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The COMPLETE Timeline of the Paris Attacks Viewed in Context of the Failing Regime Change Operation in Syria

Posted on November 15, 2015 by willyloman

by Scott Creighton

UPDATE: (H/T ninel) The ultra-stealthy black SEAT car that was able to avoid all police detection while they went on a multi-site prolonged shooting rampage in busy Paris Friday night has been found… abandoned… in a nearby town. The perps were nice enough to leave behind all their weapons as the got away Scot-free. So aside from the assailants who were found dead or blew themselves up… the only living ones… escaped.

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Drive-by terrorism in a SEAT car? Suicide bombers electing to blow themselves up with no victims around? Lengthy monologues delivered to future “witnesses” mentioning “Iraq and Syria”? Three suicide bombers at a stadium full of people and only one victim outside (a person walking past the stadium)? Not one attacker taken alive? How did the guys in the SEAT car get away after witnesses reported the make and model of the vehicle, described it’s “spoke alloy wheels” and even gave them the number of the license plate (GUT 18053)?

Details of the Paris attacks this past Friday night are finally taking shape and they are confusing at best.

However, looking at only the events of that night, you will miss the entirety of the event: how it fits in the geopolitical context of what is currently happening, who the players are and what is at stake.

If the story is “ISIS did it because of Syria and Iraq” then we have to look at the whole picture of what recently happened in Syria and Iraq leading up to the attack. Not to do so would be like looking at a murder investigation and not trying to examine the motive involved.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at the timeline of events, shall we? The complete timeline of events that is. Not just what happened that night.

Preamble

Sept. 23, 2014 – Obama violates US and international law by authorizing illegal airstrikes in Syria targeting civilian infrastructure in order to help the CIA’s and the State Department’s Wahhabist mercenaries fighting in the country to force regime change.

“…. the U.S. has repeatedly bombed oil refineries, bridges, grain silos, food distribution facilities, and other civilian infrastructure and civilian areas.” Brandon Tuberville

Sept. 30, 2015 – Russia begins bombing real terrorist targets in Syria, killing scores of the CIA’s “moderate” assets in the country working for regime change through a terrorist destabilization campaign (strategy of tension). John Kerry promises more terrorism if Russia fails to withdraw from Syria.

‘This is the ultimate disrespect,’ Senate Armed Service Chairman John McCain declared during an on-stage interview at the Washington Ideas Forum… “This is not an offensive to defeat ISIS, but a naked effort by one dictator to protect another and crush moderate Syrian opposition forces,’ he argued.

Oct. 12, 2015 – While Russia turns the tide bombing the CIA’s terrorists including both “ISIS” and the “moderates”, the US continues to bomb civilian infrastructure increasing the strategy of tension.

“As Russian forces drop bombs and missiles on top of ISIS fighters all across Syria, lobbing cruise missiles from the Caspian, regular sortie missions, and combat helicopter attacks against ISIS and other “relatively moderate” cannibals and terrorists, the United States launched a bombing mission of its own against two power plants in Aleppo.

The power plants were located in al-Rudwaniya east of Aleppo and resulted in power outages affecting the Syrian people, adding to the American tradition of bombing civilian infrastructure instead of ISIS and other terrorist targets in Syria.” Brandon Tuberville

Oct. 27, 2015 – In a desperation move, Obama announces he will deploy 50 Special Forces soldiers to Syria to serve as human shields for our destabilization terrorists in the country because we are clearly losing the regime change operation.

The recommendations came at Obama’s request and reflect the president’s and his top advisers’ concern that the battle in Iraq and Syria is largely stalemated and in need of new ideas to generate momentum against Islamic State forces. Washington Post

Oct. 27-29, 2015 –  CIA-GW Intelligence Conference: Panel on The Shared 21st Century International Mission

“GW Center for Cyber and Homeland Security 29 Oct 2015 Panel on “The Shared 21st Century International Mission” featuring CIA Director John Brennan, former UK MI6 Chief John Sawers, Director of the French Directorate for External Security Bernard Bajolet, and former Israeli National Security Advisor Yaacov Amidror”

Oct. 29, 2015 – “ISIS” releases a “tank video”. Another faked execution video designed to gin-up fear and loathing toward “ISIS” and help Obama justify putting “boots on the ground” in Syria.

Oct. 30, 2015 – The first round of peace talks regarding Syria take place in Vienna. The Iranians are invited to participate and they agree to a set of principles but sharply disagree about who is to be considered a “terrorist group” in the country and the future of Assad. But it is clear the Russian, Syrians and Iranians are making headway and the plan is to bring in the UN to establish a political solution. They decide on a second round of talks to be held on Nov. 14, 2015.

