美國人首任北約副秘書長

北約發言人倫傑斯庫15日在布魯塞爾舉行的記者會上說，美國前國防部助理部長弗什博已正式出任北約副秘書長。他由此成為歷史上首個擔任這一職務的美國人。

倫傑斯庫說，弗什博13日接替了意大利人比索涅羅，就任北約副秘書長。北約副秘書長是北約中僅次於秘書長拉斯穆森的民事職務。按照慣例，北約秘書長和副秘書長一般由歐洲人擔任，而最高軍事指揮官由美國將軍擔任。弗什博此次出任北約副秘書長打破了慣例。

弗什博曾擔任美國駐北約、俄羅斯和南韓的大使。在擔任美國國防部助理部長期間，他主要負責協調美國對外安全和防務政策。url

俄媒指北約擬敍國設禁飛區

(綜合報道)(星島日報報道)俄羅斯《生意人報》周四引述俄羅斯安全會議秘書帕特魯舍夫稱，北約成員國與部分波斯灣國家攜手合作，準備向敍利亞採取直接軍事干預，其中美國和土耳其研究在敍利亞設立禁飛區，以保護反政府分子。
帕特魯舍夫稱，情報消息顯示北約（NATO）成員國與波斯灣區部分阿拉伯國家合作，擬仿照利比亞模式，直接向敍利亞採取軍事干預行動，放棄現行 間接干預敘利亞事務的做法。他還表示，主力部隊將會由敍利亞鄰國、北約成員國之一土耳其提供，而非法國、英國及意大利。帕特魯舍夫稱，美國與土耳其正研究 設立禁飛區的可行性，以保護敘利亞境內反政府分子。
法記者遇炮火襲擊亡
另外，一批外國記者周三獲敍利亞當局安排在霍姆斯市採訪的時候，遭受炮火襲擊。效力法國第二電視台的記者雅基耶中彈喪生，成為自從敍利亞爆發反政府示威十個月以來，第一位在該國執行採訪任務而殉職的西方記者。事件中還有八名敍利亞人死亡。
中東局勢風雲詭譎。美國軍方昨日說，一支新的航空母艦戰鬥群已經開抵阿拉伯海，另一支戰鬥群也在駛往這個地區的途中，但否認此舉跟美國與伊朗對峙有關。
軍事官員說，美國航母卡爾文森號九日開抵阿拉伯海，接替正返航的史丹尼斯號。另一支航母戰鬥群是由林肯號航空母艦領導，剛結束泰國的訪問行程，目前正在印度洋。它將與卡爾文森號加入中央司令部指揮地區的作戰行動。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/俄媒指北約擬敍國設禁飛區-220941129.html

北約歡迎美國新軍事戰略

北約秘書長拉斯穆森5日發表聲明，表示歡迎美國新出台的軍事戰略。
拉斯穆森說，他很欣賞美國對於歐洲安全的持久承諾，繼續維護北約的實力和團結，堅持集體防禦。
拉斯穆森認為，在一個不可預知的世界裏，美國對於北約價值的肯定尤為關鍵。
拉斯穆森說，美國將繼續投資北約，因為北約已多次證明自身是一個「力量倍增器」，尤其是在最近的利比亞行動中。
他認為，美國新戰略強調發展現代軍事能力，增強靈活性和建立更有效的伙伴關係，這些與北約2010年里斯本峰會時通過的戰略概念完全一致。
奧巴馬5日宣布推出一項新軍事戰略，強調美國雖然面臨預算壓力，但將努力確保其「軍事超強」地位，同時將美國軍事重心轉向亞太地區。
在歐洲防務上，新戰略強調應繼續維護和發揮北約的作用，但隨著形勢變化，戰略重點應作出相應調整，由應對當前衝突轉向發展未來軍事能力。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/北約歡迎美國新軍事戰略-004032658.html

美國和北約在全球的征途上 - 第二部分

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

U.S. and NATO are on the march worldwide – part II

Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

Recently I wrote a relatively exhaustive article on the geopolitical maneuvering being carried out by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which is now engaging in activities far beyond that which it was created to do.

This is part two of what will likely become a long-running series covering these global developments and the implications thereof.

