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I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y http://www.tehrantimes.com/international OOCTOBERCTOBER 228,8, 22012012 WORLD IN FOCUS 15 By Kourosh Ziabari own reasons like that. What do you think about the mis- rench journalist Thierry Meyssan sion of Kofi Annan? Was it successful? Fsays Al-Qaeda and NATO are overtly You had written in one of your articles COMMENT cooperating with each other to desta- that he had predicted the overthrow- bilize Syria, and that Israel, France, Al-Qaeda-NATO ing of the government of President Tehran to finance Qatar and the United States are ben- Assad. Since it didn’t happen, he re- Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline efiting from the continued crisis in the nexus destabilizing signed. Is this true? Arab country. Yes, actually Kofi Annan was the Contd. from P. 1 “At the beginning [of violence in architect of the agreement of Geneva. Syria], people from Al-Qaeda commit- Syria, Thierry You remember that Russians had tried German-based firm ILF has completed engineering de- ted horrible crimes like what they did to organize a big peace conference in sign of the pipeline and an interim feasibility report has in Libya and Iraq and now they are car- Meyssan says Moscow, but the U.S. stalled that, be- put the project cost between $1.2 and $1.5 billion. rying out suicide attacks. According to cause they didn’t want to have talks “If the project gets under way with the participation Council on Foreign Relations, that is, with Iran. So Kofi Annan organized of local companies, the cost will fall,” said an official. according to the U.S. itself, Al-Qaeda another meeting in Geneva without Iran has already offered Pakistan to lay the entire pipe- is now a main part of the Free Syrian Iran and without Saudi Arabia. At the line as the latter has been facing problems in attracting funds from countries like China and Russia. Army,” he said in a telephone inter- 500,000 people demonstrating here, were only the members of Al-Qaeda in end of this meeting, they had an agree- Earlier, Russia and China expressed interest in financ- view with the Tehran Times that was 1 million demonstrating there; but it Libya and of the commandment of Ab- ment, and decided to present a peace ing the pipeline if they were awarded the contract with- conducted earlier this month. never occurred. I have witnessed all delhakim Belhadj who was the former plan. But some people in the United out bidding, but no headway could be made apparently Meyssan is the founder and editor the events and can testify. When I number 3 of the Al-Qaeda and is now States disagreed with this peace plan due to U.S. opposition. of Voltairenet.org news and analysis was in Homs, Agence France Presse officially working with NATO and is and wanted to kill and sabotage it. A Russian delegation also came to attend a meeting of website. He has been reporting from reported that 500,000 people took the top military commander in Tripoli, They published in different newspa- the Inter-governmental Commission in Islamabad in Sep- Syria since the violence started in the to the streets for demonstration, but Libya. He came to Syria with his troops pers such as the New York Times and tember, with a heavy agenda and particular focus on the country in March 2011. Meyssan had it was not true. So, there’s no popular and they organized troops from Libya European papers information about IP pipeline, but to no avail. sent reports on the Libyan uprising to uprising here. There’s just mercenaries and Turkey. At the beginning, people the secret involvement of the U.S. and Under the project, Iran will supply 750 million cubic Russia Today from Tripoli. He writes coming from outside, with the support from Al-Qaeda committed horrible NATO in the war against Syria. You re- feet of gas per day (bcfd) to energy-deficient Pakistan. for the Russian weekly magazine of some people inside. These people crimes like what they did in Libya and member that some U.S. media outlets The volume can be enhanced to 1 bcfd later. “Odnako” and his 2002 book “9/11: The follow the orders and motto of the Iraq and now they are carrying out sui- revealed that President Obama had Many people believe that Iran’s offer is the best op- Big Lie” was received internationally. armed groups. The spiritual leader of cide attacks. According to Council on signed a presidential order for a secret tion available amid pressure from the U.S., which has The interview was conducted with the Free Syrian Army is a Sheikh named Foreign Relations, that is, according to war inside Syria. So, Kofi Annan was warned that those assisting the project will face possible the help of my Spanish friend Moises Adnan Aeraour who has his own televi- the U.S. itself, Al-Qaeda is now a main forced to resign after that, because sanctions. Herrezuelo. sion station from Saudi Arabia and his part of the Free Syrian Army. it was not possible to implement the State-owned National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Oil Following is the text of the inter- motto is “All the Christians to Beirut, Do you think that the pressures peace plan anymore. But I think this and Gas Development Company (OGDC) have already view: all the Alawites to death.” So this is a which are being exerted on Syria and will change very soon, because there’s backed out of the project. NBP feared forced closure of What do you think about the Syr- sectarian conflict being fueled by the the operations which the insurgents no other solution for the U.S. other its branches in different countries while OGDC bowed to ian crisis? Free Syrian Army, and not a demo- are carrying out in the Syrian soil with than accepting the Geneva Peace Plan. the threat of U.S.-based investors, who said they would The war against Syria was decided cratic movement. Nobody in this army the sponsorship of NATO are aimed at Of course this plan is not perfect, but it withdraw their investment in the company’s shares. by George W. Bush in a meeting at wants democracy. They use a flag with laying the groundwork for launching is the only way to end the crisis. According to Iranian authorities, the pipeline is ex- Camp David on September 15, 2001 three stars which is a French insignia. a military strike on Iran? I mean, are Do you have any information pected to reach the zero point at the border in the first only a few days after the attacks on So of course this is totally different they trying to weaken Syria and then about the sources of funding of the half of next Iranian calendar year, beginning March 20, World Trade Center and Pentagon. At from what has happened in Tunisia, or realize their ambition for attacking Free Syrian Army? 2013. that time, they prepared a list of the Bahrain. Iran? There are lots of countries support- In a statement, National Iranian Gas Company has countries they would be attacking, Some critics of President Assad Yes, in the plan which George W. ing the armed groups, but the main said work has come to an end on the 56-inch seventh gas and now it’s time for Syria. During the have said that the government has Bush presented in 2001, it was said funding is mainly coming from Qatar. trunk line from Iranshahr, southeast of Iran, to the Paki- past 11 years, the U.S. has been trying been killing unarmed civilians and that they have to destroy different Actually Qatar has provided the armed stan border and Zahedan. to start a war with Syria, and you re- opening fire on its own citizens since countries, and at the end, attack Iran, groups with such a huge amount of member that they had accused Presi- the beginning of unrest in the coun- and of course destroying Syria is de- money that it has become indebted dent Bashar al-Assad of being respon- try. Is this true? stroying the main defense line for Iran. and it is seeking help from the interna- sible for the killing of former Lebanese This is absolutely wrong. During But it’s clear that as they are failing in tional markets. Israel does not directly Human rights groups prime minister Rafiq Hariri. the first days of the unrest in Syria, Syria, they will not attack Iran. provide them with financial assistance, This war against Syria began in Feb- President Assad gave the instruction What do you think about the as- but is in charge of procuring weapons. tell Myanmar to protect ruary 2011, at the same time with the to the army not to use firearms when sassination of Press TV correspondent There was some interception of com- war against Libya, and many people they think they could harm the civil- in Damascus Maya Nasser and the at- munication by the Syrian army show- Rohingya Muslims are confused, because quite at the ing that the Israelis are in charge of ians and I have definitely carried out tacks being unleashed on other jour- Contd. from P. 1 same moment, we have the revolu- some research and conducted several nalists working in the crisis-hit Syria? the weapon trade, so all the weapons tionary events in Tunisia, and some interviews with different military offi- Maya Nasser was really a great jour- coming from Lebanon and Turkey are HRW released the satellite images on Saturday which may think that the revolution in Tu- cials in different places of the country nalist and I remember having some con- provided by Israel.