Obama backed NATO battle plan against Russia....

December , 2010 -- Obama backed NATO battle plan against Russia....

In a stark display of neo-Cold War policy, the Obama administration backed a NATO plan, code named EAGLE GUARDIAN, to wage war against Russia in defense of the Baltic. The revelations in leaked State Department cables are yet another indication of the war-like policies of the Obama administration, which include military threats against Iran and beefing up a U.S. Navy presence in both Chinese economic exclusion zone and North Korean waters.

EAGLE GUARDIAN was discussed at the recent NATO Summit in Lisbon, which was attended by President Obama. Secretary of State Clinton emphasizes in her cable that expansion of EAGLE GUARDIAN to Poland and the Baltic states must be kept secret.

The relevant State Department cables follow:

VZCZCXRO4913 OO RUEHDBU RUEHSL DE RUEHNO #0464/01 2931658 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 201658Z OCT 09 FM USMISSION USNATO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3502 RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC IMMEDIATE RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE INFO RUEHXD/MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 6537 RUEHRA/AMEMBASSY RIGA PRIORITY 7164 RUEHTL/AMEMBASSY TALLINN PRIORITY 0013 RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS PRIORITY 7310 RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY RUEHNO/USDELMC BRUSSELS BE PRIORITY RHMFISS/USNMR SHAPE BE PRIORITY S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 USNATO 000464 NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DNG: CO 10/18/2029 TAGS: MARR MCAP PREL NATO ZB RS SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: BALTIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING: SOME IDEAS REF: A. VILNIUS 533 B. VILNIUS 527 C. TALLIN 309 D. RIGA 514 E. SECRETARY (SECTO) 007 Classified By: Ambassador Ivo Daalder. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 1. (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Leaders in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are pressing hard for NATO Article 5 contingency planning for the Baltic states. President Obama and Secretary Clinton are on record supporting such contingency planning for Allies. At the same time, however, NATO internal processes and politics make it difficult to openly carry out such planning, particularly if it would require specifying Russia as a potential threat. Nevertheless, there are possible ways to meet the substance of Baltic demands. The existing contingency plan for Poland, for example, might be modified to include the Baltics or generic plans for the use of the NATO Response Force could be exercised and certified in a manner consistent with Baltic defense. We request high-level interagency discussion of the issue to develop the substance and NATO tactics of Baltic planning and exercises. END SUMMARY Why Baltic Contingency Planning? -------------------------------- 3. (S/NF) As reported in refs A-D, leaders in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are pressing hard for NATO Article 5 contingency planning for the defense of the Baltics. The Administration at the highest levels is on record supporting such efforts. President Obama told NATO Secretary General Rasmussen this during the latter's September 28-29 trip to Washington. Furthermore, Secretary Clinton told her colleagues at the September 22 "Trans-Atlantic Dinner" in New York that the U.S. wants more work on Article 5 contingency plans (ref E). The Difficulties ---------------- 4. (S/NF) At the same time, the internal processes and politics of the Alliance make it unlikely that a Baltic-only Article 5 contingency plan could be developed. NATO contingency plans are designed for possible future security risks that are consistent with NATO's General Intelligence Estimate (MC 161) and NATO Ministerial Guidance. While Admiral Stavridis, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), does have the authority to generate, review and revise contingency plans based on changes in the strategic security environment, those changes to the security environment would need to be reflected in MC 161. Without a change to MC 161, SACEUR does not have the authority to develop new Article 5 contingency plans. Moreover, changes to MC 161 are not made by SACEUR. They must be agreed by the NAC. 5. (S/NF) In this case, the Baltic states clearly believe that the Russian Federation represents a future security risk and desire a contingency plan to address that risk. And therein lies the problem. While the exact content of MC 161 cannot be discussed in this message, post-Cold War NATO has consistently said that it no longer views Russia as a threat. Allies, for example, agreed to language in the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act that "NATO and Russia do not consider each other as adversaries." As we saw during the debates over the Russia-Georgia war, many Allies will take great pains to avoid even the suggestion that the Alliance and Russia are on course toward a new Cold War. Countries such as Germany are unlikely to agree changes to MC 161 that explicitly define Russia as a potential threat, preferring instead to argue that the Alliance needs to find a way to work cooperatively with Moscow. USNATO 00000464 002 OF 003 But Hard is Not "Too Hard" -------------------------- 6. (S/NF) Despite these difficulties, however, there are steps that can be taken to meet the substance of the Baltic demands and demonstrate the Allied commitment to their defense. As a start, SACEUR did begin conducting informal "prudent planning" efforts within his own Headquarters in the wake of the Russian-Georgian war. These efforts should continue. Furthermore, the existing NATO contingency plan for Poland is up for revision. We could explore the possibility of revising this plan to include the reinforcement/defense of the Baltics as an element of the reinforcement/defense of Poland. Indeed, this idea was first raised by the German PermRep in conversation with Ambassador Daalder. NATO also has a number of agreed generic contingency plans for the NATO Response Force (NRF), including for relatively high-end "initial entry operations." Perhaps these generic NRF plans can be exercised/certified in a manner that would be consistent with the defense of the Baltics. Finally, we could pursue a generic Article 5 Alliance-wide contingency plan which would be applicable to multiple threats. Necessary for NATO-Russia; Expeditionary Forces --------------------------------------------- -- 7. (S/NF) Baltic reassurance can not be seen in isolation. Our ability to move forward with other U.S. priorities at NATO will be affected by our ability to reassure the Baltic states. For example, our ability to maintain an Allied consensus on re-engagement with Moscow will depend on it. Furthermore, the Baltic states have made clear that if they do not feel they can trust Allies to defend them, they will have to consider developing a force structure focused on territorial defense rather than on expeditionary capabilities. U.S. Reassurance Does Not Equal NATO Reassurance --------------------------------------------- --- 8. (S/NF) The U.S. has taken a number of bilateral steps to reassure the Baltics, including tasking the U.S. European Command (which ADM Stavridis heads under his U.S.-only hat) to develop a plan for supporting NATO deterrence and defense in the Baltic region. While these efforts can be useful in supporting NATO contingency planning and reassurance efforts, if done on their own they could actually undermine our efforts to reassure the Baltic states that all NATO Allies will carry out their Article 5 commitments. Defense of the Baltics must remain a NATO Article 5 commitment, not solely a U.S. bilateral one. Unless consensus can be achieved within the Alliance to take positive steps in this direction, the Baltic states will continue to lose faith in the Alliance, undercutting a key U.S. strategic objective. Washington should not allow U.S. bilateral reassurance efforts to become an easy substitute for NATO-wide efforts. Recommended Way Ahead --------------------- 9. (S/NF) Ambassador Daalder has been having quiet conversations with some Allies, as well as with SACEUR, to see what might be possible. We believe that a key aspect of any approach would be to socialize the NAC on the issue through briefings by SACEUR on current plans and the extent to which they satisfy the requirement to defend Allied territory. In addition to further consideration of the ideas in para 6 above, Mission proposes the following as an initial way ahead on this issue that we should seek to set in train: -- The Military Committee should task NATO Military Authorities to review the current family of contingency plans to determine if they are sufficient to meet NATO's Article 5 commitments; USNATO 00000464 003 OF 003 -- The North Atlantic Council should ask SACEUR to brief PermReps on the status of these plans and on their ability to provide for the defense/protection of Allied territory, populations, and Alliance interests; -- SHAPE should request that each Ally assess its own national plans and national contributions in support of these plans; -- Strategic communications/public messaging regarding NATO contingency planning would allow the Alliance to highlight its efforts to provide for the protection of Alliance territory from the range of threats; -- Ongoing Strategic Concept discussion and seminars should be used to identify new security threats and ways to meet those threats. This process could help build consensus for new contingency planning efforts; -- The U.S. should consider the possibility/suitability of adapting the upcoming USEUCOM bilateral exercise, "Baltic Host 2010," into a NATO deterrence and defense of the Baltic states exercise; and -- As NATO contingency plans are developed, task the development of supporting USEUCOM contingency plans. 10. (S/NF) Mission requests that a NATO IPC be scheduled in the near future to discuss this issue further, with a view to developing a coherent interagency-agreed strategy on how to take forward the President's vision of contingency planning in NATO. DAALDER ---------- VZCZCXYZ0001 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHC #7892 3491053 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 151050Z DEC 09 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY WARSAW IMMEDIATE 0000 S E C R E T STATE 127892 NOFORN FOLLOWING STATE 127892 DATED 150910Z DEC 09 SENT ACTION RIGA, TALLINN, VILNIUS, USNATO INFO ALL NATO POST COLLECTIVE IS BEING REPEATED FOR YOUR ACTION. QUOTE: S E C R E T STATE 127892 SIPDIS NOFORN E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/03/2019 TAGS: NATO MARR MCAP PREL EN LG LH PL SUBJECT: NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OUR BALTIC ALLIES REFS: A) USNATO 561 B) USNATO 464 C) VILNIUS 569 D) RIGA 514 Classified By: ACTING EUR A/S NANCY MCELDOWNEY -FOR REASONS 1.4(B) AND (D) 1. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 2-3. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Action Request. The United States is developing a strategy for reaffirming both NATO and U.S. commitment to the core responsibility of the Alliance: collective defense. Examining NATO's approach to contingency planning will be one element of that strategy. Moving from country-specific to regional contingency plans is one potential method. Expanding EAGLE GUARDIAN could be a first step in favor of regional planning. USNATO should engage NATO Secretary General Rasmussen to begin to build support for expanding Eagle Guardian. In early 2010, the U.S. Military Representative (MILREP) at NATO HQ should take the following actions: 1) meet jointly with the Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC), the German MILREP, and other MILREPs as appropriate to urge the CMC to task the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) to include the Baltic States in the revision of EAGLE GUARDIAN, and 2) approach the CMC and request that he task SACEUR to brief the Military Committee on each of NATO's contingency plans with guidance that he identify any gaps in those plans. We will be better positioned to consider a broader regional approach after receiving SACEUR's assessment USNATO and Action Embassies are asked to engage with appropriate Baltic and Polish officials before December 16 to outline the U.S. position, while stressing the need to keep details related to NATO's military plans confidential. Contingency points are also provided at paragraph 4 for responding to public inquiries. End Summary and Action Request. 