US-Led Western Scheme to Divide

US-Led Western Scheme to Divide & Destroy Syria Revealed in Leaked British Cable

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US-Led Western Scheme to Divide

A US-led Western scheme to divide and destroy Syria has been exposed. Leaked British diplomatic cables reveal the existence of the Small American Group on Syria, a group of 5 nations actively conspiring to control the outcome in Syria. Image credit: Defence.pk

Divide and Destroy Syria

is the message of a recent British diplomatic cable which was leaked to the Lebanese media outlet, Al Akhbar. In an article dated February 24th, 2018 (picked up by Iranian media outlet Fars News and later syndicated on sites like Global Research), we learn of a manipulative organization called the Small American Group on Syria. This group – composed of representative diplomats from the US, UK, France, Saudi Arabia and Jordan – had a meeting in Washington on January 11th, 2018 and another in Paris on January 23rd, 2018 where they plotted the US-led Western scheme to divide and destroy Syria. To destroy Syria has been the mission of the US-UK-Israeli New World Order for a long time, so in one sense this cable is unsurprising; however, it is always interesting to catch the schemers and manipulators red-handed and directly observe their machinations. Although the original cable document does not appear to be available online, the Al Akhbar report exposing it is very detailed. Read on to see what was in it.

What the Leaked British Diplomatic Cable Reveals

According to the article, the diplomatic cable, written by Benjamin Norman (a British Ambassador in charge of Middle Eastern Affairs at the US Embassy in Washington DC), spilled the beans on how the US and its allies go about controlling other nations. Here are some of the things the leaked cable tells us or confirms:

– The existence of a small group manipulating affairs behind the scenes (the very essence of conspiracy);

– That the US dominates and controls the foreign policy of many other (Western and GCC) nations;

– Other middle Eastern nations like Saudi Arabia and Jordan are in the pocket of the US;

– Turkey is currently at odds with US (over the US chasing to side with the Kurds) and much trust has been broken;

– The extreme arrogance of the US and these other Western and Arab nations in scheming to divide and destroy Syria, a sovereign nation who has done them no harm;

– That the US will maintain a large military presence in Syria despite its victory over ISIS/Daesh, at a cost of USD$4 billion a year;

– That the main point of the US military presence is to prevent Iran from establishing too much of a foothold in Syria;

– That the US wants to de-emphasize the 2017 Astana Peace Talks and re-emphasize the 2017 Geneva Peace Talks (the US had no role in Astana, but in Geneva it pushed the tired old line that “Assad must go”). The article states “to reinvigorate Geneva so that Sochi becomes irrelevant”; and

– The US is actively conspiring to meddle and interfere in Syria’s election process – you know, the very thing it accuses of Russia of dong without any evidence. US diplomat David Satterfield openly promotes regime change and rigging a foreign election: “Satterfield responded that ‘the goal was to create conditions and institutions that would allow elections that Assad could not win.'” Busted!

The only thing that is surprising in all of this is the overt absence of Israel. However, since the Trump Administration could basically be called “Make Israel Great Again”, it is easy to discern the Zionist influence in all of this, particularly in the above point about the US spending $4 billion of its own money just to stop Iran from expanding its influence in Syria.

Will Syria be partitioned? Yes, if Israel, the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia and others have anything to do with it.

The 3 Main Goals of the Small American Group on Syria

The diplomatic cable was very explicit in stating the objectives of the Small American Group on Syria. It speaks of the need for the US-led West, and its client/puppet Gulf nations, to work towards the “partition of the country [Syria], sabotage of Sochi, framing of Turkey.” Let’s take a look at each of these in turn.

The first phrase refers to the attempt to partition Syria or divide Syria into smaller mini-states along ethnic and religious lines. This is an age-old scheme to weaken an enemy nation by reducing its size; it is far easier to pick off smaller nations than one large united one, particularly if you can get them squabbling and infighting (divide and rule). The Balkanization of Syria, as it has also been called, is part of a long history of Western interference in the Middle East. This goes way back to the heyday of the British Empire. As I discussed in my article Foreign Meddling in Syria: Decades Longer Than You Thought …, the Western colonial powers have tried to arbitrarily slice up the Middle East as they saw fit for over 100 years. In the last few years, Israel has been especially vociferous in its urging for the partitioning of Syria, part of the Yinon plan for Greater Israel.

To divide Syria is to destroy Syria … and the US and Israel well know it.

