Mind-Boggling: Saudi Arabia - What a deal.

[kpete]

There's no business like war business
By Pepe Escobar


Lies, hypocrisy and hidden agendas. This is what United States President Barack Obama did not dwell on when explaining his Libya doctrine to America and the world. The mind boggles with so many black holes engulfing this splendid little war that is not a war (a "time-limited, scope-limited military action", as per the White House) - compounded with the inability of progressive thinking to condemn, at the same time, the ruthlessness of the Muammar Gaddafi regime and the Anglo-French-American

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Saudi Arabia

What a deal. King Abdullah gets rid of his eternal foe Gaddafi. The House of Saud - in trademark abject fashion - bends over backwards for the West's benefit. The attention of world public opinion is diverted from the Saudis invading Bahrain to smash a legitimate, peaceful, pro-democracy protest movement.

The House of Saud sold the fiction that "the Arab League" as a whole voted for a no-fly zone. That is a lie; out of 22 members, only 11 were present at the vote; six are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), of which Saudi Arabia is the top dog. The House of Saud just needed to twist the arms of three more. Syria and Algeria were against it. Translation; only nine out of 22 Arab countries voted for the no-fly zone.

Now Saudi Arabia can even order GCC head Abdulrahman al-Attiyah to say, with a straight face, "the Libyan system has lost its legitimacy." As for the "legitimate" House of Saud and the al-Khalifas in Bahrain, someone should induct them into the Humanitarian Hall of Fame.

who else stands to gain?:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MC30Ak01.html

[aquart]

1. I'll agree about the Saudis getting cover for their evils in Bahrain.

But we split on any defense of Gaddafi.

[Distant Observer]

2. That is the beautiful Trick of the "Arab League" resolution. Hillary was SOO SURPRISED

!!

The fraud is so transparent.

Destroying pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya is very much a
parallel to what the Saudis are doing with their forces destroying the Shia protestors in the pearl square.

[Duende azul]

3. The whole piece is a must read.

There goes the idea of a spontaneous rebellion.

[riderinthestorm]

4. Wow, wow, wow! Even more than oil, its also about water! Article is truly a must read.

Check out this section from the article:


The water privatizers
Few in the West may know that Libya - along with Egypt - sits over the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer; that is, an ocean of extremely valuable fresh water. So yes, this "now you see it, now you don't" war is a crucial water war. Control of the aquifer is priceless - as in "rescuing" valuable natural resources from the "savages".

This Water Pipelineistan - buried underground deep in the desert along 4,000 km - is the Great Man-Made River Project (GMMRP), which Gaddafi built for $25 billion without borrowing a single cent from the IMF or the World Bank (what a bad example for the developing world). The GMMRP supplies Tripoli, Benghazi and the whole Libyan coastline. The amount of water is estimated by scientists to be the equivalent to 200 years of water flowing down the Nile.

Compare this to the so-called three sisters - Veolia (formerly Vivendi), Suez Ondeo (formerly Generale des Eaux) and Saur - the French companies that control over 40% of the global water market. All eyes must imperatively focus on whether these pipelines are bombed. An extremely possible scenario is that if they are, juicy "reconstruction" contracts will benefit France. That will be the final step to privatize all this - for the moment free - water. From shock doctrine to water doctrine.

Big K&R!

[Harmony Blue]

7. Sadly this isn't surprising...

which explains why the Russians were so interested in building naval bases in Libya.

[Harmony Blue]

8. Double post.

Sorry.

[AntiFascist]

12. Mon dieu...

and many thought it was all about liberte, egalite, fraternite. K&R.

[Distant Observer]

15. This "Action" may go into Guinness Book for amount SCAMMED in shortest time - Billions and Billions,

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Wheeeeeeeee!

In-fucking-credible.

[Distant Observer]

6. I really wonder if Barack is even IN on the plan, Or is it Clintons, the Powers & GCC

It's so beautiful. We are fighting for the SAUDIS AND GULF COOP COUNCIL -- Where the MONEY
and POWER REALY IS.

At the same time Libya Civil War and destruction takes attention completely off oppression of popular protests in the Arabian Peninsula where our truly STRATEGIC INTERESTS are being threatened.

Gaddafi is expendable. The House of Saud has a price on his head. There is unlimited funds to finance the rebel faction and install and new regime.

