TWO US NAY WARSHIPS SENT TO LEBANON

USS Cole and USS Nassau have been sent to Lebanon.

Why?

Apparently it is in preparation for the invasion of Gaza I predicted to the ISC shortly after 7/7.

The Saudis are also in on this.

I read yesterday that Saudi Arabia had ordered its diplomatic staff out of Lebanon.

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From http://www.larouchepac.com/news/2008/03/02/cheney-war-party-still-it-u-s-naval-deployment-eastern-medit.html

Cheney & the War Party Still At It: U.S. Naval Deployment to Eastern Mediterranean Heightens Chance of War
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March 1, 2008 (LPAC)--The Bush Administration has dispatched Navy warship, led by the USS Cole and the USS Nassau to the Eastern Mediterranean in a show of gunboat diplomacy that threatens to actually trigger a new Mideast war. Senior U.S. intelligence sources confirmed to EIR today that they are alarmed that the United States has deployed these Naval forces to the region, in partnership with Saudi Arabia. The Saudi foreign minister was at the White House on Feb. 15, meeting with President Bush, Vice President Cheney and members of the national security team, in what the Washington Post characterized today as a planning session for coordinated action against Syria, which Washington and Riyadh blame for the stalemate in Lebanon.

However, several Washington sources confirmed that the U.S. naval deployment coincides with escalating confrontations between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and a growing prospect that Israel will launch a major military invasion of Gaza, to wipe out Hamas. One senior U.S. intelligence source bluntly warned, "It is not a question of whether Israel will invade Gaza. It is a question of when. The Israelis are paranoid, and they will not tolerate a Muslim Brotherhood (i.e., Hamas) state on their border."

The source added that the deployment of the U.S. Navy could directly draw the United States into the conflict--if Israel gets in trouble in the Gaza operation, and if Hezbollah takes action against Israel in support of the Palestinians. This could, further trigger a broader regional war, particularly if Cheney and company seize the opportunity to blame Iran for the escalating violence coming from Hamas and Hezbollah, or if the "war party" faction in Tehran takes some kind of provocative action.

Further adding to the crisis is the fact that it is now universally recognized among all governments in the region that the Annapolis conference has not moved the Israel-Palestine peace negotiations forward, and that Bush's promise to finalize a two-state solution before leaving office at the end of the year is all hogwash.

One source added that the idea of the Bush Administration aligning with Saudi Arabia against Syrian involvement in Lebanon is a further act of foolishness. The biggest asymmetric warfare threat comes from British-promoted Wahhabi fundamentalists--heavily financed by Saudi Arabia! If a further confrontation breaks out and draws in Iran, this will fuel a Shi'ite asymmetric warfare that is right now not a threat.