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Date: March 4, 2007 9:18:35 PM PST
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Subject: Fwd: BUSH/CHENEY & INDOCHINA WAR II.
While in Southeast Asia, [Wayne Madsen] looked into rumors that the
Bush/Cheney administration has initiated a major military move into
Southeast Asia to secure for itself large oil deposits discovered
in the
waters of the Gulf of Thailand.
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Date: March 4, 2007 4:37:07 PM PST
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Subject: BUSH/CHENEY & INDOCHINA WAR II.
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http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
March 1, 2007 -- We are back. The editor was on special assignment
in Southeast Asia, specifically Cambodia and Thailand. Due to the
sensitivity of the story, which is being prepared for another
publication, and the situation that throats in the region are
commonly slit for as little as $5 and that Thailand is under a
military dictatorship and Cambodia is not much better off, there
was a need to keep the destinations confidential for the past two
and a half weeks. We appreciate the e-mail expressing concern.
And, now, back to the news...
March 1, 2007 -- *BUSH AND CHENEY, WHO AVOIDED THE VIETNAM WAR, ARE
PREPARING FOR A NEW U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: AFTER
THE MIDDLE EAST DISASTER, GET READY FOR INDOCHINA WAR II.*
While in Southeast Asia, this editor looked into rumors that the
Bush/Cheney administration has initiated a major military move into
Southeast Asia to secure for itself large oil deposits discovered
in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand. The U.S. military push into
the region is centered on the Cambodian coast, particularly around
Sihanoukville.
With three countries -- Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam -- vying
for the off-shore oil booty in seas where maritime borders are
contested, the Bush/Cheney cartel hopes to achieve a dominant
position to exploit the oil reserves for their oil industry friends
and backers.
The recent visit of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet's USS Gary (FFG 51)
to the Ream Naval Base near Sihanoukville on February 9, 2007 was
billed as the first visit of a U.S. Navy ship in 30 years. What
the Navy and media did not report was that the last U.S. Navy ships
to "visit" Cambodia were those in 1975 that pulverized the
Cambodian coast in response to the capture of the SS Mayaguez by
Khmer Rouge forces.
The visit of the Gary to Ream coincided with the beginning of light
building construction by the U.S. Navy at the base to accommodate a
greater U.S. naval presence. Photos taken of the Ream Naval Base
by WMR show the construction of at least one barracks on the base.
In addition, between 15 and 18 U.S. National Security Agency/
Central Security Service signals intelligence (S.I.G.INT.)
personnel have arrived at Ream to establish an off-shore S.I.G.INT.
station on one of the Cambodian islands in the Gulf of Thailand.
According to a New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
(N.Z.S.I.S.) source in Cambodia, the island chosen to host the new
U.S. intelligence base is Koh Tang, a location with a prime
intelligence-gathering vantage point in the disputed waters of the
Gulf of Thailand. Assigned to the nascent N.S.A. contingent are
Thai, Khmer, and Vietnamese linguists.
Ironically, the new U.S. naval presence in Cambodia is in the very
same area that saw intense fighting between the U.S. Navy and
Marines and Khmer Rouge forces that captured the U.S. "container
ship," the Mayaguez, in 1975. The 39-man crew of the Mayaguez was
briefly imprisoned by the Cambodians on Koh Tang, the suspected
site of the new U.S. spy base. Although the Gerald Ford
administration contended the Mayaguez was an unarmed merchant ship,
it was under contract to the military and may have been spying on
oil exploration operations in the Gulf of Thailand near the Wai
Islands, claimed by Cambodia. The Cambodians were in the process
of releasing the Mayaguez crew when Ford ordered U.S. bombing of
the port and airfield of Sihanoukville. Forty-one American
military personnel died in the needless attack on Cambodia, most
from an accidental explosion. The Mayaguez crew was picked up by
the Navy from a Cambodian fishing boat.
With the U.S. support for the September 16, 2006 military coup in
Thailand that overthrew that nation's democratically-elected
government becoming clear (U.S. ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce
now sports a yellow tie, a show of support for the royalist-backed
coup -- yellow being the color of the monarchy), there is
speculation that the U.S. will beef up a presence at Thai bases
that were once important during the Vietnam War. This includes the
base at Utapao, Thailand, a one-time P3-Orion naval reconnaissance
aircraft base and U.S. Air Force base used to attack Cambodia over
the Mayaguez incident. Since Thailand was never consulted on the
use of Utapao in the attack on Cambodia, Thailand ordered the base
vacated by the Americans. The Thais never believed the Mayaguez
was an innocent merchant vessel but had somehow provoked the
Cambodians to seize it in Cambodian territorial waters.
The Thais continue to be wary of U.S. intentions in Cambodia. The
Thai-Cambodian border is in dispute and some Khmers make no secret
of their desire to take back historically Khmer territory in
eastern Thailand.
[U.S. ambassador to Cambodia Joseph Mussomeli and Gary's Commanding
Officer at Cambodian naval base]
[U.S. Navy set to expand Ream Naval Base for Gulf of Thailand oil
operations.]
[Entrance to Ream Naval Base (top, located near oil terminal
(center. Cambodian patrol vessels (bottom).]
Contested Cambodian-Vietnamese waters.
[If Bush and Cheney have their way, this small Cambodian launch
will be replaced by U.S. warships and oil tankers in the Gulf of
Thailand.]
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