Syria, Gas and China

The conflict in Syria has insistently been tied to the interests of Iran and, to a lesser degree, to Russia. Little, however, has been said about China. Beijing has a major stake in the entire Syrian venture, based on its thirst for energy. The Chinese, along with the Indians, have made investments in the Syrian energy sector. They will also be the main benefactors of Syria’s share of Eastern Mediterranean natural gas exports in the future.

In 2007, after the Turkmenbashi Agreement was signed, through a tripartite agreement between the republics of Turkmenistan, Russia, and Kazakhstan, and the Caspian Sea Summit was held in Tehran, between the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran, and the former three, it became clear that “[a] Eurasian-based counter-alliance, built around the nucleus of a Chinese-Russian-Iranian coalition [made a] war against Iran an unpalatable option that could turn the globe inside-out” (Nazemroaya 2007). What was not too clear was that “[a]cross Eurasia strategic energy corridors [were] being developed” (Ibid.). It should be noted that “the leaders of Turkmenistan, Russia, and Kazakhstan also planned the inclusion of an Iranian energy route, from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, as an extension of the Turkmenbashi Agreement” (Ibid.).

Iran began constructing an enormous liquid natural gas (LNG) plant, complete with storage facilities and loading terminals, in 2007. The location of the LGN processing plant has been in Port Tombak, off the coast of the Persian Gulf. The LGN plant was made with China in mind, and an agreement with the Chinese was made for future LGN exports.

In the same year, Syria was also a part of the broader Eurasian energy strategy that united Iran, Russia, and China (Ibid.). This is why both Iran and Russia were involved in natural gas projects and exploration in both Lebanon and Syria. The positions and interests of Tehran and Moscow and their relationship to Syria can be summarized in the following passage:

Russia and Iran are also the nations with the largest natural gas reserves in the world. This is in addition to the following facts; Iran also exerts influence over the Straits of Hormuz; both Russia and Iran control the export of Central Asian energy to global markets; and Syria is the lynchpin for an Eastern Mediterranean energy corridor. Iran, Russia, and Syria will now exercise a great deal of control and influence over these energy corridors and by extension the nations that are dependent on them in the European continent. This is another reason why Russia has built military facilities on the Mediterranean shores of Syria. The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline will also further strengthen this position globally (Ibid.).
http://www.rys2sense.com/anti-neocons/viewtopic.php?f=114&t=32045

This is an excellent essay and helps explain why Saudi Arabia and Qatar might want to see Syria destroyed - because it is a serious future rival in the energy market (read further at the link to get an outline of the situation).


[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2013.]

If You Want to Go to Heaven, You Had Better Get Busy Overthrowing Syria — Paul Craig Roberts

Washington’s eleven years of illegal aggression against Muslim countries–war crimes according to the Nuremberg trials of Nazis–have resulted in civilian deaths far in excess of military casualties and in a domestic American police state that has destroyed the rule of law and the constitutional protections of US citizens. Washington and its presstitutes have emphasized that these costs are necessary to save Americans from al-Qaeda terrorists, none of whom have ever been apprehended in the United States.

Having listened to the propaganda line pumped out by Washington and its Ministry of Propaganda for eleven years, imagine my astonishment when I saw two juxtaposed headlines: “Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda” (BBC) and “Move to Widen Help for Syrian Rebels Gains Speed in West” (NY Times). Al-Nusra is the main military component of the “Syrian rebels,” and it has allied itself with our mortal enemy–Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda.

Wait a minute! Our government told us for eleven years that we blew trillions of dollars on wars to protect Americans from al-Qaeda, endangering Social Security, Medicare, the social safety net, the dollar’s exchange value, the credit rating of the US Treasury, and our civil liberties in order to save America from al-Qaeda terrorists. So why is Washington now supporting al-Qaeda’s overthrow of the secular, non-Islamist government in Syria which has never ever done anything whatsoever to Americans!?

The New York Times presstitutes, Michael R. Gordon and Mark Landler, elevated the terrorist al-Qaeda organization to the status of “the Syrian opposition.” At a lunch meeting hosted by Washington’s puppet, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, and US Secretary of State John Kerry, “the Syrian opposition,” aka al-Qaeda, requested antiaircraft and antitank weapons. A senior Washington official said: “Our assistance has been on an upward trajectory, and the president (Obama) has directed his national security team to identify additional measures so that we can increase assistance.”