Unfortunately, most of the news is presented in bite-sized portions which purposefully do not connect the clearly relevant events in order to present the average reader with a better understanding of what it all means, which is exactly why I’m writing these articles in an attempt to counter this method of disinformation. This disjointed method of presenting information allows for compartmentalization and an artificial separation of issues which are all clearly part of a greater trend.

It now appears that the West – and thus the United States and NATO at the forefront – is attempting to isolate a group of countries that includes as the most major constituents Russia and China.

This is being done through a multi-pronged approach which lends itself to being hidden under the guise of random events and developments that are not officially related.

Of course, once one aggregates all of these issues as I have done, it becomes quite clear that they are all indeed part of a greater push around the world.

This includes a significantly greater presence in the Asia-Pacific region to stifle China and/or goad the large nation into engaging in hostilities over the South China Sea dispute, which would justify a brutal Western assault.


“In 2008 our enemy [Russia] thought that [Georgia] was leveled to the ground, but in recent years an opinion has been firmly established throughout the entire post-Soviet space – in Ukraine, in Central Asia, among our neighbors and even in Russia – that Georgia is an absolute leader in terms of carrying out reforms and fighting corruption,” Georgian President Saakashvili said.

Saakashvili also touched on the prospect of Georgia becoming a full member in the EU, although Civil Georgia’s coverage makes no mention of NATO.

Saakashvili stated that in 2011 “everyone in the European Union seriously started [saying] that Georgia should become in following years [a] full-fledged member of the EU and this is a real geopolitical revolution.”

Indeed it would be a huge boon for the West to bring Georgia into the EU and NATO, while exerting more control over the nation and leveraging its strategic position near Russia, along with putting Georgia into increased receivership and dependence.

China’s Xinhua also recently published a piece speculating about the South Caucuses being a spot in which another crisis could emerge, especially seeing that will likely serve as a pipeline after Western troops (supposedly) leave Iraq.

Azerbaijan

The Georgian integration dovetails with the efforts to bring Azerbaijan into the sphere of the United States and thus NATO along with the rest of Eastern Europe.

Azerbaijan is also becoming increasingly chummy with the Western powers, most notably the United States, which is inseparable from NATO and NATO from it.

According to Trend, both the Azerbaijanis and NATO have endorsed the third stage of a pact which was first signed in 2005.

The third stage of the Individual Partnership Action Plan, or IPAP, between NATO and the small country of Azerbaijan, relatively close to Russia, covers cooperation between the alliance and the Azerbaijani government throughout 2012 and 2013.

Trend states that the IPAP covers four sections but then lists a great deal more than four issues which the agreement covers.

The sections they list are: politics and security, defense and military issues, public information, civil emergency planning, science and environmental issues, administrative issues, security of information, resources and legal issues, which seems pretty comprehensive in scope.

Given that phase one and two of the IPAP have already been successfully implemented, it is only logical to assume that stage three will be similar, especially since Trend says that the first two phases “were highly appreciated at various levels by NATO officials.”

Azerbaijan is far from alone in having an IPAP in place in the region, indeed the alliance is pushing for increased integration with most of Eastern Europe in order to further encircle Russia and strengthen regional ties.

Currently the following nations have IPAPs implemented (in order of signing from earliest to most recent): Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in 2008.

It was also announced by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press service on December 30 that Azerbaijan and the United States will be holding bilateral military consultations on January 12-13.

These meetings will be held in Washington and the issues being discussed are not public according to the Azeri-Press Agency (APA).

This begs the question: what is being discussed that is too sensitive to publicize? If it is just matters surrounding the third phase of the IPAP, surely these matters should be public given that they involve the people of both Azerbaijan and America alike?

Even if the meeting is totally innocent and the subjects being discussed are harmless, it is surely going to do little to allay Russia’s concerns when a nearby nation is engaging in closed-door discussions with the United States, especially if the discussions touch on the ABM system.

Oddly enough, the APA reported on the Commander in Chief of the Oklahoma National Guard Myles Deering’s visit to Azerbaijan last December.

In an interview Deering stated that he had met with Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev, noting, “we have a lot of similarities. That is the reason why Oklahoma [is] a partner of Azerbaijan. Because Azerbaijan has the oil and natural resources as [does] Oklahoma.”

