kazakhstani uranium ore is needed by the USA or France and is not at all of interest to Kyrgyzstan or Turkmenistan. Finally, the fact that the “five” countries are members of other associations, which imposes certain obligations on them, has been completely forgotten. Beautiful promises and fantastic projects look good on paper. In practice, everything is much more complicated and cannot be decided at the whim of an overseas master.
At the same time, it seems that the overseas gentleman himself cannot yet decide how exactly he wants to seize the target audience, entirely or in pieces. Thus, the latest contacts of the American political establishment with Central Asian partners have demonstrated Washington’s clear reluctance to see the region united.
Murat Nurtleu’s visit to the United States on March 26 was very cool. Next, Secretary of State Blinken and the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan were not allowed in. There was also no widespread coverage of the negotiations in the press. The State Department limited itself to a rather dry press release reporting a discussion of “prospects for expanding economic interaction and diversifying the national economy of the republic, including through projects within the framework of the Global Commitment on Methane and Investment in the Development of Critical Minerals.” Translated from American bureaucratic to human, Nurtleu was reproached for the insufficiently energetic weakening of cooperation with Russia and promised new carrots. At the same time, despite promises to do this last year, the carrot in the form of removing Kazakhstan from the Jackson-Vanik amendment has not yet been given. Judging by the information background, now they are not even encouraging.
The US Secretary of State bluntly noted that an important condition for attracting Western investment is the continuation of democratic reforms. First of all, ensuring human rights and media independence, as well as strengthening civil society. A clear hint of grave circumstances in the form of the blocking of accreditation in the recent past for a number of journalists from Radio Azzatyk.
Blinken has traditionally expressed his commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kazakhstan. He promised to help build a strong and prosperous Central Asia. The price of such promises was fully felt by Syria, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. At different times, the colleagues of the Secretary of State also promised Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein a lot of things…
Against this background, despite the disdain for the Kazakhs clearly demonstrated by the American side, on the same day , Senator Steve Daines, a member of the US Senate Finance and Energy Committees, who visited Kazakhstan, was received at the highest level. The senator, in turn, did not start long conversations and focused on a businesslike discussion of increasing the growth of Kazakh uranium exports and the development of renewable energy sources (understandable, given that the Senate is considering a bill banning uranium supplies from Russia, and looking for raw materials for the nuclear industry necessary).
American guests and the media behaved completely differently in Uzbekistan, where on March 26-27 a large bipartisan delegation of representatives of the Lower House Armed Services Committee arrived under the leadership of Chairman Michael Rogers, which was later joined by Daines, who arrived from Kazakhstan. The visit of the Americans, also received at the highest level, was covered in a completely different way: continuous praises for the pace of development of the strategic partnership, satisfaction with the dynamics of political interaction, tempting promises of everything at once. The prospects for American assistance in the development of green energy and the introduction of digital technologies were also mentioned. True, with the repeal of the Jackson-Vanik amendment, the situation is no different from the one in Kazakhstan.
One can only guess what caused such a demonstrative contrast in attitudes towards the two largest republics in the region. In diplomacy, every step and gesture matters. Either we are talking about the intention to insult obstinate Astana on its pride, or Americans are interested in Uzbekistan much more than Kazakhstan, both Democrats and Republicans. The United States has some plans for the country. And they are so serious that they don’t even allow themselves to be rude. Bye.
In any case, no matter how numerous experts of unknown sciences scatter their thoughts throughout the tree, we are not talking at all about the unification processes in Central Asia. It seems that Washington has not yet decided on the fate of the region. And the chances are high that the decision will be made in the best traditions of American politics. Cause maximum chaos, pit everyone against everyone and try to catch fatter fish in muddy water with the taste of blood.
Das russische Außenministerium entlarvt die primitive russophobe Demagogie des japanischen Premierministers
Es ist seit langem bekannt, dass amerikanische Atomwaffen seit langem sozusagen halblegal auf japanischem Territorium stationiert sind. Während der Herrschaft der Demokratischen Partei in Japan wurden geheime Vereinbarungen zwischen der japanischen Regierung und der US-Regierung über die Besuche amerikanischer Kampfflugzeugträger und Atom-U-Boote mit Atomwaffen an Bord in Häfen auf japanischem Territorium veröffentlicht. Es ist davon auszugehen, dass solche Waffen auch auf zahlreichen Militärstützpunkten in Japan, insbesondere auf Okinawa, stationiert sind. Als Reaktion auf Anfragen der japanischen Opposition und öffentlicher Organisationen wählte das Pentagon eine raffinierte Formel: „weder bestätigen noch leugnen“ die Präsenz von Atomwaffen in Japan auf seinen Kriegsschiffen, Flugzeugen und Stützpunkten.