The second phrase refers to the attempt to sabotage the peace talks that happened at Sochi, Russia, in January 2018 earlier this year. Sochi, which was co-sponsored by Russia, Iran and Turkey, was somewhat of a continuation of the 2017 Astana Peace Talks, which were also co-sponsored by the same 3 countries. According to RT:

“Sochi grew out of the Astana talks – also backed by Moscow, Ankara and Tehran – that began last year, and have managed to achieve piecemeal and transitory results on the ground, including de-escalation zones and ceasefires. While some of the constitutional suggestions have been voiced before, Sochi represents a broader, more ambitious attempt at engagement.”

The US was, of course, unhappy that it was excluded from Astana. How dare affected nations and regional powers have the audacity to try to broker peace and make deals without inviting the world’s super-bully? Accordingly, it has tried to focus the world’s attention, and the UN’s attention, away from Astana and Sochi, and onto the January 2018 Vienna Peace Talks, where the US played a central part. In Astana and Sochi, there was no discussion about removing Assad from power, or diluting his power; whereas in Vienna, the US proposed altering the Syrian political system, giving more powers to the prime minister/parliament than the president, and decentralization, giving more power to regions hostile to Damascus. The US also proposed the UN supervise the elections.

The third phrase refers to the deteriorating relationship between the US and Turkey, despite the fact that both are NATO members. Ever since January this year, when the US decided to mainly use the SDF/Kurds against the Assad government (rather than other terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, Al Nusra, etc.), the US has alienated its former ally Turkey. Turkey actually invaded Syria to go after the US-backed Kurds there, despite the fact that the US and Turkey had been working together to destabilize Syria for much for the Syrian War from 2011 onwards. Turkey was busted by Russia for trading with US-created ISIS, in fact. The article suggests that the US is about to turn on its former ally Turkey and frame them for something, or perhaps use them to create more choose inside of Syria.

Final Thoughts: Leaked Cable Does Not Bode Well for Future of Syria

Recent geopolitical developments since the start of 2018 have been disturbing. On February 2nd, 2018, the US released its new Nuclear Posture Review where it lifted restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons, now giving itself permission to use them in retaliation against a conventional (non-nuclear) attack or even a cyber attack. On February 14th and 15th, NATO stated it would be performing an overhaul of its command structures, the largest since the end of the Cold War, according to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. On March 1st, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a State-of-the-Union-like address to the Russian Duma (Parliament) which featured video animation of the latest Russian military hypersonic weapons. A strike on the US (Florida) was simulated. Putin warned that although Russia wanted peace, it would not hesitate to defend itself against any kind of nuclear attack, including medium, small and mini nukes. Meanwhile, Israel has continued to demonstrate its own aggression and disregard of the law by downing a drone in Syrian airspace and claiming it was Iranian.

This cable at least lays bare the true nature of the scheming US and its puppet allies, and its overt attempts to divide and destroy Syria. Please spread the truth far and wide.

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Sources:

*http://english.al-akhbar.com

*http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13961205000734

*https://www.globalresearch.ca/arab-daily-british-diplomatic-cable-unveils-us-plots-to-disintegrate-syria/5630726

*http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/foreign-meddling-in-syria-100-years/

*https://www.rt.com/news/417321-syria-sochi-vienna-talks/

*http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/top-10-proofs-isis-us-israeli-creation/

*https://www.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/NPR/

Wars are relatively easy to get into but much harder to get out of. And the consequences are usually disastrous for mankind.

Hope the war-mongering West is aware of the following before missiles start flying!

UN Sources Say Syrian Rebels — Not Assad — Used Sarin Gas

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/un-sources-say-rebel-forces-not-assad-used-sarin-gas/315588/

Russia Says it Will Attack U.S. Military if Trump Strikes Syria Again

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-attack-u-military-182702256.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb

CHINA’S MILITARY ARRIVE IN SYRIA TO HELP RUSSIA 

https://www.alamongordo.com/china-military-arrive-in-syria-to-help-russia/



From: https://sputniknews.com/military/201804121063460158-british-forces-syria-ghouta/

A number of British forces have been captured by the Syrian army during military operations in Eastern Ghouta, according to reports by local media.

According to a report by Al-Mayadeen news channel cited by Fars News, a number of British troops have been captured during the Syrian Arab Army's operations in Eastern Ghouta.  

