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https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/06/us-congressional-panel-plots-next-...

US Congressional Panel Plots Next Phase of Dirty War on Syria: Occupy Oil Fields & Block Reconstruction
November 6, 2019

A Washington foreign-policy apparatchik who oversaw the bipartisan Syria Study Group has outlined a sadistic strategy for preventing reconstruction of the “rubble,” Ben Norton reports.
By Ben Norton
The Grayzone

… Dana Stroul, a longtime U.S. diplomat who oversaw a congressionally mandated study of Syria, outlined the four-pronged plan for what she called the “new phase” of the war:

U.S. military occupation of Syria’s “resource-rich” “economic powerhouse”;

“Diplomatic isolation” of the Syrian government;

Economic sanctions against Damascus and its allies;

and “Preventing reconstruction aid and technical expertise from going back into Syria.”

It is beyond debate that this approach will lead to massive suffering, privation and even the deaths of masses of Syrians. But when Stroul presented it before a panel, the potential impact on civilians was not even mentioned once.

This disturbing plan was articulated on Oct. 31 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a militaristic think tank funded by the U.S. and its allies, along with the arms industry, fossil fuel corporations, and banks…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Stu...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a think tank based in Washington, D.C., in the United States.[5] CSIS was founded as the "Center for Strategic and International Studies" of Georgetown University in 1962. The center conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political, economic and security issues throughout the world, with a specific focus on issues concerning international relations, trade, technology, finance, energy and geostrategy…

The board of trustees includes many former senior government officials including Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, William Cohen, George Argyros and Brent Scowcroft...

https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=110096

Hearing: Syria Study Group: Recommendations for U.S. Policy
Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism (Committee on Foreign Affairs)
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 (2:00 PM)
2172 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses
Ms. Dana Stroul
Co-Chair, Syria Study Group
Witness Statement [PDF]
Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
Witness Biography [PDF]

Mr. Michael Singh
Co-Chair, Syria Study Group
Witness Statement [PDF]
Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
Witness Biography [PDF]

Support Documents
Syria Study Group Final Report and Recommendations [PDF]
Added 10/15/2019 at 06:09 PM
First Published: October 11, 2019 at 12:15 PM
Last Updated: October 15, 2019 at 06:09 PM