It is quite clear that the United States is pushing to integrate Azerbaijan tightly into the NATO framework, even if just under the guise of the IPAP.

Japan-India-Philippines-Australia

The majority of the previous installment was spent discussing the intricate web of relations in the Asia-Pacific region that is bringing together the United States with Japan, India and Australia.

These ties are all multilateral and complex but all are indeed troubling to those who relish peace, along with those whose objections might not be so pure of heart, like China – which is far from a guilt-free nation when it comes to these dastardly machinations.

The state-run media out of China has been expressing some serious concerns over the decision to lift the self-imposed Japanese ban on the arms trade and the increasingly tight integration of the Japanese and Indian militaries.

Not to mention the fact that Australia will be providing nuclear materials to India – a factor I covered in the previous installment, which you truly must read if you have yet to do so – and the American military presence in the region is getting a major upgrade.

There are also concerns over Japanese arms experts to the Philippines, which also just received a patrol vessel from the United States Coast Guard to be deployed in a region relatively close to the disputed South China Sea.

As I previously said, while there are regions of the Philippines that are closer than Palawan Island where it is being deployed, the ship is capable of carrying out a month-long mission so travel to the South China Sea would be no problem.

However, currently it is patrolling the rich Malampaya Oil Fields and other areas to the west of the Palawan province, although this is not likely to make China too happy even if it is totally innocuous.

Liu Jianyong, a man described as an expert on Japan studies at Tsinghua University, points out that the lifting of the arms ban allows for the export of arms to Japan’s neighbors and allies which will at first be done under the auspices of maritime security.

“But offensive weapons may eventually enter the picture, because that’s the only way to fuel its indigenous defense industry,” he said.

This is quite true as like every industry, the market needs to continue to expand in order for profit to grow and once the need for all defense maritime security equipment is met, there will still need to be more sales.

Therefore, it is only logical that Japanese contractors, like their American counterparts, will continue to create equipment even though there is actually no real need for it.

Liu states that in the long-term this Japanese policy shift will prove to be detrimental for China, especially when the inevitable maritime disputes arise.

“When these countries engage in maritime disputes with China – that’s when the impact of this policy may come to affect us,” he said.

It isn’t too hard to understand why China might see themselves as a potential target of the rapidly developing partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region, which will likely serve to increase the already significant tensions.

Zhao Gancheng, the director of the South Asia research department at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, stated that Indian-Japanese arms trade may indeed make tensions even stronger in the region because of China’s status as a potential – if not likely – target.

Zhao sees this as a contradiction because while Japan “wants to counter china by linking with countries such as the US, India and Australia … it is aware of the fact that Sino-Japanese relations are a prerequisite for its quest to become a normal country.”

“So personally, I think the policy is itself contradictory,” Zhao added.

Zhao’s point was underlined by the announcement on December 26 that China and Japan have agreed to begin direct trading of their currencies, although chances are that Zhao is attempting to say that the Japanese are being contradictory but not the Chinese.

It was also said that Japan would be applying to buy Chinese bonds in 2012 after Japanese Prime minister Yoshihiko Noda met with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

This seemingly oxymoronic relationship is quite interesting, seeing that Japan seems to be drawing military and diplomatic support from one side, while increasing economic ties on the other while the relationships are ostensibly contradictory.

This is one of the many cases that makes me wonder if all of this geopolitical maneuvering very well might be pure theatrics in an attempt to distract the public from the fact that the most powerful nations of the world are in fact working together towards total economic hegemony due to the ruling elite in all nations having the same interests.

Of course, this is pure speculation and the growing tension in the region does have all the hallmarks of a real conflict in the making.

Then again, the defense industry requires perpetual war, so it very well might be the case that the powers controlling the governments of these nations are pushing their countries towards war, while making sure that their economic hegemony remains unchallenged in order to ensure future profits.

Afghanistan-Pakistan (often referred to as AfPak or Af-Pak)

Relations between Pakistan and NATO are, to say the least, unstable at this point. While the strain is nothing quite new, it has become considerably worse after NATO aircraft invaded Pakistani airspace and killed 24 Pakistani troops on November 26.