© AP PHOTO / NEIL MUNNS

UK Submarines Sent Within Missile Range of Syria for Strikes - Report

They are believed to be a part of international military forces deployed in the region to launch a ground assault in Damascus in cooperation with the US. According to the report, the US and other NATO countries, Jordan and Israel planned to launch attacks from several fronts, but the plot failed as Syrian armed forces made a series of rapid advances in Eastern Ghouta in March. The plot allegedly involved massive airstrikes by US and Israeli planes that were supposed to pave the way for ground forces.

From: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/03/17/555715/Syria-Damascus-Eastern-Ghouta-United-States-UK-Russia

Syria intercepts Ghouta-bound US, UK arms+Video

Sat Mar 17, 2018 06:54AM

The Syrian army has intercepted a truckload of weapons, including American and British ones, heading to the militants holed up in Eastern Ghouta amid its operation to liberate the Damascus suburb.

Russia’s Sputnik news agency cited an intelligence source on Friday as reporting the development, and incorporated a video featuring the intercepted weapons laid out on the ground.

The Syrian army stopped the truck, acting on an intelligence tip-off.


“We organized an ambush, as a result of which a large truck carrying ammunition and weapons has been intercepted; some of the equipment is made in America. Also there were medicines and equipment for satellite communication there. All this was intended for militants in Ghouta,” the source said.

The footage featured smoke grenades bearing the inscription “Salisbury England"



From: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mit-expert-claims-latest-chemical-weapons-attack-syria-was-staged-1617267?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss-inner&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news

An image from the suspected crater of a chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. Social media

Theodore Postol, a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

•  concluded that the US government's report does not provide any "concrete" evidence that Assad was responsible for the attack on 4th April, 2017, adding it was more likely that the attack was perpetrated by players on the ground.

Postol said: "I have reviewed the [White House's] document carefully, and I believe it can be shown, without doubt, that the document does not provide any evidence whatsoever that the US government has concrete knowledge that the government of Syria was the source of the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria at roughly 6am to 7am on 4 April, 2017.

From: https://www.rt.com/news/423780-bbc-journalist-syria-tweet/

A BBC journalist expressed skepticism about an alleged chemical attack in Syria that the West has largely – and without evidence – blamed on Bashar Assad. He tweeted that he was tired of "staged" scenes before deleting the post.

"Sick and tired of activists and rebels using corpses of dead children to stage emotive scenes for Western consumption. Then they wonder why some serious journos are questioning part of the narrative," BBC Foreign News Producer Riam Dalati wrote on Twitter. He later deleted that tweet, but not before others in the Twittersphere managed to grab a screenshot of it.

https://twitter.com/ShoebridgeC/status/983698078741024768/photo/1?tfw_creator=RT_com&tfw_site=RT_com&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fnews%2F423780-bbc-journalist-syria-tweet%2F

Syrian Chaos: Latest.


1st March, 2016 - Can You Trust Western Media on Syria?

Hi Tim,

Few journalists stand against the tide of lies spewing forth from the main media outlets such as the BBC - Daily Pickings has cited evidence of the BBC's repeated distortions, fabrications and barefaced lies when reporting on events in Syria.

One journalist who's been on the ground in Syria is Eva Bartlett; in this podcast she reports on how many Syrians view their president, Bashar al Assad, and reveals what has been happening on the ground. She also exposes examples of blatant lies emerging from the BBC and other mainstream media relying on "armchair warriors" located outside the country and funded by the US/NATO.

"I'm Back From Syria. The Media Is Lying To You!" (36 minute video)

Further information on the war in Syria and beyond is available on Eva's website.

Canadian activist/freelance journalist. I've lived cumulative ~3 years in Gaza, spent time in Lebanon and visited Syria 3 times since April 2014. Anti-zionist, anti-imperialist, pro-justice.

Luke Rudkowski at wearechange.org breaks down the latest developments and news surrounding the ceasefire between Russia and the U.S. We go over violations of the cease fire, propaganda from the west and east and how the situation is getting out of hand. Sources are listed on the YouTube page of the video.

It's Not A Cease Fire But A Global Arms Build Up (6 minute video)

Wars are never fought for the "noble causes" claimed but invariably to enrich and empower bankers, arms dealers and the Structural Elite. Even the elevated cattle, such as Turkey's President Erdogan in Turkey, are deluded and risk being discarded when they become an embarrassment. In the meantime, they are useful in acting as a lightning rod for the anger of the uninformed. Look at the history of "strongmen" who cross the west or come to obstruct the Structural Elite's master plan, Saddam, Gaddafi, Mubarak, etc. Everyone is dispensable because, as Joe Plummer, explained in yesterday's Daily Pickings, there is no moral dimension - "whatever it takes to get things done". This why we have to dismantle hierarchybecause the worst always rise to the top.

