{"id":416,"date":"2006-08-13T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-13T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/?p=416"},"modified":"2012-01-28T01:09:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T01:09:42","slug":"us-israel-planned-middle-east-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/2006\/08\/13\/us-israel-planned-middle-east-war\/","title":{"rendered":">’US, Israel planned Middle East war’"},"content":{"rendered":"

>\"\"<\/a>Onderzoeksjournalist Seymour Hersh onthulde de rol van de Amerikaanse regering in het Abu Ghraib-martelschandaal<\/a>, en in april van dit jaar publiceerde hij in een artikel in de New Yorker<\/a> over de nucleaire aanvalsplannen tegen Iran. Nu schrijft hij over de planning voorafgaande aan het huidige MO-conflict:<\/span>
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New York – The US government was closely involved in the planning of Israel’s military operations against Islamic militant group Hezbollah even before the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.<\/span> <\/p>\n

The kidnapping triggered a month-long Israeli operation in South Lebanon that is expected to come to an end on Monday. <\/p>\n

But Pulitzer Prize-winning US journalist Seymour Hersh writes that President George W Bush and vice president Dick Cheney were convinced that a successful Israeli bombing campaign against Hezbollah could ease Israel’s security concerns and also serve as a prelude to a potential US pre-emptive attack to destroy Iran’s nuclear installations. <\/p>\n

Citing an unnamed Middle East expert with knowledge of the current thinking of the Israeli and US governments, Israel had devised a plan for attacking Hezbollah – and shared it with Bush administration officials – well before the July 12 kidnappings. Lees verder.<\/a><\/p>\n

Eerder kon je al lezen over Wesley Clarke, die in 2001, niet geheel tot zijn genoegen, op de hoogte werd gebracht van plannen om Libanon aan te vallen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dus vergeet die “ontvoeringen” maar. Ik heb het al vaker, misschien in andere woorden, gezegd: de Isra\u00eblische soldaten die zouden zijn ontvoerd, zijn slechts misbruikte pionnen in een internationaal machtsspel<\/a>. De Isra\u00ebli’s zouden dit niet moeten pikken<\/a> van hun regering.<\/p>\n

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