Flashpoints for Global War

[Ed Jewett]

There are lots of places to see information that may or may not be relevant to the run-up to world war next and the confrontation by the empire with the evil peoples and nations and their resource-laden rocks. The recent "new" disclosure of the old knowledge about various resources in Afghanistan (copper, gold, lithium et al) [I wonder if they are going to use the lithium in America's water supply to aid in the national mania?], the recent deployments of special ops teams globally, the transit of armadas through the Suez Canal, the flotillas and the prodromal psy-ops, and so very much more. We could almost (except that it would likely draw a high degree of unwanted attention) post up a global map with moveable dots -- in the old days, it was done with sand drawings or game pieces on mapboards. We'd best keep our own map-boards in our minds, or on our side-tables.

If you have such a board, you then might read and consider the following blog entry (and see its comments) which suggests that an American aircraft carrier is carrying Israeli aircraft.


Senate Passes Refined Gasoline Sanction as U.S.S. Truman is Probably Carrying Israeli Warplanes to Attack Iran

Posted on June 24, 2010 by willyloman
In a possible violation of the U.N. sanctions agreement, the US Senate has passed a NEW SANCTION PLAN targeting Iran by a vote of 99-0. (These new sanctions to keep Iran from producing those nuclear weapons they don’t want and are NOT trying to produce)… THEY WILL NOW BE BLOCKING THE SHIPMENTS OF REFINED GASOLINE IN ORDER TO CRIPPLE THE IRANIAN ECONOMY AND CAUSE MASSIVE HARM TO THE PEOPLE OF IRAN… I do not believe the blocking of refined gasoline shipments has been approved as part of the UN Security Council sanctions.
THIS IS MAJOR NEWS… The House is expected to pass this as fast as they can then rush it over to “The Greatest Man of Our Generation” for him to sign into law…With the Israeli and U.S. armada already in place in the Gulf, this could be the start of WWIII… all at the hands of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton… AND ALL FOR THE SAME LIE THAT GEORGE BUSH TRIED TO PASS OFF IN 2008

Thursday overwhelmingly approved a sweeping new package of sanctions on Iran, aiming to force Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program by choking off its gasoline imports.

Now that the armada is in place the congress has rushed this through in less than a day so that what ever happens they can claim there was a legal basis for it, that way what ever happens, what ever the U.S. and the Israelis do, it will have the appearance of legitimacy. Its like the John Yoo Memos; they gave the Bush/Cheney administration just enough legal cover to claim they weren’t guilty of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes when they tortured people. It’s pre-emptive obfuscation, a historical smoke-screen of sorts. What ever it is, it’s really bad news.


That’s what the whole point of the U.S. Israeli armada is… Israel COULDN”T GET THEIR PLANES TO IRAN TO LAUNCH AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THEM…
So the U.S. aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Truman, is probably GIVING THE ISRAELI PLANES A RIDE.
Jordan will not let Israel fly through their airspace for the attacks and neither will Saudi Arabia, Syria, or Turkey and ISRAEL DOES NOT HAVE AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Israel can’t attack Iran (based on their ongoing campaign of lies) WITHOUT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES ALLOWING THEIR PLANES ON OUR CARRIER
In 1981, when Israel attacked an Iraqi site, they had to skirt past Jordan and fly over Saudi Arabia in order to get there, hit the target, and get back across the border. There is no way that Israeli planes could fly all the way around Saudi airspace, back up the Gulf, hit Iran, then get back and since they have no aircraft carriers, it’s impossible unless the U.S. gives them a ride.

Read about Operation Juniper Stallion… an Israeli/U.S. joint military drill involving bombing specific targets and air to air combat drills in the Red Sea.

Without the ability to use forward bases in either Georgia, Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan, Israel would be unable to attack Iran at all except by flying a circuitous 4500 mile “each way” route or using the limited capabilities of its nuclear armed submarine off the coast of Iran. Gordon Duff

Unless of course they launched off U.S. aircraft carriers…. like the U.S.S. Truman.
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1. Magmak1, on June 24, 2010 at 10:50 pm Said:
   interesting theory… when and how precisely did IDF aircraft get aboard the Truman? Or are they being re-marked aboard? If you can put meat on those bones, we have a false flag of extraordinary proportion and nature… certainly bears watching…
   
