Hillary Clinton is repeating the methodology of the Iran/Contra affair, using “black” funds to finance the operation to ensure President Correa is not re-elected.
I had two excellent sources for the news that the US/UK strategy against Julian Assange was to ensure the defeat of President Correa in Presidential elections next spring, and then have him expelled from the Ecuadorean Embassy. One source was within the UK civil service and one in Washington. Both had direct, personal access to the information I described. Both told me in the knowledge I would publish it.
Of course Assange is not the only reason Clinton wants rid of Correa; but it adds spice and urgency.
We now have completely independent evidence from Chile that this CIA operation exists, from journalists who were investigating a smuggling operation involving 300 kg per month of cocaine, organised by the Chilean army and security services.
The links to US intelligence emerged after an anonymous source from the Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia (ANI) told Panoramas News that the smuggling of 300 kilos of cocaine was in fact a highly sensitive CIA/DEA operation that would help to raise money to topple the government of Ecuador. The operation is similar to the one carried out by the Agency in Central America during the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980’s, the source said.
A few days ago I published information I had received that Patricio Mery Bell, the director of the news programme which broke the story, had been lured to a meeting with a young lady “informant” who had worked with CIA-backed anti-Cuban groups in Miami. She had then accused him of sexual assault (does any of that scenario sound familiar?) He was arrested and his materials had been confiscated. However I took the article down after jst a few minutes because I had received the information in emails from sources I did not know previously, and was unsure it could stand up. It does now appear that this is indeed true.
My Washigton informant had told me, as I published, that the funds for the anti-Correa operation were not from the CIA budget but from secret funds controlled by the Pentagon. This could not be done by CIA funds because, perhaps surprisingly, for the CIA to operate in this way is a crime in the United States.
Whether my informant knew or suspected that the “secret Pentagon funds” were drug money I do not know. They did not mention narcotics.
Cole was wrong about Libya, where he unashamedly promoted NATO’s war. He has taken the same position over Syria where, again, he has been a warmonger, supporting the NATO/Saudi backed terrorists.
He took the same position over the last Iranian Presidential election when he was quite cynical in his promotion of the State Department propaganda narrative.
There is a clear pattern to his positions which are not dissimilar from those of the faux left in France and those who, like the late Tony Cliff, refused to choose a side between north Korea and the massed forces of the empires. An early example of ‘balance.”
As to Cole’s scholarship, he is a very popular blogger. His recent book on Napoleon in Egypt was lightweight and forgettable.
Courtenay is right: Cole who is an Obama enthusiast, is a left imperialist. The fact that he is critical of Israel’s current policies simply shows that he is not a fascist and is, understandably, anxious to retain some credibility among decent people. It is, after all, his stock in trade.
You can find some of Craig’s opinions about Juan Cole either by using this site’s search facility, or you can try this link:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/?s=juan+cole
Israel’s aggression serves the very useful purpose of keeping the entire Middle East destabilised and in permanent conflict. Just what you need if you want to sell lots of weapons, and the foundation of your entire society is liquid fuel.
The powers of the world did already know where the reserves of sweet, light crude oil were located prior to the establishment of Israel in 1948, and that most of the people living above it were Arab and/or Muslim. Back then, the military couldn’t really run on any other fuel. Even now, solid-fuelled nuclear reactors can’t run hot enough to enable synthesis of hydrocarbons because the fuel rods melt or warp.
It’s Mad Max. They’ll fight over the stuff ’til it’s too hard to extract.
Clark:
I never received the email from you, but that could well caused by an issue at my end, the service can be quite temperamental.
Re Juan Cole:
I don’t think Juan Cole is a CIA man, but he definitely buys into American exceptionalism at times, and has a blind spot when it comes to Democrats. I found his writing regarding Libya very troubling. Not so much that Juan supported the western intervention (I don’t bother reading the blogs of people who share the exact views as myself), but consistently throughout that period, Juan labeled those who were against the intervention as Gaddafi supporters and repeatedly used language to smear the character of those who disagreed with him. I wrote a very polite response explaining why this characterisation was unfair, and that he had rightly complained when people labeled him a Saddam supporter when he was against the Iraq war. My response was simply blocked by him. To give him credit, he has been criticising Israel for their treatment of the Palestinians for a long time, and he probably does so more than any other mainstream ‘left’ figure from the US.
