Saturday, October 28, 2017

Zero Hedge In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War

A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a leaked top secret NSA document was published which confirms that the armed opposition in Syria was under the direct command of foreign governments from the early years of the conflict.
And according to a well-known Syria analyst and economic adviser with close contacts in the Syrian government, the explosive interview constitutes a high level "public admission to collusion and coordination between four countries to destabilize an independent state, [including] possible support for Nusra/al-Qaeda." Importantly, "this admission will help build case for what Damascus sees as an attack on its security & sovereignty. It will form basis for compensation claims."
As the war in Syria continues slowly winding down, it seems new source material comes out on an almost a weekly basis in the form of testimonials of top officials involved in destabilizing Syria, and even occasional leaked emails and documents which further detail covert regime change operations against the Assad government. Though much of this content serves to confirm what has already long been known by those who have never accepted the simplistic propaganda which has dominated mainstream media, details continue to fall in place, providing future historians with a clearer picture of the true nature of the war.
This process of clarity has been aided - as predicted - by the continued infighting among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) former allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with each side accusing the other of funding Islamic State and al-Qaeda terrorists (ironically, both true). Increasingly, the world watches as more dirty laundry is aired and the GCC implodes after years of nearly all the gulf monarchies funding jihadist movements in places like Syria, Iraq, and Libya....
"Shocking" refers to the admission rather than the events, which were widely suspected, with some evidence already available.

Now that the war seems to be winding down, the question of who is going to pay to rebuild Syria arises. Syria will be seeking compensation.

Zero Hedge
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War
Tyler Durden

21 comments:

Noah Way said...

Secrets, but not "why", which while multifold was primarily to create a pipeline route to Europe for Qatar's natural gas. Which would of course cut off Russia's pipelines.

The West's promise was a pipeline through Syria but that has derailed with Syria's survival and Qatar has done the unthinkable - offering to partner with Iran to develop gas fields in the Persian Gulf and pipe it through Iran and into Europe via Turkey.

Thus the recent blustering threats to Qatar by the Saudis, and the ramping up of anti-Iran action.

MRW said...

Qatar has done the unthinkable - offering to partner with Iran to develop gas fields in the Persian Gulf. When did that happen? qatar and Iran weren't partners in 2015.

MRW said...

Qatar has nearly three times the amount of gas as Iran in the Persian Gulf.

Matt Franko said...

Noah look lately Saud is now going to build a 500b development on the Red Sea post Trump meetings.. ... they can get the product to the Red Sea coast via land pipeline (Saudi are competent landsmen at least comparatively in that theatre....) and can rely on shipping thru the Suez (ie bypassing the Persian Gulf and Hormuz and the Yemeni coast...) to get their product to the west for the EUR/USD.... either crude or LNG...

Assad’s assignment in the GWOT was to eliminate Hezzbollah and he failed so he has to go and we will now have to use other methods to take out Hezzbollah ...

US activities in Lebanon ramping up in the west and they have the bad guys walled off at the Iraqi border in the east so they will close the vice and crush them...

Russia is quickly wising up as Nordstream comes on line and is withdrawing from Syria...





Matt Franko said...

The Syria thing is bogged down and taking too long... they are instead now going over to the Red Sea and using the Suez from there...

I would think the US would still rearrange Syria and kill Hezbollah as part of the GWOT independent of the oil/gas issues...

Matt Franko said...

Here:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/24/news/economy/saudi-arabia-mega-city-neom/index.html

US is going to leave the Persian Gulf as we don’t need the oil or gas and Saudi is moving to their west coast...

Tom Hickey said...

Attack Lebanon? Hezbollah is the fourth largest political party in Lebanon and is part of the Lebanese government. It's military wing is the largest non-state military organization in the world. The Lebanese army cannot control it.

The only way to "deal" with Hezbollah involves going to war with Lebanon and the Israelis are not up for that. They would like the US to do it for them, along with Iran. The old you-fight-'em-and-I'll hold-your-coat ploy.

Of course, this lights up the whole Middle East.

Is the US up for that?

Tom Hickey said...