This led to the Pakistanis demanding that the Shamsi military base be vacated and a complete halt on drone strikes, along with restrictions on the transfer of military supplies which contributed to a $400/gal. price tag on gasoline in Afghanistan, which of course the American taxpayer is put on the hook for.

This is evidenced by the Pakistani refusal to allow new American drone bases on their sovereign territory.

This is leaving the United States searching for more locations in central Asia and Afghanistan from which to launch their deadly drones.

Currently the United States is operating seven drone bases in Pakistan, one of which is run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) while the rest are joint operations between the Army, Air Force and Navy.

Anonymous officials have stated that the United States is currently considering additional covert military bases in central Asia in order to continue the controversial drone strikes in Pakistan against alleged militants.

However, it appears that they are meeting some resistance as the Central Asian Republics (CARs) have reportedly refused to allow bases to be built due to pressure from Russia.

It seems quite likely that this will act as yet another issue which weighs on the strained ties between NATO and Russia, as it has become clear that the West truly does not appreciate any opposition whatsoever, no matter how legitimate it may be.

The drone program in Pakistan has killed an estimated 3,659 people since 2004, including civilians and suspected militants.

In 2011 alone, 78 attacks killed about 607 people and 306 strikes have occurred since 2004 according to the Conflict Monitoring Center (CMC), a think tank based out of Islamabad, Pakistan which monitors conflict scenarios in South Asia.

The numbers provided by the Long War Journal are slightly different and are broken down in more detail at the link cited.

Abdullah Khan, the director of the CMC told Pakistan’s The Nation that the American drone program is “not as convenient and easy as it used to be. There are too many operational constraints involved in launching drone strikes from Khost compared to Shamsi.”

“Secondly, given that Pakistan has completely disrupted intelligence sharing on drones, it’s next to impossible for them (CIA) to continue with drones here,” Khan added.

The Khost provincial government spokesman Mubarez Zadran expressed ignorance as to the presence of covert military bases for drones in the province, which The Nation rightly points out is “something nobody would want to speak on,” given the thick veil of secrecy under which they operate.

Similarly, the United States embassy in Islamabad and NATO do not officially comment on the CIA’s drone program and NATO’s officials in Afghanistan deny any involvement with drone strikes in Pakistan.

Russia continues to disagree with the sustained presence of the United States and NATO in Afghanistan, and it looks unlikely that it is going to change any time soon if the loya jirga in November is any indication.

The Nation reports that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s October visit to Pakistan came on the heels of “a secretive agreement on drones as part of the renewed military Pak-US cooperation after a spree of hostility.”

“Unearthed by The Nation on October 22nd, the agreement envisaged resumption of intelligence cooperation between Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and CIA for hunting down the militants on both sides of the border,” they added.

There is also the matter of strategic partnerships between Afghanistan and the European nations of England, France and Italy.

French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet announced that French armed forces would remain in Afghanistan post-2014 yesterday with Pajhwok Afghan News reporting that strategic agreements with England and Italy were also announced by Janan Musazai, the spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Musazai stated that more discusses regarding the proposed Afghan-American strategic agreement needed to be held, while Pajhwok Afghan News points out that the accord was discussed originally at the loya jirga almost two months ago.

“The delegates gave a conditional green signal to the agreement allowing the Americans to establish military bases in Afghanistan,” they report.

The mainstream Western media has been conspicuously silent on this and continues to pretend that the rapidly approaching date of 2014 will be honored by any of the major players, which is a wholly laughable assertion.

As is the case with Japan’s security ties pulling one way and economic ties with China pulling in another, it appears that Afghanistan is attempting to balance their relations with the United States with Iran and other nations with seemingly opposing interests like Russia and China.

This was highlighted by the deal with Europe’s contrast with the fuel agreement between Afghanistan and Iran and the recent Afghan oil deal with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC).

It is also quite interesting that the United States just acquired the “Avenger” Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or drone, which is being billed as the largest and fasted hunter-killer drone ever, built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., the same company behind the MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers.