3. (S) Washington shares USNATO's goal of a non-politicized process for moving forward. Washington believes that increased public attention on the issue could complicate our efforts to achieve that goal. We need to make that point clearly to our Baltic Allies and Poland, while also underscoring that we take their request for NATO contingency planning seriously and support steps to address their concerns. We understand Baltic and Polish leaders will meet on December 16 and will discuss, among other topics, NATO contingency planning. It will be important to engage with Baltic and Polish officials in advance of that meeting to both outline our support for expanding EAGLE GUARDIAN, and our vision for a process that can deliver a successful result. In discussions with Baltic and Polish officials, Action Posts should draw upon the points below. (S/REL NATO) Begin Talking Points: FOR RIGA, TALLINN, AND VILNIUS -- The United States has taken careful note of the repeated requests by all three Baltic states for NATO contingency planning for the defense of the Baltic region. -- The United States believes that NATO - as a matter of course - should conduct appropriate contingency planning for the possible defense of Allied territory and populations. NATO's Article 5 commitment requires no less. -- As President Obama said in Prague: "We must work together as NATO members so that we have contingency plans in place to deal with new threats, wherever they may come from."-- After spending the last several months examining options on how to carry out NATO contingency planning for the Baltic states, the United States has decided that the best course of action would be to take advantage of the ongoing revision of the existing defense of Poland plan, EAGLE GUARDIAN. EAGLE GUARDIAN could be expanded to include the defense of the Baltic states. This expansion is a logical military extension of the existing contingency plan and fits well within the scenario posited by EAGLE GUARDIAN. -- We would also like to make clear that we see the expansion of EAGLE GUARDIAN as a step toward the possible expansion of NATO's other existing country-specific contingency plans into regional plans. This is the first step in a multi- stage process to develop a complete set of appropriate contingency plans for the full range of possible threats -- both regional and functional -- as soon as possible. At the same time, we believe contingency planning is only one element of NATO's Article 5 preparedness. -- The United States is prepared to work closely with NATO Military Authorities and with other Allies to forge a consensus in favor of expanding EAGLE GUARDIAN to include the defense of the Baltic states, starting immediately in the new year when NATO reopens following its winter break. (S/REL NATO) FOR WARSAW -- The United States has taken careful note of the repeated requests by all three Baltic states for NATO contingency planning for the defense of the Baltic region. -- The United States believes that NATO - as a matter of course - should conduct appropriate contingency planning for the possible defense of Allied territory and populations. NATO's Article 5 commitment requires no less. -- As President Obama said in Prague: "We must work together as NATO members so that we have contingency plans in place to deal with new threats, wherever they may come from."-- After spending the last several months examining options for how to carry out NATO contingency planning for the Baltic states, the United States has decided that the best course of action would be to take advantage of the ongoing revision of the existing defense of Poland plan, EAGLE GUARDIAN. EAGLE GUARDIAN could be expanded to include the defense of the Baltic states. -- This expansion is a logical military extension of the existing contingency plan and fits well within the scenario posited by EAGLE GUARDIAN. In fact, defending Poland necessarily entails defending the Baltic states, as well. -- We would also like to make clear that we see the expansion of EAGLE GUARDIAN as a step toward the possible expansion of NATO's other existing country-specific contingency plans into regional plans. This is the first step in a multi- stage process to develop a complete set of appropriate contingency plans for the full range of possible threats - both regional and functional - as soon as possible. At the same time, we believe contingency planning is only one element of NATO's Article 5 preparedness. -- The United States is prepared to work closely with NATO Military Authorities and with other Allies to forge a consensus in favor of expanding EAGLE GUARDIAN to include the defense of the Baltic states, starting immediately in the new year when NATO reopens following its winter break. -- We do not believe that this will result in any significant delays for concluding the EAGLE GUARDIAN revision. Nor do we believe that this in any way endangers planning for the defense of Poland. In fact, we believe that the planning for the defense of Poland will be much more robust with the inclusion of the Baltics. (S/REL NATO) POINTS ABOUT PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF PLANS (FOR USE AT POST'S DISCRETION) -- The United States believes strongly that such planning should not be discussed publicly. These military plans are classified at the NATO SECRET level.-- The Alliance has many public diplomacy tools at its disposal. Contingency planning is not one of them. What we should do is explore other public steps for demonstrating the vitality of Article 5, such as exercises, defense investment, and partnerships. -- Public discussion of contingency plans undermines their military value, giving insight into NATO's planning processes. This weakens the security of all Allies. -- Public discussion of the plan would also make it politically much more difficult for some Allies to support the EAGLE GUARDIAN revision, creating divisions within the Alliance and throwing the whole project into doubt. -- A public discussion of contingency planning would also likely lead to an unnecessary increase in NATO-Russia tensions, something we should try to avoid as we work to improve practical cooperation in areas of common NATO-Russia interest. -- We believe that the proposed revision of EAGLE GUARDIAN is achievable and will represent a significant response to the Baltic request for contingency planning. -- We hope that we can count on your support in these efforts, including on keeping discussions on NATO contingency planning out of the public domain.-- We should work together on using exercises, defense investment, and partnerships to demonstrate to our publics that Article 5's value ultimately lies in NATO's capabilities and deterrence, rather than specific planning. (C) FOR ALL ACTION POSTS -- IF ASKED Q: Why wait until the new year? Why not start now? A: NATO Headquarters is heading into its winter break, when only a skeletal staff is in place. Our ability to achieve success in this matter will be substantially improved once senior Allied personnel have returned to work early in the new year. We pledge to take the matter up expeditiously at that time. Q: Will waiting until the new year give NATO Military Authorities sufficient time to complete the revision of the EAGLE GUARDIAN? A: According to our conversations with NATO's senior military authorities, beginning the process of incorporating the Baltic states into EAGLE GUARDIAN in early January still gives them sufficient time to complete the revision by February as originally planned. 4. (C) Washington strongly prefers that discussion of NATO's contingency plans in general, and the possible expansion of EAGLE GUARDIAN in particular, remain in confidential channels. However, posts may use the points below if necessary in responding to public queries about these issues. (U) PUBLIC/PRESS INQUIRIES -- IF ASKED: -- NATO does not discuss specific plans. -- As a matter of course, however, NATO does planning in order to be as prepared as possible for whatever situations might arise, particularly as relates to its ability to carrying out its Article 5 commitments. -- Plans are not static. NATO is constantly reviewing and revising its plans. -- NATO planning, however, is an internal process designed to make the Alliance as prepared as possible for future contingencies. It is not "aimed" at any other country. -- President Obama acknowledged this when he said at Prague that "We must work together as NATO members so that we have contingency plans in place to deal with new threats, wherever they may come from." CLINTON UNQUOTE CLINTON ----- VZCZCXRO8554 PP RUEHSL DE RUEHC #7810/01 0262036 ZNY SSSSS ZZH P 262029Z JAN 10 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO ALL NATO POST COLLECTIVE PRIORITY INFO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 6905 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 007810 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 01/22/2020 TAGS MARR, MCAP, NATO, PREL, EN, LG, LH, PL SUBJECT: EXPANSION OF EAGLE GUARDIAN TO INCLUDE BALTIC ALLIES REF: A. USNATO 35 B. 09 STATE 127892 Classified By: EUR PDAS Nancy McEldowney for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 1. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 3-4. 2. (S) Summary and Action Request. On January 22 NATO Allies agreed in the Military Committee to expand the NATO Contingency Plan for Poland, EAGLE GUARDIAN, to include the defense and reinforcement of the Baltic States. Posts in Allied capitals should be prepared to explain, as necessary, U.S. support for this approach and how it fits within our broader vision for NATO contingency planning, as well as how to respond to media inquiries on the matter. Posts are asked to draw on the points below, as necessary, in discussions on this issue. End Summary and Action Request. 3. (C) Posts need not engage host government officials proactively on NATO contingency planning at this time, but are encouraged to use the points below as the basis for discussions on the matter as needed. (S/REL NATO) CONTINGENCY POINTS (FOR USE AT POST,S DISCRETION) -- The United States believes that NATO - as a matter of course - should conduct appropriate contingency planning for the possible defense of Allied territory and populations. -- As President Obama said in Prague: “We must work together as NATO members so that we have contingency plans in place to deal with new threats, wherever they may come from. -- The U.S. welcomes the decision to expand EAGLE GUARDIAN to include the defense of the Baltic states, and sees it as a logical military extension of the existing contingency plan that fits well within the existing scenario. -- We see the expansion of EAGLE GUARDIAN as a step toward the possible expansion of NATO's other existing country-specific contingency plans into regional plans. This is the first step in a multi-stage process to develop a complete set of appropriate contingency plans for the full range of possible threats - both regional and functional - as soon as possible. At the same time, we believe contingency planning is only one element of NATO's Article 5 preparedness. (S/REL NATO) POINTS ABOUT PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF PLANS (FOR USE AT POST'S DISCRETION) -- The United States believes strongly that such planning should not be discussed publicly. These military plans are classified at the NATO SECRET level. -- The Alliance has many public diplomacy tools at its disposal. Contingency planning is not one of them. What we should do is explore other public steps for demonstrating the vitality of Article 5, such as exercises, defense investment, and partnerships. -- Public discussion of contingency plans undermines their military value, giving insight into NATO's planning processes. This weakens the security of all Allies. -- A public discussion of contingency planning would also likely lead to an unnecessary increase in NATO-Russia tensions, something we should try to avoid as we work to improve practical cooperation in areas of common NATO-Russia interest. -- We hope that we can count on your support in keeping discussions on NATO contingency planning out of the public domain. -- We should work together to develop strategies - to include activities such as exercises, defense investment, and partnerships - for demonstrating to our publics that Article 5's value ultimately lies in NATO's capabilities and deterrence, rather than specific planning. 4. (C) Washington strongly believes that the details of NATO,s contingency plans should remain in confidential channels. However, recent press coverage of NATO decisions regarding possible contingency planning options for the Baltic region may lead to additional media inquiries. If necessary, posts may use the points below in responding to STATE 00007810 002 OF 002 public queries. (U) PUBLIC/PRESS INQUIRIES -- IF ASKED: -- NATO does not discuss specific plans. -- As a matter of course, however, NATO engages in planning in order to be as prepared as possible for whatever situations might arise, particularly as relates to its ability to carrying out its Article 5 commitments. -- Plans are not static. NATO is constantly reviewing and revising its plans. -- NATO planning is an internal process designed to make the Alliance as prepared as possible for future contingencies. It is not "aimed" at any other country. -- President Obama acknowledged this when he said at Prague that "We must work together as NATO members so that we have contingency plans in place to deal with new threats, wherever they may come from." CLINTON

