Jerusalem News (2 October, 2014, 7 Tishrei, 5775)
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Contents:
 1. Chemical Weapon Hoards by Assad in Alawite Enclave in Northwest Syria
2. PM Netanyahu's Remarks to Jewish Federation Leaders in New York:
ISIS beheads, Hamas puts a bullet in the back of the head
3. World Oil Production USA heads to Top of the List
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 1. Chemical Weapon Hoards by Assad in Alawite Enclave in Northwest Syria
SOURCE: Al Arabiya News 30 Sept. 2014Â Assad hoarding WMDs in Alawite heartland?
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The weapons have been upgraded with the help of North Korean and Iranian experts.
The Pentagon is suggesting the world's chemical weapons watchdog use a U.S.-made mobile destruction unit in Syria to neutralise the country's toxic stockpile. As the removal of Syria's chemical stockpile drags on, President Bashar al-Assad has been accused of stockpiling advanced weaponry, including chemical and biological arrms,  in the heartland of his Alawite sect, according to The Sunday Times this week. The British newspaper cited Israeli and Russian sources as saying that the weapons have been upgraded with the help of North Korean and Iranian experts.
The news comes as fears grow after the Syrian regime missed a deadline to hand over all his chemical weapons for destruction. A second deadline may also be missed, a source speaking to the newspaper said.
Syria has given up only about 4% of its chemical weapons arsenal, will miss this week's deadline to send all toxic agents abroad for destruction, and probably will miss the June 30 deadline when the entire 1,300 tons of lethal chemical weapons were due to be destroyed,†said one source. According to the newspaper, Israelis believe that chemical warheads are being hidden in the Alawite enclave, in western Syria and along the coast around Latakia up to the Turkish border.
Analysts believe Assad will eventually retreat to the enclave.
Down the line, Assad is doomed, an unnamed Russian expert told the paper.
His plan B, C, and D is to retreat to the Alawite enclave and try to protect the Alawite community.
An Israeli military intelligence source told the newspaper that Assad has recently stepped up efforts to guard the enclave.
This region is now totally fortified and isolated from the rest of Syria. The most advanced weapons manufactured in Syria and imported from Russia are kept there, the source was quoted as saying.
The Alawites represent about 12% of the Syrian population of about 22 million
Source:
IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis Since 1992 providing news and analysis on the Middle East with a focus on Arab-Israeli relations
Website: www.imra.org.il
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 2. PM Netanyahu's Remarks to Jewish Federation Leaders in New York:
ISIS beheads, Hamas puts a bullet in the back of the head
From: imra@imra.org.il
PM Netanyahu's Remarks to Jewish Federation Leaders in New York (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Tuesday, 30 September 2014), in New York, met with Jewish federation leaders and made the following remarks: "Every time I come to the UN I try to tell the truth as it is. But here's a picture I didn't show in the UN yesterday. This is an impending execution. But this isn't ISIS, this is Hamas. And during the recent fighting in Gaza, right around the time that ISIS was doing its grisly deeds, Hamas executed dozens of Palestinians just to impose fear and force the population of Gaza into submission. It's true there are some differences between Hamas and ISI, for example ISIS beheads people and Hamas puts a bullet in the back of their heads. But to the victims, and the victims' families, the horror is the same. The point I was trying to make yesterday and I'm making today is that we are faced with a world-wide network of militant Islamists, groups and regimes. It's not that they have a common war-room. They have war-rooms against each other because all of them wish to dominate first the region in which they are in and then ultimately the entire world. But they all share this fanatic ideology; they all have not only unbridled ambitions but also savage methods. And the more they have the capability to realize their ambitions, the more they'll unleash their pent-up aggression against our common civilizations. This is the point that I think is most important. We all support the efforts led by President Obama to stop and defeat ISIS, there's no question that that has to be done. But to defeat ISIS and leave Iran as a threshold nuclear power is, as I said yesterday and I'll say it again, is to win the battle and lose the war. We have to stop ISIS, defeat ISIS, but we have to prevent Iran from getting the capability to produce nuclear weapons."
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IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis Since 1992 providing news and analysis on the Middle East with a focus on Arab-Israeli relations Website: www.imra.org.il
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3. World Oil Production USA heads to Top of the List
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Saudi Gazette 1 Oct. 14:
US seen to overtake Saudi petroleum production
The economy of Saudi Arabia is dependent on petroleum exports which accounted for 85% of export revenues in 2013
US liquefied petroleum output is set to overhaul Saudi Arabia in September or October, for the first time since 1991. In terms of crude oil production, the US is still third behind, with Russia in the lead. US production of liquid petroleum reached 11.5 million barrels per day, on track to outpace Saudi Arabia's 11.6 million barrels in the next few months, according to August data from the International Energy Agency, published on Sept.10.
Saudi Arabia is the second-largest petroleum exporter to the US, but as domestic production increases in America, less is needed from abroad.
The shale oil boom in the US began in 2008 and has increased US crude output by 60 percent.
In 2012, the United States became a net exporter of liquefied petroleum gases for the first time.
Between January and March 2014, Saudi Arabia exported an average of 1.5 million barrels per day to the US.
Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of petroleum liquids in the world and is home to the world's largest proven crude oil reserves, 16 percent of the world's total.
Even though the US is poised to become the petroleum king, Americans won't notice a big difference at the pump. Gas prices on average in the US are $3.34 per gallon whereas in Saudi Arabia its $0.78 per gallon. The economy of Saudi Arabia is dependent on petroleum exports, which accounted for 85 percent of export revenues in 2013, according to an OPEC study.
Oil and gas represent 68 percent of Russia's total exports. However, in terms of crude oil production, Russia is still the world's leader with 10.1 million barrels per day, with Saudi Arabia coming in second with 9.7 million barrels per day.
The IEA [International Energy Agency] said the US could catch up with Saudi Arabia and Russia in crude production by the end of the decade. Production in Russia has fallen in recent months, and could be hit further in the wake of sanctions, which will deprive Russian companies of EU and US partners in Arctic, deep-sea, and shale projects. A quarter of Russia's total oil production depends on shale. . . . The sanctions will also create problems for Western companies like ExonMobil, BP, Shell and others, who have joint ventures worth billions of dollars in Russia.Â
