Category Archives: Conflict

Daniel 7:5

bear

Daniel 7:5 — And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

Map rotated ~120° clockwise (raised up on one side).
The mouth of Daniel’s bear could be the Persian Gulf.
The teeth are Hormuz (Musandam), Qatar and Bahrain.
Three ribs (long, flat shapes) are caught/consumed between.

1 Comment

Filed under Conflict, Esoterics, Images

The Resettlement of Khuzestan

Here’s a letter that came by way of the British Ahwazi Friendship Society.

In it, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, former Chief Secretary of former President Khatami’s Office, details a plan by which the majority Arab population of the oil-rich province of Khuzestan can be reduced to less than a third of the current regional demographic; a planned relocation of about 1.25 million people. During the past ten years (the end of the target window for the program), few Ahwazis have agreed to be moved, but their majority status in Khuzestan has been eroded by a steady, government-sponsored influx of Azeris and Persians. Translation follows:

abtahi

Translation:

Emblem of the Islamic Republic

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Office of the President

Head of the Executive Office

Number Date Attachment 5/316/20675 (hand written)

TOP SECRET


In the Name of Allah

Head of the respectful Department of planning and budget- Mr. Dr. Najafi

With greetings:

Pursuant to the policies set forth, and the legislation approved by the National Security

Council, with regards to changing the population demography of Arabs of Khuzestan and their appropriate resettlement to other parts of the country, it is necessary that the attached approved instructions be directed to all relevant subsidiary organizations for execution.

1. The Arab population of Khuzestan must be reduced to a third of the total population of

Khuzestan within 10 years, with the rest of the population to be composed of Farsi-speaking residents and migrants.

2. On the resettlement of other ethnic groups, especially the Azeri (Turks) to Khuzestan

province, in addition to the facilities approved under legislations # 16-32/971/5-7, dated

14/4/1376 (July 5, 1997) – other arrangements have been made to facilitate this (forced resettlement) which will be announced in the future.

3. It is necessary to increase the resettlement of their (Arab) educated class to other provinces, especially to Isfahan, Tehran and Tabriz.

4. Proof of the existence of this ethnic group (Arabs) should be eradicated, including the

changing of remaining (Arabic) names of cities, villages, regions and streets to Farsi names.

5. Arabic-speaking people should be used for the execution of this legislation, although the secrecy of this programme must be respected.

6. Newly approved legislation regarding the (forced) migration of (university) students, civil servants, teachers, military and security forces and farmers to other provinces, are attached.

Signature

Sayed Mohammad-Ali Abtahi

TOP SECRET 27686/62 2/5/1377 (July 24, 1998)

Carbon Copy:

1. Ministry of Information (Security)

2. Ministry of Interior

3. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

4. Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance

.

And I thought that President Khatami was considered a ‘moderate’?


2 Comments

Filed under Chicanery, Conflict, Words

The Syrian ex-Nuclear Site

The following is a collection of images taken during (and after) the construction of the Syrian facility bombed by Israeli commandos on September 6, 2007. 


syrian_reactor_before_afterThe images at right show the central building of the Syrian site before and shortly after the Israeli strike. 

Just after this satellite image capture, the Syrians bulldozed the site, poured a concrete foundation over the ruins and constructed a new building on top of the original. Even so, they have been unwilling to allow soil samples to be taken by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). 

 

Here’s a wider view of the building and site which is less than 1 km from the Euphrates River; a location ideal for the cooling requirements of a reactor:

before

 

Here’s a view of the period after the mission, with the main reactor building flattened by bulldozers:

after

 

Here’s the main building under construction before an external sheath was installed to disguise the reactor’s key features:

syria_nuclear_01

 

Inside the building. Here we can see the rebar put in place for the pouring of the cement to create the facility’s central cooling tower:

KOREA-NORTH/USA

 

The steel reactor liner with cooling tubes:

KOREA-NORTH/USA

 

Top of the reactor prior to concrete being poured:

