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<big><big><strong><font size="3"><big><big>The Wahhabi-Likudnik war of
terror</big></big></font></strong></big></big><br>
By Pepe Escobar<br>
<b><small><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-03-201113.html">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-03-201113.html</a></small></small></small></b><br>
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The double suicide bombing targeting the Iranian embassy in Beirut -
with at least 23 people killed and 170 wounded - was a de facto terror
attack happening on 11/19. Numerology-wise, naturally 9/11 comes to
mind; and so the case of the Washington-declared war on terror
metastasizing - largely conducted by oozy forms of Saudi
"intelligence". <br>
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Yet don't expect the "West" to condemn this as terror. Look at the
headlines; it's all normalized as "blasts" - as if children were
playing with firecrackers.
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Whether carried out by a hazy al-Qaeda-linked brigade or by
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Saudi spy chief Bandar bin Sultan's (aka Bandar Bush's) goons, the
Beirut terror attack is essentially configured as a major,
Saudi-enabled provocation. The larger Saudi agenda in Syria implies
getting both Hezbollah and Iran to be pinned down inside Lebanon as
well. If that happens, Israel also wins. Once again, here's another
graphic illustration of the Likudnik House of Saud in action.
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Nuance also applies. Bandar Bush's strategy, coordinated with jihadis,
was to virtually beg for Hezbollah to fight inside Syria. When
Hezbollah obliged, with only a few hundred fighters, the jihadis
scurried away from the battlefield to implement plan B: blowing up
innocent women and children in the streets of Lebanon.
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While Hezbollah welcomes the fight, wherever it takes place, Tehran's
position is more cautious. It does not want to go all out against the
Saudis - at least for now, with the crucial nuclear negotiation on the
table in Geneva, and (still) the possibility of a Geneva II regarding
Syria. Yet the House of Saud is not welcoming Geneva II anytime soon
because it has absolutely nothing to propose except regime change.
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On Syria, the main pillar of Bandar Bush's strategy is to turn the
previously "Free" Syrian Army into a "national army" of 30,000 or so
fully weaponized hardcore fighters - mostly supplied by the "Army of
Islam", which is nothing but a cipher for the al-Qaedesque Jabhat
al-Nusra. King Playstation of Jordan, also known as Abdullah,
collaborates as the provider of training camps near the Syrian border.
Whatever happens, one thing is certain; expect Bandar Bush's goons to
be carrying out more suicide bombings on both Lebanon and Syria. <br>
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<b>The Zionist/Wahhabi/Salafi axis</b><br>
The dodgy al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades in theory exist since
2005, placing the odd bomb here and there. One sheikh Sijareddin
Zreikat tweeted responsibility for the Beirut terror attack. Curioser
and curioser, the claim was "discovered" and translated into English by
the Israeli disinformation website SITE. [1] <br>
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Yet another Israeli intelligence disinformation site, DEBKAfile,
claimed the terror attack was an Iran/Hezbollah false flag, based on a
"Saudi warning" reaching "Western intelligence agencies, including
Israel". [2] The rationale, according to "Saudi intelligence", was "to
convince Hezbollah fighters consigned against their will to the Syrian
battlefield".
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This does not even qualify as pathetic. Hezbollah is basically
defending the Lebanese-Syrian border, and has only a few hundred
fighters inside Syria. Moreover, no string of suicide bombings will
deter Hezbollah and Tehran from regaining control of what really
matters in the Syrian strategic context; the Qalamoun area.
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Qalamoun, ringed by mountains, is a 50-kilometer stretch bordering the
Bekaa valley in Lebanon, between Damascus and al-Nabk, and right on the
absolutely critical Damascus-Homs corridor of the M5 highway. The
Syrian army is on the offensive in Qalamoun. Recapturing the whole area
is just a matter of time. This means controlling the northern approach
to Damascus. Hezbollah is helping in the offensive out of Bekaa valley.
This does not mean they will camp out in Syria afterwards.
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Now for the false flag accusation. As far as real false flags are
concerned, one just has to re-examine three recent international
bombings that supposed victimized Israel. In India the bomb had no
projectiles; it barely injured an Israeli attache. In Azerbaijan the
bomb was miraculously "discovered" before it went off. And in Thailand,
the bomb exploded too soon, injuring only a nearby Iranian.
