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"><p>On the occasion of the release of Thierry
Meyssan’s new book , «Right Before our
Eyes. From 9/11 to Donald Trump», we are
publishing a series of articles which develop a
few of the numerous points he mentions.</p>
<p>After the comments by Jean-Luc Mélenchon
during the debate for the French Presidential
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Voltaire Network
| Damascus (Syria)
| 24 March 2017
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<p>On 2 March 2017, the company Lafarge-Holcim
admitted that its Syrian subsidiary, in violation
of UNO resolutions, had «paid sums of money to
third parties, including certain third parties who
are under sanction, in order to facilitate
arrangements with a number of armed groups with a
view to maintaining the company’s activity
and ensuring safe passage for its employees and
supplies to and from the factory» [<a
href='#nb1' class='spip_note' rel='footnote'
title='« Communiqué de Lafarge-Holcim sur ses
activités en Syrie », Réseau Voltaire,
2 (...)' id='nh1'>1</a>].</p>
<p>The cement company has already been the object
of two enquiries. The first was initiated by the
associations Sherpa and ECCHR, on 15 November
2016, while the second was launched by the French
Minister of the Economy. Both were reacting to the
alleged revelations in <i>Le Monde</i>, according
to which Lafarge paid money to Daesh, in violation
of UNO resolutions.</p>
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<p>It’s important to note that the articles
published on 2 March in <i>Intelligence Online</i>
(a confidential site belonging to <i>Le Monde</i>)
and in <i>Le Monde</i> itself on 22 June 2016,
were written by a journalist who is not affiliated
with these news outlets - Dorothée Myriam Kellou.
This young woman studied at Georgtown University.
Her statements were confirmed in a book by Jacob
Waerness, <i>Risikosjef i Syra</i>, in which the
ex-employee decribes the frightening security
situation of Lafarge personnel in Syria. The
author pursued his collaboration with the cement
company after the publication of his book.</p>
<p>The pseudo-revelations of <i>Le Monde</i> were
organised in coordination with Lafarge-Holcim in
order to focus the attention of the public and the
judges on a single point of detail – namely,
should they have accepted being held to ransom by
Daesh.</p>
<p>The truth is worse than that.</p>
<h3 class="spip">The preparation of the war
against Syria</h3>
<p>In June 2008, NATO organised the annual meeting
of the Bilderberg Group [<a href='#nb2'
class='spip_note' rel='footnote' title='“What
you don’t know about the Bilderberg-Group”, by
Thierry Meyssan, (...)' id='nh2'>2</a>] in
Chantilly (United States) during which Hillary
Clinton and Barack Obama presented themselves to
the participants.</p>
<p>Among the 120 people present were Bassma
Kodmani (future spokeswoman for the Syrian
National Coalition) and Volker Perthes (future
assistant of Jeffrey Feltman at the UNO, for
Syria). During a debate on the permanence of US
foreign policy, they spoke up to commend the
importance of the Muslim Brotherhood and the role
they could play in the «democratisation» of the
Arab world.</p>
<p>Jean-Pierre Jouyet (future Secretary General
for the Elysée), Manuel Valls (future Prime
Minister of France) and Bertrand Collomb (head of
Lafarge) were present alongside Henry R. Kravis
(future financial coordinator of Daech).</p>
<h3 class="spip">Lafarge in Syria</h3>
<p>Lafarge is the world’s leading cement
company. NATO entrusted it with the construction
of the jihadists’ bunkers in Syria and the
reconstruction of the Sunni part of Iraq. In
exchange, Lafarge allowed the Alliance to manage
its installations in these two countries, notably
the factory in Jalabiyeh (at the Turkish border,
north of Aleppo). For two years, the multinational
supplied the materials and equipment for the
construction of the gigantic underground
fortifications which enabled the jihadists to defy
the Syrian Arab Army.</p>
<p>Lafarge is currently directed by US citizen
Eric Olsen, who has integrated into his company
the factories of the Sawiris brothers and Firas
Tlass. The latter is the son of General Moustapha
Tlass, President Hafez el-Assad’s
ex-Minister for Defence. He is the brother of
General Manas Tlass, whom France had once
considered making the next Syrian President. He is
also the brother of Nahed Tlass-Ojjeh, the widow
of Saudi arms dealer Akram Ojjeh – she works
with the journalist Franz-Olivier Giesbert.</p>
<p>The links between Lafarge and the French
Special Forces are facilitated by the friendship
between Bertrand Collomb (who became the honorary
President of the multinational) and General
Benoît Puga (Chief of Staff for Presidents
Sarkozy and Hollande).</p>
<h3 class="spip">The lies of <i>Le Monde</i> </h3>
<p>First of all, the online news outlet of the
anti-Syrian mercenaires, <i>Zaman Al-Wasl</i>,
published e-mails showing that Lafarge was paying
money to Daesh. Then <i>Le Monde</i> published its
articles and took the documents from <i>Zaman
Al-Wasl</i> off its Internet site (although you
can find them <a href="article195743.html">here on
our Internet site</a>).</p>
<p>According to <i>Le Monde</i>, the multinational
was buying oil to keep its factory running.