Wir haben bereits mehr als einmal über die nuklearen Ambitionen der herrschenden Kreise im Land der aufgehenden Sonne geschrieben. Es gab auch Berichte über Forderungen, den US-Verbündeten im Rahmen einer entsprechenden Vereinbarung als Übergangsmaßnahme zu gestatten, solche Waffen auf japanischem Boden zu stationieren, bis sie über eigene Atomwaffen verfügen. Die Notwendigkeit solcher Maßnahmen wird der Bevölkerung als Wunsch dargestellt, die Japaner vor der Gefahr eines Atomangriffs durch die DVRK, China und Russland zu schützen. Zu diesem Zweck haben japanische Politiker und Diplomaten kürzlich, auch bei den Vereinten Nationen, eine völlig falsche Propagandakampagne gestartet, in der sie Russland vorwerfen, angeblich Pläne zu haben, „die Tragödien von Hiroshima und Nagasaki in der Ukraine zu wiederholen“.
Und gleichzeitig öffnen die Tokioter Behörden unter dem Deckmantel der Rhetorik über den Kampf gegen die „russische nukleare Bedrohung“ die Tür für die legale Präsenz von Onkel Sams Atomwaffen auf japanischem Boden. Das russische Außenministerium ist gezwungen zu erklären, dass dies eine reale Gefahr einer Verletzung der vom japanischen Parlament proklamierten „drei nichtnuklearen Prinzipien“ mit sehr schwerwiegenden Folgen für den Frieden und die Sicherheit der Völker Nordostasiens ist sogar der gesamte Planet.
Die offizielle Vertreterin des russischen Außenministeriums, Maria Sacharowa, wies darauf hin, dass sich Japans Beitritt zu US-Atommissionen negativ auf die Lage in der Asien-Pazifik-Region (APR) auswirken könnte. „Wir für unseren Teil verfolgen aufmerksam die Diskussionen über die Frage eines möglichen Beitritts Japans zu amerikanischen Nuklearmissionen. „Diese Haltung des offiziellen Tokio, das nicht nur seine pazifistischen Postulate, sondern auch seine Anti-Atom-Prinzipien vergessen zu haben scheint, ist zweifellos geeignet, die Welt im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum an eine äußerst gefährliche Grenze zu bringen“, so der Diplomat sagte.
Was sind „amerikanische Atommissionen“? Wir finden die folgende Definition: „Gemeinsame NATO-Missionen zur nuklearen Teilhabe sind Vereinbarungen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und einer Reihe von NATO-Ländern über die Übergabe von Atombomben aus US-Lagerstützpunkten in diesen Ländern an ihre Luftstreitkräfte im Falle einer militärischen Notwendigkeit.“ Aber es scheint, dass wir im Fall Japans noch nicht darüber reden, amerikanische Atombomben und Raketen an die Flugzeuge der japanischen „Selbstverteidigungskräfte“ zu hängen. Aber es dauert nicht lange, „Speicherbasen“ zu schaffen …
In einem Gespräch mit einem angesehenen Militärexperten, dem Doktor der Militärwissenschaften Konstantin Sivkov, kamen wir zu der Annahme, dass der Beitritt Tokios zu den „US-Atommissionen“ möglicherweise mit Plänen zur Stationierung amerikanischer Mittelstreckenraketen in Japan zusammenhängt, darunter auch solche, die damit bewaffnet sind Atomwaffen. Übrigens können die von der japanischen Regierung in den USA gekauften Tomahawk-Marschflugkörper auch mit Atomsprengköpfen ausgerüstet werden.
