stench of a much wider-war is in the air...

i've learned over the years that the faces in power , the talking heads of government rarely do things for no reason .

always in what they say and in the things they do are silent messages-- like ariel sharon while campaigning for the office of israeli prime minister , taking a televised walk across the disputed "temple of the mount", also known as "al aqsa" mosque --the third holiest site in islam .

general sharon , a zionist hardliner had previously, as defense minister , orchestrated the israeli invasion and occupation of lebanon --sharon , the man known as "the butcher of beirut" after he and israeli soldiers were indicted by world opinion as being responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians in lebanon --including the infamous massacres at shabra and chatilla --- sharon outraged palestinians and the muslim world when he walked across the highly disputed temple mount / al aqsa mosque site in east jerusalem with 1000 israeli soldiers as bodyguard-- a clear message to palestinians and zionists alike that under sharon , israel would use it's army to settle it's disputes over land .

silent and not so silent messages , like rising plumes of smoke and the smell of burnt and rotting flesh are again in the air...

earlier this week , we found an article where scott ritter , anti-iraqwar activist, bush critic , former Un weapons inspector, and Us marine claimed that bush had already signed the orders for Us air attacks on iran .


http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2295/

Scott Ritter, appearing with journalist Dahr Jamail yesterday in Washington State, dropped two shocking bombshells in a talk delivered to a packed house in Olympia's Capitol Theater. The ex-Marine turned UNSCOM weapons inspector said that George W. Bush has "signed off" on plans to bomb Iran in June 2005, and claimed the U.S. manipulated the results of the recent Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.

to that , we add this article from on line journal contributing writer Wayne Madsen

http://www.rense.com/general63/aahi.htm

Hariri Reportedly Assassinated
To Make Way For Large
US Air Base In Lebanon
By Wayne Madsen
Online Journal Contributing Writer
3-12-5


According to high-level Lebanese intelligence sources-Christian and Muslim-former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was reportedly assassinated in a sophisticated explosion-by-wire bombing authorized by the Bush administration and Ariel Sharon's Likud government in Israel.

There are also strong indications that the Hariri assassination was carried out by the same rogue Syrian intelligence agents used in the 2002 car bombing assassination of Lebanese Christian leader Elie Hobeika, who was prepared to testify against Sharon in a Brussels human rights court. That case involved the Israeli Prime Minister's role in the 1982 massacre by Israeli troops of Palestinian refugees at the Sabra and Chatilla camps in Beirut. The Hariri assasination used wire-bombing technology because Hariri's security personnel used electronic countermeasures to fend off a remote control bomb using wireless means. It has been revealed that the Bush administration has used Syrian intelligence agents to torture al Qaeda suspects through the program known as "extraordinary rendition."

Hariri, a pan-Arabist and Lebanese nationalist, was known to adamantly oppose the construction of a major U.S. air base in the north of Lebanon. The United States wants Syrian troops completely out of Lebanon before construction of the base is initiated. Hariri's meetings with Hezbollah shortly before his death also angered Washington and Jerusalem, according to the Lebanese intelligence sources.

and the article finishes with this interesting bit of info...

A number of intelligence sources have reported that assassinations of foreign leaders like Hariri and Hobeika are ultimately authorized by two key White House officials, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Deputy National Security Adviser Elliot Abrams. In addition, Abrams is the key liaison between the White House and Sharon's office for such covert operations, including political assassinations.

"Abrams is the guy they [the Israelis] go to for a wink and a nod for such ops," reported one key source.

in response to the assassination of hariri , large demonstrations broke out in lebanon demanding that syria remove its 15,000 troops and intel apparatus from lebanon . there was an "overwhelming" outpouring of rage by lebanese opposition groups against syria, displayed in world media-- observers commented on the media savvy shown by many demonstrators who conveniently made their protest signs in english telling the syrians to get out ...a convenience that proved just enough of a curiosity to cause this blogger's suspicious nature to say to itself , "hmmmmmmm ?"


as bushites and sharon pointed at syria and screamed , meanwhile other observers took the time to ask the question still used in law and logic , "qui bono ?" who benefits ?

assad and syria didn't honestly come up as the beneficiaries regardless of how we looked at it-- excepting of course the possibility that the pragmatist regime in damascus deliberately intended to suicide itself -- a possibility this blogger quickly ruled out of consideration .