The bloody bastards have been ‘shelling Gaza from the sea and air on the fifth day of its bombardment of the coastal territory’.
‘One missile hit a media tower block in the centre of Gaza City, reportedly injuring six Palestinian journalists.’
‘On its Twitter feed, the Israeli army said the sites it hit overnight “were all positively identified by precise intelligence over the course of months”.
Those hollow words from the IDF are contradicted by the tragic facts in this statement.
‘Palestinian medical officials said one strike killed two infants from the same family.’
It must be the case that at least 45 Palestinians’ eyes have been taken for the three Israelis’ eyes by now.
Reference BBC website.
Israel pounds Gaza for fifth day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20383001#
How wrong Evan Davis is in his mini Twitter biography.
Evan Davis
@EvanHD
This is the bloke on the Radio 4 Today programme, Dragons’ Den and the Bottom Line. Author of Made in Britain. These are only my views – the BBC has no views.
London
The BBC has plenty of views.
PS How is your friend Jonathan Sacks these days Evan and jow about all those corpo big cheeses you have on to The Bottom Line?
From the FG Gaza Friends group
Dr. Mona El-Farra, Director of Gaza Projects, is a physician by training and a
human rights and women’s rights activist by practice in the occupied Gaza
Strip. She was born in Khan Younis, Gaza and has dedicated herself to
developing community based programs that aim to improve health quality and
link health services with cultural and recreation services all over the Gaza
Strip. Dr. El-Farra is also the Vice President of the Palestinian Red Crescent
Society of the Gaza Strip and a member of the Union of Health Work Committees
and is on Free Gaza’s Advisory Council in Gaza. Below is her report from the
horrors of Israel’s attack last night. Please share her report widely, join a
demonstration
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iq4XZx9Vj0BDIiWzlHi2mUS0VUOn_t-prgtGGCzatQw/mobilebasic?pli=1
and donate to the organizations who are helping.
November 18, 2012 i could not sleep , as the naval operation continued for
more than 3 hours , against Gaza Beach , and mainly south of the beach , as
they try to search the wreckage of the destroyed Israeli jet fighter many
successive shelling non stop , i was awake, as were most people of the city
Good to be in touch with friends on the Facebook, some comfort feeling that
iam not completely alone feeling unsafe and tense ,the power is on , 6 am
decided to switch off and get some sleep then
all of a sudden 4 large explosions in the center of the town bang bang bang
and bangggggggggggggggggg
Gaza 6 15am Sunday
4 big explosions in the center of Gaza city, what is th , by f16 , hit the
Saraya governmental compound that has been completely destroyed ,during the
cast lead operation 2008, now it is empty land surrounded
with residential building , crowded homes , what is the aim ?more than
terrifying of the civilians and tens of homes have been partially damaged !
look i think the Israelis have lost their compass , and their mission in Gaza,
is mission impossible ! great failure despite of our lives and property loss ,
we have nothing to lose but our chains.love you all and remember we are here
to stay and steadfast we are
occupied and freedom fighters , we are not victims we are on the path to
freedom.
i have not slept for continuous 3 nights and days
love you all
Could you tell from the medis coverage that these protests had been held worldwide and that more follow from tomorrow?
No, you could not.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iq4XZx9Vj0BDIiWzlHi2mUS0VUOn_t-prgtGGCzatQw/mobilebasic?pli=1
Meanwhile Cameron has ‘urged Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do “everything possible” to end the crisis in Gaza.
In a phone call with the Israeli PM, Mr Cameron also expressed sympathy for the “unacceptable rocket attacks” Israel has suffered from militants.’
And the whole world is blind ( Mary)
The only thing on SBS, usually our best news(that I saw)was about all the Jewish Aussies out in red in support of Israel.