This is odd given that drone operations in Pakistan are seemingly going to become more difficult, although it could very well be flying out of one of the many new secret drone bases which will be used to launch incursions into Somalia and Yemen and possibly other locales.

There is also the worrisome possibility that the so-called Predator C could be used against us here at home given that the domestic use of drones is increasing at a disturbing pace.

However, I find this highly unlikely given that the newest model evades radar, travels at 460 miles per hour and can carry a payload of up to 15,800 pounds which translates to a great deal of firepower.

The expansion of the drone program both inside and outside the United States is troubling for me and many others due to the fact that there are actually civilians in the so-called “kill chain” and drone pilots can be operating up to four drones at once with little training compared to traditional aircraft.

Drone pilots require less than 25% of the training that normal pilots receive, 44 hours instead of 200 to be exact.

There is also the matter of the immense number of personnel required to run the drones. Keeping a Predator in the air for 24 hours requires a whopping 168 people, while the Global Hawk needs 300, according to the Air Force.

This is quite a large figure compared to the 100 personnel required for a mission on with an F-16 fighter jet, although the Los Angeles Times doesn’t make it clear if that is also for a 24-hour period or for a shorter mission.

The constant expansion of the drone program defies logic yet is unquestioned, for the same reason that I discussed earlier in the case of Japan.

The so-called defense contractors need to make money, and in order to do so they need to continue to receive government funds which can only be done by providing a product.

This requires perpetual conflict and a war with no end, which is exactly what the “War on Terror” happens to be.

The expansion of NATO and Western hegemony is not an issue that is going away any time soon and thus I will have no choice but to continue to cover this as much as possible.

All of the geopolitical rumblings we are witnessing at this point seem to be pointing in one direction: conflict. There is an undeniable trend towards encircling China and Russia, isolating them while of course continuing to do business.

I cannot be sure if all of this is purely superficial, or if there is actually a fundamental schism between the West along with the nations being swallowed up by its influence and nations like Russia, China and Iran; or, if it is just being done to continue to manufacture a need for one of the world’s most profitable industries: war.

I need feedback and information to continue to write these articles as best as possible, so if you have anything to share please do not hesitate to contact me at Admin@EndtheLie.com with anything and everything you have.

This article first appeared at End the Lie

Madison Ruppert is the Editor and Owner-Operator of the alternative news and analysis database End The Lie and has no affiliation with any NGO, political party, economic school, or other organization/cause. He is available for podcast and radio interviews. If you have questions, comments, or corrections feel free to contact him at admin@EndtheLie.com

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/us-and-nato-are-on-march-worldwide-part.html

馬鼎盛︰巴基斯坦與美翻臉 中國或可能隨時向南亞進軍

京港台時間︰2011/12/1 消息來源︰鳳凰網專稿

　鳳凰衛視11月30日《軍情觀察室》，以下為文字實錄︰

　　董嘉耀︰疊報提到南亞最新的戰略格局，巴基斯坦與北約和美國有了新的翻臉的動作，中國和巴基斯坦有演習深化的升級。問一下馬先生，怎麼看南亞最新的戰略局勢，中國有什麼最新的戰略思考？

　　馬鼎盛︰中國開心了，中國一直都希望美國在南亞的勢力要撤退才好，在中亞也要撤退才好，這回有機會了，其實巴基斯坦炸死炸傷21個人並不是太大的事情，比起拉登那件事小得多，不管它，反正這回巴基斯坦是怒了，一個是把它聯系運輸線給掐斷了，這個是要命的，因為50%的北約軍隊在阿富汗的供給都靠巴基斯坦這條陸上運輸線，又快捷、又妥當、又省錢，如果真是掐斷了的話，那不僅是和美國，是整個同西方的反恐戰爭都是翻臉，使得西方在中亞的實力大受損失。會不會永遠這樣下去呢？恐怕還是要考慮，因為上次已經翻過一次臉，後來很快又恢復了。

　　再有一個就是，讓美軍空軍基地撤除，也是上次有過這樣的記錄，是暫時撤除，還是永久撤除，還是把美軍在巴基斯坦所有的軍事設施都撤除呢？這是一個很大的考慮，但是中國要有相應的準備。這回進行旅一級大概3000、4000人的聯合軍事演習的提升，已經是很高級別的，說明中國有隨時的準備，向南亞進軍。
http://news.backchina.com/viewnews-170217-big5.html

