Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post
September 17, 2012
As virtually the entire Muslim world erupts in violent protest over a very questionable anti-Islam propaganda video, the Syrian destabilization continues, the murder of the US ambassador to Libya is a world headline, and the impeding war with Iran
looms heavier, one can easily see the build-up to a literal clash of
civilizations of unprecedented proportions. Coupled with the worldwide
economic depression and the constant edging closer of a confrontation between the West and Russia and China, one can only wonder when the world will plunge into an unfortunate and totally destructive third world war.
However, with so much focus placed upon the issues mentioned above, it
seems that we may add yet another potential tinderbox for the total
disintegration of world civilization. This new tinderbox is the
underreported Med gas fields – a grouping of natural gas fields that are
claimed, at least in part, by Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, and Cyprus,
with vested interests held by Turkey and Russia.
Iran, Syria, and Egypt are also paying very close attention to
developments made in this particular region, as any military conflicts
resulting from controversy would affect these nations in a very personal
fashion.
The official announcement of the existence of the Med gas fields was
announced as far back as 2000, when it was discovered that major gas
fields were found off the Palestinian Gaza strip. Typically, Israel is
blocking efforts to develop these fields out of fear that such natural
resources will provide an injection of economic activity and funding to
the embattled Palestinian people.
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