On 30 October 2015, the ministers participating in the talks signed a joint statement Final declaration on the results of the Syria Talks in Vienna as agreed by participants, which among other things stated that “Syria’s unity, independence, territorial integrity and secular character are fundamental”. The participants agreed to ask the United Nations to convene Syria’s government and opposition to start a “a political process leading to credible, inclusive, non-sectarian governance, followed by a new constitution and elections” to be administered under UN supervision; but they disagreed over Bashar Assad‘s future.

Oct. 31, 2015 – Metrojet Flight 9268 is downed over Sinai a mere 40 miles from ongoing US/Israeli aerial war games “Blue Flag”, “ISIS” is blamed (guys in fake beards take credit after the fact) and “military grade explosives” are suspected (yes, air-to-air missiles can have a range of up to 100 miles). The airport Flight 9268 departed from is controlled by Egyptian security and intelligence forces which are loyal to their US installed dictator, al Sisi. After repeatedly making false statements about the downing of the plane, Egyptian authorities begin dragging their feet with regard to the investigation.

Nov. 7, 2015 – The “coalition of the willing” in Syria is falling apart with Saudi Arabia and other Arab League states pulling out of the conflict while the US PREPARES FOR AN ESCALATION.

“As the United States prepares to intensify airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, the Arab allies who with great fanfare sent warplanes on the initial missions there a year ago have largely vanished from the campaign.” New York Times

Over the previous two months since Russia began their bombing campaign in Syria, the United States had dramatically reduced the numbers of airstrikes in the country as shown here in a graphic from the New York Times:

Nov. 9, 2015 – Russia announces they will release critical details of their explosive residue tests on the wreckage of Flight 9268 in two weeks. They imply they have found residue and are in the process of tracking it back to the source via “taggants”

Nov. 11, 2015 – A US “insider” at the Defense Department says we need more “boots on the ground” in Syria in order to occupy the country.

Nov. 13, 2015 (morning) – The US announces they “might” have killed the actor playing the role of “Jihadi John” in some of the “ISIS” fake beheading videos. This is clearly meant to establish a new history of the United States targeting ‘ISIS’ elements in Syria. His body is reportedly “vaporized”

Nov. 13, 2015 (morning) – An actor and EMT in France stated during an interview that a “multi-site attack exercise” had been planned for the morning either that morning or for the next which brought police and rescue personnel from around France to Paris that day. This man just happened to be involved in the Charlie Hebdo attack aftermath being right outside their offices when it took place and reportedly calling the French president to inform him of the attack.

“As luck would have it, in the morning at the Paris SAMU (EMT), a multi-site attack exercise had been planned so we were prepared. What needs to be known was there was a mobilization of police forces, firemen, EMTs, associations who came (to participate) and we tried to save as many people as possible” Patrick Pelloux , French EMT and film actor

UPDATE: A reader, Tim Groves, pointed out this guy has confirmed his story about the drill to the Guardian yesterday. He is not only an actor, but has released a book about the Charlie Hebdo attacks… and it came out the day before the new attacks. He also states “this is a war” which goes right along with the French president declaring this is a ‘war” which will help NATO countries put pressure on Russia with regard to Syria.

The Night of the Paris Attacks, Nov. 13, 2015 (Friday the 13th)

(Sources for this timeline of events include CNN , LA Times and the New York Times, whose timelines are nearly identical and were all three published this morning, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. Therefore it is my contention that this is the most accurate description of the “official story” of these events available at this point)

9:20 pm – At Stade de France, during a soccer match between France and Germany, a single explosion can be heard coming from outside the stadium. It is reported that fans attending the match thought it was fireworks going off. One suicide bomber is reportedly killed along with a pedestrian who just happened to be walking by the event. No one else is harmed. The bomber wore a suicide vest embedded with shrapnel material. Why he detonated his vest outside without going into the event is unclear with some saying a security guard stopped him.

9:25 pm – Witnesses claim a black SEAT car with custom spoke wire rims and the license plate GUT 18053 , opened fire in a drive-by shooting on two separate restaurants, Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge, killing a total of 15 people and wounding several others.

9:30 pm – A full ten minutes after the first attack, another suicide bomber detonates himself, again, outside the stadium, this time harming no one. His body was found “later” supposedly carrying “many weapons” and this time, there is no explanation as to why he detonated his suicide vest with no victims in the vicinity.

