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According to Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia preparing attack on Syria
VOLTAIRE NETWORK | 10 NOVEMBER 2013
According to Foreign Policy magazine, Saudi Arabia is lining up an army of about 50 000 men, in Jordan, with the help of Pakistani instructors.
This information is not new, since the plan has been known to our readers for quite some time. However, the initial strategy had envisaged an attack for last August by a column of armoured tanks, supported by the US army. The Saudi Vice-Minister of Defence installed himself in Amman to oversee the formation of this army and ensure the transfer of the tanks from Saudi Arabia. A meeting was held in Amman from 25 to 27 August 2013, chaired by CentCom Commander General Lloyd J. Austin III, to prepare for the operation. For communication purposes, the crew on the first armoured tanks was to be made up of Syrians recruited from refugee camps, while mercenaries would compose the major part of the troops.
The news is that the article in Foreign Policy came out after John Kerry’s trip to Riyadh to restore good relations between the two countries. It the report is confirmed, it would prove that Saudi Arabia is going ahead with this plan even though U.S. military forces have backed out of Syria.
1. The Saudi regime want to destabilize and destroy Syria as much as they can and are now focusing on the southern front.
2. The northern front i.e. Turkey-Syria border has almost been abandoned with Turkey realizing they cannot anger the Syrians and now Turkey is turning on the militants.
The Turks also have to deal with 2 million Alevi Arabs (Nusayris) in their country who have rioted as well as tens of millions of other Alevis (Turkish and Kurd).
Arab Alawi regions like Hatay in southern Turkey have almost been in a state of war.
Turkey: Riot police confront anti-government protesters - YouTube
3. So now the Saudis have been dumped by the Turks in the Syria-project they are turning to a more "reliable" ally, the Pakistanis.
Pakistani military record
Pakistan's military record is poor and includes:
- Defeat by Bengali guerillas in 1971, losing half of the country and the part of the country which made money (net exporter).
- Defeat by India on their western front in 1971, Pakistan had to beg India for India to restore around 13,000 km of Pakistani territory.
- Defeat by Pashtun guerillas in 2007 where Pakistan handed over territories, large parts of the country, to be ruled by Pashtun "Islamist" fighters.
- Killing of 4,000 soldiers by Islamist militants, mainly Pashtuns.
- Killing of Pakistani forces in Balochistan and expulsion of Punjabi and Mohajirs from Balochistan (44% of Pakistan territory). Guerilla activity was so much till the point last year the then Pakistani prime minister spoke of a referendum on independence for Balochistan.
- 1999 Kargil fiasco.
So for the Saudis to go to an army which last half of the country in 1971 and now has virtually no control over half of what remains is ridiculous.
The Saudi-backed army is almost certain to be defeated because
a. They are trained by the Pakistanis who have a history of defeats, surrenders and losses.
b. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will continue to enjoy air supremacy (not even air superiority, but complete control of Syrian air space).
c. Direct support from millions of Iraqi and Lebanese Shias who have a direct border with Syria unlike Saudi.
The problem for the Syrians is whereas in Turkey they the
i: Kurdish card (they threatened the Turks with supporting the PKK)
ii: Alevi card (some feel the Syrians-Iranians were involved in the heavily Alevi Gezi uprising in Istanbul as well as the riots in Hatay)
they do not have such cards to use against the Jordanians to make them back down from supporting terrorists.
However Syria has won the war on its northern front.
VOLTAIRE NETWORK | 10 NOVEMBER 2013
According to Foreign Policy magazine, Saudi Arabia is lining up an army of about 50 000 men, in Jordan, with the help of Pakistani instructors.
This information is not new, since the plan has been known to our readers for quite some time. However, the initial strategy had envisaged an attack for last August by a column of armoured tanks, supported by the US army. The Saudi Vice-Minister of Defence installed himself in Amman to oversee the formation of this army and ensure the transfer of the tanks from Saudi Arabia. A meeting was held in Amman from 25 to 27 August 2013, chaired by CentCom Commander General Lloyd J. Austin III, to prepare for the operation. For communication purposes, the crew on the first armoured tanks was to be made up of Syrians recruited from refugee camps, while mercenaries would compose the major part of the troops.
The news is that the article in Foreign Policy came out after John Kerry’s trip to Riyadh to restore good relations between the two countries. It the report is confirmed, it would prove that Saudi Arabia is going ahead with this plan even though U.S. military forces have backed out of Syria.
1. The Saudi regime want to destabilize and destroy Syria as much as they can and are now focusing on the southern front.
2. The northern front i.e. Turkey-Syria border has almost been abandoned with Turkey realizing they cannot anger the Syrians and now Turkey is turning on the militants.
The Turks also have to deal with 2 million Alevi Arabs (Nusayris) in their country who have rioted as well as tens of millions of other Alevis (Turkish and Kurd).
Arab Alawi regions like Hatay in southern Turkey have almost been in a state of war.
Turkey: Riot police confront anti-government protesters - YouTube
3. So now the Saudis have been dumped by the Turks in the Syria-project they are turning to a more "reliable" ally, the Pakistanis.
Pakistani military record
Pakistan's military record is poor and includes:
- Defeat by Bengali guerillas in 1971, losing half of the country and the part of the country which made money (net exporter).
- Defeat by India on their western front in 1971, Pakistan had to beg India for India to restore around 13,000 km of Pakistani territory.
- Defeat by Pashtun guerillas in 2007 where Pakistan handed over territories, large parts of the country, to be ruled by Pashtun "Islamist" fighters.
- Killing of 4,000 soldiers by Islamist militants, mainly Pashtuns.
- Killing of Pakistani forces in Balochistan and expulsion of Punjabi and Mohajirs from Balochistan (44% of Pakistan territory). Guerilla activity was so much till the point last year the then Pakistani prime minister spoke of a referendum on independence for Balochistan.
- 1999 Kargil fiasco.
So for the Saudis to go to an army which last half of the country in 1971 and now has virtually no control over half of what remains is ridiculous.
The Saudi-backed army is almost certain to be defeated because
a. They are trained by the Pakistanis who have a history of defeats, surrenders and losses.
b. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will continue to enjoy air supremacy (not even air superiority, but complete control of Syrian air space).
c. Direct support from millions of Iraqi and Lebanese Shias who have a direct border with Syria unlike Saudi.
The problem for the Syrians is whereas in Turkey they the
i: Kurdish card (they threatened the Turks with supporting the PKK)
ii: Alevi card (some feel the Syrians-Iranians were involved in the heavily Alevi Gezi uprising in Istanbul as well as the riots in Hatay)
they do not have such cards to use against the Jordanians to make them back down from supporting terrorists.
However Syria has won the war on its northern front.
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