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# The Global Intelligence Files

On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.

## Re: INSIGHT - US/Syria/Lebanon - Syria bargaining with US over HZ

Released on 2012-09-14 00:00 GMT

Email-ID | 1002707
Date | 2010-11-09 17:45:52
From | reva.bhalla@stratfor.com
To | analysts@stratfor.com
List-Name | analysts@stratfor.com

The US would like to hive Syria off from the Iranians, and that's why
they've been working through the Saudis to create some distance between
Damascus and Tehran. The problem is that Syria can't expect to give into
all of US/Israeli demands and US often comes at this with an all or
nothing approach. If SYria shows real restraint on HZ, then US could start
to open up more. this is what we need to watch for
On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Jacob Shapiro wrote:
do you think the US will ever give in?
Reva Bhalla wrote:
syria doesn't care about the Israel/Palestinian talks - those aren't
going anywhere.
Syria wants to negotiate with Israel from a position of strength, and
it wants US endorsement. So far, US hasn't given in and Syria has
held back from full cooperation on HZ, Iran, etc., which is why these
broader negotiations have always been so piecemeal
On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Jacob Shapiro wrote:
does this mean that assad wants israel-syrian peace talks because
the appearance of negotiations is beneficial for him/it might help
him influence the israel-palestine talks or does assad actually
think reaching a peace agreement with israel is in syria's interest?
Antonia Colibasanu wrote:
PUBLICATION: analysis/background
ATTRIBUTION: STRATFOR source
SOURCE DESCRIPTION: Consultant to Saad al Hariri
SOURCE Reliability : C
ITEM CREDIBILITY: 3
DISTRIBUTION: Analysts
SOURCE HANDLER: Reva
The US has informed Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri that it
will do everything in order to ensure that Hizbullah does not
escalate the situation militarily after the issuance of the
indictments by the STL. John Kerry, chair of the US senate foreign
relations subcommittee, will be in Beirut very shortly after he
first meets in Damascus with Walid al-Muallim, the Syrian minister
of foreign relations.The source expects Kerry to succeed in his
mission. Syria is keen on giving the US the impression that it is
in control of the Lebanese opposition. Therefore, he thinks
Damascus will instruct HZ to stay quiet after the issuance of the
indictments.
The Syrians will then wait and see how the US reacts to their
ability to curb HZ. If the Americans do not reciprocate by
reactivating the stalled Israeli-Syrian peace talks, president
Bashar Asad may rethink his decision to keep HZ at a tight leash.
Asad is eager to impress the Obama administration with his ability
to prevent Lebanon from slipping into the hands of HZ. In fact,
the Syrians have already instructed their allies in Lebanon (Amal
Movement, the SNSP, the Baath Party) to refrain from coordinating
militarily with HZ. If HZ does not heed Syrian advice to remain
quiet, Asad will most likely send his army to Lebanon. To make
their case for militarily intervention stronger, the Syrians will
instigate sectarian fighting between Sunni radicals and the
Alawites in Tripoli. The radicals should be able to score a quick
victory over the Alawites. The Syrians will use the fighting in
Tripoli as the pretext to send their army back into Lebanon.
The Syrians are promoting rumors about a likely attack on the
Lebanese Forces (LF) by HZ. Rumor has it that HZ will support
Michel Aoun's militia in splitting LF areas in northern Lebanon
from Kisirwan before eliminating them as a politico-military
movement in both areas. He says the Syrians intend to intimidate
the LF into accepting the arrival of the Syrian army into Lebanon,
or face demise at the hands of HZ. The source does not expect a
deterioration in Lebanon's security situation immediately after
the release of the STL indictments. What happens afterwards is a
function of the willingness of the US to engage Damascus