Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

China to put nuclear subs in Indian Ocean

In reference to post #msg-4915095

Lieutenant-General Singh may find that India's improving relationship with the United States could lead to acceptance of the US Navy's presence in the northern Indian Ocean region. Even the apparently benign presence of the US would restrict the actions of the Indian navy in a region that India claims as its own. More than US$100 billion of China's trade passes through the Indian Ocean, and this is growing rapidly. It is expected that the Chinese will sooner rather than later increase their presence in the Indian Ocean, and that is most likely to be with nuclear submarines. It is therefore of utmost importance for the Indian naval authorities in the coming years to work out an arrangement whereby the Chinese navy, in collaboration with the Indian navy, plays a role in maintaining the steady flow of maritime trade. If India succeeds in getting this difficult task accomplished, then even the benign presence of the US Navy would be questioned.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FL24Df02.html

The US Navy’s presence in the northern Indian Ocean region would put us in a position to block the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz, two crucial choke points in Bush’s world war against China.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said during a visit to Singapore that he hoped to have US troops fighting terrorism in Southeast Asia "pretty soon". His comments fuelled speculation that the United States wants to deploy US forces in the Strait of Malacca, the narrow and busy shipping lane straddled by Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore that is seen as a likely terrorist target.

More than one million tonnes of oil a year -- well over 80 percent of China's imports -- are shipped through the narrow strait.
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Gwadar would place the Chinese navy next to Iran’s shipping lane the Strait of Hormuz. The Chinese have a considerable investment in Iran’s oil and gas. Bush plans on attacking Iran by choking the Strait of Hormuz.
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While this may change, an amphibious attack was originally targeted against Iran from the Arabian Sea, with a provocative US blockade in the Gulf of Oman to choke Iran’s sealanes of communications. Pakistan would be the base for mounting massive air reconnaissance and surveillance of Iran, while Iranian dissidents, backed by the US army, would launch land assaults from the Iraq-Iran border. Diplomatic sources say, the main body of the plan would remain the same, although component tactics could change.
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Note: Bush is going for a takeover of Balochistan, the home of Gwadar port, setting up a military occupation as a means to contain Iran. This is a clandestine operation and the American public will as usual remain oblivious.
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A similar conspiracy could now be witnessed to realise the American dream of “Greater Balochistan”, he claimed.

Foreign involvement could not be ruled out in the bomb blasts that had rocked the province, he said. When told that the BLA had claimed responsibility for the bombing, he said foreign elements could be using local proxies to carry out terrorist activities. Such activities could hurt negotiations between the nationalist parties and federal government, he said, adding that it was the nationalists’ moral duty to separate themselves from such organisations. Talking about the BLA, the chief minister said such organisations might be active in their territories, but the government would bring them to justice. – Told to Daily Times by Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Yousaf

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-12-2004_pg1_1

-Am