9:32 pm – The black SEAT car with custom wheels attacks La Bonne Biere bar a few blocks away from the first attack 7 minutes earlier. 5 people are killed, several more wounded. How the car, already described to police, was able to drive around the populated area for those 7 minutes without being chased by the police is a mystery.

9:36 pm – The black SEAT car with custom wheels attacks La Belle Equipe Cafe on Rue de Charonne. 19 people were reportedly killed. “Several types of weapons” were reportedly used during this apparently lengthy attack. Again, we are now 11 minutes after the first drive-by and some 16 minutes after the first bombing and no police arrive to challenge the attackers.

9:40 pm – A suicide bomber enters a bar on Boulevard Voltaire and detonates his bomb. No one is killed and only one is seriously injured. Many others are “slightly injured“?

9:40 pm – Three assailants open fire at Bataclan while an American death metal band is playing. A thousand people are in the venue at the time and 89 are reportedly killed with many more being wounded. The band escapes without harm (why would “ISIS” let them go?) as do their crew. Reportedly they take hostages and give them a little monologue about the situation in Iraq and Syria so they can tell the press when they get out. The standoff lasts til 12:20 am the next morning when French police enter the facility killing one assailant in the process with the other two taking their own lives via suicide vests.

9:53 pm – A third and final suicide bomber detonates outside the stadium. He kills only himself and his body is found later at the scene.  

Some legitimate questions

There is as of yet no word as to the fate of the black SEAT car with custom wire rims and a license plate that reads GUT 18053

How is it possible that this vehicle was able to drive around a populated area in Paris early Friday night shooting scores of people without it being at least chased by law enforcement? How could it have left the scene unobstructed and even undetected?

How is it that a total of 6 suicide bombers managed to detonate their explosives without killing anyone other than themselves with the single exception of a person who just happened to be walking by and appears to have been killed by accident?

Why did multiple suicide bombers detonate their explosive devices outside a packed stadium rather than make entrance to it so they could target more people? Any people?

of course, how did two passports survive being blown up while they just happen to be from Syria and Egypt?

Nov. 14, 2015 – The peace talks in Vienna resumed with the US in a new position of authority when it comes to promoting their “war on ISIS” but the talks themselves yielded very little in terms of them being able to 1. force Assad out of power and 2. dictate which of the CIA’s terrorist groups would be allowed to participate in the formation of a new government after the regime change operation in the country takes shape.

The U.S., Europe, and Sunni Middle Eastern powers pin blame for the conflict, including the rise of ISIS, on Assad, and say he must step down. The issue can’t be avoided forever: Saudi Arabia made clear Saturday that it would continue to support Syrian rebel groups if Assad does not step down. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested Saturday that Syrians could decide Assad’s fate through the democratic process, saying, “We did not come here to impose our collective will on the Syrian people.” This would seem to suggest that Washington is now open to him playing a role in the transition…

Any cease-fire between Assad, the rebels, and their respective international backers, would not apply to ISIS and the al-Qaida–linked Jabhat al-Nusra, but beyond that it gets a little murky. Russia is skeptical of the view that the non-Jihadist opposition to Assad exists at all. Saudi Arabia and Turkey, meanwhile, want the list of legitimate groups expanded to include several Islamist factions. Slate

An open election in Syria would surely result in the reelection of Assad to office and the continuation of the anti-neoliberal government, the secular Ba’athists, remaining in power. To that end, the entire regime change operation in Syria, a four-year plan initiated by the “progressive” Obama and current democratic party front-runner, Hillary Clinton, would come to a failed conclusion.

The attacks in Paris this past Friday have provided the US and her allies a distinct bargaining chip: the threat of France declaring open war on “ISIS” and that being used to justify all of NATO invading Syria to get to the mythical “ISIS” 

My Evaluation

The history of the “ISIS” “hearts and minds” psyop is riddled with moments where they have provided just the right motivation for various objectives needed by Western nations when it comes to our efforts in places like Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and even Egypt. They always turn up where we need them, when we need them and doing unspeakable things we need them to do. That is an unavoidable fact.

In this case, the timing of these attacks combined with the rather curious specifics of those attacks, leads me to believe they definitely serve another purpose.

The timing is unmistakable. The pattern is unavoidable. Someone desperately needed “ISIS” to do something big, something awful right at this moment in time in order to salvage someone’s plan for a new Greater Kurdistan. And that someone certainly wasn’t “ISIS” 

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CONFIRMED: French Government Knew Extremists BEFORE Attack

Posted by Tony Cartalucci on November 14, 2015 in France, Middle East, News & Analysis, World 

If the people of France want to strike hard at those responsible for repeated terrorist attacks within their borders, they can start with those who knew of the attacks and did nothing to stop them, who are also, coincidentally, the same people who helped give rise to ISIS and help perpetuate it to this very day.

