THE PRECEEDING BLOG BY PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS STATES THAT IN SYRIA "THE FACTS ARE DIFFERENCT FROM THOSE PRESENTED BY THE PRESSTITUTE AMERICAN MEDIA AND MEMBERS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT." WHILE I KNOW THAT PCR USES ONLY RELIABLE SOURCES TO MAKE SUCH ACCUSATIONS, MY READERS MAY LIKE TO ACCESS SUCH SOURCES. IF SO, FIND ALL OF THE SORDID DETAILS IN THE TWO VIDEOS IMMEDIATELY BELOW AS RELATED BY A VETERAN REPORTER WHO HAS ACTUALLY ROAMED THE LOCATIONS IN QUESTION.

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Pepe Escobar: US will continue to arm anti-government rebels in Syria after veto 

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For several months anti-government rebels have been protesting the government led by Bashar al-Assad. In the past few days the violence in Syria has increased radically and over the weekend the Syria resolution proposed by the UN Security Council was vetoed by China and Russia. Many have criticized the two countries for the veto but many feel Syria will share the same fate as Libya if the resolution passes. Pepe Escobar, Asia Times correspondent, joins us to look at the bigger picture. 

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Escobar: Al-Qaeda agents worm into Syrian rebel army 

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The EU states are calling for creating humanitarian corridors in Syria, which some fear could open the door to foreign intervention. But Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar says it's already underway. 

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Blogger's Note: A year or so ago I came across a couple videos by Pepe Escobar on his theme of "Pipelineistan." But I subsequently lost track of his publications until last week when I friended him on Facebook and then asking where I could find his latest reporting. He vectored me to Russia Today, from which I selected the two videos above. Those wishing to learn more about Pepe's concept of Pipelineistan should watch the video below. 

The Stream - Afghanistan...or Pipelineistan? - Pepe Escobar and Derrick Crowe 

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Many have theories as to why the US continues to fight in Afghanistan. One theory is that it's all about a pipeline. The Stream spoke with journalist Pepe Escobar and with political blogger Derrick Crowe. 

Read more: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/afghanistan-or-pipelineistan 

The Real Reason Our Troops Are in Afghanistan: To Fight Terrorists? Nope. Women’s Rights? Guess Again…

Blogger’s Note: To save space, I’m only posting Tomgram's intro to this important article and its first paragraph. Follow the link to the whole article. BTW If you’d like to know better who Pepe Escobar is, watch this equally important video.

Posted May 12, 2009 3:37 pm

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak

Back in March, Pepe Escobar, that itchy, edgy global reporter for one of my favorite on-line publications, Asia Times, began laying out the great, ongoing energy struggle across Eurasia, or what he likes to call Pipelinestan for its web of oil and natural gas pipelines. In his first report, he dealt with the embattled energy corridor (and a key pipeline) that runs from the Caspian Sea to Europe through Georgia and Turkey -- and the Great Game of business, diplomacy, and proxy war between Russia and the U.S. that has gone with it.

Now, in the second of what will be periodic "postcards" from the energy heartlands of the planet, he plunges eastward into tumultuous Central and South Asia and the great devolving battleground that, in Washington, now goes by the neologism of Af-Pak (for the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater of operations). There, the skies are filled with planes and unmanned aerial drones, and civilians as well as combatants die every day in increasing numbers as ever more frequent attacks and expanding conflicts make daily headlines, while, in Afghanistan, Washington continues to build new military bases and ready itself to send in reinforcements.

Those are, of course, the front-page stories. Energy, especially in the form of oil and natural gas, fuels everything from civilization to its various discontents and means of destruction, and yet it remains largely on the business pages of our papers. Even in a time of relatively depressed oil and gas prices, energy runs like an undercurrent just beneath global headlines. Under the carnage of war, that is, courses what Escobar likes to call the Liquid War, and just how the energy flows and through which territories controlled by whom does turn out to make -- quite literally -- a world of difference, even if that isn't what captures our attention most of the time.

Today, let Escobar, whose latest book is Obama Does Globalistan, take you deep into the "New Great Game" that will determine the shape of our future planet. Tom

Here below is the title and first paragraph of Pepe's article.
For the rest, go here.

Blue Gold, Turkmen Bashes, and Asian Grids

Pipelineistan in Conflict
By Pepe Escobar

As Barack Obama heads into his second hundred days in office, let's head for the big picture ourselves, the ultimate global plot line, the tumultuous rush towards a new, polycentric world order. In its first hundred days, the Obama presidency introduced us to a brand new acronym, OCO for Overseas Contingency Operations, formerly known as GWOT (as in Global War on Terror). Use either name, or anything else you want, and what you're really talking about is what's happening on the immense energy battlefield that extends from Iran to the Pacific Ocean. It's there that the Liquid War for the control of Eurasia takes place.

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