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Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Originally posted by ThatsJustWeird
Not sure how I missed this. But man, you just got caught in your own hypocrisy.
Howzat? I use sources from across the spectrum (conservative/liberal).
Originally posted by SiberianTiger
Ummm look at this it looks like U.S. Gov lied again www.vialls.com...
Israel and/or America Implicated in Killing of Rafik Harriri:
"This is the work of an intelligence service, not a small group," said Rime Allaf, Middle East analyst at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Sam Hamod, Ph.D.
02/14/05 "Information Clearing House" - - We must do as they do in other criminal cases, look at who had the most to gain from the assassination of Prime Minister Harriri. The Lebanese had a lot to lose, as did the Syrians (he was close to Bashir Al Assad, the leader of Syria), as did the other Arab countries in the region who saw him as a strong leader and a stabilizing force in Lebanese politics. On the other hand, Israel has wanted chaos in Lebanon, as has America, and both countries have been agitating to get Hezbollah outlawed and both America and Israel have wanted the Lebanese to oust Syria. In both cases, the Lebanese government has said, “NO,” that Hezbollah is a respected part of Lebanese life and that Syria is there to protect Lebanon from Israeli aggression.
No matter where else you look, no one else had anything to gain except Israel and the U.S. because this death could cause some possible upset in Lebanese politics and life.
Most Middle East experts in the Arab and Muslim worlds believe Israeli hands were at work in the killing of former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Harriri.
www.informationclearinghouse.info...
Let's start with 1981. Reagan comes into office. The U.S. hostages are released by Iran. What is the Reagan Administration's attitude toward the threat of terrorism?
Well, they felt initially you have to be tough. Carter was not tough enough. So toughness is the theme. The catalytic advance for the entire Reagan administration was the attempted assassination of Reagan, and then a couple of months later, the attempted assassination of the Pope.... [Reagan's was] March 30, 1981, and then the Pope was early May....As people in the White House saw it, Reagan and the Pope under attack changed the whole dynamic, made everyone more vigilant, concerned about terrorism. And they directed a great deal of attention toward it.
How did it change their view of the terrorist threat?
...You have to be tough. You can't negotiate with terrorists, was the theme, at least in words. Of course, later they didn't practice that.
Who was the spokesperson for that view? Was there disagreement?
Essentially what happened in the Reagan administration, the Secretary of Defense Weinberger, wanted to solve the problems of terrorism or diplomacy with negotiation, not with military force. Frequently, George Schultz, the Secretary of State, when you would think he would want to negotiate, wanted to be tough and wanted to use the military. These [two men] were such powerful forces in the Reagan administration, that at times they nullified themselves. And it's Casey at the CIA who filled the vacuum and said, "We will solve our problems with covert action."
www.pbs.org...
Originally posted by marg6043
The terrorist camps, the tali ban the 9/11, the invasion of Afghanistan, Iraq and now the conveniently death in Syria was all in the planning it does not take a genius to guess who is coming next and then the circle will be complete.
Originally posted by SiberianTiger
Ummm look at this it looks like U.S. Gov lied again www.vialls.com...
Originally posted by fledgling666
again, WHAT HAPPENED TO FACTS?
Sword Play And
Operation Gladio
By Chris Floyd
Moscow Times
2-18-5
'You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force ... the public to turn to the state to ask for greater security."
This was the essence of Operation Gladio, a decades-long covert campaign of terrorism and deceit directed by the intelligence services of the West -- against their own populations. Hundreds of innocent people were killed or maimed in terrorist attacks -- on train stations, supermarkets, cafes and offices -- which were then blamed on "leftist subversives" or other political opponents. The purpose, as stated above in sworn testimony by Gladio agent Vincenzo Vinciguerra, was to demonize designated enemies and frighten the public into supporting ever-increasing powers for government leaders -- and their elitist cronies.
www.rense.com...