Royal families of the Arabia and the Gulf are now in our debt.

[Starry Messenger]

9. k&r

[anarch]

10. I've found one of the truest investigative protocols to be "follow the money"

Hell, you could have sold the Iraq invasion as a humanitarian mission with at least as much legitimacy as this adventure...and I wasn't sad to see Saddam go, and I think I even said "good riddance" or something like that when I heard his rapist/thug sons got killed. Does that make it right?

[Distant Observer]

22. The fact that so many forgot the basic Follw the Money" rule says the SCAM 's well done

Have to give due respect to whoever cooked it up.

[Catherina]

11. This is truly a must read & bookmark- financed for years by House of Saud, CIA and French Intel

All the worthy democratic aspirations of the Libyan youth movement notwithstanding, the most organized opposition group happens to be the National Front for the Salvation of Libya - financed for years by the House of Saud, the CIA and French intelligence. The rebel "Interim Transitional National Council" is little else than the good ol' National Front, plus a few military defectors. This is the elite of the "innocent civilians" the "coalition" is "protecting".

Right on cue, the "Interim Transitional National Council" has got a new finance minister, US-educated economist Ali Tarhouni. He disclosed that a bunch of Western countries gave them credit backed by Libya's sovereign fund, and the British allowed them to access $1.1 billion of Gaddafi's funds. This means the Anglo-French-American consortium - and now NATO - will only pay for the bombs. As war scams go this one is priceless; the West uses Libya's own cash to finance a bunch of opportunists Libyan rebels to fight the Libyan government. And on top of it the Americans, the Brits and the French feel the love for all that bombing. Neo-cons must be kicking themselves; why couldn't former US deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz come up with something like this for Iraq 2003?

Escobar did his homework. Rec'd

[Distant Observer]

13. This is a RICH SCAM - THE SAUDIS, THE OIL MOGULS, THE STOLEN LIBYA FUNDS, THE EMIRATE FUNDS -DUBAI,

ABU DHABI, BAHRAIN, QATAR -- all ponying up to the table.

How does one get into this mega-trillion game.

[Amonester]

14. "How does one get into this mega-trillion game."

Petrol

(and soon, sooner than we think)

Water

But the Earth will go on (without the primates we are...).

[felix_numinous]

16. It's sounding more like

and endgame as time goes on. Hoarding assets and consolidating power for the few.

Starve the beast and obstruct it's progress, while building a sustainable alternative society-- I think this is slowly happening.

[Eko]

17. This is pretty far out there

especially since supposedly Egypt has been not only reported to support the Libyan resistance, but are also arming them, contrary to what the author is claiming. That may not be true, but the author did not address it. Regardless whenever you hear something like this "NATO's master plan is to rule the Mediterranean as a NATO lake. Under these "optics" (Pentagon speak) the Mediterranean is infinitely more important nowadays as a theater of war than AfPak." Seriously "nato lake" parts of huge continents, really? not reigon or triangle or circle or square but lake? Whatever.

[Distant Observer]

18. Egyptian MILITARY is arming rebels. Egyptian PROTEST MOVEMENT OPPOSES REBELS

[leveymg]

19. Has everyone lost sight of the fact that "The Prize" has been, and will continue to be, KSA?

If you want to follow the real money, consider the value of the upstream oil supplies that the Seven Sisters lost when the Saudis nationalized Aramco in 1974? Ghadaffi at least (was smart enough) to allow the western oil companies to keep 40 percent of Libyan production in their own private hands - why do you think the crazy bastard has lived this long, considering all the sh-t he's done?

Does anyone imagine that the Seven Sisters have forgotten and forgiven the House of Saud and the Emirs?

Keep your eyes on The Prize, as someone once said.

[riderinthestorm]

20. Morning kick. Really excellent information that deserves another shot at the top. nt

[bvar22]

21. All I can say is....

..I'm NOT surprised.

These Mother Fuckers have NEVER told us the truth when they wanted to Get Their WAR on!!!
There is always another Bad Guy to roll out for the 2 minutes of hate.

I AM surprised at the # of DUers who bought in to the War Mongering HYPE.
I thought the we collectively were smarter than that, especially after TWO BOGUS WARS in the last 10 years.
Each SOLD with the exact same Marketing Hype.

If you're not for MORE WAR,
you're with The Communists AlQaeda Saddam Qaddafi!!!