Ugly Tribal tensions beneath the surface in Jordan

Approximately 70% of Jordan's population is 'Palestinian.' The family of King Abdullah (known as the 'Hashemites') is transplanted from the Gulf region. It was 'given' the 'Kingdom' of Jordan (then known as Trans-Jordan) as a consolation prize by the British after losing custodianship over the Islamic holy places in Mecca and Medina to their cousins the al-Faisals (the Saudi royal family). I'll explain that more fully below.

In the meantime, the 'Jordanians' (the King's family? the nomadic Bedouin tribes from the area who never crossed the Jordan River into Israel seeking economic opportunity?) nearly started a brawl at a soccer game over the weekend. The soccer game was between - get this - a 'Jordanian' team and a 'Jordanian - Palestinian' team:

The tensions reached their peak over the weekend when tens of thousands of fans of Jordan's Al-Faisali soccer team chanted slogans condemning Palestinians as traitors and collaborators with Israel. Al-Faisali was playing the rival Wihdat soccer team, made up of Jordanian-Palestinians, in the Jordanian town of Zarqa.

Anti-riot policemen had to interfere to stop the Jordanian fans from lynching the Wihdat team members and their fans, eyewitnesses reported. They said the Jordanian fans of Al-Faisali hurled empty bottles and fireworks at the Palestinian players and their supporters.

Reports in a number of Jordanian newspapers said that the Jordanian fans also chanted anti-Palestinian slogans and cursed Palestine, the PLO, Jerusalem and the Aksa Mosque.

Imagine that? They 'cursed' the 'holy' Aqsa mosque. Well, that ought to tell you that even they know that the mosque was never a Muslim holy site. It was built atop a Jewish holy site to try to vanquish Jewish claims to the site - a pattern Muslims have repeated all over the world (ask the Hindus in India).

What those of you who have not lived in the Middle East may not realize is that the entire concept of a 'Jordanian' or 'Palestinian' is nothing but a fiction. These people are all Arabs from different tribes and families, but essentially ethnically all the same people. They're less different from each other than the Jets are from the Sharks.

That incident was deemed important enough that US charge d'affaires in Amman Lawrence Mandel wrote a cable about it to Washington. Wikileaks released that cable on Monday.

According to the dispatch, written on July 28, 2009, by the US charge d’affaires in Amman, Lawrence Mandel, “Anti-Palestinian hooliganism and slogans denigrating the Palestinian origins of both the Queen and the Crown Prince led to the cancellation of a July 17 soccer game” between two rival teams, one – Faisali – which “is the favored team of tribal East Bankers,” and the other – Wahadat – the “proxy champions” of the Palestinian Jordanians.

Faisali supporters chanted about the Palestinian origins of Queen Rania with the cheer, “Divorce her you father of Hussein, and we’ll marry you to two of ours.”

According to the dispatch, “There is broad recognition throughout Jordan that the Faisali-Wahdat incident exposed the uncomfortable gap between East Bankers and Palestinian-origin Jordanians – one that most would rather keep well-hidden for the sake of political stability.

“The connection between this rift and the Hashemite monarchy, including the newly-appointed Crown Prince, makes the incident even more unsettling.”

The charges d’affaires said that even the “most forthcoming contacts” were reluctant to talk about the issue, “recognizing that it strikes at the core of Jordanian identity politics.”

One source was quoted as saying that non-Palestinian East Bankers are “uncomfortable with the increasing pressures for reform that will inevitably lessen their near-monopoly on political and social power.”

The dispatch said that Jordan’s “self-censoring media” did not deal with the hooliganism at the game, nor tell why the game was called off. Internet news sites, however, were replete with commentary on the game.

Many on the Internet “defended the Faisali supporters as ‘real’ Jordanians fighting against undue Palestinian influence.”

According to the dispatch, “The King’s silence on the game and its political implications is deafening. High level government contacts and members of the diplomatic community are puzzled by the King’s failure to respond to a verbal attack on his family that also dips into Jordanian identity politics.”

While perhaps unintentional, the dispatch read, “The King’s silence has effectively empowered the pro-status quo establishment.”

And of course, the 'pro-status quo establishment' consists of people who will never allow the dispute between Israel and the 'Palestinians' to be resolved unless it means that they can push their entire 'Palestinian' population back across the Jordan River.

What many people outside the region don't appreciate is the extent to which so much of the rivalry here is tribal rather than ethnic or religious. Sure, there are rivalries between Sunnis and Shia, between Christian Copts and Egyptian Muslims, and between Jordanian Bedouin from the royal family and 'Palestinians.' But the entire notion of dividing the Middle East into nation states is an artificial one imposed by the British and the French in the 1920's. The real divisions here are based on tribes and families (even in Israel by the way - although the divisions here are much, much less sharp than in the Arab world). That's the real reason why this region hasn't known peace for the last 100 years. The divisions among the tribes always ensure that there are new things to fight about....

مع ظهور الدفعة الجديدة من تسريبات ويكليكس، برز احد "الكيبلات" التي اصدرتها السفارة الأمريكية في عمان والذي تحدث عن "بلطجة" يمارسها مشجعو نادي الفيصلي الرياضي واغلبهم من الشرق أردنين، ضد جماهير ومشجعي نادي الوحدات وهو نادي يمثل الاردنين من اصل فلسطيني. ذكر التقرير ان هتافات جماهير نادي الفيصلي في تلك الفترة شملت إسأت إلى الأسرة الحاكمة، وتحديدا إلى الملكة رانيا العبدالله عقيلة العاهل الأردني بالهتاف المشهور: "واحد، إثنين، واحد، إثنين، طلقها يا أبو حسين تنزوجك ثنتين".

كنت أعمل خبيرا إقتصاديا ومساعدا لمنسق سياسات العراق في السفارة الأمريكية في عمان في فترة إعداد ذلك التقرير في الشهر السابع من العام 2009. وإن كنت لا املك رفاهية الحديث عن تفاصيل عملي او اي شيء كنت فد قمت به ضمن مهامي الرسميةـ إلا أنني استطيع القول إنني اذكر تماما أنني أبلغت السفارة الأمريكية في عمان تفاصيل الهتفات التي كان يطقلها جماهير النادي الفيصلي في تلك المباراة، بما فيها "طلقها يا أبو حسين" إضافة إلى " عل مكشوف عل مشكوف، فلسطيني ما بدنا نشوف"

إلا أن أبرز ما يثير الغرابة في التقرير الذي اصدره نائب السفير الأمريكية في عمان لورنس مانديل، والذي حظيت بشرف العمل معه في أكثر من مناسبة، هو "صمت الملك الأردني على ما يحصل رغم وصول الإسأت إلى عائلته".

بعد تسرب هذا التقرير بأيام، هاجمت قوات الدرك الأردنية جماهير نادي الوحدات ليلة الخميس، العاشر من كانون الأول، مخلفة ما يزيد عن مئة مصاب منهم طفل في حالة حرجة، حيث ذكر شهود العيان ومنهم نائب سابق من أصل فلسطيني، أن قوات الدرك هاجمت جمهور نادي الوحدات دون أن يستفزها الجمهور على الإطلاق.

ما حصل لا يقف عند كونه عنف ملاعب، او قسوة اجهزة أمن، فالأمر أعمق من ذلك بكثير. فمنذ العام 2008، تبنت دائرة المخابرات العامة الأردنية سياسية شبه معلنة في عزل وإقصاء وترويع الأردنين من اصل فلسطيني، لأجل خلق وضع للفلسطينين في الأردن، (وهم الأغلبية حسب كافة تقارير وزارة الخارجية الأمريكية)، بحيث يصبحون على حافة الاقصاء والتهميش بدرجاته القصوى بهدف جعل وجودهم في الأردن مسألة خاضعة للتشكيك وبالتالي وضعهم على حافة تحولهم للاجئين من جديد، هذه الفكرة أبدعها إستراتيجو المخابرات الأردنية على اساس كونها ورقة ضغط على إسرائيل لمواجهة ما يراه الأردن توجها إسرائيليا لفرض حكم الاغلبية في الاردن، وبالتالي تأسيس وطن فلسطيني شرق النهر.