The BBC have just had this person Paul Charney on to hold forth for the Israeli perspective on a rather frantic production called Sunday Morning Live hosted by Samira Ahmed late of Channel 4 News. Just 20 minutes were given to discuss the question Are Israeli military actions justified? Apart from the three studio speakers, about six others spoke via Skype. Ridiculous. They have now moved on to discuss Is Corporate Tax avoidance immoral?
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/89028/zionist-federation-elects-its-new-board
Doing well since he made aliyah to the UK from South Africa. 🙂
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Snippets from the BBC online today about Gaza:
“In a phone call with the Israeli PM, Mr Cameron also expressed sympathy for the “unacceptable rocket attacks” Israel has suffered from militants.”
“An Israeli air strike killed Hamas military chief Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari and another official in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. This air strike followed a wave of rocket attacks into Israel from the territory.” [I think this is untrue].
“The prime minister expressed his sympathy for the unacceptable rocket attacks that Israel continued to suffer.”
“Foreign Secretary William Hague has said previously the Hamas regime in Gaza was responsible for the escalation of violence.”
“I do not get the impression that too many Jews would take kindly to being informed about an issue – one side of which was imparted to them at their mother’s knee = by the goyim.”
That’s quite similar to a prevailing English view expressed during the recent Irish Troubles.
It’s garbage. Very few hold to their creation myths these days.
They’d more likely be insulted by your thinking they did, and were telling them anything new.
I’m not talking about creation myths. I’m talking about a powerful cultural mindset. But you do not doubt their – or most peoples’ – ready capacity to feel insulted by outsiders commenting on their beliefs. Which is really what I was getting at. Thank you.
In any event, the murder continues. A crude division of the Jewish world shows a vocal apparent majority who believe in Israel’s superiority to international law and humanitarian norms, and a nearly silent minority which doesn’t really, but doesn’t want to lose the support of its community – or even invite the same treatment that is given to Israel’s Palestinian citizens (or prisoners). The situation is analogous to that of Germany during the Third Reich, but the coercion is social rather than physical. The same nationalistic vein has been tapped. The same national narcissism has taken the place of realpolitik. Anyone who prays ‘next year in Jerusalem’ at Pesach is helping to justify Zionism. It may not be their fault or intention, but it is infinitely far from being a form of words. It is sincerely uttered.
Jon – stop pissing yourself laughing at my ineptitude, and please fix that link. Forgot after “Jerusalem”, sorry.
[Mod/Jon – ha ha! Done.]
The following news websites are not Zionist-controlled, and are reporting from Gaza on the massacre and the resistance:
Ma’an News Agency (Palestine)
Palestinian Information Centre
Press TV (Iran)
[Mod/Jon: fixed last link]
http://twitpic.com/8b910z
“This air strike followed a wave of rocket attacks into Israel from the territory.” [I think this is untrue].”
My understanding was that there was an ongoing truce, and Israel broke this truce with the assassination (murder) of al-Jabari.
Analysis – fair, I think, by Peter Beaumont:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/17/israel-escalation-analysis
CheebaCow and Courtenay Barnett, I think your experiences with Juan Cole illustrate an aspect of human nature that is fundamental to the human problem, the aspect of us that is responsible for “locking in” conflict, which prevents people from reaching resolutions. When we do something wrong ourselves, or the group that we really believe in does wrong, and especially if we feel that the fault really lies with those who oppose us or our group, we put up a protective barrier to any information that would reveal the faults that we or our group carry.
CheebaCow; I mean this bit of what you wrote; “[Juan Cole] has a blind spot when it comes to Democrats”. We’ve seen the same thing in the UK, including here on this blog, with supporters of the Labour party who had to block out or attempt to nullify criticism of the wars started under that government.
When one of those barriers go up, truth cannot be sustained and therefore justice cannot be served in that domain, and the conflict has escalated by that amount.
