Stephen Lendman: Planned Regime Change in Iran and Syria!

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• Stephen Lendman has an excellent blog (http://www.sjlendman.blogspot.com/). He writes no BS truth on socio-geopolitical issues. (emphasis mine)
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  Planned Regime Change in Iran and Syria 
  by Stephen Lendman
  Plans are longstanding. Timing alone isn’t known. Signs suggest 2012. If sanctions, subversion, cyberwar, and targeted assassinations fail, expect hot conflict to follow. On January 9, the Washington Post quoted an anonymous US intelligence official saying America’s goal for Iran is “regime change.” A next day article retracted the statement, saying:
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  “An earlier version of this article reported that a US intelligence official had described regime collapse as a goal of US and other sanctions against Iran. An updated version clarifies the official’s remarks.”
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  In other words, the Post retracted its correct assessment. Indeed, Washington’s longstanding goal is regime change by whatever means necessary, including war. Recent reports and events are worrisome. On January 13, the The Tribune Company headlined, “US troops quietly surge into Middle East,” saying:
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  CENTCOM head General James Mattis “warned that he needed additional forces to deal with Iran and other potential threats….”
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  As a result, 15,000 combat troops are positioned in Kuwait. “The new units include two Army infantry brigades and a helicopter unit.” In addition, two aircraft carrier battle groups remain in the region. Nuclear armed and dangerous, they include a carrier, two guided missile cruisers, a guided missile destroyer, another anti-submarine (ASW) one, an ASW frigate, two attack submarines, and a combined ammunition, oiler, supply ship.
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  On January 13, Foreign Affairs contributor Mark Perry headlined “False Flag,” saying:
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  US intelligence files reveal that “Israeli Mossad officers recruited operatives belonging to the terrorist group Jundallah by passing themselves off as America (CIA) agents.”
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  Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, part of Washington’s worldwide propaganda operation, reported them responsible for assassinating high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) officers and other government officials. The State Department designates Jundallah (a militant Pakistan group, allegedly with Al Qaeda and Taliban links) a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Washington strategically uses insurgent groups like Al Qaeda as allies and/or enemies. Israel’s policy is similar.
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  CIA memos suggested no direct Jundallah contacts. They also showed US intelligence familiarity with Mossad practices, and perhaps encouraged them. Nonetheless, Perry said “they were stunned by the brazenness of the Mossad’s efforts,” operating “nearly in the open.”
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  Though no evidence links Jundallah with targeted Iranian assassinations, The New York Times reported that current and former US officials say “(t)he CIA has repeatedly tried to derail Iran’s uranium enrichment program by covert means, including introducing sabotaged parts into (its) supply chain.”
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  A Final Comment
  Throughout US history, false flag big lies provided pretexts for militarism, wars, occupations, domestic repression, and national security state extremism. More recent examples alone are notable, including the fake August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, manufactured ones to depose Panama’s Manuel Noriega, collusion and deception conning Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait, 9/11 to attack Afghanistan, WMD lies precipitating Iraq’s attack and occupation, and falsified reports about Gaddafi to target Libya.
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  Is Syria next, then Iran, then global war followed by militarized homeland repression? Using Obama as front man, out-of-control militarists make it possible!
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  Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
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