Karamanlis breaks silence - Warns that “unwise choices" will have irreversible consequences on Greece

In a very rare public statement, former Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Saturday called on Greece to remain in the Eurozone. The former premier stressed that Greece's interests require participation in the Eurozone, adding that “unwise choices" will push the country "into an adventure” with unpredictable and possibly irreversible consequences.

Karamanlis, who has kept silent since he was overthrown by George Papandreou in 2009, underlined that the existence of imperfections within the EU do not take away from the value of this strategic orientation.

It will come as a surprise to many, but Karamanlis has been working closely with ND leader Antonis Samaras since early Saturday morning, or right after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' announcement for a referendum. As such, he held a long conversation with the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and presently he is in close contact with other European heads of state. As always, Karamanlis is using his diplomatic charisma to defuse tension across Europe.

The story is still developing. Please check back later for more.

Plot "Silver drachma" - A sick plan to get Greece out of the euro following the downfall of Karamanlis - MUST READ

The evidence that was presented by Supreme Court investigator against Corruption Dimitri Foukas can only be described as shocking and something that can only be found in spy movies. Foukas, who has been investigating the wire tapping case that occurred during Costas Karamanlis' rule as well as the assassination attempt against the former prime minister, in a clear and documented way, shows us how the US government worked to overthrow the Karamanlis government, as well as the dark and sinister role that close associates of George Papandreou played to materialize this plot (otherwise known as  "Pythia 1").

Aside from the major plot "Pythia1" which aimed to destabilise Greece politically, socially and especially financially, and just before wrapping up his investigation, the Supreme Court investigator suddenly stumbled upon yet another plot. According to what is presented in his inquiry, he apparently discovered that there was an organized effort from a group of unnamed people to remove Greece from the eurozone!

Before presenting the evidence, HellasFrappe wants to note that Foukas has been investigating the wiretapping case as well as the "Pythia1" plot, that concern preparatory acts of treason during Karamanlis' rule. Both cases, were merged into a grand investigation in 2013, and now that they have reached their completion will be submitted to the Supreme Council's Appeals Court where the judiciary will decide what further course of action to take. The investigation is featured in a multi-page document that shockingly also reveals a plan for a new national currency, or "silver drachma", in 2012, and which once again stars Alex Rondos, one of George Papandreou's closest associates. The case also links powerful personalities, secret service agents in Greece and in the US, (agents who suddenly disappeared), confidential reports and Wikileaks cables.

(If you wish to find out more about Alex Rondos then we propose that you click on one of the links below.)

Back to our story, the plot to remove Greece from the Eurozone was surprisingly discovered when Foukas was monitoring the telephone calls that were made by Alex Rondos -a man who had reportedly known about the plan to destabilise Greece as noted in previous reports on HellasFrappe-. During this period, the name of a Mexican businessman (silver mine owner) suddenly surfaced. According to what was noted, the name of Julio Salinas Price surfaced, a man who had once also acted as an economics advisor to the Mexican government.

Foukas' report claims that Rondos came into contact with Salinas Price in 2012 when Papadimos was in power, (just a little after George Papandreou resigned as premier). The purpose, according to the evidence, was to promote Greece's exit from the eurozone and then introduce a new national currency (that the military news site defencenet -which revealed the story- calls "silver drachma"). The plot, according to Foukas, foresaw the introduction of a new currency with an estimated value that would have been twice the annual GDP, capped at 20% of silver value, and which would have been supplied by Price.

With all this new information in hand, Foukas then began to investigate Price's visit (s) to Greece as well as the contacts the the Mexican businessman made in Athens. He even seized incriminating evidence on these visits after conducting a search at a private home from an unnamed source. The military news site defencenet claims that it knows the name of this individual but reserves the right to keep his/her identity confidential -for the time being- because the investigation is still ongoing. Nonetheless, it is reported that 70 billion Euros would have been issued towards the issuance of this new currency, to which consultancy fees and brokers' fees would have also been added.