I think that this explains part of the power of the story of Jesus, who taught forgiveness in his life, and when the crisis came, effectively said “You need a villain? Someone to punish? Here, take me. Let it end here. It is better that I suffer unjust punishment and die than that the conflict continues”.
It’s a beautiful sunny morning here, there seems so much in the world to be enjoyed. Before I went to bed in the early hours I tried Harry Fear’s live stream. Gaza was nearly silent, no sounds of war, but I could hear the birds singing; it was beautiful. What will it take to end this conflict?
I went to the protest at the Israeli embassy yesterday. I held a placard. I’m sure I achieved nothing. There was a woman who was criticising the protest; she called me an idiot. I asked her to talk to me, I said I wanted to hear what she had to say. From the little she said it seems she had suffered sexual harassment by men in Muslim countries. Our conversation went nowhere; I was already on the wrong side of her information barrier.
As usual, Dreoilin, it’s hard to pin the first cause on anyone. Someone (maybe not Hamas) rocketed an Israeli jeep across the border before Jabari was murdered. And no doubt this was in retaliation for something else. And so on, back to 1948….
“And so on, back to 1948…”
Sure, but that’s why I get so pissed off when MSM start their coverage with “rockets from Gaza” as if that’s all there was to it. They present it as if it’s always “Israel is retaliating for” …
Thanks, Clark. You’ve just interpreted Jesus’ last words in a way that makes sense. I’ve not seen that done before.
Mary, I saw that Sunday Morning Live programme. Who is that Charlie Wolf character from the USA?
CheebaCow, I’ve resent that message. It’s from my GMX account, in case you need to add an exception to your spam filter.
@ Dreoilin –
That will be because it is easier to put ready-formatted Israeli press handouts on the page than to research the subject properly. And that’s modern journalism, sad to say. But the public is beginning to realise that “don’t believe what the papers say” is a little more than a flippant putdown. And that you can find all points of view represented on the internet. Perhaps this concept is the one we should concentrate on? I don’t know.
Hope you enjoyed the DVD anyway.
Memory lane, and through the pastoral idyll strolls Mark Regev:
http://blog.thejerusalemfund.org/2012/11/mark-regev-straight-faced-liar.html
Watch out for more comedy from Israel’s #1 standup this time…
“Charlie Wolf (born 12 April 1959) is a British-based American radio talk-show host, disc jockey and political commentator, and formerly the Communications Director of Republicans Abroad UK.”
Ahhh …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wolf
Thanks, Clark. The DVD was ok, not exactly funny stuff. But it took me away from reality for an hour or so. No harm.
“Perhaps this concept is the one we should concentrate on? I don’t know.”
I recommend the internet to people. But some of them look at me aghast and say, “You CAN’T believe what you read there!” as if every page was David Icke.
Didn’t William Hague’s bed-sharing antics come out shortly after he penned an article for the Inde that was mildly critical of Israel? I wonder whether Israeli intelligence keeps mountains of shit on our politicians for the purpose of blackmailing them.
I’ve found that AFP digs deeper into Israel issues than most agencies. This from them, originally. No way of confirming this, obviously, but Bank of Jerusalem is down…
http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/11/18/anonymous-slaps-down-hundreds-of-israeli-sites-over-gaza
Komodo, you say: “I do not get the impression that too many Jews would take kindly to being informed about an issue – one side of which was imparted to them at their mother’s knee = by the goyim.”
Then all I can conclude is that you don’t have many (any?) Jewish friends! The idea that Jewish people generally think of non-Jewish people as the ‘other’ – goyim – is sheer nonsense, in my quite wide experience, and ascribes a blanket bigotry to Jewish people which sounds rather a lot like bigotry itself.
I wish you luck with imparting your facts, however. I think it is helpful to realise that many Israelis genuinely feel utterly insecure and under attack, even while their government behaves as the hyper-powerful aggressor. This is where facts – the siege of Gaza, the conditions inside it, the occupation of territories etc – are helpful. Morally and practically, of course, as the Knesset member of Hadash (a non Zionist party) was pointing out, more bloodshed is not the way to peace!