then bush hit the airwaves again ---despite 140,000 of his own troops occupying iraq, kicking down doors , locking up people, creating torture scandals and daily shooting iraqis -- here he was once more spinning the public minds with demands that syria immediately end its "occupation" of lebanon--as if one army division's worth of soldiers who aren't even shooting at anyone, could occupy an entire nation...

old george was on every channel--fox even interrupted the "judge mablean show" to let bush spin one-liners like "damascus must allow democracy to take root in the middle east" and gem zingers such as --"the winds of change blowing across the region"--and "syria's out of step with the direction the rest of the world is moving in " .

it all made one wonder why NOW --after all these years ---did george and then later the french have such a bug up their collective ass about syrian troops in lebanon irritating enough to force through a UN resolution demanding syrian withdrawl--especially since it was the Us who helped convince assad's father to send in troops to help stop the fighting between the various factions in lebanon during the long and bloody 1975 to 1990 civil war .

i speculated that the intent was to force syria to withdraw its forces-- leaving hezbollah militias isolated and out gunned --if and when israeli army decided to return to lebanon and resume the battle it had lost in 2000 to hezbollah when the militias drove the zionists out after a 22 year bloody and brutal israeli occupation that left thousands of lebanese civilians dead and the country's infrastructure devastated .

this suspicion was validated when an unusually compliant european parliament followed up Un resolution 1559 demanding syria leave lebanon with a declaration branding hezbollah a "terrorist" organization.

after 9-11 declaring any group a "terrorist" means they are subject to attack by the neo-cons and their allies. the move began with the brits and spread to the french...

Britain and EU move to outlaw Hizbollah
By: Donald Macintyre and Stephen Castle on: 05.03.2005 [07:44 ]


the independent on line



Israeli and American attempts to isolate Hizbollah are making headway after signs that Britain and the EU may impose new proscriptions on the Iranian-backed Lebanese guerrilla group.

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, a Foreign Office minister, has told Israel's Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom, that the UK is "actively considering" extending its current proscription of the organisation's military wing to cover its political wing.

Israel, and increasingly the Palestinian Authority under its President, Mahmoud Abbas, blames Hizbollah for funding and recruiting Palestinians who have carried out attacks on Israelis. Unlike Hamas, Hizbollah, which has also hitherto been supported by Syria, is not proscribed by the EU, while Britain has outlawed its military wing but not its political one.

However, a senior British official has said that there was "increasing evidence" for a growing UK view that Hizbollah had a single leadership responsible for both its military and political wings.

European diplomats said that French opposition to taking action against Hizbollah has softened

in response to events, members of an internationally oriented website i frequent posted :

The US/France /EU are all crooks

by cosmo on 12.03.2005 [04:24]

The US motives are so obvious that a mental retard would catch up with.
Unfortunately for Lebanon the so called opposition which is a minority in the Parliament wants to be treated as an equal thus becoming a majority,which is complete nonsense in a democratic system. These old feudal lords will achieve nothing but another civil war through the US encouragement if they carry on this way.!!!l
Yesterday the EU Parliament passe a non binding law making Hezbollah a terrorist organisation. I wonder how many Talmudist Zionists are sitting in that Parliament playing the role of the Peoples representatives in Europe.!!!!!!!!!!! This is not a way to try to mend fences its a way to serve Sharon and the Talmudist state.!!!

to which this blogger responded :

the Eu passed that resolution ? my god that means look for war

by dsekou on 12.03.2005 [15:53]

once syrian troops are gone look for israel to invade lebanon on the pretext of eliminating "terrorist" hezbollah . mossad in disguise will execute another 9-11/madrid terrorist attack and it will be used as justification for israel going after hezbollah and eventually bush and sharon going after syria or toppling assad through coup.

the ultimatum bush gave assad to leave lebanon by may of this year could mean bush/sharon war plans are already in motion ...if so then iran will be bombed also, as scott ritter recently said , by summer

It is a declaration of war

by hayate on 12.03.2005 [16:08]

by the ameroisraeli and a shameful colaboration/arsekiss by the EU. And it is all part of the Middle East/Central Asian war plans of the ameroisraeli 21st century nazis.

The last time the Europeans colaborated with nazis, look what happened. They are doing the exact same thing now.

