Another Syrian "Fool Up"by Nagi N. Najjar
The day the CIA understands Syria and its dirty tricks, Iraq, and the Middle East, will probably be lost. From the bombings of Beirut in 1982, to the kidnapping and murder of William Buckley and other US hostages, to the Syrian backed terror bombings in Baghdad today, there is one message: A US intelligence failure to understand the Syrian terror message in the area and the failure to send the right signal to Damascus. Operation Matador was a good military operation for the US Forces but another "fool up" from the Syrian Intelligence. This military operation near Al Quaim border isn't over; it left 9 US Marines dead from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and dozens of Sunni insurgents dead, wounded, and detained. This military operation concentrated on cities near the border with Syria, in an area where foreign fighters allied with the Syrian regime, Saddam's remnants hiding in Syria and Zarquawi slip around the Syrian-Iraqi border, using smuggling routes to reinforce the Iraq insurgency against the US Forces there. This area enjoy a special status, it has the same Sunni families and tribes on both side of the border , they have loyalty to each other and all of them are manipulated by both the Syrian Intelligence and Saddam Hussein Intelligence officers who are hiding in Syria to stage ground attacks and inflict maximum casualties against Americans. Syrian General Ghazi Kanaan, the father of all terror sins against the US Forces Beirut in the past and Iraq today, wanted to provide "humanitarian assistance" to the Americans: In good faith, he dispatched and regrouped dozens of Sunnis insurgents with weapons, explosives , mortars and rocket material in towns along the Syrian border and tipped the CIA off saying that Abu Musaab Al Zarquawi is hiding in the area with scores of Sunni fighters with him. For Ghazi Kanaan, it was excellent business: The Americans are his enemies and the Sunnis also the enemies of his regime. Why does the Alawite regime has to kill the Sunnis in Syria? Let the Americans do it , for Syria, it was two enemies killing each others, of course, in the name of helping the Americans in Iraq. "What happened? Another Syrian "fool up.” America eliminated the insurgents, seizing large weapons caches and leaving behind dozens of insurgents dead. Zarquawi wounded? Not so sure. As a diversion, an Islamic Web site claiming responsibilities for Al Qaida attacks in Iraq declared the wanted terrorist wounded and asked for prayers. Syria wanted compensation for the "tip"on Operation Matador for helping the Americans "consolidate" the security in Iraq. A few days later, Syrian Ambassador to Washington, Imad Mustafa declared that Syria stopped cooperating with the US Forces and the CIA.Has the violence stopped? No, it gradually increased , at a time Zarquawi was "declared" wounded as a Syrian-Iraqi diversion. Another Syrian "fool up" to relieve the pressure on Damascus. Where does Syria stand Today? Helping the devil himself! Damascus remain the main central nerve feeding the Iraq insurgency through Sunni proxies, with the help of Iraqi Intelligence officers hiding in Damascus. Damascus fuels the violence in Israel using Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad as a proxy to prevent Israel-Palestinian stabilization and political rapprochement in the area. Damascus assassinated Prime Minister Hariri in conjunction with Hezbollah and a few intel. services on the ground in Lebanon, all under the blessing of Syrian General Rustom Ghazaleh. Damascus left a considerable Intelligence presence in Lebanon to destabilize the country in conjunction with Hezbollah armed to the teeth and four armed pro-Syrian militias on the ground . When will this chaos stop? The answer to the question is when America or Israel will destroy this terror regime in Damascus who practices daily terrorism in Iraq, Lebanon, Israel and the Middle East . This week end alone, 12 US Marines were dead in Iraq, the casualties toll is mounting, there is no end in sight for the violence in Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld said there is no exit strategy for Iraq, there is only a winning strategy for that country. Mr Secretary, I don't know what it takes to convince the President and the CIA that the only viable exit for America in Iraq is a regime change in Syria and a military strike for the Syrian-Iranian terror bases in Lebanon. This is the only blueprint for a US victory in Iraq and the region, if not the US is heading to another major disaster in Iraq after Vietnam. The Lebanese elections are a masquerade for what America is doing in Lebanon: Washington is promoting a cosmetic Saudi influenced "democratic" Parliament for a substance of terror still functioning on the ground through Hezbollah and other pro Syrian militias. Having Prime Minister Sharon giving more concessions in the Gaza withdrawal will not stabilize the Middle East. At the contrary, it will reinforce terrorism. The US is sunk in a quagmire in Iraq, "fooled up" on the Syrian front, applying the wrong political pressures for concessions on Israel, America seems determined for another major failure in the Middle East. Tomorrow there will be another 5 US soldiers killed on the headline news, there will be no change to this situation unless there is a change of management in Damascus regime . Unless Washington reverse a radical change in the balance of terror for Syria and Lebanon, Iraq and the whole region will blow up in Washington's face without control. Its price will be the Bush Administration in General and the President of the United States in particular.