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Politics : Stop the War!
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To: James Calladine who wrote (17182)5/10/2003 10:31:04 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) of 21614
 
COUNTERPUNCH: Reflections on the Rise of the Fascist State

Jim,

My planning sense tells me that the steps to be taken in Saudi Arabia include removal of our uniformed military presence, followed by intense covert action led by DoD Office of Special Plans [1] covert operatives fomenting unrest among the extreme Wahabbist fundamentalists against the Abdullah government which we'll fail to prop up. This will be followed by a populist militancy led by a coterie of naive imams covertly offered support for the overthrow of the House of Saud by the OSP.

Once the rebellion is in full swing, the royal family will seek and be granted direct U.S. military intervention in the internal affairs of Saudi Arabia in exchange for the transformation of the "nationalized", (i.e. totally owned by the royals) oil industry in S.A. and a return to the good old days of imperial concessions from the pre-OPEC days. The grateful royals will accept cash and the promise of an annuity stream and concede oil resource ownership to U.S. corporate raiders. In subsequent years, the U.S. will renege on all treaties with the House of Saud, obtaining complete control of the oil prize.

Ciao!

[1] Office of Special Plans, described by Sy Hersh here.
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I'll predict that within a couple of years, this organization will be metastasizing into a full-blown version of the Nazi SS corps.
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