هذه السياسة بلا ريب شبيهة لحد كبير جدا بسياسة النخبة الحاكمة في جنوب إفريقيا التي اختلقت نظام الفصل العنصري، الأبارتيد، Apartheid لعزل الإغلبية السوداء عن السلطة وموارد البلاد، وتماما كما هو الحال في الأردن الأن، كانت شرطة جنوب إفريقيا تظهر عنفا غير مسبوقا في التعامل مع الأغلبية المهمشة بسبب أو دون سبب.

إلا أن شأن كرة القدم في الأردن هو أشد تعقيدا، حيث أن دائرة المخابرات العامة الأردنية تستخدم ملاعب كرة القدم لبث روح التفرقة والتمييز ضد الفلسطينين، حيث تحولت ملاعب الكرة الاردنية إلى أراضي معارك بديلة By Proxy تستعرض فيها الدولة الأردنية سطوتها على الأغلبية الفلسطينية وقدرتها على الترويع والسيطرة وكذلك تذكير الأردني من أصل فلسطيني بأنه ليس سوى "ضيف ولاجيء".

إن توقيت ما حصل يوم الخميس الماضي يعد غريبا جدا، فهو يأتي في وقت تتسم العلاقة بين الأردنين من اصل فلسطيني والشرق أردنين بالتعقيد الشديد خاصة بعد إجراء الأردن لإنتخابات مبنية على قانون الصوت الواحد الذي يعطي الأردنين من اصل فسطيني فرص محدودة للفوز ومقاعد معدودة جدا، حيث أصرت الحكومة الأردنية على تطبيق ذلك القانون رغم الإنتقادات الدولية من أقرب حلفائها، بحيث أصبح العرب في إسرائيل، والذين يمثلون ما يزيد بقليل عن 23 بالمائة من السكان، يتمتعون بأحد عشرا نائبا في الكنيست الأسرائيلي، في حين أن الأغلبية الساحقة الفلسطينية في الأردن بالكاد يمثلها نفس العدد من النواب في بلدهم.

كذلك فإن ما قمت به قوات الدرك الأردنية من إعتداء على جماهير نادي الوحدات إنما هو رسالة قوية جدا في توقيت فريد بعد تسريب ويكيليكيس للرسالة الدبلوماسية المشار إليها إعلاه، أيضا، فإن الملعب الرياضي الذي تمت فيه المبارة يسمى بإستاد الملك عبدالله الثاني الرياضي، مما يعطي الرسالة عمقا واضحا لا يحتاج الكثير من التفسير، بأن الاردنيون من اصل فلسطيني الأن يجب ان يعلموا أن أي تعاطف دولي لن يشفع لهم، بل سيوقعهم في مزيد من الألام والمعاناة. فهي رسالة فجة وواضحة وتحذير معلن من قبل الدولة الأردنية لهؤلاء.

من ناحية أخرى، فإن ما حدث ليشير إلى عمق الحفرة التي حفرتها لنفسها الحكومة الأردنية، فسياسات إقصاء الفلسطينين للضغط على إسرائيل تبين انها غير ذات جدوى، حيث ان إسرائيل تملك من القو ة ما يمنع الاردن حتى من مجرد محاولة فرض الفلسطينين كلاجئين عليها، كما ان تعثر مفاوضات السلام الذي قابله مزيد من التشدد الأردني في التعاطي مع الفلسطينين جعل الأردن خارج أي معادلة حل أكثر شمولا او واقعية من وجهة نظر كافة الأطراف المعنية بالسلام بما فيهم الفلسطينين انفسهم.

كذلك، فإن الأغلبية الفلسطينية، التي تتعمد الحكومة الأردنية الضغط عليها الأن، إنما هي عصب حياة الدولة الإقتصادي، حيث أنهم يسيطرون على قطاع الأعمال والإستثمارات كما و تبلغ تحويلات الفلسطينين العاملين في الخارج حوالي الأربعة مليارت دولار سنويا للأردن الذي لا يزيد ناتجه القومي الإجمالي عن 21 مليار دولار سنويا، مما يعني أن تهميش هؤلاء وأفقادهم الثقة ببلدهم إنما هو انتحار إقتصادي لدولة ذات موارد شحيحة وكذلك هو إنتحار سياسي لدولة تملك القليل من الأوراق السياسية لتلعب بها.

كذلك، فإن قوى التطرف العشائري في الأردن، وفي تنمرها على الأردنين من اصل فلسطيني تتجاوز بالامر للوصول إلى التنمر على الاسرة الحاكمة نفسها والإستخفاف بمقدسات البلادة السياسية، كما اشار تقرير السفارة الأمريكية في عمان، وهو أمر لا تملك مؤسسة العرش ألأردنية رفاهية السماح به ولا القدرة على مواجهته في نفس الوقت حيث أن ذلك سيعني عدم سيطرتها على الأجهزة الأمنية والجيش المسيطر عليهما بالكامل من العشائر الشرق اردنيةـ وهذا بحد ذاته أمر وضعت الدولة الأردنية نفسها فيها نتيحة منع الأغلبية الفلسطينية من أي تثميل ولو شكلي ضمن المنظومة الأمنية.

إلا أن الحكومة الأردنية لا تزال تبدو مصرة على الإستمرار في الحفر، معمقة الحفرة التي ابتعدتها لنفسها، حيث ان، دائرة المخابرات العامة هي من يصوغ السياسة الداخلية والخارجية للبلاد، ولذلك فان اي تأجيج او تصعيد للوضع الداخلي سيؤدي إلى مزيد من النفوذ لها، نفس هذا الأمر حدث أثناء الحرب الأهلية الأردنية عام 1970، حيث إعترف صراحة مدير المخابرات الأردني آن ذاك، نذير رشيد- في مذكراته الممنوعة من النشر في الأردن وفي أحاديث مطولة له مع فناة الجزيرة- انه هو ومؤسسته كانا يسعيان للتصعيد بل وحض الراحل ، الملك حسين، على مواجهة الفلسطينين، مما نجم عنه مجازر رهيبة بحق المدنين الفلسطينين في حين بقيت المنظمات المسلحة الفلسطينية على قيد الحياة بل وانسحبت إلى لبنان، وهو الأمرالذي لم يخدم اللاجئين الفلسطينين أو القضية الفلسطينية الإسرائيلين أو اللبنانين، بل خدم الأردن فقط.

ان كافة المؤشرات في الأردن توحي إلى تطور حالة من عدم الأستقرار الذي يمكن أن يتطور بسهولة إلى اضطرابات واسعة، إلا أن هذه الإضطرابات ستكون مختلفة عما حدث عام 1970، حيث ان الفلسطينين في الأردن هذه المرة لا يملكون أي سلاح أو قوة، وهم أكثر استعداد بعد اربعين عاما من الإضطهاد، لقبول فكرة تكوين وطن لهم شرق النهر. كذلك، فإن الدول الغربية و إسرائيل لا ترى بالضرورة في الاردن صورة الدولة المسالمة التي كانت تقاتل مجموعة من الإرهابين كما كان الحال عام 1970، بل ستكون صورة دولة شمولية تنكل بأغلبية شعبها، (وهو تماما ما يسعى إليه دهاقنة الأجهزة الأمنية الأردنية). مما سيدفع البعض الى التفكير في فرصة للدول العظمى لإحداث تغير جذري واقتناص حل دائم.

إن كان ما حصل في مباراة الخميس الفائت هو تحذير، فهو لم يكن تحذيرا للفلسطينين في الاردن وحسب، بل جرس إنذار بخطورة الوضع القائم في الأردن للمنطقة ككل بما فيها الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل

Did CIA set up Paraguayan president in paternity scandal?

December , 2010 -- Did CIA set up Paraguayan president in paternity scandal?

http://www.forexpros.com/news/general-news/analysis-colombia-defies-%22peak-oil%22-but-for-how-long%20-179325

Was Lugo a victim of CIA bio-genetic warfare?

http://article.wn.com/view/2010/08/07/Paraguayan_President_Fernando_Lugo_has_cancer_2/

It is being reported that it was the CIA that requested Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton to issue directives in cables to U.S. diplomatic missions abroad to collect DNA, iris scan, fingerprint, and photo identification data on various world leaders and other government officials....

A March 24, 2008, cable from Rice requested such data as part of "reporting and collection needs for Paraguay" and specifically requested the DNA, iris scan, and other information on leading presidential candidates in Paraguay, including Minister of Education Blanca Ovelar, former Vice President Luis Castiglioni, Lino Oviedo, and the ultimate victor, former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo.

Lugo, a Marxist Catholic "liberation theologist" was, after his inauguration, confronted by charges from a woman named Hortensia Moran that he was the father of her child. Lugo submitted to a DNA test, which cleared him. In early 2010, another paternity suit against Lugo was withdrawn...

However, the first paternity suit brought against Lugo, after Rice requested his DNA samples be collected, showed that he was the father of a son conceived with 26-year-old Viviana Carrillo. After the positive DNA paternity test, Lugo admitted that the boy, Guillermo Armindo, was his son.