US Secretary of State John Kerry announced a $123 million “defense aid package” to “the Syrian opposition” that now includes al-Qaeda. Washington had already sent $117 million in “food and medical supplies” to “the Syrian opposition,” and ordered its Middle Eastern puppets to send arms. Note the Orwellian language: support for an outside terrorist force seeking to destroy a government and a people is called a “defense aid package.”
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Be a Proud American. We are doing our duty to our rightful hegemony over the world and to Israel, which has purchased our government. It is our right to be the hegemonic power on the planet earth, and that includes the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore it is Washington’s right to overthrow Syria in order to get rid of the Russian naval base there. The Romans would never have put up with a foreign power having a naval base in the Mediterranean, and we can do no less, unless we are some kind of pansy state afraid of our own shadow. The Mediterranean was mare nostrum–our sea–for the Romans. Now it is our sea, and by god we are going to claim it by overthrowing Syria.

Israel, of course, was given the rights to “Greater Israel” by God himself–who am I to question the Christian Zionist preachers who are growing fat on Israeli money–and part of “Greater Israel” is the river in southern Lebanon that supplies precious water.

Hizbollah, provisioned by Syria and Iran has prevented Israel from confiscating southern Lebanon in order to acquire the water rights that God gave them. Therefore, to fulfill our obligations as Israel’s puppet, we are required to destroy both Syria and Iran so that Hizbollah is isolated and out of the way and “Greater Israel” can be created.
http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2013/05/17/if-you-want-to-go-to-heaven-you-had-better-get-busy-overthrowing-syria-paul-craig-roberts/

There are multiple reasons for various States to want Syria destroyed. One of them is to stop energy deals going through with Iraq and Iran, and the other is to eliminate all threats to Israel. Iraq was one such country that posed a 'threat' on both these points and it was destroyed thanks to the plotting of the neoconservatives that controlled the White house during the Bush Administration. Nothing has changed.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2013.]

Gerald Celente - Trends In The News - "Leading Into Disaster"

"Barack Obama's "American" values, The Associated Press reports that the Obama Administration seized phone records... "war time sex slaves were necessary" says Japanese mayor! NO OUTRAGE?!"



Celente is on fire in this one. He's right about being angry. The corrupt can only prosper when good people do and say nothing.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2013.]

Because it can Never be Repeated Enough: 9/11 Experiments: Collapse vs. Demolition

Any theory that does not match experiment is wrong. It doesn't matter what the computer models predict, how much funding is behind it, what the experts say, or what everyone "thinks". Nothing can fool the laws of physics.





Remember: Only the truth about 911 will stop the endless War on Terror.

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[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2013.]

Meteor Causes Biggest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded (We Need to Revisit Apollo!)

NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office witnessed the most powerful meteor strike on the moon ever recorded since the program began eight years ago.

On March 17, a meteor travelling at 90,000 kilometres per hour struck the Moon resulting in an explosion equal to five tons of TNT.

“It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we’ve ever seen before”, said Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. ‘‘Anyone looking at the moon at the moment of impact could have seen the explosion, no telescope required. For about one second the impact site was glowing like a fourth-magnitude star.’’

The meteoroid weighed 88-pound (40 kg) and was 0.3 to 0.4 metres wide. Scientists estimated that the impact crater could be as wide as 66 feet (20 meters).

The lunar meteor strike might not have been an isolated event, as a large number of meteors were observed in Earth’s skies on the same night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYloGuUZCFM

We need to revisit the Apollo sites with rovers to see the sort of damage caused to the equipment over the last 40 years. If humans are to travel in space for long durations away from the Earth's atmosphere, and potentially build bases, we need to see what has happened to Apollo rather than just create models of likely damage.

Not all the Apollo sites need be visited. Apollo 11 could be preserved intact while other locations could be monitored. NASA, the Russians or the Chinese should initiate a mission or two.


[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 20th, 2013.]

Jon Stewart Obama Should Have Used Prince Harry as a Shield

Stewart Slams Obama Again: You can't keep saying you found out about news at the same time as us! Jon Stewart is at it again, finally making the observation that Obama "claims" he doesn't know about a problem with his administration until he hears about it in the press. Either he is the most uninformed president or he is the most incompetent "leader", letting all of his underlings make all of the important decision while leaving him to party at the White House and play golf all on the tax payers' many, many, many dimes.



The sort of scandals we are seeing here, and definitely the cover-ups, point to a corrupt administration, not simply an incompetent one. Stewart even mentions the drone war that is killing dozens more civilians that 'terrorists' - with the consent of the the Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Please recall that Obama has not prosecuted bankers or torturers when there is clear evidence to do so. The arrows all point towards corruption. This Administration is a heinous continuation of the George W. Bush stain.

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Obama White House Just Caught In HUGE Lie/Contradiction
So please now consider this reader – the Attorney General of the United States of America publicly informs the media that there was such a significant threat to American security that it required the Department of Justice to revoke the First Amendment rights of a significant media source.