KOREA-NORTH/USA

 

The innocuous looking exterior:

show3

 

Another innocuous building; this one in Yongbyon, North Korea:

FE_DA_080425korea

 

Head of the North Korean reactor fuel plant with the head of the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission, in Syria:

SYRIA-NKOREA-NUCLEAR-WEAPONS-US-INTEL

 

New building going up at the site of the former Syrian nuclear reactor complex:

syria07_666_475917a

 

ISIS Report – October 23, 2007 (PDF – 1.2 MB)

2 Comments

Filed under Chicanery, Conflict, Images

China’s Strategic Modernisation

An interesting report on US-Sino relations and competition from the US State Department’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) – October 1, 2008.

China’s Strategic Modernization
Report from the ISAB Task Force

The Secretary’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) was asked to examine China’s strategic modernization, including the principal underlying motivations. Based on this review, the Board was asked to recommend approaches that~could “move the U.S. China security relationship toward greater transparency and mutual confidence, enhance cooperation, and reduce the likelihood of misunderstanding or miscalculation that can contribute to competition or conflict.”

Continue here…

10 Comments

Filed under Conflict, Economy

The Oil Bomb

barrel

Fuel efficiency is our best weapon against over-priced petroleum and the security problems posed by drilling for it in politically unstable regions. 

If American vehicles could be run on less than 38% of the fuel they currently use, then US domestic oil production capacity would exceed national consumption. Oil prices would plummet. Terrorism, funded in large part by oil revenues, would wither on its wretched vine. Consumers and companies would save vast sums every day (year after year) by virtue of what they won’t spend on gasoline for their engines. 

Granted, Mobil and other companies would have to make do with significantly lower profits, but that’s a price I’m sure the public would be happy to pay.  

So, how do we get from here (the desperate situation in which we find ourselves) to there (a world in which terrorism, economic insecurity and high oil prices are a thing of the past)?

Answer: The Oil Bomb

The “oil bomb” is my nickname for a technological advancement that effectively (and rapidly) degrades the perceived value of petroleum. Ideally, it should be compatible with the infrastructure that has been put in place to service our present addiction to ‘fossil fuels’ and not require that new types of fueling or charging stations be built in order to gain consumer acceptance. It should be convenient to use and not be contingent upon foreignly-sourced material content. In a perfect world, it would make cars less expensive and reduce the amount of parts used in their manufacture — which also means fewer things to break down.

And here it is: US Patent document #7327105. (PDF – 1.2 MB)

(There are other devices, of course, but I rate this one Most Promising.)

The design depicted in the attached art offers a highly efficient electric drive suitable for operating a motor vehicle. It features variable torque (basically, a virtual automatic transmission) and surprising power (imagine a motor not much bigger than a proverbial breadbox pulling a loaded 767 around the tarmac). It’s compatible both with fully electric car designs as well as with serial-hybrid [gas:electric] technologies (where it really shines), offering the advantages of both AC and DC drives — and the sort of performance one would expect from a sporty gas-powered vehicle. 

Implementation should be relatively quick and painless. Maybe we set up a government-subsidised retrofit program for existing cars… which might even recoup some of our lost auto sector assembly jobs… and also give our parts manufacturers a needed boost. 

Of course, there are other “oil bomb” options as well, though some of these will completely invalidate petroleum as a fuel. I won’t go into too many details on those other options because oil happens to be an almost perfect fuel, though we shouldn’t use nearly as much of it as we do. 
 

Other ways to quickly degrade the value of oil:

Oil could be made useless as a fuel by biological means. (We already have anaerobic bacteria that will eat oil spills.) This would be very disruptive to the world’s current economic and industrial systems and many, many millions of people would perish; or 

Oil could be completely replaced by a more advanced technology. This, though, may lead to extremely dangerous developments in the world of weapons, not to mention the possibility of do-it-yourself’ers blowing themselves up — along with their neighborhoods. 

1 Comment

Filed under Conflict, Economy, Reason