The UK Daily Mail reported in its article, “Hunt for the Isis killers: One terrorist identified as ‘young Frenchman known to authorities’ – another two found with Syrian and Egyptian passports,” that:

One of the terrorists involved in last night’s attacks in Paris has been officially identified as a Parisian, according to local media reports.

The man, who was killed at the Bataclan, was identified using his fingerprints and was from the southern Parisian neighbourhood of Courcouronnes.

French reports say that the man, who was around 30 years old, was already known to French anti-terrorist authorities prior to last night’s attacks.

Similarly in January 2015 in the wake of the “Charlie Hebdo attack” which left 12 dead, it was revealed that French security agencies tracked the perpetrators for nearly a decade beforehand, having arrested at least one terrorist a total of two times, incarcerating him at least once, tracked two of them overseas where they had trained with known terrorist organizations and possibly fought alongside them in Syria, before tracking them back to French territory.

Astoundingly, French security agencies never moved in on the terrorists, claiming that after a decade of tracking them, they had finally decided to close their case for precisely the amount of time needed for them to plan and execute their grand finale.

More Wars and More Surveillance Can’t Help

With a similar scenario now emerging, particularly in the wake of the “Charlie Hebdo attack,” where French security agencies knew about extremists but failed to stop them before carrying out yet another high-profile attack, even with enhanced surveillance powers granted to them by recent legislation, it appears that no amount of intrusive surveillance or foreign wars will stem a terrorist problem the French government itself seems intent on doing nothing to stop.

The problem is not France’s immigration laws. Dangerous people are in France, but they are being tracked by French security agencies. The problem is not Syria. Terrorists have left to fight there, acquired deadly skills and affiliations before returning to France, but have likewise been tracked by French security agencies. Instead, the problem is that French security agencies are doing nothing about these dangerous individuals knowingly living, working, and apparently plotting in the midst of French society.

In the coming hours and days, the French government and its various co-conspirators in their proxy war against Syria will propose a plan of action they claim will stem the terrorist threat France and the rest of Europe faces. But the reality is, the problem is not something the French government can solve, because the problem is clearly the French government itself.

ISIS is Behind the Paris Attacks, But Who is Behind ISIS?

With the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) emerging as being behind the attack, the question that remains is, who is behind ISIS itself? While the West has attempted to maintain the terrorist organization possesses almost mythological abilities, capable of sustaining combat operations against Syria, Iraq, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, support from Iran, and now the Russian military – all while carrying out large-scale, high-profile terrorist attacks across the globe – it is clear that ISIS is the recipient of immense multinational state-sponsorship.

The rise of ISIS was revealed as early as 2007 in interviews conducted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in his 9-page report “The Redirection.” The interviews revealed a plan to destabilize and overthrow the government of Syria through the use of sectarian extremists – more specifically, Al Qaeda – with arms and funds laundered through America’s oldest and stanchest regional ally, Saudi Arabia.

A more recent Department of Intelligence Agency (DIA) report drafted in 2012 (.pdf) admitted: If the situation unravels there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria (Hasaka and Der Zor), and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime, which is considered the strategic depth of the Shia expansion (Iraq and Iran).

The DIA report enumerates precisely who these “supporting powers” are: The West, Gulf countries, and Turkey support the opposition; while Russia, China, and Iran support the regime.

And to this day, by simply looking at any number of maps detailing territory held by various factions amid the Syrian conflict, it is clear that ISIS is not a “state” of any kind, but an ongoing invasion emanating from NATO-member Turkey’s territory, with its primary supply corridor crossing the Turkish-Syrian border between the Syrian town of Ad Dana and the western bank of the Euphrates River, a supply corridor now increasingly shrinking.

mage: ISIS-held territory seen in dark grey forms a corridor directly up to the Syrian-Turkish border – or more accurately, begins at the Turkish-Syrian border. In recent days, this corridor has faced being completely cut off by joint Syrian-Russian gains in and around Aleppo and toward the western bank of the Euphrates River. East of the Euphrates is already held by Kurds and Syrian forces. NATO is clearly providing ISIS’ primary support, and yet ISIS is alleged to have been behind an attack on a NATO member.

In fact, the desperation exhibited by the West and its efforts to oust the Syrian government and salvage its proxy force now being decimated by joint Syrian-Russian military operations, is directly proportional to the diminishing size and stability of this corridor.

