Assassinations in Lebanon; Pipelines in Haifa by Mike Whitney





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Assassinations in Lebanon; Pipelines in Haifa
Mike Whitney
... The real reasons for regime change in Syria have less to do with
Hariri’s assassin and more to do with oil and Israel. An April 20, 2003
article in the UK Observer, "Israel seeks Pipeline for Iraqi Oil",
clarifies this point. The Observer notes that Washington and Tel Aviv are
hammering out the details for a pipeline that will run through Syria and
"create an endless and easily accessible source of cheap Iraqi oil for the
US guaranteed by reliable all! ies other than Saudi Arabia". The pipeline
"would transform economic power in the region, bringing revenue to the new
US-dominated Iraq, cutting out Syria and solving Israel's energy crisis at
a stroke." This is the driving force behind the confrontation with Syria.
At present, Bashar al Assad refuses to normalize relations with Israel
until Israel surrenders the land it seized in the Golan Heights during the
1967 war. Israeli hawks have no intention of returning the land and are
planning to remove al Assad instead...

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