However, this is untrue – the factory in
question runs almost exclusively on coal, which
was still being delivered from Turkey. Without
realising the enormity of its confession, the
daily admitted that Lafarge produced 2,6 million
metric tonnes of cement per year, destined for the
«rebel zones».</p>
<p>Yet throughout this terrible war, civilians
could not obtain permission to build in these
zones.</p>
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<h3 class="spip">The construction of the
jihadists’ bunkers </h3>
<p>2,6 million metric tonnes for two years adds up
to at least six million metric tonnes produced for
the «rebels». I’m putting the word
«rebel» in quotes, because these combatants are
not Syrians – they come from all over the Muslim
world, including Europe.</p>
<p>This amount of concrete is comparable to that
used by the German Reich, in 1916-17, to build the
Siegfried Line. Since July 2012, NATO –
including France – have organised a war of
position in conformity with the strategy described
by Abou Moussab «The Syrian» in his 2004 book,
<i>Management of Savagery</i>.</p>
<p>We can imagine the number of military engineers
from the NATO Engineering Corps – including the
French – who were necessary to build these
colossal structures.</p>
<h3 class="spip">Lafarge, the Clintons and the
CIA</h3>
<p>During the 1980’s, Lafarge was defended
in its Alabama pollution trial by a famous lawyer,
a certain Hillary Rodham-Clinton. She managed to
reduce the fine imposed by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agencydown to only 1,8 million
dollars.</p>
<p>During the mandate of George Bush Sr, Lafarge
helped out the CIA by illegally transporting to
Iraq the weapons which would be used later on
during the rebellion, when Iraq was planned to
invade Kuwaït, and the international Coalition
was planned to come to liberate it.</p>
<p>During the same period, Hillary Rodham-Clinton
became an administrator for the multinational, a
post she left when her husband was elected to the
White House. President Bill Clinton then reduced
to 600,000 dollars the fine that his wife had been
unable to avoid for Lafarge. Good relations
continued between them, since the cement company
donated 100,000 dollars to the Clinton Fondation
in 2015, and its new CEO, Eric Olsen, never
hesitates to have his photo taken with Hillary
Clinton.</p>
<h3 class="spip">The Russian military
intervention</h3>
<p>Entrenched in their bunkers, the jihadists were
not afraid of the Syrian Arab Army, and had no
difficulty in holding their positions. For two
years, the country was cut in two, since the
government chose to save the population and thus
to abandon the area.</p>
<p>When Russia stepped in, answering the request
by the Syrian government, its mission was to
destroy the jihadists’ bunkers with
penetrating «bunker-buster» bombs. The operation
was intended to last three months, from September
2015 until the Orthodox Christmas (6 January
2016). However, the extent of
Lafarge-Holcim’s constructions proved to be
so massive that the Russian Army needed six months
to finish the job.</p>
<h3 class="spip">Conclusion</h3>
<p>When the transnational company Lafarge-Holcim
finished its mission in service of the Military
Engineering Corps of NATO, it closed its factory
and lent it to the Alliance. So the factory in
Jalabiyeh was transformed into a headquarters for
the Special Forces of the United States, France,
Norway and the United Kingdom, who were occupying
the North of Syria illegally.</p>
<p>Contrary to the smoke-screen raised by <i>Le
Monde</i>, this is not at all the sad story of a
construction company which was forced to negotiate
with jihadists in order to save its personnel.
Lafarge-Holcim’s responsibility is its
central role in a vast military operation aimed at
the destruction of Syria - a secret war which cost
the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.</p>
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<p>[<a href='#nh1' id='nb1' class='spip_note'
title='Footnotes 1' rev='footnote'>1</a>] « <a
href="article195485.html">Communiqué de
Lafarge-Holcim sur ses activités en Syrie</a> »,
<i>Réseau Voltaire</i>, 2 March 2017.</p>
<p>[<a href='#nh2' id='nb2' class='spip_note'
title='Footnotes 2' rev='footnote'>2</a>] “<a
href="article169651.html">What you don’t know
about the Bilderberg-Group</a>”, by Thierry
Meyssan, Translation Michael McGee,
<i>Komsomolskaïa Pravda</i> (Russia) ,
<i>Voltaire Network</i>, 9 May 2011.</p>
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