However, the fact that it was the CIA that requested DNA samples on Lugo throw into question the entire paternity scandal episode against the former bishop. Lugo, a progressive Latin American ally of Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, and Rafael Correa -- all targets of U.S.-inspired coups and unrest, was weakened not only by the paternity scandal but also by his sudden diagnosis earlier this year with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The CIA's "Frankenstein science" of MK-ULTRA and MK-DELTA mind control, chip-implanted assassins, LSD experimentation on innocent human guinea pigs, exotic assassination weapons, methods and Modus Operandi..., creating and using the infamous White House Murder/assassinations INC, worldwide but especially in the Levant since January 24th 2002, in a joint venture with Asef SHAWKAT from Syria's military Intelligence in a string of assassinations in Lebanon and Syria...., pathogenic weapons development, and other criminal research against humanity are well-known and well-documented. However, the CIA's request for DNA samples on world leaders may be an indication that the CIA has changed the game and is now involved in bio-genetic weapons research and deployment...

The CIA's Technical Services Division, once headed by the infamous Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, has been accused of research into fast-acting cancer and other bio-weapons that were to have been used against world leaders, including Y. Arafart and Patrice Lumumba.

As a result of break-throughs in gene-synthesism, DNA samples can also be cloned and used to frame individuals for various crimes and other purposes....[ STL included...] The CIA has a long history of using blackmail, extortion, and false flag tactics in their clandestine operations....

The CIA has trained assassins who have murdered priests, nuns, and the Archbishop of San Salvador. President Lugo may have been another convenient Catholic target for the CIA's "weird science" practitioners. And with Rice's and Clinton's imprimaturs on the leaked State Department cables directing the collection of DNA samples for the CIA's program, that makes Rice and Clinton no less guilty of committing war crimes than the Nazis who were tried at Nuremberg....

Monday, 24 March 2008, 18:30 S E C R E T STATE 030340 SIPDIS NOFORN EO 12958 DECL: 02/27/2033 TAGS PINR, KPRP, ECON, PREL, PGOV, ETRD, PA SUBJECT: (S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PARAGUAY REF: 07 STATE 161706 Classified By: PAULA CAUSEY, DAS, INR. REASON: 1.4(C). 1. (S/NF) This cable reports the results of a recent Washington review of reporting and collection needs for Paraguay. The review produced a list of priorities (paragraph 5) intended to guide participating USG agencies as they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on Paraguay. The priorities also serve as a useful tool to help the Embassy manage reporting and collection, including formulation of Mission Strategic Plans (MSPs). 2. (S/NF) Important information often is available to non-State members of the Country Team whose agencies participated in the review of this National HUMINT Collection Directive. COMs, DCMs, and State reporting officers can assist by coordinating with other Country Team members to encourage relevant reporting through their own or State Department channels. 3. (S/NF) Please note that the community relies on State reporting officers for much of the biographical information collected worldwide. Informal biographic reporting by email and other means is vital to this effort. When it is available, reporting officers should include as much of the following information as possible: office and organizational titles; names, position titles and other information on business cards; numbers of telephones, cell phones, pagers and faxes; compendia of contact information, such as telephone directories (in compact disc or electronic format if available) and e-mail listings; internet and intranet "handles", internet e-mail addresses, web site identification-URLs; credit card account numbers; frequent flyer account numbers; work schedules, and other relevant biographical information. 4. (S/NF) This National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) is compliant with the National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF), which was established in response to NSPD-26 of February 24, 2003. If needed, GRPO can provide further background on the NIPF and the use of NIPF abbreviations (shown in parentheses following each sub-issue below) in NHCDs. 5. (S/NF) Priority issues and issues outline: A. Terrorism and Crime 1) Terrorist Threats and Activities (TERR-2) 2) Government Counterterrorist Response (TERR-2) 3) Impact of Corruption and Government Response (CRIM-3) 4) Narcotics Trafficking and Government Response (DRUG-3) 5) Money Laundering (MONY-3) B. Political Dynamics and Democratization 1) Political Stability (DEPS-3) 2) Democratic Practice and the Rule of Law (DEPS-3) 3) Foreign Relations (FPOL-4) 4) Human Rights (HRWC-5) C. Economy, Trade, and Investment 1) Economic Policies and Performance (ECFS-3) 2) Trade (TRAD-4) 3) Foreign Investment (TRAD-4) D. Military and Security Issues 1) Critical Infrastructure Protection (INFR-4) 2) Military Structure and Capabilities (FMCC-4) 3) GRPO can provide text of this issue. 4) Health and Medical Developments (HLTH-4) E. Information Infrastructure and Telecommunications (INFR-4) 6. (S/NF) Reporting and collection needs: A. Terrorism and Crime 1) Terrorist Threats and Activities (TERR-2) - Information on the presence, intentions, plans and activities of terrorist groups, facilitators, and support networks - including, but not limited to, Hizballah, Hamas, al-Gama'at al-Islamiya, al-Qa'ida, jihadist media organizations, Iranian state agents or surrogates - in Paraguay, in particular in the Tri-Border Area (TBA). - Indications or evidence of terrorists' or terrorist support networks' involvement with narcotrafficking, money laundering, human smuggling, and/or other criminal activities as a means of obtaining funding or other logistical support; details on companies or organizations linked to terrorists or terrorist activity, to include financial transactions, shipping records, addresses, and associated companies/organizations. - Terrorist or terrorist support network plans and activities in the areas of recruitment, training, support, communications networks, local and regional command and control. - The arrival or expansion of Islamic NGOs or leaders with known or suspected radical affiliations. - Ties between and among terrorist organizations; evidence of terrorist links to government-including local/regional-officials, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (such as Jama'at al-Tabligh, the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, and the Muslim World League), front organizations (including companies providing logistical or financial support), and organized criminal groups. - Identities information of terrorist members to include fingerprints, arrest photos, DNA, and iris scans. - Modus Operandi of individuals and terrorist groups, their use and/or modification of passports, seals/caches, and travel documents. - Plans, intentions, and activities of domestic terrorist groups and regional terrorist groups that operate in Paraguay. 2) Government Counterterrorist Response (TERR-2) - Information on the government's policy, plans and intentions for addressing the terrorist threat, including support for or opposition to the United States in the war against terrorism; Paraguay's position in regional and international fora, including support for or objection to U.S. counterterrorism policies. - Security services' capabilities, at the national and local levels, to counter terrorist groups and their activities; government plans or intentions to further develop or expand those capabilities. - Details of police and security services' efforts and programs to identify, monitor, and disrupt terrorist activities throughout Paraguay, and particularly in the TBA. - Government plans and efforts to deploy biometric systems. - Willingness to cooperate with the U.S. Government and other governments on counterterrorism issues, including the sharing of terrorist data; challenges (political, economic, financial, or personal) the government or government officials face which may influence their cooperation. - The status of, and prospects for, counterterrorism-related legislation. 3) Impact of Corruption and Government Response (CRIM-3) - Details about organized crime groups, including leadership, links to government or foreign entities, drug and human trafficking and smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, connections to other international organized crime or terrorist groups, movement of organized crime into legitimate business structures, their locations, support structures and means of coordinating operations, with particular emphasis on their efforts to influence, suborn or corrupt government, law enforcement or security officials. - Information on the involvement of government, military, or security services personnel in corrupt practices, including officials involved in narcotrafficking and arms smuggling, trafficking in persons, funds diversion, influence peddling, bribe solicitation, blackmail, fraud--especially of travel documents--and nepotism; the impact of government corruption on efforts to pursue, capture, and prosecute terrorists and the effect on popular confidence in the government. - Details of corruption in government offices, particularly in the attorney general's office, the judiciary, and the customs service; status of any government efforts to combat corruption. - National, regional, or international criminal activity, including economic distortions caused by criminal activity; the government's efforts to devise and implement plans and policies to combat criminal activity; the level of cooperation with foreign security services on detecting, monitoring, and intercepting illicit arms and other smuggled goods. 4) Narcotics Trafficking and Government Response (DRUG-3) - Details of narcotics trafficking and associated criminal activities, particularly in the TBA and other border regions; illicit drug shipments and trafficking nodes, modalities, and routes. - Details on drug trafficking organizations, including leadership (biographic information and biometric data), communications (types and sources of technologies used), and methods of operation, to include processing and storage sites, methods of laundering money, and activities of front companies (financial activities, shipping records, addresses, and associated companies). - Traffickers' subversion or coercion of political, economic and judicial officials and systems, including attempts to gain influence through campaign contributions; impact of corruption from drug traffickers on executive offices, legislatures, military and security organizations. - Connections between narcotics traffickers and international organized criminal or terrorist groups. - Government control and enforcement plans, organizations, capabilities, and activities; military and police roles in combating drug trafficking or contributing to the trafficking. - Government plans and efforts to interdict the movement of narcotics through the TBA and elsewhere. - Details of legislative initiatives to improve counternarcotics enforcement and prosecutions. 5) Money Laundering (MONY-3) - Evidence of international organized crime, terrorist networks, drug producers, people smugglers, arms traffickers, government officials, military, and security services involvement in money laundering. - Details on the methods used to conduct illicit financial transactions. - Identification of financial organizations and businesses (names of personnel and physical location/address of entities), including exchange houses and informal mechanisms such as hawalas, involved in money laundering, the means employed, and the amounts and frequency of activity. - Government willingness and ability to enforce current law, investigate, and prosecute money laundering and illegal financial activities, to include plans to tighten financial controls and strengthen its financial intelligence unit. - Information about the underground market for treasury notes, bearer bonds, and other financial instruments. B. Political Dynamics and Democratization 1) Political Stability (DEPS-3) - Plans and intentions of the government and ruling party to prepare for, or influence the outcome of, the April 2008 election. - Leading candidates and emerging leaders -- to include their views of, and plans for relations with, the United States, Venezuela, Cuba, and other Latin American nations - especially for the 2008 election. - Political parties' and candidates' preparations for the 2008 election; electoral politics, party platforms, tactics, and strategies employed in the run-up to the election and plans for the post-election period. - Information-before and after the election-on governing and opposition parties' alliances, rifts, internal factions, and constituencies, including key people, tactics, and strengths. - Details of post-election internal politics and political maneuvering during the transition from one administration to another. - Information on financial or material support to candidates, parties, or interest groups from foreign governments, especially from Cuba or Venezuela; post-electoral aid commitments from foreign governments. - Details of corrupt, illegal, or unethical activities aimed at subverting the electoral process. - Biographic and financial information on all leading contenders, and especially on Minister of Education Blanca Ovelar, former Vice President Castiglioni, Lino Oviedo, and Fernando Lugo; and biometric data, to include fingerprints, facial images, iris scans, and DNA, on these individuals. 2) Democratic Practice and the Rule of Law (DEPS-3) - Evidence of commitment, or lack of commitment, on the part of the government, political parties, or special interest groups to democratic principles, rule of law, transparent, corruption-free governance practices, and free and fair elections. - Details of political deal making and bargains and the resulting impact on popular confidence in the elections and the political process; indications of government or political party bargaining over the candidacy of Lino Oviedo and his campaign. 3) Foreign Relations (FPOL-4) - Information on the government's foreign policy plans and intentions toward neighboring states, regional powers (including the United States), and key international actors. - Status of the government's relations with and views of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his domestic and foreign policies and actions; the Paraguayan government perspective on Venezuelan efforts to influence Paraguay's political process or leadership. - Information on Paraguay's relationship with Cuba and the Paraguayan government perspective on Cuban activities and influence in Paraguay; Paraguay's policy on Cuba in international and regional fora and the Paraguayan leadership's views of the United States' Cuba policy. - Student exchange programs and philanthropic activities in Paraguay sponsored by Cuba or Venezuela. - Paraguay's relations with the MERCOSUR organization and its member countries in that multilateral environment. - Details of Paraguay's position on U.S. policies and actions in the region and internationally, including Paraguay's views on, and participation in, multilateral sanctions endorsed by the United States and/or the United Nations. - Information on key bilateral regional relationships, especially for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Bolivia. - Relations with Iran and information on Islamic facilities, including mosques, cultural centers, etc., supported by Iran. - Information on other key bilateral international relationships, especially for China, Taiwan, and Russia. 4) Human Rights (HRWC-5) - Government plans and intentions with regard to human rights issues, in particular willingness to crack down on - or disregard - violations by police, military or security services. - Performance of the police, military, and security services in upholding or violating human rights. - Government programs and efforts to prevent violence, trafficking in persons, prostitution, forced labor, slave labor, or vigilante activity. C. 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Why 80 Percent of Americans Don't Believe the Official Theory of 911

