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WikiLeaks: Stratfor Predicts Huge Oil Profits from Attack on Iran
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WikiLeaks has started publishing more than five million emails hacked by Anonymous from the servers of Stratfor, a US intelligence gathering company.
An email sent by Chris Farnham, senior officer for Stratfor, to an internal unnamed source inside the company titled “Israel/Iran Barak Hails Munitions Blast in Iran” provides details about who would benefit from an Israeli attack on Iran, and say such a plan would be motivated by economic factors.
According to the email, sent on November 13, 2011, supporters of an Israeli-led attack are Russia, India and Saudi Arabia, while the EU and China stand against such plans, mainly for economic reasons.
“Not many people know that Russia is one of Israel’s largest military partners and India is Israel’s largest client. If a direct conflict between Iran and Israel erupts, Russia and Saudi Arabia will gain the advantages on oil increasing prices. On the other hand, China and Europe are expected to lose from an oil crisis as a result of a conflict,” the email says
Farnham said that an attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities would last only 48 hours and be so devastating it would lead to regime change.
“Based on Israeli plans, the attack on Iran will last only 48 hours but will be so destructive that Iran will be unable to retaliate or recover and the government will fall. It is hard to believe that Hamas or Hezbollah will try to get involved in this conflict,” Farham wrote.
The Stratfor analyst then reveals that despite claims propagated in the media, an attack on Iran is unlikely since Israeli commandos have already targeted major parts of Iran’s nuclear programme.
“In the open media many are pushing and expecting Israel to launch a massive attack on Iran. Even if the Israelis have the capabilities and are ready to attack by air, sea and land, there is no need to attack the nuclear programme at this point after the commandos destroyed a significant part of it.”
Farnham said an attack would be motivated by economic factors rather than Iran’s nuclear programme.
“If a massive attack on Iran happens soon, then the attack will have political and oil reasons and not nuclear. It is also very hard to believe that the Israelis will initiate an attack unless they act as a contractor for other nations or if Iran or its proxies attack first,” the email concludes.
4 Comments on "WikiLeaks: Stratfor Predicts Huge Oil Profits from Attack on Iran"
BillT on Wed, 29th Feb 2012 1:40 am
Of course, it is ALL about oil, profits and the elite 1/10%. Nothing else. Can’t have a free democratic sovereign country tell the Empire where to put it, can we?
Problem is…this country has a few friends…China & Russia…and a few important, desperate customers…South Korea, Japan and India. Now what?
Stratfor makes money making war…
MrEnergyCzar on Wed, 29th Feb 2012 1:55 am
Is this even news? Seems kind of obvious..
MrEnergyCzar
DC on Wed, 29th Feb 2012 3:54 am
This line is very revealing
q/If a massive attack on Iran happens soon, then the attack will have political and oil reasons and not nuclear. It is also very hard to believe that the Israelis will initiate an attack unless they act as a contractor for other nations or if Iran or its proxies attack first,” the email concludes.
Iran wont attack, it has nothing to gain and much to lose. Israel of course IS a proxy, for the US, thats old news. But in this instane, the US pretends publicly they dont want that, yet privately they sure hope they do! Amerikans place great stock in plausible deniability after all.
Ham on Wed, 29th Feb 2012 4:48 am
Ah the beauty of firing from out of range.
Any attack on Iran will devastate the global
economy and there will be an increased
threat from terrorism. They are going to
sit back and say “sorry, thanks very much”?
It is complete delusion to suggest that Russia
will go along with this. Nuclear engineers will
die and radiation will pollute the atmosphere.
It is total madness.