Tony Cartalucci: By Design: French Mali Invasion

spills into Algeria. Exactly as predicted, the ongoing French "intervention" in the North African nation of Mali has spilled into Algeria, the next most likely objective of Western geopolitical interests in the region, since the successful destabilization of Libya in 2011. In last week's "France Displays Unhinged Hypocrisy as Bombs Fall on Mali" report, it was stated specifically that: "As far back as August of 2011, Bruce Riedel out of the corporate financier funded think tank, the Brooking's Institution, wrote "Algeria will be next to fall," where he gleefully predicted success in Libya would embolden radical elements in Algeria, in particular AQIM. Between extremist violence and the prospect of French airstrikes, Riedel hoped to see the fall of the Algerian government. Ironically, Riedel noted: Algeria has expressed particular concern that the unrest in Libya could lead to the development of a major safe haven and sanctuary for al-Qaeda and other extremist jihadis. Thanks to NATO, that is exactly what Libya has become, a Western sponsored sanctuary for Al Qaeda. AQIM's headway in northern Mali, and now French involvement, will see the conflict inevitably spill over into Algeria. It should be noted that Riedel is a co author of "Which Path to Persia?", which openly conspires to arm yet another US State Department listed terrorist organization, the Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK) to wreak havoc across Iran, and help collapse the government there, illustrating a pattern of using clearly terroristic organizations, even those listed as so by the US State Department, to carry out US foreign policy. Now, it is reported that "Al Qaeda linked" terrorists have seized American hostages in Algeria, in what is being described by the Western press as "spill over" from France's Mali operations. The Washington Post, in their article, "Al Qaida linked militants seize BP complex in Algeria, take hostages in revenge for Mali," claims: "As Algerian army helicopters clattered overhead deep in the Sahara desert, Islamist militants hunkered down for the night, in a natural gas complex they had assaulted Wednesday morning, killing two people, and taking dozens of foreigners hostage, in what could be the first spillover from France's intervention in Mali."