http://www.bollyn.com/index.php#article_12617

http://www.jewishracism.com/interviews.htm

by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy

http://www.yousufnazar.com/?p=1156

These days, Bush's only defenders with respect to 911 are 1) paid liars and hard cases left over from his utterly criminal and illegitimate administration; and 2) idiots whose only source of 'news' is Fox. Fox 'news', however, is an oxymoron, appropriate I suppose for a network of morons in service to morons.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/12/06/gordon-duff-why-wikileaks-doesnt-add-up/

Bush, it is said, could not have pulled off 911 alone. Of course not! A total tool, it most certainly was not even his idea. He was the 'titular' head of a loosely organized gang of power brokers and the motley crew of wing nuts who support them. God knows why!

http://truthjihadradio.blogspot.com/2010/12/truth-jihad-radio-exclusive-person-in.html

Bush was and probably still is a puppet but not a good one. When the real history is known, we may find ourselves eternally grateful to Bush whose utter incompetence, his palpable stupidity, his painful, hardly bearable inarticulateness revealed however inadvertently the truth about how our nation was usurped by an ever smaller ruling elite. Last time I checked this 'elite' was only 1 percent of the total population and most surely diminishing. One day, they will have put themselves out of business. In theory, at least!

Nevertheless, it was under Bush that several wars --some phony, some real --were fought on their behalf. The most obvious war was the one with the phony name: 'War on Terrorism', a classic misnomer. It is more accurately described as the 'War of Oil and Resource Theft'. I suppose that we were expected to believe that God himself intervened with 911 and gave Bushco the pretext it would need to attack and invade those nations having precisely those resources that had been most coveted by the Dick, otherwise called 'Cheney'.
Those having knowledge and/or participating with Dick Cheney in any way most probably have guilty knowledge of the method by which a pretext to attack and invade the Middle East was obtained.

Some of those having this 'guilty knowledge' include Marvin Bush who was in charge of WTC security. He was in a position to help plan it. Had there been a real investigation of the crime of 911, he would have been a prime suspect. As head of WTC 'security', Marvin would have been a position to know about, perhaps direct, the placement of explosive making possible a series of obvious controlled demolitions that provided the pre-text Bushco required to seize the resources for sponsors like Halliburton et al.

The weakest leak is Larry Silverstein who let the cat out of the bag. WTC 7 was 'pulled' he said on video tape and it was Larry that gave the order! Within about 15 minutes, his order was carried out. A controlled demolition! Two facts put 'Lucky' in a bad light: 1) it takes considerably more than 15 minutes to prep a 47 story building for demolition; 2) 'Lucky' was financially upside down with the acquisition of the WTC 'white elephants'. An insurance pay-off conveniently bailed him out. Lucky, indeed!

The Dancing Israelis

I believe that the 'Dancing Israelis' were Mossad Agents. On broadcast TV, they boasted that they had gone to New York for the purpose of 'documenting' the event now called 911. That's guilty foreknowledge, probable cause to investigate 911 and everyone connected with it it starting with the prescient Israelis.

Dick Cheney's 'Energy Task Force', in fact, met prior to 911 for the purpose of carving up the oil fields of Iraq. They would need a pre-text! Were they 'prescient'? If not, that event speaks to 'motive'. Dick Cheney's Halliburton got almost all the contracts from the Bush admin just as did I.G. Farben, Thyssen et al from Hitler prior to his invasion of Poland. It's the fascist/Nazi way.Essential 911 boils down to this:

• The Bush Official Conspiracy Theory of 911 is utterly impossible by science and circumstance. It did not happen!
  
• Even members of the 911 Commission, prominently John Farmer now DISOWN the 911 Commission Report and that of the NIST. Both are works of pure fiction, ignore established peer-reviewed physics and ignore the glaring holes in the official cover.

When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, however implausible, must be the truth!

Apologies to Sherlock Holmes! At last --who benefits? The truth is simply this: 911 was an inside job, a Mossad-CIA operation on behalf of a crooked coalition to include big oil, Halliburton, of course. All of them benefited!

If the MSM had been doing its job, good folk like my friends Dr. David Griffin and Kevin Barrett would have an easier time of it. Initially, the Bush admin utilized its 'leverage' throughout the corporate media to shut up the opposition. The most egregious tactic was to impugn the patriotism of anyone daring to point out the fact that the official theory is impossible for many reasons not the least of which is that it defies the basic laws of physics.

Physics, of course, is no longer taught in schools,. As the GOP has risen in power and influence, educational standards declined. That is the verifiable record of GOP failure in Texas which --as a result of the back to back Bush/Perry debacles now trails the nation in high school graduations.

It is hard to make the case that the official theory defies the laws of physics to millions whohave have never darkened the door of a high school, let alone a university physics lab. The GOP is 'anti-intellectual' for a reason. Mass ignorance as a result of their domination of the media and their overt subversion of education are effective covers for their many crimes....

CIA/MOSSAD/MI6 invented Al-CIAda....

Al Qaeda was a U.S. creation, specifically a product of inverted right wing psuedo logic. If 'al Qaeda' did not exist, never mind --the shills would invent it and cite it to justify wars abroad, crackdowns on freedom at home! They would bestow upon it a virtual existence via press releases, propaganda and outright lies --deliberate attempts to mislead the American people!

Bin Laden should pay royalties to the U.S. right wing if, indeed, he ever benefited from his new found celebrity, his holographic 'creation' by the mass media, his elevation to arch-enemy status! His is falsely characterized as the 'mega-terrorist' brain behind a sinister world terrorist organization resembling an octopus with tentacles in every real or fictitious terrorist attack. There had not been anything like it since Bond fought SPECTRE --an evil terrorist organization specializing in terrorism and extortion. In the Bushco rewrite the part of Blofeld is played by Bin Laden.

It was a crock!

It was the CIA which bestowed upon Bin Laden himself his near mythical image of sinister master terrorist who commanded a vast world wide network from deep inside a cave in Tora Bora. This was all really, really bad fiction. Many Hollywood producers would have laughed out of their offices anyone daring to pitch it! It was, it seems, a very, very bad rewrite of Ala Baba and his 40 thieves. Ali, like Binny, lived in a cave but --alas --did not have cell phones. But neither did Bin Laden. The immediate acceptance of the Bush official conspiracy theory proves the diminishing IQs of those who insist upon believing it. The consolation is this: the CIA has no future in Hollywood!

A bad b-movie!

According to the official version of the lie (charitably: the 'myth') goes something like this: the CIA and the Saudis are said to have funded and armed Bin Laden throughout the 80s. His mission impossible: wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. In fact, Bin Laden was working for the CIA....

Simply --Al-Qaeda means 'the base'; in this case --the computer data base of thousands of mujahideen trained and recruited by the CIA. The mission: defeat the Russians. This is cold war James Bond stuff and, in some cases, a just a bad rewrite. Life imitates spy movies.