The Supreme Court Investigator has already began criminal proceedings against all the unidentified individuals involved in this new sinister plot, and the possible actions that followed or proceeded this act and that aimed at lobbying and forcing the Greek government at the time to alter policies that concern Greek international affairs.

It should be clarified, that these actions also include the assassination attempt (s) against Costas Karamanlis as well. Those who have followed this story on HellasFrappe in previous posts know that Foukas' investigation discovered that the perpetrators behind this grand plan worked feverishly to end Greece's political and economic rapprochement with Russia in the areas of energy, and the supply of military equipment and procurement.

(Karamanlis who had made the first opening to Russia with the aim of making Greece and international energy hub, was not well-liked by the West because of these political choices. HellasFrappe has presented a plethora of articles that prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that George Papandreou's rise to power was well planned by the West so that all the agreements that were signed during Karamanlis' rule could be dissolved. If one examines Foukas' report they will discover that there is even a paragraph dedicated to the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline as well as the controversial South stream pipeline, These two references alone prove the motive behind the unjust downfall of Karamanlis.)

Foukas also featured Wikileaks cables and the testimony of key witnesses in his report proving that when Karamanlis and Vladimir Putin decided to move ahead with the pipeline projects, the US government made a decision to dissolve these agreements as soon as possible (and obviously get rid of the Karamanlis government).

The above information is corroborated by fact sheets from the Greek secret services (EYP) and testimony from an agent with the  codename "ΘΣ 13".

According to the judicial report -which we once again repeat was featured on the military web site defencenet on Friday- the US began to reveal its support for the TAP pipeline after 2009. This was confirmed in Victor Resti's testimony, who after meeting with the US president in May 2012, began to promote the US' position -which was in favor of the TAP pipeline- to the Greek leadership. The result was a gradual abandonment of the Russian pipeline projects that were signed by Karamanlis, and a commitment from the Greek side -or the then Papandreou government- to favor the TAP pipeline instead. At the same time, the purchase and supply of military equipment from Russia was also abandoned.

According to Foukas, on 26.03.2014 a former agent from EYP contacted his office requesting an extraordinary meeting. At the meeting, which took place the very same day, the Greek agent conveyed a message to Foukas that was passed on to him by a member of the US intelligence service demanding that the mega investigation -into Karamanlis' assassination and Greece's destabilisation- be stopped right away, because Greek-US relations were once again on track and the case was preventing their further development.

Foukas of course did not stop the investigation and continued on feverishly and as such also discovered this new plot.

In his inquiry he talks about the wire-tapping scandal revealing that specialized phones were used to monitor dozens of politicians, members of the government and dozens of others, including Costas Karamanlis. According to what he discovered, the wire-tapping occurred from August 2004 until March 2005 by an American agent with the code name William B. The phones that were used in this operation were apparently purchased in the area of Piraeus by William B's wife with the name Petros Markou. When one of the four phone lines were being investigated by Foukas, it was discovered that the telephone connection was activated by another device with subscriber information linked to the American Embassy. When the case was brought to light, William B suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from Greece.

The inquiry -supported by Wikileaks cables- also reveals that during Karamanlis' rule there were officials at the National Intelligence service that were leaking information -breaching state secrets- because they were not in favor -or political fans- of the leadership. As it turned out in 2005 some of these intelligence officers -who had access to top secret information-, removed confidential state documents without any authorization and passed them on to the then MEP for the PASOK party Michalis Karchimakis -another very close associate of George Papandreou-. Reference - defencenet

What is the Pythia1 Plan - according to previous posts from HF:

The Pythia1 plan had four main points: The assassination plot against Karamanlis had as its objective to postpone and/or cancel his government’s decision to move ahead with an energy policy that would make Greece a fair player in the global energy market, while it was part of a larger plan that was set to totally destabilize the country’s economic and political system.

