Extraordinary claims that Qatar and Saudi
Arabia are pitched in a proxy war against Iran, Russia and Syria to control
whose gas is sold to Europe reminisces of Mafia and gangland turf spats.
It seems one bunch of thugs is clipping the
other over lucrative European energy markets addicted to cheap fixes and that
the excuse to up the ante is the use of chemical weapons. The most recent
incident left over 1400 innocent Damascus civilians dead.
While not serious enough at the moment to
start a full blown war, if such a scenario was to happen the entire Middle East
could ignite into total chaos dragging the world with it.
Russia has the largest reserves of natural
gas followed by Iran. Qatar with a population of just 800,000 is third with 15%
of the world’s reserves. That’s some clout for a country the size of
Jacksonville Florida.
A recent discovery of major gas fields off
Cyprus and Syria adds to the dimension.
The fact that a delivery route, dubbed “The
Islamic Pipeline” is a signed agreement (2011) to take Iranian gas through Iraq
to the Syrian Mediterranean port at Lattakia unsettled the Gulf Arabs and are now
he main sponsors of the Syrian rebels. Controlling Syria checks Iranian aspirations.
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| "War of the Gas-Masks." Syrian conflict is linked to controlling flow of natural gas to Europe. Opponents Iran and Qatar are number 2 & 3 after Russia for world gas reserves. Images; the 1st Gulf War 1991 |
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are also allies with
the US in the War on Terror. This is looking increasingly like a “War of the
Gas-Masks.” Some they say get rich in wartime.
In all do we care who the supplier of what
we need is. Well to some degree it should matter if innocents are getting
killed and hypocrisy is the sermon of the day.
Some are claiming it was mis-handled Saudi
Chemical Weapons supplied to the Rebels which cause the slaughter if the
innocents in Damascus. While others in Allied West are “convinced” Assad is
to blame.
Either way it’s a sign we are on course for
war in the coming years. The weapons used will be brutal and
devastating.
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