俄總統下令啟動導彈預警系統應對北約

商業電台 – 6小時前

俄羅斯總統梅德韋杰夫下令，啟用位於加里寧格勒州的新型雷達站，接入導彈襲擊預警系統。他表示有關舉措，是應對美國及北約，在歐洲部署導彈防禦系統，威脅俄羅斯戰略核力量，發出“第一個信號”，顯示俄國，已做好準備，采取一系列應對措施。但他同時強調，雷達系統不會威脅周邊國家的安全。
美國及北約，今年秋季開始，在歐洲加快部署導彈防禦系統的計劃，美國就表示，系統不會威脅俄羅斯利益。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/俄總統下令啟動導彈預警系統應對北約-040800344.html

伊朗：不排除攻擊土國飛彈防禦系統

路透社 – 5小時前

• 放大圖片伊朗：不排除攻擊土國飛彈防禦系統

（路透德黑蘭26日電）伊朗軍方高層今天表示，伊朗在未來任何衝突中，不排除以土耳其預定的北大西洋公約組織（NATO）飛彈防禦系統設施作為攻擊目標。
隨著伊朗和鄰國土耳其的關係在最近數月內逐漸惡化，伊朗今天加重對土耳其的措辭。
伊朗半官方梅爾通訊社（Mehr）引述革命衛隊航空部門指揮官哈吉薩達（Amir-Ali Hajizadeh）的話說：「若面臨威脅，我方準備攻擊土耳其的北約飛彈防禦系統，之後再轉往其他目標。」
土耳其9月同意部署北約飛彈防禦預警系統，加上直言批評敘利亞總統阿塞德（Bashar Al-Assad）暴力鎮壓民眾抗爭，導致伊朗和土耳其一度友好的關係在今年逐漸緊繃。中央社（翻譯）
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/伊朗-不排除攻擊土國飛彈防禦系統-052200754.html

北約空襲 美滅火促巴晤談

法新社 – 5小時前

• 放大圖片北約空襲 美滅火促巴晤談

（法新社華盛頓26日電） 北大西洋公約組織（NATO
）對巴基斯坦發動越界空襲，造成多達26名士兵死亡、
美國與巴國間的關係更加緊張。美國今天強調美巴關係
的「重要性」。
美國國防部長潘內達（Leon Panetta）和國務卿希
拉蕊．柯林頓（Hillary Clinton）發表聯合聲明，獻
上他們「最深的哀悼」，並表示會支持「北約立刻展開
調查的計畫」。
「兩位對死者致上最深的哀悼，並全力支持北約立
刻展開調查的計畫。」
希拉蕊、美國駐阿富汗指揮官艾倫上將（John
Allen）及參謀首長聯席會議主席鄧普西上將（Martin
Dempsey）敦促巴基斯坦相關首長對該情勢共同進行商
討。
「美國所有外交與軍事領袖承諾，之後會與巴國各
領袖保持密切聯繫，度過這艱難的時刻。」（譯者：中
央社徐嘉偉）

美國承諾調查北約空襲巴基斯坦事件

香港電台 – 2小時44分前

美國及北約承諾，調查北約直升機空襲巴基斯坦軍事檢查站事件。
美國國務卿希拉莉及國防部長帕內塔發表聲明，強調兩國伙伴關係十分重要；
希拉莉又致電巴基斯坦官員，商討善後。
事發在當地周末，24名巴基斯坦士兵死亡、13人受傷；巴基斯坦指事件無法接受，總理吉拉尼在內閣緊急會議後，決定封鎖北約部隊後勤補給線；並要求美國15天內撤出一個空軍基地。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/美國承諾調查北約空襲巴基斯坦事件-081900859.html

北約：無意介入伊朗事務

時間：2011/11/3 20:12
撰稿‧編輯：黃啟霖 　　新聞引據： 採訪、法新社

　針對有報導指出，某些北大西洋公約組織成員國，可能計畫對伊朗的核子計畫展開軍事攻擊，北約組織秘書長拉斯穆森(Anders Fogh Rasmussen)今天(3日)表示，北約組織絕對無意介入伊朗問題。