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   willyloman, on June 24, 2010 at 11:29 pm Said:
   starting June 6th of this year, the Israeli airforce ran joint military drills with the USS Truman carrier fleet off the coast of Israel. They were training in bombing runs and air to air combat.
   They called it Juniper Stallion.
   “But first, from June 6 through June 10, the USS Harry S. Truman carrier Strike Group was deployed 50 miles of the shore of southwestern Israel, secretly drilling the interception of incoming Iranian, Syrian and Hizballah missiles and rockets against US and Israeli targets in the Middle East.”
   “For five days and night, the Truman’s sixty F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter bombers took off on simulated bombing missions against targets set up by the Israeli Air Force at its firing range on the Nevatim Base-28, in the Negev desert southeast of Be’er Sheva – one of its three big air bases.”
   “The exercise had 60 American F-16 fighter jets landing at Israeli Air Force facilities from bases in Germany and Romania, refueling and taking off with Israeli fighter bombers to practice long-range bombing missions over the Red Sea and the Mediterranean and drill air-to-air combat along the way”
   http://www.uncoverage.net/2010/06/war-dr...r-hornets/
   notice they were running the training ops WITH “Israeli fighter bombers” practicing long range bombing missions.
   Then they packed up and headed through the Suez Canal to rech the Persian Gulf on June the 18th.
   The Israeli planes, the “long range bombers” simply landed on the Truman during and after the training ops.
   It looks to me like we are not only going to give them a ride to a location in the Persian Gulf where they can launch their attack against iran, but it would appear that we are also going to give them a fighter escort.
   
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   willyloman, on June 24, 2010 at 11:39 pm Said:
   I have also found confirmation from another source about operation Juniper Stallion…
   “Israel and the United States simulated war this week in a massive aerial drill that included dozens of F-16 fighter jets from both countries.
   The exercise, known as Juniper Stallion, came as Turkey was holding its own aerial maneuvers with the US, which Israel was not a part of. The IAF holds about 10 joint exercises with the US Air Force annually, half of them in Israel.”
   “Maj. O., deputy commander of F-16 Desert Defenders Squadron based at the Nevatim Air Force Base in the Negev, said that his pilots had a lot to learn from their American counterparts who arrived with 16 F-16 fighter jets from Europe.
   The drill, he said, simulated a war in which the Israeli and American fighter jets were fighting against an unnamed enemy state.”
   http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=178133
   
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   Andre in L.A., on June 25, 2010 at 12:10 am Said:
   The Israeli f-16 aircraft would need be modified for carrier ops, not to speak of pilot training. Even a one-way Billy Mitchell type operation would require aircraft modified to interface with the carrier catapults. I would think violating Jordanian airspace is the more likely option. Israel is now totally lawless, so why should they care about Jordanian sovereignty? Jordan would simply be given a warning they could not ignore, and Israel would be on it’s way.
   
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   willyloman, on June 25, 2010 at 12:33 am Said:
   the f-16s mentioned in all the articles on this subject seem to be US f-16s. The Israeli planes mentioned are fighter bombers but I am sure they would have to be modified as well to land on the carrier.
   the problem with using a Muslim nation’s air space for this strike is not the rulers of the country but the people. Even our puppet regime in Iraq refused to allow it to happen because they all know that their people will be angry if Israel is allowed to fly over in order to attack another Muslim nation.
   there was a rumor started by the British and the Israelis that Saudi Arabia was going to allow it, but that soon fizzled out.
   I don’t think any of the Middle Eastern nations are allowing it… but I don’t think it would make any difference if they did.
   Like the one article says, its too far to fly round trip.
   Look at the stike on the Iraqi site in 1981. They had to put an extra fuel tank on the planes just so they could make it to the middle of Iraq.
   The targets they wish to attack are all over Iran and that is much farther away… there is no way the planes could get there, avoid Iranian fighters, and then get back…. they wouldn’t have enough fuel.
   So the carrier and U.S. fighter escorts seems to be the only way they can do it.
   

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Add to that the following:


US Transit Center Mary, Turkmenistan

24 06 2010
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TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT HOSTS US MILITARY REFUELLING, RESUPPLY OPERATIONS