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The Final Act Begins

Daily Pickings is a blog on issues and events related to the work of the Critical Thinking project and invariably references videos, articles, books and academic papers. Accumulation of these materials adds to the "Critical Thinking reference library". We welcome comments and interaction on Daily Pickings via Comments for which you need to be logged in as a User. Critical Thinking is a collaborative, educational project relying on contributions from diverse sources. Hi Tim, What started as another US/NATO/Israel/Saudi plan to conduct regime change (in Syria) has turned into a quagmire for this unsavoury coalition. Competing agendas within the coalition have created chaos, confusing alliances and conflicts; for example, Kurdish forces have been the most effective force in resisting and beating ISIS (Islamic State, IS, ISIL, Daesh), yet Turkey has been bombing the Kurds whom they've been persecuting and marginalising for years. Furthermore, while NATO and its allies have claimed to be fighting ISIS (as the biggest threat to "our values"), the coalition has been secretly supporting the "terrorist group"; Turkey facilitated the chemical attacks in Syria, has been been buying oil from, and supplying weapons to, ISIS while Israel is recovering ISIS fighters from the theatre of war to treat them in their own hospitals - then sending them out to fight again. You couldn't make this up. Now Turkey and Saudi Arabia are sending ground troops into Syria in an attempt to keep the regime change train on the rails but they are putting the coalition on a collision course with Russia whose intervention has dramatically altered the balance of power in the region. Syria: The Final Act Begins By John Wight In Ankara and Riyadh a decent night’s sleep must be hard to come by  nowadays, what with the prospects of the Sunni state they’d envisaged being established across a huge swathe of Syria slipping away in the face of an offensive by Syrian government forces that is sweeping all before it north of Aleppo, threatening to completely sever supply lines from Turkey to opposition forces in and around the city, and all but ensuring that its liberation is now a question of when not if. Meanwhile, the mendacious BBC and other western media are accusing Russia of indiscriminate bombing, with no evidence to substantiate these claims - given that the US and its acolytes have form and motive, who is the most likely party to have been bombing hospitals and civilians? There has been a constant propaganda war against Russia and Syria to justify unfettered aggression by the US, UK, France, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states and NATO countries including Germany which is doing its share of bombing in the region. There are no so many players looking for a piece of the action in Syria that the only certainty is confusion. Nobody Knows Who Bombed Syrian Hospitals Because so Many Sides Have Joined the Fight by Claire Bernish Nearly 50 people were killed in airstrikes that hit several hospitals and schools in northern Syria on Monday, though multiple conflicting reports added to confusion over who was responsible. “This appears to be a deliberate attack on a health structure, and we condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms,” said MSF Head of Mission Massimiliano Rebaudengo. Russia's intervention on behalf of Syria in September appears to have been prompted when it became clear the US was proposing a "no fly zone" which on past form (eg. Libya) means,"we're going to bomb infrastructure and civilians to bring the regime down to create yet another failed state". Russian Diplomat Drops a Bombshell: US Expected ISIS to Seize Damascus by October By Alexander Mercouris In an article in a British newspaper Russia's ambassador to the UK reveals the Russians were told by the Western powers that after the US proclaimed a no-fly zone ISIS would capture Damascus Meanwhile, in the puppet theatre of the US election, fantasy reigns as Hilary Clinton claims to have been attempting to bring peace to the Syrian conflict in 2012, in complete contradiction of what was actually happening and la Clinton's constant warmongering across the region - her supporters just lap up the lies and deceit. It would seem she is the Structural Elite's favoured puppet for the post but whoever wins will be in their pocket. Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath By Jeffrey Sachs In the Milwaukee debate, Hillary Clinton took pride in her role in a recent UN Security Council resolution on a Syrian ceasefire:     "But I would add this. You know, the Security Council finally got around to adopting a resolution. At the core of that resolution is an agreement I negotiated in June of 2012 in Geneva, which set forth a cease-fire and moving toward a political resolution, trying to bring the parties at stake in Syria together." This is the kind of compulsive misrepresentation that makes Clinton unfit to be President. Clinton's role in Syria has been to help instigate and prolong the Syrian bloodbath, not to bring it to a close. It is time for more people to awake to the reality and take the levers of power away from thelunatics running the asylum. -------------------------------- To find out more about the Critical Thinking project go to freecriticalthinking.org If you want to Comment on today's Daily Pickings go to: http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings Raise awareness of issues ignored by the mainstream media and share information by forwarding this email to a friend, colleague or family member who can subscribe to the Critical Thinking mailing list to receive Daily Pickings: http://www.freecriticalthinking.org/subscribe

Sarin-lying; War-defying.