　　拉斯穆森表示，北約支持透過外交努力解決核子問題，同時呼籲伊朗領導階層遵守聯合國決議案。

　　有報導指出，以色列總理尼坦雅胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)企圖說服內閣，授權對伊朗展開攻擊。以色列已經成功試射新型飛彈，一般相信，這型飛彈可以搭掛核子彈頭，目的是要攻擊伊朗的核子目標。

　　北約依據所謂的「地中海對話(Mediterranean Dialogue)」，和以色列等中東地區友好國家密切合作。

　　拉斯穆森曾經在今年稍早訪問過以色列。
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=325908&id=6&id2=2

北約準備打世界大戰

2011年10月25日 23:12:26
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 – by Staff Report

According to reliable sources, China has attempted to warn Russia of US and NATO plans to initiate a global armed conflict. This conflict has reportedly moved from the drawing board to an activation stage. According to both Chinese and Russian Intelligence Sources, the US and NATO plans include among other, the deliberate implosion of the US- and EU Economies, destroying the worlds financial systems, and the launching of a massive conventional war throughout North America, Africa and Asia, as well as the Middle East. The war plans include the release of biological warfare agents designed to kill millions if not billions of people. The NATO strategists rely on their ability to sue for peace when the coming conflict is at its highest, to call for the establishment of a "New World Order" under the pretext of preventing the destruction of the planet and civilization as we know it. – NSNBC by Dr. Christof Lehmann

Dominant Social Theme:The world is a dangerous place and the West has to be prepared to defend its citizens from terrorism – any place, any time.

Free-Market Analysis:Are we headed toward world war? Dr. Christoff Lehmann seems to think so. He comes with significant credentials, at least if his Internet bio is to be believed. And regardless of the credibility of Lehmann himself, the current global environment is poisonous and almost anything seems possible.

Within this context, Lehmann's post (excerpted above) seems perfectly rational (even if one accepts that much of this sort of writing is likely disinformation). For the purposes of this article, we'll take the argument at face value. Here's a backgrounder on Lehmann from a website called The 4th Media:

Dr. Christof Lehmann, born 1958 in West Germany, was Advisor for Research in Psycho-traumatology to Yassir Arafat and Survivor of the Sabra Shatila Massace in 1982, Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology in 1986, Advisor to Joshua Nkomo on the Impact of Torture and Psychological Trauma on Conflict Solution and Reconsiliation in Zimbabwe´s Politics in 1986-1990, Advisor to Nelson Mandela on Social Politics, Public Mental Health and the Effect of Psychological Trauma on Peace and Reconsiliation in 1994-1997. Dr. Lehmann is a Practicing Clinical Psychologist and has been actively advocating Palestinians Right to Statehood and Self Determination. In 2011 he began writing articles to contribute to breaking what he perceives as "The Embargo on Truth" by founding and running an independent webmedia: nsnbc.wordpress.com.

Lehmann's thesis in this recently published article is that NATO is going to initiate a worldwide "conventional" war. This runs counter to our belief that the elites have few choices when it comes to war as a sociopolitical transformer because of nuclear weapons. Nonetheless, we note the obvious ratcheting up of military action around the world. Unfortunately, it makes such military madness far more feasible.

The Anglosphere power elite has in aggregate been acting like a maddened dog in heat; there is no explaining multiple wars in the Middle East and Africa without attributing it to deliberate policy. NATO and the US are involved in at least seven wars in the Middle East currently, and the wars in many places are escalating, not diminishing.

In one way or another America/NATO is involved in wars, or at least significant military activity, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Uganda and Libya. Emergent spheres of expanded military activity include Pakistan and Syria.

This is the proximate result of a rule change at the highest levels. In 2005, the elites struck down The Treaty of Westphalia, which had put a stop to the religious wars in 1648 by emphasizing the primacy of the nation state.

The deed was actually done by the UN's Security Council. In its place was adopted R2P, Responsibility to Protect, which mandates that the "West" in aggregate interfere with a nation's sovereignty in order to to "protect" citizens.