By Deirdre Tynan






Turkmenistan is quietly developing into a major transport hub for the northern supply network, which is being used to relay non-lethal supplies to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The Pentagon has confirmed a small contingent of US military personnel now operates in Ashgabat to assist refueling operations.
The United States has a deal in place that allows for the landing and refueling of transport planes at Ashgabat airport, according to the US Department of Defense. NATO is also seeking to open a land corridor for supplies destined for troops in Afghanistan, a source tells EurasiaNet.
If secured, an overland rail and road route for cargo would provide military planners with a quick, well-worn path into western Afghanistan. The move would also build on Turkmenistan’s low-profile support role for the war effort.
Ashgabat has already played an important support role in Operation Enduring Freedom. Since at least 2002, aviation fuel purchased in Turkmenistan has been forwarded “via rail car to the northern [Afghan] border cities of Turghundi and Hairaton,” according to Fuel Line, the in-house magazine of the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), a Defense Department contractor that facilitates fuel supplies.
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[/URL]Refueling also takes place at Ashgabat airport. According to DESC, Turkmenistan is among the Central Asian countries that are “invaluable to the success of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.”
Lt. Col. Mark Wright, a spokesman for the Defense Department, on July 7 described the nature of US-Turkmen transit arrangements. “As recently discussed by Turkmen President [Gurbanguly]Berdymukhamedov in a February speech in Uzbekistan, the Government of Turkmenistan now allows the US overflights of humanitarian cargo in support of stabilizing and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan,” Lt. Col.Wright said in a written response to questions posed by EurasiaNet.
“The United States has a small Air Force team, normally around seven airmen, who assist US aircraft who refuel at Ashgabat Airport, as part of this rebuilding and stabilizing effort for Afghanistan,” he added.
“These airmen live in a nearby hotel and the fact that they are there is public knowledge,” Lt. Col. Wright continued. “As a matter of policy, the United States does not discuss details of ongoing or future operations, specific types of aircraft, locations, facilities, etc.”
The Defense Department’s “Notice to Airmen” service indicates that Ashgabat airport facilitates the arrival of the Air Force’s giant C-5 and C-17 transport planes. According to information generated on June 10, 2009, and valid until August 4; “aircraft doors cannot be opened until Turkmenistan Customs and Border Patrol are on-scene; aircrew must wait for approval from Air Force ground crew before opening any doors. C-5 aircraft requesting transit through [Ashgabat] must coordinate with [Ashgabat air traffic control] at least three days prior to [their estimated time of arrival] due to limited ramp space for servicing. Aircraft [Model Design Series] other than C-17 must have a tow bar onboard.”
In 2004-2005, Turkmenistan appeared to permit the overland supply of operational rations, bottled water and construction materials through its territory. The supplies originated at Germersheim, Germany, at the Defense Distribution Depot-Europe, according to a strategy paper prepared by Col. Kurt Ryan and published by the US Army War College. Such overland supply operations terminated when Uzbekistan evicted US forces from the Karshi-Khanabad air base.
In addition, the Turkmen government permits the presence of US troops on its territory. Last November a “small unit” of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing deployed “at a remote location in Turkmenistan where supplies don’t come often” managed to get a Thanksgiving food parcel delivered.
“We sent them the whole shebang; turkeys, sweet potatoes, stuffing, even cranberries,” a member of the 376th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron stationed in Kyrgyzstan told the public affairs wing at the Manas air base near Bishkek.
The Turkmen Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment on any aspect of its cooperation with the US military. A State Department spokesman told EurasiaNet that the Defense Department did not want American diplomats publicly discussing “basing issues in Turkmenistan.”
But Ashgabat is keen to tout the “high momentum” of cooperation with Washington since Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov visited the United States in June.
Russian media reports say Meredov, in lieu of American investments in Turkmenistan’s energy sector, offered to open the sprawling ex-Soviet air base at Mary to flights carrying non-military goods.
A source familiar with the operations of the northern distribution network told EurasiaNet developments at the Mary air base could not be ruled out, but added the main focus of US attention at present is on utilizing the Turkmen road and rail network.
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in late June sought quotes from commercial logistic companies for freight operation from Riga, Latvia, to Afghanistan, via Mary and Turghundi and Herat in Afghanistan, the source said.
Turghundi is directly across the Turkmen-Afghan border from Chemenabat, the site of “large-scale” tactical exercises held last March and attended by foreign diplomats including representatives from the US Embassy in Ashgabat. In recent weeks, Turkmenistan has entertained officials from Spain, a NATO member that has both military and non-military transit deals in place with Russia.
Turkmenistan is among the Central Asian countries included in the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.” This act enables the Defense Department to procure goods and services locally in designated countries. The aim is to “encourage the states of Central Asia [?] to cooperate in expanding supply routes through their territory in support of operations in Afghanistan.”
Experts suggest the Mary base, in southern Turkmenistan, could function in a commercial capacity in much the same way the Navoi Airport in Uzbekistan is helping transport goods destined for coalition forces in Afghanistan.
Andre Grozin, the director of the Central Asia Department at the CIS Institute in Moscow, told EurasiaNet; “If an American base appears at Mary, it will not be military, or at least it will be declared as non-military. This way it won’t contradict Turkmenistan’s neutral status.”
Editor’s Note: Deirdre Tynan is based in Bishkek.
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