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Crass Israeli disinformation is unmasked when it leaps into this
conclusion:
<blockquote>If Tehran is capable of such atrocities merely as a
diversionary tactic, then perhaps Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir
Putin ought to take a really hard look at their negotiating partner
across the table before signing a major deal Wednesday, Nov. 20, which
leaves Iran's nuclear program in place.</blockquote>
So this neatly ties up with the current Israeli hysteria about the
Geneva negotiations, which also includes the umpteenth report by a News
Corporation outfit, London's Sunday Times, that Saudi Arabia will help
Israel to attack Iran. [3]
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It also ties up with the proverbial US shills spinning, gloating
rather, that, "strategically, this de-facto Israeli alliance with the
Saudis is an extraordinary opportunity for Israel". [4]
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Even such shills have to admit that the House of Saud is "blocking
formation of any government in Lebanon, for example, to obstruct Iran's
ally, Hezbollah". "Blocking" of course is a euphemism to normalize
suicide bombing.
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And then comes the ultimate wishful thinking disguised as "analysis";
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu "bidding to replace the United
States as military protector of the status quo". Translation; the
Likudniks dreaming of becoming the new military Mob boss of petrodollar
Wahhabis.
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<b>The enablers</b><br>
Bandar Bush's strategy - weaponizing and providing cover to Salafis,
jihadis and every patsy or mercenary in between - will go on unabated.
After Bandar Bush convinced Washington to get rid of the Muslim
Brotherhood-friendly Qataris, the Saudis are the supreme warfare go-to
channel. The Bandar Bush machine has ties with virtually every jihadi
outfit in the Levant.
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It certainly helps that Bandar has the perfect cover; the fact that he
knows and has cajoled every significant player in Washington. In the
US, Bandar Bush remains a dashing hero, even eliciting fawning
comparisons with Gatsby. [5] Right. And my name is actually Daisy.
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Even with its own embassy attacked in Lebanon, Iran is maintaining an
extremely calibrated approach. The number-one priority is the nuclear
negotiations in Geneva with the partner that really matters, the US.
This explains Iran blaming the Beirut terror attack on the proverbial
"Zionists", and not Saudi-enabled jihadis posing as "rebels" and part
of the whole Bandar Bush nebula.
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For the moment though, enough of Orwellian newspeak. What happened in
Beirut was a terror attack, cheered by Israel, and fully enabled by
Saudis; a graphic display by the Likudnik-House of Saud axis. <br>
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<i><b>Notes:</b></i><br>
1. <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.558926">Al-Qaida-linked
group claims responsibility for deadly Beirut attack</a>, Ha'aretz,
November 19, 2013.<br>
2. <a
href="http://www.debka.com/article/23455/Incredible-Beirut-bombings-killing-25-people-were-self-inflicted-by-Iran-and-Hizballah-as-a-diversionary-tactic">Incredible!
Beirut bombings killing 25 people were self-inflicted by Iran and
Hizballah as a diversionary tactic</a>, DEBKAfile, November 19, 2013.<br>
3. <a href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36884.htm">Israel,
Saudi Arabia Unite For Attack On Iran</a>, RT, November 17, '13.<br>
4. <a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-stakes-of-an-iranian-deal/2013/11/15/4fad18fa-4d54-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html">The
stakes of an Iranian deal</a>, Washington Post, November 15, 2013.<br>
5. <a
href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/16/prince-bandar-bin-sultan-saudi-arabia-s-gatsby-master-spy.html%20">Prince
Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's Gatsby, Master Spy</a>, The Daily
Beast, November 16, 2013.
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<i><b>Pepe Escobar</b> is the author of </i><a
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0978813820/simpleproduction/ref=nosim">Globalistan:
How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War</a> <i>(Nimble
Books, 2007), </i><a
href="http://www.amazon.com/Red-Zone-Blues-snapshot-Baghdad/dp/0978813898">Red
Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge</a> <i>(Nimble
Books, 2007), and </i><a
href="http://www.amazon.com/Obama-Does-Globalistan-Pepe-Escobar/dp/1934840831">Obama
does Globalistan</a> <i>(Nimble Books, 2009).
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He may be reached at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pepeasia@yahoo.com">pepeasia@yahoo.com</a>.</i>
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