How the West lies to support its devious Syrian plans.

Japanese sarin exercise. Psychological propaganda?

http://abcnews.go.com/images/ABC_Univision/56193007.jpg

The following is taken from: http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/06/30/deception-inside-deception-alleged-sarin-gas-attack/  (Images and highlighting added by me.)

Deception Inside Deception: The Alleged Sarin Gas Attack

June 30, 2017 | Categories: Articles & Columns | Tags: |  Print This Article

Deception Inside Deception: The Alleged Sarin Gas Attack

Paul Craig Roberts

Seymour Hersh, America’s most famous investigative reporter, has become persona non grata in the American Propaganda Ministry that poses as a news media but only serves to protect the US government’s war lies. Among his many triumphs Hersh exposed the American My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the Abu Ghraib torture prison run by the Americans in Iraq. Today his investigative reports have to be published in the London Review of Books or in the German Media.

From Hersh’s latest investigative report, we learn that President Trump makes war decisions by watching staged propaganda on TV. The White Helmets, a propaganda organization for jihadists and the “Syrian opposition,” found a gullible reception from the Western media for photographs and videos of alleged victims of a Syrian Army sarin gas attack on civilians in Khan Sheikhoun. Trump saw the photos on TV and despite being assured by US intelligence that there was no Syrian sarin gas attack, ordered the US military to strike a Syrian base with Tomahawk missiles. Under international law this strike was a war crime, and it was the first direct aggression against Syria by the US which previously committed aggression via proxies called “the Syrian opposition.”

Seymour Hersh Dishes on New Exposé Upending the Official Story About Trump and Syrian Chemical Attacks

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Reporting on his sources, Hersh writes: “In a series of interviews, I learned of the total disconnect between the president and many of his military advisers and intelligence officials, as well as officers on the ground in the region who had an entirely different understanding of the nature of Syria’s attack on Khan Sheikhoun. I was provided with evidence of that disconnect, in the form of transcripts of real-time communications, immediately following the Syrian attack on April 4.”

The belief that sarin gas was involved in the attack comes from what appears to be a gas cloud. Hersh was informed by US military experts that sarin is oderless and invisible and makes no cloud. What appears to have happened is that the explosion from the air attack on ISIS caused a series of secondary explosions that produced a toxic cloud formed by fertilizers and chlorine disinfectants that were stored in the building that was hit.

US officials spoke with Hersh, because they are distrubed that President Trump based a war decision on TV propaganda and refused to listen to the detailed counter-assessments of his intelligence and military services. A national security source told Hersh: “Everyone close to him knows his proclivity for acting precipitously when he does not know the facts. He doesn’t read anything and has no real historical knowledge. He wants verbal briefings and photographs. He’s a risk-taker. He can accept the consequences of a bad decision in the business world; he will just lose money. But in our world, lives will be lost and there will be long-term damage to our national security if he guesses wrong. He was told we did not have evidence of Syrian involvement and yet Trump says: ‘Do it.”’

Several children allegedly killed by gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun. Several have bleeding head injuries

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Concerns about Trump’s purely emotional reaction to TV propaganda persist. Hersh reports that a senior national security adviser told him: “The Salafists and jihadists got everything they wanted out of their hyped-up Syrian nerve gas ploy” (the flare up of tensions between Syria, Russia and America). The issue is, what if there’s another false flag sarin attack credited to hated Syria? Trump has upped the ante and painted himself into a corner with his decision to bomb. And do not think these guys are not planning the next faked attack. Trump will have no choice but to bomb again, and harder. He’s incapable of saying he made a mistake.”

As we know, the White House has already released a statement predicting that Assad is preparing another chemical attack, for which, the White House promises, he will “pay a heavy price.” Clearly, a false flag attack is on the way. https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/06/30/washington-new-threat-against-syria-russia-iran-invitation-false-flag-operation.html

By all means, read Hersh’s report: https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article165905578/Trump-s-Red-Line.html It reveals a president who makes precipitious decisions likely to cause a war with Russia.

