Monthly Archives: July 2012

Syria Update – All about energy?

A followup post on Syria – could this all be related to the Leviathan gas field?  This is the huge gas field discovered in 2010.  An interesting article regarding Israel beefing up security to guard the field.

 http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/07/19/Israel-navy-needs-ships-to-guard-gas-fields/UPI-67671342725000/

Note the line in this article:  The energy stakes are high. The U.S. Geological Survey reported in 2010 that the  Levant Basin — encompassing Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the Gaza Strip, Egypt and  Cyprus — contains an estimated 122 trillion cubic feet of gas and perhaps 4  billion barrels of oil.

There are some strange bedfellows – this has to be related to strife in Syria.

Is the Bulgarian Bus Bomb also related to all this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/bulgaria-bomb-blast-hezbollah_n_1686240.html

Interesting that Israel immediately placed blame on Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran.  My prediction:  Israel is looking to get Lebanon to give up its rights to the gas field, and will either commit military force in Lebanon or otherwise strong arm Lebanon to give up its rights.

 

Something fishy in Syria

This whole Syrian uprising and Americas comdenation / involvement seems a little odd – America seems overly involved (as do our Allies), and there seems to be increasing disinformation coming out about why we are there.  These articles touch on the ‘defecting’ General, and the whole massacre torture reporting seems sketchy at best.

http://whowhatwhy.com/2012/07/08/everything-theyre-telling-us-about-syria-is-false/

Below is the official media’s take on the situation – quite different that the article above.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57467452/clinton-friends-of-syria-must-unite-to-stop-russia-china-blockading-progress/

Decide for yourself who is telling the truth – and keep your eye on this one – looks like there is something big going on that is driving all this.