Do Europeans want a replay of 1930's-40's Europe? Get rid of these shits.

and i knew the french government was bush scum...

by dsekou on 12.03.2005 [16:08]

...when they helped the us and canada put the economic squeeze on haiti's aristide before toppling him from power. aristide was elected twice and overthrown twice . first time by the Us , sceond time by Us , canada and france — so much for democracy.

cosmo's statement about a minority opposition party pretending to be a majority seemed justified by the massive pro-syrian demonstration sponsored by hezbollah in lebanon that produced significantly greater numbers than the anti-syrian ones played up in Us media .

of course , while no one wants foreign troops on their soil , considering the large turn out in favor of syria , it would be safe to conclude that with the danger of a hostile israel nearby-- an israel which openly supported, armed and trained phalangist militias and supported those same militias' political factions in the lebanese parliament during the civil war period --many lebanese see syrian troops in their country as the lesser evil...

2005-03-10
Lebanese Shiites suspicious of US motives





http://195.224.230.11/english/?id=12947
Shiite communitys draw strength from Lebanese-Syrian alliance that US now wants to see dissolved.

By Nadra Saouli - BEIRUT The Lebanese Shiite community, haunted by Israel's 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon and suspicious of US motives in the region, has drawn strength from the Lebanese-Syrian alliance that Washington now wants to see dissolved.

Lebanon's Shia Muslims, who make up slightly more than 30 percent of the population, hail efforts by Syria they say have brought social peace to Lebanon, restored the stature of the state and the army and enabled them to share political power after decades of exclusion.

Responding to a call by the Syrian-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah, hundreds of thousands of people rallied here on Tuesday to voice their gratitude to Damascus, which has had troops stationed in Lebanon since 1976.

The huge demonstration overshadowed recent gatherings by other Lebanese parties who have chafed under the Syrian presence and who - with the backing of the United States and France - are calling for the full withdrawal of Syrian military and political forces.

and :

Oum Mohammed Faour, a 50-year-old mother, said she had painful memories of the country's years of civil war - 1975-1990 - and occupation.

"Those who didn't live through the war know nothing. We suffered in the war and saw these people coming in on Israeli tanks," she recalled, referring to the actions of pro-Israeli militia groups during the occupation

and then the same UN that can't bring itself in 40 years to do ANYTHING to punish israel for refusing to relinquish lands it took by force -- the same israel that uses ethnic cleansing to depopulate those stolen lands of non zionist inhabitants--lands israel still illegally occupies to this day in defiance of numerous UN resolutions-- now conveniently the UN turns up the heat--on syria !

UN seeks Syrian pullout ultimatum

* UN envoy will tell Syria to leave Lebanon completely or face isolation
* Syrian troops pull out of most of north Lebanon


WASHINGTON: Special UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen will give Syrian President Bashar al-Assad an ultimatum when they both meet Saturday in Damascus, threatening him with political and economic isolation if he does not withdraw his troops quickly and completely from Lebanon, The Washington Post said Friday quoting UN and US officials.

“If he doesn’t deliver, there will be total political and economic isolation of his country. There is a steel-hard consensus in the international community,” a senior UN official said.

Appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to ask Assad for a definite timetable in withdrawing Syria’s military presence from neighboring Lebanon, the envoy first met Thursday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and will visit Lebanon before traveling to Damascus.

A UN official said Roed-Larsen had found “remarkable” support for a tough showdown with Syria over its failure to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1559 calling for an end to Syria’s 15-year military intervention in Lebanon.

Assad has pledged to pull back the troops and an unknown number of intelligence forces in Lebanon towards the Bekaa, where the other Syrian soldiers are already based, by the end of March.

But he stopped short of announcing a full withdrawal as demanded by Resolution 1559.

Syria’s ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that Syrian troops would be out of Lebanon by May, when legislative elections are due to be held.

The UN envoy on Saturday will tell the Syrian president that he must take four steps if he wants to avoid sanctions, UN and US officials told The Washington Post.

Syrian troops: Almost all Syrian troops left north Lebanon on Friday, ending an unbroken 29-year presence and underlining Syria’s diminishing role in its small neighbour.

