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Syria is Next in the New World Order Plan
Fri Jan 16 21:33:11 2004
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US plans to attack Syria next

The media in Israel have been informed of the US government's intention to
attack Syria next.

The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that "US Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld and the civilian echelons of the Pentagon have proposed that
President George Bush instigate military actions against Syria". The same
Jewish newspaper, which has good connections with the USA, reports:
"several Pentagon officials' belief that Syria should be the next to go
after Iraq."

The first phase of the war on Syria will be a series of small strikes over
a long period, designed to disable Syria's defences without provoking too
much public opposition at home in the US. The allies used the same
strategy in Iraq. The excuses for the war on Syria will also be the same -
WMD and terrorism.

Syria is an important oil producing economy. In 2003 the Syrian oil
industry yielded approximately 400,000 to 450,000 barrels per day,
representing an increase of around 100,000 b/d compared with the previous
year. The US government predicts that in 10 years or so Syria, like most
other oil exporters, will no longer have enough oil to export. The Syrian
government disputes this in the hope that new reserves may be found.

In November last year, the premier scientific journal, Nature, published a
report called "Hydrocarbons and the evolution of human culture" (Vol 426,
pp 318-322) with a sober warning:

"About 100 years ago, the major source of energy shifted ... to fossil
hydrocarbons. ... Technology has generally led to a greater use of
hydrocarbon fuels ... making civilization vulnerable to decreases in
supply."

What will happen to Western civilization ten years from now, when the
primary fuel source is no longer available? Think of all the things in
your life that depend on petrol or gas; electricity, lorries, cars,
shops... Now imagine them gone.


SOURCE

Jerusalem Post, "Report: US considering armed intervention in Syria", 14
January 2004.
[
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1074053868626 ]
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the civilian echelons of
the Pentagon have proposed that President George Bush instigate military
actions against Syria due to its continued support for Hizbullah and
enabling terrorists to enter Iraq from its border.
Reports received by the Night Rider news group in Washington,
operations will not include large-scale military intervention, in spite of
several Pentagon officials' belief that Syria should be the next to go
after Iraq. The Defense Department is considering punitive aerial attacks
and Special Forces incursions.
The initiative is presently being rejected by Joint Chiefs of Staff
chairman General Richard Meyers and by Secretary of State Colin Powell and
the State Department.


FURTHER READING

United Nations, "Syria", 2003.
[ http://www.un.org.sy/html/profile/economy.htm ]
Oil is the primary contributor to Syria's Gross Domestic Product,
constituting over 60% of the total.
...

US Energy Information Administration, "Syria", March 2003.
[ http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/syria.html ]
With proven oil reserves expected to last only about 10 more years and
a population growing at 2.5% per year, Syria may become a net importer of
oil within the next decade. Thus, the exploration for oil and natural gas
is a top priority in Syria.
...

Arabic News, "Syrian oil minister: Syria's oil production continues until
2040", 19 June 1999.
[ http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990619/1999061940.html ]
Syrian Minister of oil and mineral resources Muhammad Maher Jamal said
last Wednesday " We have precise and good studies indicating that oil
production in Syria will continue until the year 2040."
He added we always, in Syria, view the oil industry as a strategic
matter. The Minister added in replying to expectations expressed by the
Western media saying that the Syrian oil production will end by the year
2010 that this expectation " is groundless," adding that "an evidence on
that in that we have a day after the other important companies contracting
for oil."
...



BBC News, "Powell pushes for Syria action", 3 May 2003.
[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2995483.stm ]
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has called on Syria and Lebanon to
end all support for groups Washington classifies as terrorist
organisations.
...
He said Syria had already closed the offices of some anti-Israel
groups in Damascus but he expected Syria "to do more".
...

BBC News, "Blair urges Syria to abandon WMD", 6 january 2004.
[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3372441.stm ]
Tony Blair has repeated his calls for Syria to abandon any development
of weapons of mass destruction.
...
Syria's president is reported to have said he would not comply until
Israel abandons its nuclear weapons programme.
...

BBC News, "Israel's nuclear programme", 22 December 2003.
[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3340639.stm ]
While Israel has never admitted to having nuclear weapons, few
international experts question the Jewish state's presence on the world's
list of nuclear powers.
Its nuclear capability is arguably the most secretive weapons of mass
destruction programme in the world.
Unlike Iran and North Korea - two countries whose alleged nuclear
ambitions have recently come to the fore - Israel has never signed the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, designed to prevent the global spread of
nuclear weapons.
As a result, it is not subject to inspections and the threat of
sanctions by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic
Energy Agency.
...

BBC News, "Strike on Syria: World reaction", 7 October 2003.
[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3166554.stm ]
The Israeli air raid on Syrian territory has prompted concern and
condemnation from many world leaders.
Israel informed Washington of the raid only hours after it took place.
...
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi branded Israel's strike a
"flagrant aggression and a violation of Syria's territorial integrity",
but made no comment on the Israeli allegation that Iran funded the camp
targeted in the raid.
The Arab League held an emergency session in Cairo to discuss the
attack.
"This aggression represents a serious escalation that threatens
regional and international security and peace and exposes the
deteriorating situation in the region to uncontrollable consequences,
which could drag the whole region into violent whirlpool," the body said
in a statement.
The Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, said the attack was an
"aggression on a close country," while Qatar and Kuwait - which like Egypt
are close US allies - also condemned the Israeli attack.
Jordan's Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said the air strike could
"drag the whole region into a circle of violence".
France, which holds a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, said
the air strike "constitutes an unacceptable violation of international law
and rules of sovereignty".
And Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, on a tour of the Middle
East, said: "Violating the sovereignty of a third country complicates
further the [peace] process, that's why what happened in Syria cannot be
accepted."

BBC News, "Syria asks UN to condemn Israel", 7 October 2003.
[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3166768.stm ]
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has heard
widespread condemnation of Israel for carrying out an air raid on Syrian
territory.
...
Syria, which requested the crisis talks, called for a vote on a draft
resolution condemning what it called Israel's "military aggression" but
the meeting was adjourned without a vote.
UN ambassadors are now consulting their governments on their next
steps.
Damascus has insisted the site targeted by Israel was a civilian zone.
It said Israel was threatening security in the Middle East with its first
attack on Syrian soil in more than 20 years.
At the council meeting, all the diplomats except US ambassador John
Negroponte spoke out against the Israeli action.
...
The US has often used its veto to block resolutions condemning
Israel...
...

BBC News, "Profile: The Golan Heights", 14 January 3004.
[
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/3393813.stm ]
The Golan Heights, a rocky plateau in south-western Syria, has a
political and strategic significance which belies its size.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the closing stages of
the 1967 Six-Day War. Most of the Syrian Arab inhabitants fled the area
during the conflict.
An armistice line was established and the region came under Israeli
military control. Almost immediately Israel began to settle the Golan.
...

BBC News, "Israel announces Golan expansion", 31 December 2003.
[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3358797.stm ]
Israel has unveiled a $60m plan to build homes for thousands of new
settlers on the occupied Golan Heights.
...
Syria has reacted angrily, saying sovereignty should be resolved by
international law, not military power.
...

BBC News, "Timeline: Syria", 7 January 2004.
[
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/827580.stm ]
A chronology of key events



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