And yet, despite that significant threat to American security, the White House then indicates Barack Obama HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THAT THREAT or the attempt to remedy that threat. That he in fact just learned of his own Department of Justice’s potentially illegal actions against the Associated Press.

NO WAY.

The Obama White House is placing lies atop lies now at such a pace they cannot even coordinate them on a daily basis.

Either Barack Obama did in fact know of his DOJ’s actions against the media, and then had his administration lie about it, or he has an administration that does not even bother to inform him of a significant threat to the United States.
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/05/17/breaking-obama-white-house-just-caught-in-huge-liecontradiction-see-proof-here/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pakalert+%28Pak+Alert+Press%29


[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2013.]

Abu Ghraib Torture House

Abby Martin goes over the horrors of the torture that occurred at the US run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, from sexual humiliation to physical abuse, and highlights how the real criminals who implemented these policies are walking free.



War criminals like Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are still on the loose ....


[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2013.]

'Turkey Brought War to Doorstep by Supporting Syrian Rebels'

Turkish police have fired tear gas at protesters in a town near the Syrian border - which was the scene of a deadly double car bombing a week ago. The unrest follows similar clashes in Istanbul and Ankara. Demonstrators are angry over Turkey's support for the Syrian rebels, which they say is putting Turks in the firing line.




[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2013.]

Keiser Report (E446): Whimsical Price Tyranny

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert examine stories about those who, using spoof trades, bogus securities and fictitious capital, steal real wealth and income. They discuss how it is that every benchmark index is rigged and introduce the concept of the 'bonus benchmark.' In the second half, Max talks to Dr. Michael Hudson, author of The Bubble and Beyond, about debt and wage deflation and about the intersection of interest rates and wages going back to David Ricardo when wages were measured against the price of bread to today when they are measured against the price of debt.




[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 19th, 2013.]

Can You Speak Japanese? - Questions For Corbett #005

In this edition of the ongoing Questions For Corbett podcast series, James answers your questions on credit unions, radiation maps, OPPT-IN and more, including his Japanese abilities (or lack thereof).



Some really excellent thoughts from James Corbett.

I like where he says: "It's about the information, not the people". He's looking at specific information and analysis, not a dogmatic adherence to any person. It's all about spending a bit of time doing research and checking the facts.


[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 18th, 2013.]

RECAP: Americans Chained by Illusion

Abby Martin takes a look back at philosopher Plato's the 'Allegory of the Cave' and its application to today's society.




[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 18th, 2013.]

Keiser Report (E445): Sacred Dow

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert behold the Sacred Dow, worshipped by economists and analysts around the world and to which whole economies and jobs have been sacrificed to keep it rising. They compare the Japanese bond market to Fukushima. Markets have become so distorted by manipulation, they argue that like godzilla, one day the market will go where it needs to go and it will smash down buildings and economies with it. In the second half, Max talks to John Butler of Amphora about confusing price signals caused by market manipulating central bankers and the misallocation of capital this encourages. They also talk about Japan's economy, Krugman's bond allegations and Mrs. Watanabe's gold shopping spree.




[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 18th, 2013.]

Monsanto and Other GM Firms are Winning in the US – and Globally

The US State Department has sadly joined the push to distribute GM crops around the world, whether people want them or not:

If you have a feeling that genetically modified (GM) foods are being forced upon the population by a handful of business interests and vociferously defended by the scientists that work in the agriculture industry or at the research institutions it funds, you might be onto something.

The zeal with which GM proponents evangelize transgenic seeds (and now, transgenic food animals) is so extreme that they are even pouring vast sums of money to defeat popular efforts to simply label GE foods – like the nearly $50m spent to defeat the popular 2012 ballot measure to label GE foods in California, Proposition 37. What's more, it's not just happening in the United States. I am the head of Food & Water Watch, and we have spent months looking at the extent to which the US State Department is working on behalf of the GM seed industry to make sure that biotech crops are served up abroad whether the world wants them or not.

Our report analyzes over 900 State Department diplomatic cables from 2005 to 2009 and reveals how far the US government will go to help serve the seed industry's agenda abroad, knowing that resistance to GMOs worldwide is high.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/14-7

Protest Monsanto at every opportunity. Studies on GM corn have shown such food to be unsafe to eat. Without further independent testing we cannot take the word of the big money hungry corporations at face value.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 18th, 2013.]

'Israel's Anti-Syrian Propaganda - Stop Being Suckers For it'

Assad didn't just give away the Golan Heights, they were taken by force before he was 1 and a half years old. Syria did re-take 30% of the Golan Heights in Yom Kippur and that was under the direction of Assad's father. And Again the UK France and America all backed Israel. The annexing was in 1981 many other things happening those years like the Iran Iraq War the post Iranian revolution, Reagan /Bush Sr in the White House etc Assad became president in 2000 WAY after these problems like Golan had been established.. more http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/05/05/the-israeli-jihadist-alliance/
Think fighting Assad can be anti-Israel too just cause you want it to be? You're a pawn you're following Israel policy papers which even stated that they could get a bunch of you pawns to act exactly how you're acting.