A security source said the Syrians had not yet vacated two major intelligence offices and two military positions in and around the town of Tripoli, but could do so within 24 hours. agencies

ultimatums and threats of political and economic "isolation" are warning preludes to force being applied after "diplomatic" means that are designed to "fail"...this looks again to be a classic case of good cop /bad cop ...with the europeans and the UN playing the good cop role while the us and israel are the bad cop --chaffing at the bit ...hardly able to endure the wait before they can kick the prisoner around .


and finally , this last scary piece of "coincidence" shows that the neo-clowns are not playing--not even a little bit.

with the election of 2004 safely stolen and most of the american people in a deeply spun media stupor , the bushites believe they have a lock on public opinion and this war-- is a certainty that is in the bag.

the horror of it all is that hundreds of thousands more of innocent people could be maimed and killed in this global war to secure the world's remaining oil fields-- people slaughtered basically for having the strategic misfortune to live atop the last reserves of steadily dwindling resources needed to feed the world's machines

Converging U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups in Middle East send strong message to Iran and Syria
By: Indiadaily on: 12.03.2005 [14:22]



The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is on the move in Atlantic Ocean and is possibly headed towards the Mediterranean Sea. The convergence of three carrier groups in the corridor of the Middle East will send very strong message to the Syrians and Iranians. There are indications that soon US is moving two more aircraft carrier battle groups to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. This will spell a formidable strike force for Iran and Syria who are in defiance on issues of Lebanon and Nuclear weapons development.

Outbound from Singapore, the USS Carl Vinson is currently crossing the Indian Ocean headed towards Middle-East. This will be the first time since February 2004 that US will have three major carrier groups stationed on and around Middle East.

Each of these carrier groups carry nearly 85 aircrafts and is capable of deliver precision-guided munitions. In addition there are anti-submarine aircrafts, airborne-early-warning and rotary-wing aircrafts. Because in the air refueling capabilities these aircrafts can operate from a long distance. The carrier groups are independent and can operate indefinitely.

U.S. military air bases in Turkey, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia and the three carrier groups will create a formidable force far superior to any military in the region.

In addition more than 100,000 battle hardened force in Iraq will be another major force in case US has to use force against Iran and Syria.

It seems American are preparing to deal with Syria and Iran in the next several months. The first priority right now is diplomacy in association with the Europeans and the rest of the world. But the leadership in Teheran and Damascus are taking notice of the power build up in the region.

There are seeds of democracy in Lebanon, Iran and Syria. The whole regions is getting a quick lesson on the benefits of democracy.

... to which posters vigorously responded :


another WAR

by BERNIE on 12.03.2005 [15:04]

The jerk who wrote this article sure sounds like he wants
a war, which he will stay home and watch it on the tv.


ANSWER TO THIS ARTICLE: ALLAH-O-AKBAR

by cecsj on 12.03.2005 [15:23]

ALLAH-O-AKBAR
ALLAH-O-AKBAR
ALLAH-O-AKBAR
DEATH OF FORCES ANTI-JESUS, ANTI-CIVILIZATION, TERRORISTS ARE NEAR. ALL FORCES OF TERRORISTS ARE COMING TO BURN OUT AND GO DOWN TO THE BED OF ARBAIAN SEA, PERSIAN GULF INSHA ALLAH.


Indian daily MY PALESTINIAN BROWN ASS

by Neyaz on 12.03.2005 [15:31]
Yea...I sure do know all about you India..is that the same Indian that wrote the SOFTWARE for 9-11 Planes, or is that same India that conducts secret Military deals with Sharon and the Zionists ?...let's see going back to the article>>>"There are seeds of democracy in Lebanon, Iran and Syria. The whole regions is getting a quick lesson on the benefits of democracy."

Democracy MY BROWN PALESTINIAN ASS>>>The Democray these Zionists sun sum bitches Talk about is WHOLE SALE STEALING of Arab lands and resources Yea...that thats Democracy the Zionists American Devils are preaching in the Middle east and beyond>>>Let me tell you another Lesson about Democracy my Arab brothers >>>If you allow Democracy to take Hold or Roots >>>You are Finished >>you will become a stranger and slave for the Zionists Americans and the brits in your OWN LAND, little by little they will take over and its happening through out the world !

End of message >>From alquds al3rabia almutellah,Phalesteen >>Ya 3rab Ya Jarab.





it's war--- if the troops are in motion , the war is already begun
by dsekou on 12.03.2005 [17:13]

if the money is spent to move this many troops into position you can bet the war is ON ...

this --the ship , troop, and aircraft movents — the UN co-signing bush's ultimatum for syria to get out of lebanon --the Eu agreeing to brand hezbollah a terrorist group --- it looks like the war is on for this spring--symptoms so much like the 2003 invasion of iraq ...100,000 civilians butchered by Us in iraq...sad news