The problem has become apparent over time: Washington did not know what to do with this 'database', this network that had become obsolete with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It obviously never occurred to DC spooks and/or analysts that with the withdrawal of the Soviet Union, Ala Baba, uh, Bin Laden would focus upon U.S. imperialism throughout the Middle East! But did he? More likely --he was just the convenient scapegoat for an inside job that would become the pre-text, the boogie-man to be cited as justifying a war for the oil resources of Iraq, the poppy (opium) resources of Afghanistan and TAPI.....

The source for how 'al Qaeda' got its name is Sir Robin Cook, the former British Foreign Secretary. In order to protest the British connection to this sorry story, Cook resigned his job.

Benazir Bhutto: Bin Laden was Murdered

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature=player_embedded&v=oIO8B6fpFSQ

The New 'Commies' (playlist)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AVJBsNPs4&feature=player_embedded

CIA--MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KPa7Au1qg&feature=player_embedded

Kevin Barrett on RT - 80% Believe 911 Was Inside Job


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Who Destroyed the 9/11 Evidence?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPicAyCaulg&feature=related
http://www.yousufnazar.com/?p=1156

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1012/S00156/who-is-behind-wikileaks.htm

http://theintelhub.com/2010/12/18/911-joe-lieberman-wtc-7-did-not-occur-i-do-not-support-a-new-investigation/

Who Destroyed the 9/11 Evidence?


http://truthjihadradio.blogspot.com/2010/12/truth-jihad-radio-exclusive-person-in.html


http://www.911review.com/coverup/groundzero.html


The success of the cover up and quick removal of the debris without a thorough independent investigation in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 gave confidence to those tasked to do the same on 9/11.

Bomb Damage Analysis of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building by Brigadier Gen. Benton K. Partin USAF (Ret.)

Note that there is no Wikipedia entry for Gen. Partin but the U.S. Air Force site does a biography.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Qq2-bcbYI&feature=player_embedded

Susan Lindauer, author of Extreme Prejudice, is the first CIA asset to have spoken out, under her own name and for the record, on Israeli complicity in 9/11, the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center, and the specific, detailed foreknowledge of the time, target, and means of the 9/11 attacks held throughout the months prior to 9/11 by the CIA in general and Lindauer's CIA handler, Richard Fuisz, in particular. She has also exposed her first-hand knowledge of pre-war intelligence and negotiations showing that Iraq was willing to give the US "anything it asked" and that the war was therefore--from the perspective of US interests--not only utterly unnecessary, but wildly counterproductive. Lindauer's evidence points strongly to 9/11 being a coup d'etat by hard-line Zionists determined to steer the US into a self-destructive war on Israel's enemies.

Listen to my complete interview with Susan Lindauer here. Below is a transcript of the first half of the interview.

Kevin Barrett, PhD

www.truthjihad.blogspot.com

www.truthjihad.com

Barrett
I understand that you had some 9/11 foreknowledge, but were actually busted for trying to explain to the Bush Administration through your cousin Andrew Card, that invading Iraq was insane, that the Iraqis were basically going to do anything we wanted anyway--they'll agree to anything for peace--and that there would be a terrible resistance and a terrible war if there was an invasion. And for that very accurate and prescient warning, they went after you.

Lindauer
Well, you have a very good grasp of this issue, I will tell you. It is a complicated story. I was one of the very few (CIA) assets covering Iraq before the war. And I had established contact with the Iraqi embassy at the United Nations in New York back in August of 1996. And for seven years before the invasion, I was what they call a "back channel" to Iraq on the question of terrorism. That was my foremost priority. This was covert in the sense that it was covert to the West. But the Iraqis were fully informed as to who I was and what I was doing and what my purpose was. My motivation was that I hated the United Nations sanctions. I hated the genocidal consequences and suffering for the Iraqi people, most truly and genuinely--that was very sincere. And they knew it. And both sides knew my politics. In fact, the CIA had come to me knowing my politics and said "hey, why don't you try to help us." They co-opted me--they did--but I agreed to be co-opted. We all understood each other. And that's very important for what happened.

Barrett
That's not necessarily a bad thing. There is a role for people who are intermediaries between warring parties and who try to make peace. And it sounds like that's what you were doing.

Lindauer
Yes indeed. And both sides understood my politics, that I wanted to help end the sanctions. And the CIA was very adamant that Iraq had to meet certain criteria in order for that to happen. And my contribution from the very first days was on terrorism. Our team started what we called preliminary talks with Baghdad in November of 2000, two years before the United Nations got involved. Our team started back channel talks to get Iraq's agreement on the weapons inspections. And over the next fifteen months, my supervisor, Richard Fuisz (pronounced "fuse"), through talks at the Iraqi embassy, mostly with Iraq's ambassador Dr. Sayeed Hassan, and with other senior Iraqi diplomats, on what conditions Iraq would have to accept in order to resume the weapons inspections. And at that point we had begun to develop a comprehensive peace framework which extended great support to anti-terrorism. Iraq agreed to let the FBI come into Baghdad and operate a task force that would have authority--this was before 9/11 ever happened! Nine months before 9/11 happened, Iraq agreed to have the FBI come into Baghdad with the authority to conduct terrorism investigations, interview witnesses, make arrests. After 9/11, Iraq agreed to give financial records on al-Qaeda to the United States. BUT the United states didn't want to take the records.

Barrett
It makes you wonder why not.

Lindauer
Isn't that an interesting question.

Barrett
It leads me to (my next question): You apparently had some kind of foreknowledge of 9/11. Can you explain to us what that was?

Lindauer
Yes. This is a very interesting thing, and I'm glad...I hope your audience will pay attention to this. We absolutely expected 9/11 to happen. And there's a subtlety here that I hope your audience will appreciate. In April and May of 2001 I was summoned to my CIA handler's office and told that I needed to confront the Iraqi diplomats at the United Nations, through my back channel, with a demand for any fragment of intelligence regarding airplane hijackings and/or airplane bombings. And over the summer, that progressed to a deep belief that there was going to be an airplane hijacking attack, and some sort of aerial strike, on the World Trade Center. We talked about this in our one-on-one meetings practically every week. Just so we are clear, this was not a one-time conversation. This was a major focus of our efforts. Richard (Fuisz, Lindauer's CIA handler) was very worried about it, very agitated about it, how Iraq must give us this intelligence. Now, I don't mean to patronize you, but I'm sure you're familiar with the concept of deniability. I do not think that Richard Fuisz knew all the details of 9/11. However, he knew enough. My book Extreme Prejudice goes into the conversations that we had in great detail. And he knew the timing of the attack. By August 2001, Richard was telling me not to go into New York City because this attack was immanent. And on the day of FBI Director Robert Mueller's confirmation hearings, which I think was August 2nd--in my book it's very clear, I've checked all the dates--Richard Fuisz told me that the attack was immanent. And I said, well, I'm going up to New York to ask my Iraqi sources about this again. And he said "Don't go to New York, it's too dangerous, I don't want you going there again." And I said "I'm just going up this weekend, and I promise I will not go back to New York." And that's how close this was. They knew a great deal. And what was interesting is that after 9/11, I get arrested, and he gets thirteen million dollars in payoffs. (laughs)

Barrett
(laughing) Oh boy. That's amazing. They arrested you, because they were probably concerned about you revealing the contents of your conversations with Richard, among other things.

Lindauer
Oh yes, absolutely. And the fact that there was a peace option on the table that had been developed over a two year period before the war, a comprehensive peace framework. It included cooperation on anti-terrorism; it included the weapons inspections, of course--you already knew that; and it included Iraq's commitment to donate economic reconstruction--donate is not the right word--to dedicate economic reconstruction contracts to United States corporations with preferential treatment, preferential contracts in telecommunications, health care, pharmaceuticals, and transportation. This was a comprehensive peace framework! We covered everything! We covered a lot. And nobody even knows about this!

Barrett
That's amazing. There have been general reports of this nature, including post-9/11, right up to the eve of the invasion, there have been reports that Saddam Hussein was willing to give the US basically everything it wanted to hold off the invasion.

Lindauer
Yes. Yes.

Barrett
That leads to the question: Why do you think, given that you recognize just how insane this invasion was, how completely unnecessary--the Iraqis were caving as far as they had to cave anyway--what was the point?

Lindauer
Yes, literally, Iraq said to me: "What is it the United States wants? Anything that the United States asks for, we will give them. Just tell us what it is!" When I was on a trip to Baghdad, they offered to buy one million American-made automobiles every year for ten years. And (an Iraqi diplomat) said to me, "Look, Susan, if ten years isn't enough, we'll make it twenty years."

Barrett
You know, Susan, you're kind of ruining Saddam Hussein's posthumous reputation as somebody who stood up to the U.S.!

Lindauer
He was more harsh on terrorists than we were.

Barrett
He didn't get along with al-Qaeda, and he didn't get along with Islamists of any kind, including the Iranians.

Lindauer
That's right.

Barrett
You would have thought that the U.S. would have just kept running him as an American puppet. He got his start as a CIA hit man, apparently.

Lindauer
Yes indeed.

Barrett
So why, why this insane insistence on going to war with Iraq--a war that has killed one and a half million innocent Iraqis and destroyed that country. What was the purpose of it?