Ry was obviously responding directly to some misinformation on Assad.

The bottom line is this. If you support the rebels you are supporting the geopolitical goals of Israel and backing those that would impose draconian Sharia Law. The leading rebel fighters in the conflict are composed of extremist elements.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2013.]

Israel's Narrative of Control | Brainwash Update

Abby Martin calls out Washington DC's press museum the 'Newseum' for caving to pressure from Israeli groups, and recanting it's commemoration for two fallen Gazan journalists.




[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2013.]

'Wigs & Compass So Cold War' - Former CIA Officer on Moscow Agent Bust

Two wigs, a map, and a stash of money to lure Russian agents to defect. The Federal Security Service says it's caught a CIA spy on a recruitment mission. Former CIA officer Ray McGovern gives his perspective.




[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2013.]

Proposal for Independent Study of the WTC Dust - Using an Independent Lab that has No Idea that the Dust is From the WTC or From 9/11 (Donate)

Chemical Engineer Mark Basile proposes a blind study into the WTC dust:

A "blind" study is when the technicians performing the test have no idea what the purpose of the test is or where the testing samples came from, so that they will not unconsciously influence results.

In previous analyses of the dust by independent 911 investigators, iron microspheres were found - something that could not be created by jet fuel or office fire - plus there were also unreacted red/grey chips that ignited in a thermitic (incendiary) fashion to produce iron spheres.

This physical evidence shows that Thermitic materials, which are sometimes used by the military to demolish equipment - and have been used to dismantle steel structures in the past - were present in the buildings on 911.

Along with the collapse features of the Towers and WTC7, plus the evidence of eyewitnesses to explosions and melted steel, we can see that explosive and incendiary devices must have been used.

Please donate a few dollars to Mark Basile's blind study by following his green highlighted link on his webpage. Do not be concerned about Government interference since the tests they will be monitored.




Related info:

The Great Thermite Debate



[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2013.]

Guantanamo Denying Detainees Lawyer Contact Without Invasive Body Search

Clive Stafford Smith, who currently represents several inmates at the US prison camp through the legal charity Reprieve, claims that guards at the facility are requiring invasive searches before detainees can conduct in-person interviews or even phone calls to lawyers.

A copy of the letter was obtained by The Guardian, and states that as a direct result of the new policy two of Smith’s clients were recently barred from speaking with their legal representatives after refusing the searches.

"The US military has started directly abusing prisoners who want to contact their lawyers to tell them what is happening. So anyone who wants to see a lawyer, or have a legal phone call, must have his fingers put up his anus and his genitals touched," Smith writes.
http://rt.com/usa/guantanamo-detainee-cavity-searches-284/

The only reason for such action is to intimidate and help cover-up what is going on over there.


[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 17th, 2013.]

Benghazi: CIA Terrorist Hub

Abby Martin breaks through the corporate fixation over Obama's rhetoric on Benghazi whilst ignoring the real scandal of the CIA's role in supporting al-Qaeda terrorists.



The CIA is/was using arms from Libya to support the terrorist-rebels in Syria.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 16th, 2013.]

'Russia Fights Back in US Shadow War Against it'

Promises of millions, a new face and detailed instructions on a double-agent conspiracy in Moscow. Bearing the hallmarks of a Cold War spy thriller, Russia's counterintelligence agency says it caught a CIA officer trying to flip a Russian operative. Brian Becker from the ANSWER coalition thinks the US is waging an undercover war against Moscow.



Putting the geopolitics aside for a moment, is it amateur hour at the CIA's Russian office or what? The guy that was caught was carrying written instructions(!) concerning the target.


Related News:

CIA 'offered Russian spies $1MILLION a year to change sides', extraordinary letter claims as U.S. diplomat in blond wig arrested on suspicion of spying.
The U.S. has been offering Russian spies $1million a year for defecting to the American side, it was claimed today.
The CIA apparently sends letters to key intelligence contacts attempting to bribe them to spy on their own country, with an initial payment of $100,000.
The astonishing claims were made after an American diplomat was arrested in Moscow on suspicion of spying.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324303/Russia-seizes-CIA-agent-Moscow-US-diplomat-arrested-suspicion-spying.html


'Spy' Sting: Russia Detains US Diplomat Suspected of CIA Recruitment A suspected CIA agent has been arrested in Moscow trying to recruit a Russian security officer. The man was reportedly posing as third secretary in the U.S. Embassy's Political Department.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 16th, 2013.]