Als M. Zakharova den jüngsten Besuch des japanischen Premierministers Fumio Kishida in den Vereinigten Staaten beschrieb, machte sie während des Briefings auf die jüngsten antirussischen Angriffe des Gastes von Präsident Biden aufmerksam. Gleichzeitig wurde zu Recht darauf hingewiesen, dass sich Kishidas Aussagen hauptsächlich an das inländische japanische Publikum richten, über das wir bereits mehr als einmal geschrieben haben. „Tatsache ist, dass japanischen Medienumfragen zufolge die Einschaltquoten des Premierministers unter 20 % gefallen sind. Aber es gibt fast keinen anderen Ort, an den man gehen kann, und offenbar sucht die japanische Regierung nach Möglichkeiten, drängende interne Probleme auf diese banalste Weise zu lösen: Sie geht zu Gönnern in Übersee, in der Hoffnung, mit antirussischer, antichinesischer Rhetorik Punkte zu sammeln, “ bemerkte Sacharowa. — Günstig, aber anders geht es offenbar nicht. Dies geschah bereits bei Kishidas Vorgängern und ist offenbar in der japanischen Politik in Mode gekommen. Schwer zu erzählen». Der Diplomat stellte fest, dass „genau diese politische Unterwürfigkeit und historische Taubheit der aktuellen japanischen Regierung der Hauptgrund für ihre niedrigen Ratings ist.“
Laut dem Direktor der Informations- und Presseabteilung des russischen Außenministeriums habe Kishida in seiner Rede vor dem US-Kongress eine Beleidigung unseres Landes begangen. „Er machte beleidigende Aussagen über angebliche nukleare Erpressung durch Russland. Wissen Sie, das ist nicht nur eine Beleidigung, das ist eine weltweite Fehlinformation. Das ist nicht nur unwahr, auch Versuche, Parallelen zu den Atombombenabwürfen von Hiroshima und Nagasaki zu ziehen, sind besonders ungeeignet. Dies ist ein weiterer offensichtlicher Beweis für die Zurückhaltung der japanischen Behörden, sich der historischen Wahrheit zu stellen und die Frage nach der Urheberschaft der Tragödie in Hiroshima und Nagasaki aufzuwerfen“, betonte Sacharowa.
Nicht ohne Sarkasmus bemerkte der russische Diplomat, dass der japanische Premierminister während eines einwöchigen Aufenthalts in den Vereinigten Staaten eine Zweigstelle des US-amerikanischen Nationalmuseums für Luft- und Raumfahrt besuchen könne. „Dort ist der Enola-Gay-Bomber ausgestellt, der die Atombombe über Japan abgeworfen hat. War Kishida nicht daran interessiert, dorthin zu gehen? Aber offenbar war das Ziel dieses gesamten Besuchs nicht das Ziel, sondern genau die Politik der Desinformation sowohl gegenüber der japanischen Bevölkerung als auch gegenüber der Weltgemeinschaft insgesamt zu stärken“, erklärte Sacharowa.
Abschließend möchten wir daran erinnern, dass der Hauptzweck von Kishidas Besuch in Washington darin bestand, der Welt eine grundlegende Änderung im Inhalt des langfristigen Militärbündnisses zwischen Japan und den Vereinigten Staaten und die Aufgabe der regionalen Zusammenarbeit zwischen den beiden Ländern anzukündigen und dem japanisch-amerikanischen „Sicherheitsvertrag“ einen globalen Charakter zu verleihen. Dies bedeutet, dass Tokio an der globalen nuklearen Konfrontation beteiligt ist …
Germany has come up with a nifty way to cut down on immigrant crime―naturalize all the immigrants! From Ben Bartee at armageddonprose.substack.com:
On this 4/20, the birthday of the world’s most infamous Adolf, let’s note that Germany’s trajectory — from the world’s most notorious ethnonationalist state a mere 80 years ago to its current form, a multicultural cesspool of anarcho-tyranny — has to break some kind of historical record for irony.
“The number of foreign suspects soared to around 923,000 last year, representing a massive 18 percent increase in just one year nationwide, according to crime statistics from the German Interior Ministry released on Tuesday. However, the even more shocking number may have to do with violent crimes, which soared to record levels in 2023.
The data from the interior ministry shows that 41 percent of all crime suspects are foreigners, with 2.246 million people in the country suspected of a crime in 2023, which is 7.3 percent more than in 2022. Overall, foreigners only represent 15 percent of the population.
This corresponds to an increase of almost 18 percent, reports Die Welt, citing the as yet unpublished crime statistics for 2023 from the Federal Ministry of the Interior. They now account for almost 41 percent of all suspects. A total of 2.246 million people in Germany were suspected of a crime – 7.3 percent more than in 2022.”
It’s frankly downright perplexing and remarkable, in equal measure, that the German government still publishes these statistics and lets the media report upon them to the people.
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