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cent of energy supplies, China's lifeblood, passes through the nar- row and easily blocked Strait of Malacca. cent of energy supplies, China's lifeblood, passes through the nar- eyeballs in the Iraq quagmire, the United States military is wary row and easily blocked Strait of Malacca. of any new adventures in hostile terrain against a much healthier enemy, both better prepared and organised. Indonesia—Malaysia Stand-off A Swiss Bilderberger asked if a hypothetical attack on Iran A political and military confrontation between Indonesia and would involve a pre-emptive strike against its nuclear sites. Malaysia in the oil-rich Sulawesi Sea (both claim territorial right Richard Haass replied that such an attack would prove to be to the area of Ambalat) was the topic of much animated counterproductive because Tehran's counterattack options could discussion among several American and European Bilderbergers range from "unleashing terrorism and promoting instability in during Friday afternoon cocktails. An American Bilderberger Iraq, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, to triggering oil price waving his cigar suggested using the United Nations to "further a increases that could trigger a global economic crisis". During peace policy in the region". dinner, according to several sources, Richard Perle criticised In fact, Bilderbergers at the lounge table all agreed that such a Haass's position and explained his opposition to his view. conflict might well give them an excuse to garrison the disputed A woman believed to be Heather Munroe-Blum, Vice- area with UN "Peacekeepers" and thus ensure their ultimate con- Chancellor of McGill University, Quebec, Canada, asked a trol over the exploitation of this treasure, meaning untapped oil rhetorical question about what would happen if Iran were to reserves. continue building its nuclear arsenal. Haass replied that in this scenario, the United States would have no Nobel Peace Prize Pressure choice but to grant Iran the same status as it The appearance at Bilderberg 2005 of age does to Pakistan and India. Nobel Peace Prize Committee Secretary Geir A political and A US General commented that the Lundestad was considere likely to mean, military confrontation China-Iran—Russia alliance is changing the according to sources familiar with the discus- . geopolitical situation in the area. sion, a full court press by the American, between Indonesia Rapprochement between Russia and China is British and Israeli delegation to the Nobel and Malaysia in the viewed by the Bilderbergers as a significant committee to prevent the Israeli nuclear tech- we . event not to be taken lightly, even though it has nician Mordechai Vanunu from winning the oil-rich Sulawesi Sea received little media attention in the West. g coveted award. i A secret US Government report was cited Vanunu spent 18 years in an Israeli was the topic of much wherein, according to sources, the Chinese prison—eleven and a half of them in solitary animated discussion have spent upwards of several billion dollars in confinement—for providing evidence of acquiring Russia's latest and most Israel's nuclear arsenal to the London among several sophisticated weapons technology. Sunday Times newspaper in October American and Someone pointed out that the 1986. Should Vanunu win the Nobel for Euro ean Sino—-Russian alliance is not limited to peace, it would bring uncomfortable . p . military trade and that the non-military attention to the Israeli nuclear arsenal, Bilderbergers during exchange of goods has grown 100 per Friday afternoon cocktails. especially in the face of growing evi- cent since the beginning of the Bush dence that Israel and the United States presidency. are about to punish Iran for trying to A delegate at the conference, believed develop its own nuclear weapons. but not positively identified by Secret Strong pressure was applied on Service sources to be Anatoly Sharansky, Lundestad not to choose Hans Blix, the a former Israeli Minister for Jerusalem UN weapons inspector in Iraq, nor and Diaspora Affairs, stated categorically Mohamed El Baradei, director-general of during Friday night cocktails that the the International Atomic Energy Agency, whom President Bush counterweight to the Moscow-Beijing—Tehran axis is the had tried to remove for not being tough enough on Iran. US-Israel-Turkey alliance. A financial expert from a European Some of this year's other nominees are US President George W. nation intervened by stating that Russia is much better off finan- Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair for supposedly protect- cially today than four years ago because tax revenue generated by ing world peace; the European Union; French President Jacques fuel and arms production and exports as a result of heavy empha- Chirac, the main culprit for the "No" vote on the European sis on military production has financed strong growth of wages Constitution; former Czech President Vaclav Havel; the now- and pension incomes, boosting private consumption. deceased Pope John Paul II; Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya; and A German Bilderberger pointedly asked Richard Perle if the US Senator Richard Lugar and former senator Sam Nunn for their "war on terrorism" will intensify over the second term of the Bush Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which is intended to dis- presidency. Perle reportedly gave no reply but screwed up his mantle nuclear weapons left over from the Soviet Union. face and looked away. The feeling of “enough is enough" wasn't limited to the The Iran—Russia—China Alliance European Bilderbergers, wary of Bush's delirious, Hitler-like According to reports, a French Bilderberger pointedly asked proclamations of regime changes worldwide. Bilderberg Henry Kissinger if the US Government's sabre-rattling against luminary Richard Haass pointedly told Richard Perle during Iran means the beginning of new hostilities. Richard Haass, CFR — Saturday night cocktails that the Bush Administration has President, after asking for his turn to speak, dismissed the notion overestimated its ability to change the world. Haass, according to of an Iran invasion as unrealistic due to the sheer physi ize of several sources at the conference, is reported to have stated that tha nat ta ian tha sf Indonesia—Malaysia Stand-off A political and military confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia in the oil-rich Sulawesi Sea (both claim territorial right to the area of Ambalat) was the topic of much animated discussion among several American and European Bilderbergers during Friday afternoon cocktails. An American Bilderberger waving his cigar suggested using the United Nations to "further a peace policy in the region". In fact, Bilderbergers at the lounge table all agreed that such a conflict might well give them an excuse to garrison the disputed area with UN "Peacekeepers" and thus ensure their ultimate con- trol over the exploitation of this treasure, meaning untapped oil reserves. and Malaysia in the oil-rich Sulawesi Sea among several American and European Bilderbergers during Friday afternoon cocktails. The lran—-Russia—China Alliance According to reports, a French Bilderberger pointedly asked Henry Kissinger if the US Government's sabre-rattling against Iran means the beginning of new hostilities. Richard Haass, CFR President, after asking for his turn to speak, dismissed the notion of an Iran invasion as unrealistic due to the sheer physical size of the country and its population size, not to mention the billions of dollars involved in getting the operation off the ground. Up to the 16 = NEXUS between Indonesia Continued on page 74 www.nexusmagazine.com AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2005