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Comment by Larry Ross, December 3, 2006

The following is a great resource for people looking for authoritative articles on US war plans, policies and related issues. Professor Chossudovsky is only one of many top analysts and writers featured.
I suggest that readers look through the many articles offered by Global Research.ca

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"Cold War Shivers":
War Preparations in the Middle East and Central Asia

By Michel Chossudovsky, October 6, 2006

It is essential that people across America and around the World take cognizance of  the dangers of a Middle East war directed against Iran and act decisively to challenge the US military agenda and reverse the tide of war. 

The World is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US  has embarked on a military adventure, "a long war", which threatens the future of humanity. 

This article documents  recent developments, focusing on military deployment and preparations in the event of a US led war on Iran. This text follows a number of earlier reports published by Global Research pertaining to the War on Iran (See Iran dossier , Nuclear War dossier , Lebanon dossier )  

The entire Middle East Central Asian region is on a war footing. 

US-NATO naval deployment is taking place in two distinct theaters: the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean. (See Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, October 2006 ).

The naval armada in the Persian Gulf is largely under US command, with the participation of Canada. Both the USS Enterprise and Eisenhower Strike groups have been dispatched to the Persian Gulf in a a massive display of US military might. 

The militarization of the Eastern Mediterranean (on land and sea) is under the control of several NATO member countries including France, Germany and Turkey.  This military build-up is conducted under the façade of  a UN peace-keeping mission (UNIFIL) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

In this context, the war on Lebanon must be viewed as a stage of the broader US sponsored military road-map, which targets Syria. 

In September, Germany dispatched a fleet of eight ships including 2 frigates, with up to 2,400 personnel aboard. The German navy will be in charge of the multinational naval force, which has, under its official UNIFIL mandate "to prevent arms shipments to Hezbollah". The German naval force will operate out of the Cyprus port of Limassol, located within less than 100 km. from the Lebanon-Syria coastline. The Cyprus based multinational naval force could eventually be used to encroach on maritime trade with Syria. 

In early October, Turkey dispatched several warships, which will join the multinational naval force under German command. While Turkey is formally part of the UN international force (UNIFIL), it is also a close military ally of Israel. Greek, Bulgarian and Italian warships have also been dispatched to the Lebanese coast. 

The Russian, Chinese and Iran war exercises conducted since August are part of a carefully coordinated endeavor, in response to the US-NATO military build-up

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