by Sibel Edmonds
7 March 2013
She is the recipient of
the 2006 PEN Newman’s Own First Amendment Award for her “commitment to
preserving the free flow of information in the United States in a time of
growing international isolation and increasing government secrecy”.
Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy and International
Commerce from George Mason University, a BA in Criminal Justice and
Psychology from George Washington University.
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Connecting
The Dots
Afghan
Heroin, NATO, Azerbaijan Hub and Cargo Business
Azerbaijan
in Operation Gladio-Plan B
Over
the last few weeks James Corbett and I have been
discussing US-NATO Gladio Operations in the Islamization and
Terrorization of Central Asia- Caucasus, and the real lords of the booming
Afghan heroin business.
During
our interview series I have been emphasizing history and context as the two
most important prerequisites in understanding the current developments in the
region, and of course, in connecting the dots that lay in plain sight.
I
have also talked about our weeknight news roundup that highlights these dots.
Today,
as I was researching and preparing our nightly news roundup, I extracted
several such ‘dots’ that directly relate to our Gladio reports. For those of
you who have been following our recent coverage the following dots (not covered
by the mainstream media; but of course!) will be highly interesting and
ultra-revealing.
Are
you ready? Okay, then, let’s lay out the recent dots from our coming news
coverage this evening, put that together with all that has been already
revealed and discussed, and see how easy it is to understand the ‘real
happenings’ and their significance in light of what we know.
During
our Gladio interviews we discussed the Afghan heroin business as one of
Turkey’s major roles in the Gladio Operations under the United States and NATO.
We
also discussed how major aspects of heroin operations were moved from Turkey to
Azerbaijan-both in terms of labs and transit, after 1997, and intensified after
Azerbaijan’s addition to NATO.
Let’s
use a report from
a couple of years ago to highlight what we covered during our Gladio series:
Azerbaijan
is a major transit link of trafficking in heroin and other drugs transported
from Afghanistan to Europe, a UN body claims.
The
UN Office on Drugs and Crime says the so-called “northern Balkan route”, a
relatively recent variant on the Balkan route which transits the Caucasus
rather than Turkey, crosses Azerbaijan.
Heroin
crosses from the Azerbaijan-e-Khavari province of Iran into Turkey and
traverses Turkey’s Hakkari and/or Van districts.
An
estimated 95 mt of heroin are shipped across Turkey’s borders every year, says
the UN report, adding that Bulgaria is a link in one of those routes:
Hakkari/Van - south-eastern cities - central Anatolian cities - Istanbul -
Edirne to Bulgaria/Greece.
All
right, we have several past mainstream official reports and our Gladio
interview series on Azerbaijan’s major role in the booming Afghan heroin
business.
Azerbaijan
is significant transit country for illicit drug trafficking, and through its
territory 11 tons of heroin transfer Azerbaijan
is a significant transit country for heroin and other narcotics, as it is
situated along major drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan and Iran to
Europe and Russia, the annual report of the US State Department on “2013
International Narcotics Control Strategy (INCSR)” says.
In
the previous report of the State Department was mentioned that Azerbaijan is a
transit country for transporting drugs from Afghanistan, Central Asia and Iran
to Russia and Europe.
Please
stay with me since this fact about Azerbaijan has been known for a while and is
not too significant by itself.
Also,
keep in mind, Turkey-Azerbaijan-Bulgaria happen to be major NATO fields of
operations. In fact, when the importance of the Balkans as the major transit
hub since the late 1990s is emphasized, I want you to think about our NATO wars
and operations to break up and take over the region - ending in mid to late
1990s - the beginning of the formation of the Balkan hub as a ‘major’ transit
hub. Okay?
U.S.
Praises Azerbaijan’s Role in Cargo Transportation to Afghanistan
The
United States highly appreciate the role of Azerbaijan in the international efforts
for provision of security in Afghanistan.
According
to AzerTAj, the statement came from commander of the Transport Command of the
United States, general William Freizer speaking at the hearings in the US
Congress, 1news.az reports.
He
said the successful direct transportation of cargo via the airspace of
Azerbaijan represent special importance in this context.
Earlier
Azerbaijani Deputy FM Araz Azimov announced that Azerbaijan is a transit on the
way of cargo transportation to Afghanistan and our country provides different
services within the framework of ISAF operation held by NATO…
According
to him, these cargoes will return from Afghanistan to Europe and other
countries via Azerbaijan.
Without
being insulting, and for those with insufficient consumption levels of Omega-3 Fatty
Acids needed by our brains, let’s add up the dots to this point:
- After
the US invasion of Afghanistan and under US-NATO control heroin production
and sales boom
- Azerbaijan
has become one of the most strategically important heroin transit hubs
since the beginning of Gladio Operation B, and since it has joined and
come under NATO
- Just
like Turkey, nations with airfields under US command, such as Kyrgyzstan’s
Manas Airbase and Azerbaijan’s NATO Air Fields, have become the most
important transit-Transportation hubs for heroin
Now
you see the significance of the two related news reports above? Afghan Heroin,
NATO Operations Fields, Heroin Transit Hubs, and the CARGO business? Are you
having a ‘Duh’ moment? Good!
Again,
please recall my discussion of the Balkans, especially Albania, from our Gladio
series.
Pair
that thought with US-NATO Balkan operations, and then take a look at another
related news item today:
“Balkans
main route for drugs from Afghanistan”
In
a meeting with members of the regional program for Southeast Europe, he noted
that around 60 tons of heroin, worth USD 13 billion, have reached Western and
Central Europe via the Balkan route, said a release on the UNODC website.
The
program, established last year at the request of regional governments, is aimed
at suppressing drug trafficking through the Balkans and combating transnational
organized crime, corruption and money laundering. Fedotov warns that
trafficking in narcotics could have a destabilizing effect on the region’s
economy and social development.
According
to the UNODC chief, the program has already been very effective. Albania and
Montenegro have launched a program of control of shipping containers and
Albania has set up a control unit in the port of Durres.
Montenegro
has drafted a new anti-drug strategy and a new anti-terrorism action plan, and
carried out training for the treatment of drug addicts.
Well,
this is what I was referring to in the Gladio Video Series: Know the history,
understand the bigger context, and then watch or read the news, and you’ll have
tons of dots being connected before your own eyes.
from YouTube Website
After four hours of intense conversation on Gladio B, this week James and Sibel
take a step back to consolidate some of the information and answer listener
questions.
In this interview we
discuss specific characters and events as well as the broad scope of
geopolitics and the great game of British imperialism and Zionist
manipulations.
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