Supplement to the Flashlight, 1-13
SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLASHLIGHT, January 13, 2007
From Mary K. Matossian
Trudy Reagan, a member of Palo Alto Friends meeting, alerted me to news that I had not seen in the mainstream media which I routinely cover. I found the following news with the help of the advanced news search service of Google News at 4:30 p.m., Saturday.
US Military Aid to Lebanon
Herald Tribune International, 1-13. The US has promised $40 million dollars in military aid to the Lebanese Army. The first plane to land with this aid, carrying 20 Humvees, landed at the Beirut Airport, where journalists were barred. Besides 265 Humvees, the ingredients in the aid package have not been revealed. [Hizbollah is preparing a third wave of demonstrations and strikes in Beirut very soon. It would not surprise me if the US aid includes tear gas and other equipment for controlling large crowds.]
Disclosure of Plan for Foreign Control of Iraqi Oil Reserves
Global Research.ca 1-13. Jerry White. Title: “Iraqi Regime to Hand Over Oil Reserves to US [and British] Energy Giants”
Source: The Independent, UK. Jan. 7, from leaked information. A new law under consideration by the Iraqi Parliament would give to ExxonMobil, Chevron, and British Petroleum production sharing agreements. The Iraqi government would keep formal ownership of its oil reserves, which constitute one tenth of the world’s total reserves. But it would pay billions to these foreign companies for their investments in infrastructure and operation of drills, pipelines, refineries. These companies would take 60-70% of the oil profits until their investments were repaid. The contracts would last thirty years. Any disputes would be settled by an international organization, not by any Iraqi agency.
Admiral William Fallon appointed head of Central Command for the Middle East
Consortium News.com, Robert Parry. This appointment seems odd, since present war is limited to ground battles. But there is fleet of aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, along the Iranian coastline. They may be intended to support an Israeli air attack on Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities, and to deter retaliation from Iran after such an attack.
Admiral Fallon moves in neocon circles.
From Mary K. Matossian
Trudy Reagan, a member of Palo Alto Friends meeting, alerted me to news that I had not seen in the mainstream media which I routinely cover. I found the following news with the help of the advanced news search service of Google News at 4:30 p.m., Saturday.
US Military Aid to Lebanon
Herald Tribune International, 1-13. The US has promised $40 million dollars in military aid to the Lebanese Army. The first plane to land with this aid, carrying 20 Humvees, landed at the Beirut Airport, where journalists were barred. Besides 265 Humvees, the ingredients in the aid package have not been revealed. [Hizbollah is preparing a third wave of demonstrations and strikes in Beirut very soon. It would not surprise me if the US aid includes tear gas and other equipment for controlling large crowds.]
Disclosure of Plan for Foreign Control of Iraqi Oil Reserves
Global Research.ca 1-13. Jerry White. Title: “Iraqi Regime to Hand Over Oil Reserves to US [and British] Energy Giants”
Source: The Independent, UK. Jan. 7, from leaked information. A new law under consideration by the Iraqi Parliament would give to ExxonMobil, Chevron, and British Petroleum production sharing agreements. The Iraqi government would keep formal ownership of its oil reserves, which constitute one tenth of the world’s total reserves. But it would pay billions to these foreign companies for their investments in infrastructure and operation of drills, pipelines, refineries. These companies would take 60-70% of the oil profits until their investments were repaid. The contracts would last thirty years. Any disputes would be settled by an international organization, not by any Iraqi agency.
Admiral William Fallon appointed head of Central Command for the Middle East
Consortium News.com, Robert Parry. This appointment seems odd, since present war is limited to ground battles. But there is fleet of aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, along the Iranian coastline. They may be intended to support an Israeli air attack on Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities, and to deter retaliation from Iran after such an attack.
Admiral Fallon moves in neocon circles.
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