First Phase:  Political instability. During Karamanlis' run as Prime Minister, the political climate in Greece began to crumble and the mainstream media (which some hint was bought out to do so) suddenly began broadcasting stories suggesting that the government of Karamanlis was accepting kickbacks or was involved in money laundering in the Monastery of Vatopedi case. The news began to tarnish the image of Karamanlis’ Cabinet, while the aim was to strike at the core… Karamanlis himself so that he could lose his credibility with the people. It worked. After months and months of propaganda, the people turned their back on Karamanlis, his political career was totally tarnished, and he lost the elections to George Papandreou in October 2009.

Second Phase: Economic unrest: This was achieved with various methods that even included the various kidnappings of several prominent businessmen, throwing the business community in a panic.

Third Phase: Social instability. This was implemented with various forms of social unrest, including terrorist acts.

Fourth Phase: Weaken Foreign Policy. Karamanlis’ foreign policy began to suddenly show signs of weakening and Greece began to suddenly lose ground with its allies.

For more please read...

OPINION - Does The Papandreou +Rondos +Lazzard +Sorros Alliance = The Rothchilds? You Bet It Does!
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/11/opinion-does-papandreou-rondos-lazzard.html

Arrest Warrent Against Head of KYP... In Assassination Attempt Against Karamanlis
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2015/02/arrest-warrent-against-head-of-kyp-in.html

PASOK MP Implicated In Karamanlis Wire-Tapping Case - Breached State Secrets
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/11/pasok-mp-implicated-in-karamanlis-wire.html

RealNews Report Says Greek-Americans & NSA Behind Spy Network Against Costas Karamanlis
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/11/realnews-report-says-greek-americans.html

SPECIAL REPORT - Supreme Court To Merge Cases Of Wire-Tapping, Pythia Plan,Assassination Plot Against Karamanlis Into ONE
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/02/special-report-supreme-court-to-merge.html

Case on Suspicious Death of Vodafone Employee Associated to Greek Wire-tapping Scandal Re-opens
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2012/04/case-on-suspicious-death-of-vodafone.html

PART l - Plot to assassinate Costas Karamanlis revealed (VIDEO)
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/06/plot-to-assassinate-kostas-karamanlis.html

PART II – Plot to assassinate Costas Karamanlis revealed (VIDEO)
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/06/part-ii-plot-to-assassinate-kostas.html

PART III - Authorities launch formal investigation into assassination plot against Karamanlis
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/08/authorities-launch-formal-investigation.html

SPECIAL REPORT - Prosecution Wraps Up Investigation Into Assassination Attempt Of Karamanlis
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2012/03/special-report-prosecution-wraps-up.html

SPECIAL REPORT - Either You Leave, Or We Kill You - (Karamanlis) A Hostage For 242 Days
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/12/special-report-either-you-leave-or-we.html

Makeleio Show Explores Papandreou and SYRIZA Role In Downfall of Karamanlis (VIDEO)
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2012/12/makeleio-show-explores-papandreou-and.html

Was Mossad, MI6 & CIA Behind Assassination Plot Of Karamanlis?
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2012/03/was-mossad-mi6-cia-behind-assassination.html

Ambassador Threatens Greek MP Over Energy Policy - Connected To Karamanlis Assassination Plot
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2013/01/ambassador-threatens-greek-mp-over.html

Does Papandreou agree with Rondos’ views about sharing the Aegean with Turkey?
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/10/does-papandreou-agree-with-rondos-views.html

Epikaira article confirms that Papandreou was in secret talks with US + Israel over natural gas + oil
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/08/epikaira-article-confirms-that.html

SPECIAL REPORT - Classified documents reveal US energy coup & Papandreou's retreat on FYROM
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/10/special-report-classified-documents.html

SPECIAL REPORT - Does Papandreou work on behalf of Greek or US interests? (VIDEOS)
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/10/special-report-does-papandreou-work-on.html
References: HellasFrappe, AMNA, enikos, www.kontranews.gr

BUSTED - CIA Base In Glyfada Suspected of Involvement In wiretapping scandal

Press reports in Greece are claiming that the CIA had set up an intelligence "base" in the area of Glyfada (southern Athens) where it performed illegal telephone interceptions and/or witretappings on prominent Greek government officials. A report that was published on Thursday in To Vima said that the "base" was discovered following an investigation led by the Greek courts. A separate article on the news site defencenet (that was analyzing the report in To Vima) speculated that these wiretappings could be linked to the phonetappings that were conducted against former Greek prime minister Costas Karamanlis.