I do not doubt Sy Hersh’s integrity. I accept that he has accurately reported what he was told by US officials. My suspicions about this story do not have to do with Hersh. They have to do with what Hersh was told.

Fraudulent "White Helmets" in action. The giveaway: no gloves!

https://imgur.com/Ep0yAdq

Hersh’s report puts Trump in a very bad light, and it puts the military/security complex, which we know has been trying to destroy Trump, in a very good light. Moreover, the story strikes me as inconsistent with the subsequent attack on the Syrian fighter-bomber by the US military. If the Tomahawk attack on the Syrian base was unjustified, what justified downing a Syrian war plane? Did Trump order this attack as well? If not, who did? Why?

If national security advisers gave Trump such excellent information about the alleged sarin gas attack, completely disproving any such attack, why was he given such bad advice about shooting down a Syrian war plane, or was it done outside of channels? The effect of the shootdown is to raise the chance of a confrontation with Russia, because Russia’s response apparently has been to declare a no-fly zone over the area of Russian and Syrian operations.

How do we know that what Hersh was told was true? What if Trump was encouraged to order the Tomahawk strike as a way of interjecting the US directly into the conflict? Both the US and Israel have powerful reasons for wanting to overthrow Assad. However, ISIS, sent to do the job, has been defeated by Russia and Syria. Unless Washington can somehow get directly involved, the war is over.

Syria "chemical weapon" attack proven by autopsies Turkey says as Trump blames Assad regime - CBS News

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The story Hersh was given also serves to damn Trump while absolving the intelligence services. Trump takes the hit for injecting the US directly into the conflict.

Hersh’s story reads well, but it easily could be a false story planted on him. I am not saying that the story is false, but unless we learn more, it could be.

What we do know is that the story given to Hersh by national security officials is inconsistent with the June 26 White House announcement that the US has “identified potential preparations for another chemical attack by the Assad regime.” The White House does not have the capability to conduct its own foreign intelligence gathering. The White House is informed by the national security and intelligence agencies.

In the story given to Hersh, these officials are emphatic that not only were chemical weapons removed from Syria, but also that Assad would not use them or be permitted by the Russians to use them even if he had them. Moreover, Hersh reports that he was told that Russia fully informed the US of the Syrian attack on ISIS in advance. The weapon was a guided bomb that Russia had suppied to Syria. Therefore, it could not have been a chemical weapon.

Collecting evidence of a chemical weapon in Khan Sheikhoun

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The Times of Israel
A Syrian man collects samples from the site of a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan. Note lack of protective clothing particularly feet.

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As US national security officials made it clear to Hersh that they do not believe Syria did or would use any chemical weapons, what is the source for the White House’s announcement that preparations for another chemical attack by the Assad regime have been identified?

Who lined up UN ambassador Nikki Haley and the UK Defence Minister Michael Fallon to be ready with statements in support of the White House announcement? Haley says: “Any further attacks done to the people of Syria will be blamed on Assad, but also on Russia & Iran who support him killing his own people.” Fallon says: “we will support” future US action in response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

How clear does an orchestration have to be before people are capable of recognizing the orchestration?

The intelligence agencies put out the story via Hersh that there were no chemical attacks, so what attacks is Niki Haley speaking about?

Site of U.S. missile strike on Syrian air base

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/syria-missile-attack.png?w=560

A reasonable conclusion is that Washington’s plan to use ISIS to overthrow Syria and then start on Iran was derailed by Russian and Syrian military success against ISIS. The US then tried to partition Syria by occupying part of it, but were out-manuevered by the Russians and Syrians. This left direct US involvement as the only alternative to defeat. This direct US military involvement began with the US attack on the Syrian military base and was followed by shooting down a Syrian war plane. The next stage will be a US-staged false flag chemical attack or alleged chemical attack, and this false flag, as has already been announced, will be the excuse for larger scale US military action against Syria, which, unless the Russians abandon Syria, means conflict with Russia, Iran, and perhaps China.
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/us-military-put-alert-washington-waiting-excuse-attack-syria-russian-senator/ri20238

http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/06/new-wave-of-anti-syrian-provocations.html

Trump launches attack on Syria with 59 Tomahawk missiles

Everett Rosenfeld | @Ev_Rosenfeld

Friday, 7 Apr 2017 | 5:55 AM ET

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