As a result, NATO and America are now embroiled in military actions in numerous parts of the globe. This is not in our view "coincidence." But Lehmann's perspective is that this is only a prelude to an even larger and more comprehensive war.

Ordinarily, we'd write Lehmann off as something of a crank. But the Anglosphere power elite, obsessed with creating world government, has changed the rules and become far more aggressive of late in terms of using military power. We certainly would grant the possibility of a war against Iran, or an expand theatre of war in the Middle East that turns military skirmishes into full-blown Pentagon aggression.

There is something else as well. Muammar Gaddafi's death in Libya was not merely noted by the mainstream media; it was actively celebrated, including video of Hillary Clinton's delighted cackling over Gaddafi’s evident lynching, painfully delineated. Seemingly dozens of videos charted every bloody detail of his death.

This is no coincidence in our view but an emergent dominant social theme having to do with the Anglosphere's determination to change the frame of reference regarding war.

The Western mainstream media has treated military bloodshed with extreme repugnance over the past half-century. But all that is evolving now. The elites seem to be conducting a desensitizing exercise to make people accept a much higher threshold of violence, and even to revel in it. Here's some more from Lehmann's article:

The armed forces of NATO, Russia and China have never been as close to open and all out conflict as today. A recent and sobering report of the Russian Intelligence Service FSB, details the fact that the USA and NATO are currently planning and actively preparing for all out war on all continents. After the recent meeting between Russian P.M. Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Huan Jintao, both Russian and Chinese military forces have been placed on highest alert ...

Before leaving for Beijing, Putin received a sobering report from the Russian Intelligence Service FSB. The FSB report to Vladimir Putin supported reports from the Chinese Intelligence Service and China´s Ministry of State Security, MSS, which were among other based on intelligence received via the former Blackwater operative Brian Underwood. Underwood is currently held in the US on charges of espionage.

One of the preparatory stages was reportedly doctrinal and strategy changes wherein the training of its soldiers shifted from counter insurgency to more conventional warfare and tank on tank battles ... The FSB evaluates the situation as so threatening, that it explains in its report, that the only thing needed to activate the war plan is a call for the full mobilization of 1.5 Million US Reserves. Their activation can come at moments notice, and needs no further authorization by the US Congress.

The US plans for global dominance date back to as early as 1998 and the "Project for a New American Century, PNAC". One of the think tanks members, former US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, warned in September 2001, that if the war fails to significantly alter the worlds geopolitical map, the US will not achieve its aim to become the worlds only ad dominant superpower.

There are two major historical trends here from what we can tell. One is the Greater Recession itself, which is harrying elite economic structures. People are losing faith in the system, and this is a danger to elites plans and their use of economic terrorism to build ever-greater global governance.

The second historical trend is the oft-mentioned intention of the Anglosphere elite itself to do whatever is necessary to create a one-world order. It is not enough simply to introduce chaos into the world. One must generate war as well, presumably a much larger conflict than that which is occurring now.

Conclusion:Again, we have no idea if Lehmann's reports are correct, or if they are a kind of alarmism or outright disinformation. But they certainly raise interesting questions about the level of Western bellicosity and the reasons for its existence. Unfortunately, it is impossible at this point to discount the reality of what the West is up to. And it's not really the West anyway: It's the Anglosphere power elite and its great central banking families evidently racing to fulfill their world-spanning goals before the Internet Reformation fully exposes these designs.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1278/940/NATO_Preps_For_World_War.html

更多的利比亞兒童被北約炸彈殺害

The Libyan Children are crying! - The work of NORTH ATLANTIC TERROR ORGANIZATION - NATO propaganda machine would never broadcast these pictures of terror...
This young Libyan child has more courage than all of our mainstream media talking heads put together. If only Barack Obama had the courage of this young child, our wars would be over and our world would know peace again.,,

利比亞的真相

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伸延閱讀:

請讀Qaddafi's Green的書(英語). 下載連結:
http://911-truth.net/other-books/Muammar-Qaddafi-Green-Book-Eng.pdf

聯合國的報告草案中關於利比亞的人權在北約轟炸之前與之後的改變(英語)
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/16session/A-HRC-16-15.pdf

source: http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/truth-about-libya-video.html