US is going to leave the Persian Gulf as we don’t need the oil or gas and Saudi is moving to their west coast...

Sounds like they peered into the abyss.

Matt Franko said...

Tom we are going to be invited in to Lebanon..

Matt Franko said...

We might do Hezbollah Tom but looks like for now it’s a SOCOM show as the Centcom guy is from SOCOM and Trump likes to do things on the cheap...

Matt Franko said...

The SOCOM appeal is basically “save money!”...

Matt Franko said...

Here:

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/237249-gen-aoun-meets-head-of-us-central-command-in-washington

Matt Franko said...

The SOCOM method is to help Lebanon do it for us/them...

Matt Franko said...

“Sounds like they peered into the abyss.“

Or they understand how nuclear radiation works and want to be as far away as possible...

MRW said...

Matt,

Saudi isn't moving to their west coast, MBS just wants to build something that rivals Dubai, brings in foreign investment, and quells unrest among Saudi youth, over 50% of whom are under the age of 25 and want change, although MBS says the % is higher. MBS wants a free zone like Dubai that doesn’t upset the conservative Wahhabis in the rest of the country, so he’s pushing tech, renewable energy, educational innovations, societal freedom for women, and five other major things in a series of billowy videos claiming the skies are going to part and Saudi Arabia is going to part the seas with innovation and change the world. Building that megacity is going to take decades, the first phase of which is scheduled for 2025 if it gets done. Saudi has tried similar things in the past and failed.

Saudi wants to sell its oil to China, not Europe, although ever since Obama placed sanctions on Russia in 2014, the Russians have quickly beaten Saudi (SA) to the punch 7X. China started building a mammoth new refinery in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu back in 2012; don’t know if it’s finished yet. Egypt is also building a massive Chinese refinery as well. But SA can also deliver to the Pakistani port of Gwadar—check a map—where China is building a massive port, which will deliver oil overland to the interior of China.

And Tom is 100% correct about Hizbullah’s political might in Lebanon. Hizbullah provides extraordinary social services to Lebanon’s poorer people, and is highly regarded for it. There is no fucking way the Lebanese are going to let anyone attack Hizbullah; most Lebanese think it’s a bullshit story by Netanyahu with his cockamamie anti-Iran/Hizbullah diatribe, which is is.

[”Rejoice! Netanyahu Is Finished” by Uri Avnery, Oct 28, 2017 Avnery, who used to be part of the Knesset, talks about how the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin attacked Netanyahu in their parliament in what was to be ceremonial occasion.
http://original.antiwar.com/avnery/2017/10/27/rejoice-netanyahu-finished/]

Matt Franko said...

"We understand, quite frankly, that Hezbollah is an organization for the U.S. that is not acceptable," Hariri said.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-07-26/trump-didnt-misspeak-on-hezbollah

US is working the military side.... it’s inevitable...

Tom Hickey said...

Hariri also understands that moving against Hezbollah will mean civil war in Lebanon that will devastate the country, according to Bibi's plan.

Lebanon is about 27% Sunni, 27% Shi'ite, 404.% Christian of various denominations, and 5.6% Druze. They live in peace, but a move against Hezbollah will be seen as a move against Shi'a. The peace will be over and another Middle Eastern country will be plunged into chaos.

Everyone there will connect the dots — which lead to Bibi.

MRW said...

"Or they understand how nuclear radiation works and want to be as far away as possible..."

Whose nuclear radiation?

MRW said...

SOCOM is also working indirectly with pro-Iranian forces.
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/News/2017/8/6/US-Special-Forces-operating-in-Lebanon-close-to-Hizballah

MRW said...

Matt, published today.

Russia Pledges Significant Investment in Saudi Super City of Neom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjD7mPZlhPk&feature=youtu.be

Noah Way said...

qatar and Iran weren't partners in 2015

Qatar-Iran ties: Sharing the world's largest gas field
Energy production from the world's largest gas field ties Tehran and Doha in working relationship.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/06/qatar-north-dome-iran-south-pars-glance-lng-gas-field-170614131849685.html

The Qatar-Iran Gas Field Behind the Diplomatic War in the Middle East

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.793798