Just last week, Syrian forces reestablished firm control over the Kweyris military airport, which was under siege for years. The airport is just 20 miles from the Euphrates, and, as Syrian forces backed by Russian airpower work their way up toward the Turkish border along the Syrian coast, constitutes a unified front that will essentially cut off ISIS deeper inside Syria for good.

Should ISIS’ supply lines be cut in the north, the organization’s otherwise inexplicable fighting capacity will atrophy. The window for the West’s “regime change” opportunity is quickly closing, and perhaps in a last ditch effort, France has jammed the spilled blood and broken bodies of its own citizens beneath the window to prevent it from closing for good.

The reality is that France knew the “Charlie Hebdo” attackers, they knew beforehand those involved in the most recent Paris attack, and they likely know of more waiting for their own opportunity to strike. With this knowledge, they stood by and did nothing. What’s more, it appears that instead of keeping France safe, the French government has chosen to use this knowledge as a weapon in and of itself against the perception of its own people, to advance its geopolitical agenda abroad.

If the people of France want to strike hard at those responsible for repeated terrorist attacks within their borders, they can start with those who knew of the attacks and did nothing to stop them, who are also, coincidentally, the same people who helped give rise to ISIS and help perpetuate it to this very day.

This article was originally posted at Land Destroyer Report 

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French police have issued a photograph of a man wanted in connection with Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.

The man, named as Belgian-born Abdeslam Salah, 26, is described as dangerous.

Seven attackers, including two who lived in Belgium, died during assaults on a series of targets, officials said.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the attacks had been prepared "by a group of individuals based in Belgium" who had "benefited from accomplices in France."

The attackers targeted restaurants, a concert hall and the State de France, country's main sports stadium outside Paris.

On Sunday three more of about 350 people wounded in the attack died, bringing the death toll to 132, AFP news agency says.

Live updates

What we know

The investigation so far

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has said it was behind the attacks, which are the biggest loss of life in France in peacetime.

France has said it will continue with its airstrikes against IS in Syria and Iraq.

Seven attackers, including two who lived in Belgium, died during the assaults.

On Sunday, the discovery of a suspected getaway car in Montreuil, east of Paris, fuelled suspicion that at least one suspect had escaped.

French police appealed for information about Abdelslam Salah but warned people not to approach him.

Rented in Belgium

The Seat car found in Montreuil is believed to have been used by gunmen who opened fire on people in restaurants on Friday, police say.

Several AK47 rifles were found in the car, French media quote judicial sources as saying.

France is marking three days of national mourning. On Sunday, a memorial service was held at Notre Dame cathedral.

Meanwhile panic broke out at the Place de la Republique, where hundreds of people had gathered to honour the victims.

Crowds ran over flowers and candles. Police - who cleared the square - later said people may have mistaken the sound of firecrackers for gunfire.

At the scene: Mark Mardell, BBC News, Paris

Suddenly our waiter urged us to get up and get in the back of the café. We were thinking Paris was getting back to normal, sitting in a packed in the Marais area, about to pay the bill. We were wrong.

A young woman came in, clearly shaken, trying to catch her breath. She said somebody had told her there was a man with a gun on the streets.

She'd been told to get inside. Something was happening in the nearby Place de La Republique. No, she hadn't seen a gun. No, she hadn't heard any shots. But, yes, she was petrified.

The metal shutters, came down, the lights were switched off. We were told to get down on the floor. No, lower: lie down. Keep quiet. Whisper.

It lasted about half an hour, this twilight of frightened disbelief. People called the emergency number and the all clear came through. The waitress told me it reminded her of stories about the war.

The Seat and another car used by the attackers - a VW Polo - were rented in Belgium.

The Polo was found near the Bataclan concert venue, where 89 people were killed.

One of the Paris attackers lived in Brussels and another in the nearby town of Molenbeek, Belgian prosecutors said on Sunday, without naming either.

A total of seven men have been arrested in Molenbeek, they added. Not all are being held in direction connection with the Paris attacks.

The only dead attacker to be named so far is a 29-year-old Frenchman, Ismail Mostefai. He had a criminal record and had been flagged up as a possible Islamist extremist.

Attack sites: La Belle Equipe, 92 rue de Charonne, 11th district - 19 dead in gun attacks. Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant at rue Alibert, 10th district - 15 dead in gun attacks. La Casa Nostra restaurant, 92 rue de la Fontaine au Roi, 11th district - five dead in gun attacks. Stade de France, St Denis, just north of Paris - explosions heard outside venue, three attackers and bystander dead

Bataclan concert venue, 50 Boulevard Voltaire, 11th district - 89 dead when stormed by gunmen.