Lindauer
It was so incredibly stupid. And 9/11...9/11 could have been used at the start...9/11 was a tragedy, a terrible, terrible tragedy, but 9/11 could have accomplished great good. Because right after 9/11 Iraq went into high mode of giving. They were offering us everything we wanted: Financial records on al-Qaeda, proof of a Middle Eastern link to what we used to call the inter-Arab group of terrorists, which was actually an amalgamation of several different terrorist factions, coalesced into al-Qaeda. They were willing to prove that there was a Middle Eastern link to the Oklahoma City bombing and the first attack on the World Trade Center, and those included financial documents, bank records...we could have tracked the money that's financing terrorism around the world. Instead what we do is, we create an enemy. Because it looks better--the politicians could go grandstand. As a former (CIA) asset I can assure you, they don't actually do anything on terrorism. They give speeches. They go wave their hands in the parades. But they don't do anything to contribute to anti-terrorism efforts. But the people have been fooled by their showmanship and their grandstanding and their spectacle. It's like a circus performance now! In fact, before 9/11, there were 200 to 300 terrorists in the world who wanted to attack America. Now, after 9/11 and after the war in Iraq and after the war on Afghanistan, there are only about 2000 to 3000 individuals whose entire focus of life is revenge and coming into the United States and attacking us. That's only 3000 people. The way I look at it, this is like a high school auditorium that you could fill with the potential terrorists. That's it! This is an invention! We've made this up!

Barrett
Right. Very well put. I've often explained to people that there was no real terrorist threat pre-9/11, and that for every one person pre-9/11 who was bent on doing harm to the US, there must be a great many today, because of all the terrible things that have gone on since 9/11.

Lindauer
Yes.

Barrett
So the question then, is...is it just sheer total incompetence and stupidity and grandstanding and egotism--I'm sure all of that contributes to it, but---uh...well, frankly, Susan, my take on all of this is that 9/11 was a Mossad operation, that it was of course done through Cheney's office. There were no hijackings. The guys that they blamed for it were not terrorists at all. They weren't even on the planes. There is not a shred of evidence that any of these guys were on those planes, nor is there a shred of actual evidence that there were any hijackings. Instead, we had a military operation that was essentially a Zionist coup d'état by the Likkud faction that wanted to destroy Iraq so it would never be a threat to Israel. A prosperous Iraq, allied to the US, would actually be terrible for Israel. That's why they wouldn't take the deals that you were brokering. Care to comment?

Lindauer
I think that you are--I do believe in the hijackings, but I believe in everything else that you have just said. One of the things that came out right after 9/11: I've often been asked by people what my CIA handler Richard Fuisz's source was for the 9/11 attack. And he told me briefly, he let it slip. Immediately after the attack, when we were all in a state of shock, he said to me...the first building had collapsed, but it was before the second building collapsed. This is a very important time frame. He made reference to video tape, which by the way was not released to the public until the next day, but right after 9/11 Richard Fuisz already knows about this video tape! Right after the attack--the first building has collapsed, the second one is still standing--and we're both talking in the living room, we're both shouting--I'm in my living room, he's in his living room, and we're shouting at the televisions--and he blurts out to me: "Susan, how many times do you think a camera is cued up waiting for a car accident to occur?" He said, "What do you think are the odds that those two people were just standing on the sidewalk with a video camera waiting patiently for the plane to hit the building?" And he said, "Those are Mossad agents. They knew that the World Trade Center was about to get hit, and they were waiting there for it to happen so they could record it and put it out in the media." Now this is before it has even come out in the media. He identifies them as Mossad agents, and I believe--I'm convinced--that that was the source of our knowledge of al-Qaeda. But what you guys don't know, which I will throw out to you, which comes out in my book, is that from April and May of 2001 onwards, Richard Fuisz instructed me to threaten the Iraqis with war. Now everybody assumes that the war stuff came after 9/11. But it didn't. They had decided months before 9/11 ever happened that as soon as this attack occurred, this would be the motivation for the war. So they absolutely knew that this attack was coming. They knew that it was going to be in late August or September. And that opens up a whole new dynamic proving what you have just said: That it was a Mossad conspiracy, that there was complicity...maybe that's a better word, complicity...I'm going to go a little softer on the language than you. Mossad complicity.

Barrett
I would argue that it's a little more than complicity--that the demolitions of the three tallest buildings ever taken down in controlled demolitions required immense skill and military specialization and so on...

Lindauer
Oh yes, when I say complicity, I include that in it. Yes. I believe in the detonations. In fact...do I have time to tell you one story before break?

Barrett
Tell it, go for it.

Lindauer
While I was writing my book, I had a high-ranking State Department official, who has a very very high, top-top-top security classification, and I cannot name him for you because I don't want to hurt his reputation. He's close to retirement, he's going to have a pension--they would crush him if he was ever exposed, I suspect. He thinks it too. He says that a couple of weeks before 9/11, at the end of August, for about two weeks, strange vans were arriving at the World Trade Center at three o' clock in the morning. They were staying from about three o' clock to about four-thirty or five. They were coming in for a brief period. And he swore to me that he personally had investigated the janitorial services, and he said "I know first hand how many employees the janitorial service had, what their trucks looked like, what their revenues were like, where they lived." He said "we know the addresses." We are confident that none of the people from the janitorial services were tied to these trucks. It had never happened before, it was a unique thing. This was not a constant thing like over a six month period. It was a strange anomaly right before (the attack on) the World Trade Center. And he was convinced that this was government-level thermite, government-level weapons, that had been put into either the stairwells or the elevator shafts. And he is convinced that this is when it happened.....

http://www.frankames.com/details.asp?id=6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature=player_embedded&v=QnnXTrw88P4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjyQk941tXQ&feature=player_embedded

"First, you remove the guards....."


http://xymphora.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-you-remove-guards.html

http://cryptome.org/nara/dod/dod-04-0429.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eSVsid7eKE

http://covertoperations.blogspot.com/2004/09/call-from-flight-11-attendent-amy.html

Contra War II to be predicated by bogus intelligence on "terrorists" in Nicaragua

http://latindispatch.com/2010/08/17/nixon-administration-advocated-use-of-death-squads-in-uruguay-new-documents-indicate/

November , 2010 -- Contra War II to be predicated by bogus intelligence on "terrorists" in Nicaragua...

GOP majority in House gear up to support Obama's covert war against Nicaragua....

Forces poised to launch guerrilla attacks within Nicaragua in the months leading up to next year's presidential election scheduled for November are now setting up support bases in northwestern Costa Rica and southern Honduras, according to multiple WMR sources in Latin America, New York, and Washington.

The pretext for launching a renewed Contra War against the Sandinista government of President Daniel Ortega is the alleged presence of Hezbollah and Hamas "terrorists" in the country. It was the same pretext used by Israel and wealthy Central American Jewish business families to justify the 2009 coup against President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras: the alleged presence of Hezbollah and Hamas in Honduras. Of course, there is no evidence of Hezbollah or Hamas in either Nicaragua or Honduras, but the ploy was intended to marshal support for the coup against Zelaya, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and, now, Ortega, who has taken a pro-Palestinian stand vis-a-vis Israel.

WMR has learned that incoming chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), recently sponsored a meeting attended by right-wing Republicans, American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) functionaries, and right-wing extremist operatives from Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Nicaragua who discussed launching covert operations against countries of the Alianza Bolivariana de los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) -- Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America, the group of Latin American nations opposed to U.S. economic, political, and military policies in Latin America.

Although Ros-Lehtinen did not personally attend the right-wing conclave, incoming chair of the House Latin America Affairs subcommittee, Rep. Connie Mack IV, did attend, along with such 1980s Nicaraguan contra war veterans as Otto Reich and Roger Noriega, who also served in the George W. Bush administration. The meeting was held at the US Capitol and participants discussed ALBA's "threat" to the United States and to "inter-American security."

Joining the meeting were former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutiérrez, who was behind the recent CIA- and Israeli-backed coup attempt against Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. Also present was Guillermo Zuloaga, the head of Venezuela's Globovision television network and who has been charged with treason by Venezuelan President Chavez.

After successfully overthrowing Honduran President Zelaya and almost toppling Ecuadorian President Correa, the axis of Israel, the CIA, and right-wing Latin Americans now have their sights firmly trained on Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua.

WMR has learned that Costa Rica, particularly the small coastal tourist villages on the nation's northwestern coast are crawling with ex-U.S Special Forces personnel who recently served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as former Israel Defense Force Sayeret Matkal commandos specializing in deep-insertion tactics in hostile environments. As the Nicaraguan elections approach, these mercenary forces, along with their CIA and Mossad handlers, will step up anti-Sandinista operations inside Nicaragua, including terrorist attacks and massive smuggling of narcotics, including cocaine.

The propaganda blitz against Nicaragua will be turned up and right-wing media outlets will charge that an Iranian "mega-embassy" is training Hezbollah and Hamas operatives in Nicaragua in "terrorist" tactics. However, the "mega-embassy" claim is bogus and has been pushed by Mack, the American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation (which recently met with incoming congressional GOP freshman and gave them their foreign policy marching orders), and the pro-Zionist Center for Security Policy. The Iranian "mega-embassy" story, carried by The Washington Post last year, is as false as Niger yellow cake uranium-to-Iraq, Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, and other bogus disinformation spewed forth by the neocon and Zionist media entities in Washington, Miami, and New York. The Iranian embassy in Managua is very small with the Iranian ambassador and his wife living in a rented apartment in Managua.

Israeli covert agents have been working against Nicaragua in Costa Rica and Honduras since Nicaragua's severance of relations with Israel this past summer over the Israeli attack on the Turkish aid flotilla for Gaza. With Israel's embassy and its Mossad station closed in Managua, Israeli agents operate openly in Honduras and Costa Rica, with the consent of the two host governments, both under the heavy influence of local Jewish corporate interests and the Israeli government. Ros-Lehtinen's maternal grandparents were Turkish Sephardic Jews active in Cuba's Jewish business community. Ros-Lehtinen, as House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, will continue to protect, as did her predecessor, Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), AIPAC's and Israel's choke-hold over the House of Representatives and its foreign policy objectives. Ros-Lehtinen has publicly called for the assassination of ex-Cuban President Fidel Castro....