What was really going on in Benghazi and how that fits in to the planned attack on Syria?
Ambassador Christopher Steven and three others were murdered in September 2011 at what was described as a U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. A Senate Intelligence Committee report criticized security measures but failed to tell citizens information absolutely critical to understanding the incident. That information was contained in an annex to the report, viewed by just a few officials. According to Hersh's source:
"'The consulate's only mission was to provide cover for the moving of arms,' [from Libya to Syrian rebels] the former intelligence official, who has read the annex, said. 'It had no real political role.'" Hersh, Apr 6
The Benghazi report annex revealed that the Libya to Syrian rebel weapons transfer was part of a more complex ratline that provided weapons to Syrian rebels. A secret agreement between the U.S., UK, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar was reached in early 2012. Through a series of front companies, the CIA and MI6, British intelligence, transferred weapons once supplied to bring democracy to Libya to Syria. Disgraced General David Petraeus directed the operation.
Al Nusra, heavily backed by Turkey, had close ties to the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group; the Al Qaeda aligned jihadists who helped topple the government of Muammar Gaddafi.
Hersh's investigation uncovers the "highly classified" report detailing the function of the so-called consulate, information that is vital to understanding who was behind the attack and their motivation.
A forced alliance with a moral leper, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan
Turkey is ruled by one of the most corrupt, unscrupulous, and morally repellant figures in recent history. Along with key allies and family members, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been caught on published wiretaps engaging in a variety of criminal activities. The list is long and includes bid rigging, direct interference in court cases, firing hundreds of prosecutors and detectives who have uncovered his corruption, and staging a missile attack on his own country as an excuse to attack Syria.
Erdogan is also participated in the scandalous custom of child brides in Turkey when he went to court in 2003 to allow his son to marry a minor.
The man is a degenerate and a tyrant. He's also a strong supporter of the U.S. - NATO attack on Syria and the head of a major NATO country. The "rat line" that supplies the extremist Syrian rebels could not function without Turkish participation.
As Hersh's sources tell it, the Obama administration is upset with Turkey's affinity for the most extreme elements of the Syrian rebels, those aligned with Al Qaeda. A Hersh source describes a tense White House meeting between Obama and Erdogan. Obama confronted the Turkish intelligence chief and said:
When Erdogan tried to draw [Turkish intel chief] Fidan into the conversation, and Fidan began speaking, Obama cut him off and said:
'We know.' Erdogan tried to bring Fidan in a second time, and Obama again cut him off and said: 'We know.' At that point, an exasperated Erdogan said, 'But your red line has been crossed!' and, the expert told me, 'Donilon said Erdogan "f"ing waved his finger at the president inside the White House".' Obama then pointed at Fidan and said: 'We know what you're doing with the radicals in Syria.' Hersh, Apr 6
According to Hersh's sources, the administration is unable to out the Turkish government for its robust support of Al Qaeda and other extremists in Syria:
'I asked my colleagues if there was any way to stop Erdogan's continued support for the rebels, especially now that it's going so wrong,' the former intelligence official told me. 'The answer was: "We're screwed." We could go public if it was somebody other than Erdogan, but Turkey is a special case. They're a Nato ally. Hersh, Apr 6
Implications and questions raised by Hersh's latest
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