Although mainstream reports refer regularly to foreign fighters in the Iraqi resistance, we know from occasional reliable reports that foreign participation is actually very minor. And although Al Qaeda is blamed for events all over the world, we know from Chossudovsky and others that Al Qaeda is part fiction and part a CIA-controlled organization. See for example: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO301B.html With these facts in mind, what do we make of the article below? It seems to me that an "offensive along the border with Syria" can only be interpreted as part of the overall pressure campaign on Syria, which also includes the attempt by Washington to get the UN Security Council to sanction Syria. The scenario reminds me of the Mexican-American War (1846), which was intentionally provoked by U.S. forces along the border with Mexico. Of course in the U.S. media at the time, Mexico was named as the provocateur. rkm -------------------------------------------------------- http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,17148454-5001028,00.html US launches offensive near Syria From correspondents in Baghdad November 05, 2005 US and Iraqi forces have launched an offensive along the border with Syria called Operation Steel Curtain involving some 3500 troops, the US military said today. The goal of the military sweep "is to restore security along the Iraqi-Syrian border and destroy the Al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network operating throughout Husaybah, located on the Iraqi-Syrian border," the military said. The operation involves some 1000 Iraqi army soldiers as well as 2500 Marines, sailors and soldiers. "Operation Steel Curtain marks the first large-scale employment of multiple battalion-sized units of Iraqi Army forces in combined operations" with US-led forces, the military said. Agence France-Presse This report was published at dailytelegraph.news.com.au -- -------------------------------------------------------- http://cyberjournal.org "Apocalypse Now and the Brave New World" http://www.cyberjournal.org/cj/rkm/Apocalypse_and_NWO.html Posting archives: http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?date=01Jan2006&batch=25&lists=newslog Subscribe to low-traffic list: •••@••.••• ___________________________________________ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