Officials have not released any information on what authorities discovered at this apartment where the wiretappings were being conducted (or base), nor how long it was in operation.

Judicial magistrate Dimitris Foukas, who is in charge of the investigation, reportedly took advantage of information obtained by the Greek intelligence unit EYP in 2009. A separate report in To Vima said that this information was provided by a reliable source but could not be substantiated by the intelligence unit during that time.

It should be reminded that Mr. Foukas is in charge of investigating the wiretapping scandal that involved the illegal telephone interceptions of some 104 politicians, police officials and other individuals between the period 2004-2005.

According to the Greek press, Mr. Foukas has already asked a Greek-American former-CIA agent, who was based in Athens for a number of years, for information. The reports said that the agent, who has since then returned to the United States, has apparently cooperated with EYP on several cases in the past – such as the arsenal found in the Iraqi embassy in Athens.

He is suspected of operating the illegal phonetapping operation.

The reports said that the agent has said that he would return to Greece to answer any further questions, but he has yet to return.

Judicial sources told To Vima that this development is extremely serious and shows that foreign secret agencies were running rogue in Greece. The paper also noted that Mr. Foukas is investigating other cases of spying by foreign agencies.

SPECIAL REPORT - A.Rondos - Now Wanted For Involvement In PASOK Crony NGO

Authorities have charged the head of a demining charity with fraud and money laundering, as well as his wife and seven other high-ranking officials (three of which are serving Greek diplomats)in a case that involves at least 9 million euros in public funding.

Specifically, the unnamed Greek NGO received aid (of more than 8.9 million Euros in government subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) between the period 2000-2004. It should be reminded that at the time the Greek Foreign Ministry was headed by none other than former PASOK leader George Papandreou. Their mission, claim the same reports, was to clear land mines in countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon and Iraq.

The Greek authorities believe that the entire sum was illegally obtained as the NGO did not meet official funding criteria and that no progress reports were ever submitted (while some reports even highly doubt that any work was conducted at all). Authorities also note that Greek embassies in countries where the demining was carried out did not monitor implementation and that supervision of the NGO's expenses by the foreign ministry was "non-existent."

When asked for documentation, police authorities were apparently told that “the NGO has shut down and most of the documents have been thrown away.”

A deep investigation is now underway to determine whether or not the demining operations allegedly handled by the NGO were actually performed or if they were fabricated.

The good news is that the founder of this mysterious non-governmental organization (or NGO) -Constantinos Tzevelekos- has been jailed, but the bad news is that the case is much shadier than it actually looks.

For one, rumors suggest that the NGO’s management had a rather privileged -and chummy- relationship with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -especially during the PASOK administrations-.

Secondly, the name Alex Rondos popped up. As mentioned earlier, several people have been charged of fraud and money laundering, one of which is none other than Alex Rondos. Some of you may recall his name since he was questioned in connection with the case that involves the assassination attempt against the former prime minister of Greece Costas Karamanlis. Others may remember him as the shadow of George Papandreou, since he was one of his special advisers -and still is one of his closest friends-.

A case has been opened against Rondos charging him with fraud, money laundering and false certification against the Greek State.

When George Papandreou took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (under Simitis' rule) and Rondos became one of his closest associates, many began to question the sudden surge of NGO's that were mushrooming everywhere and sucking the State dry -some claim that the funds absorbed by these NGOs reached as much as 400 million Euros-.

According to "Deutsche Welle", Rondos is now in South Sudan as a special EU envoy to contribute to a political solution of the crisis there.

(Why are we suspicious of that? Simple: everywhere this man has gone, a war, a conflict or an uprising suddenly occurs when he leaves. What is happening in Sudan at the moment? Think Ellada... Think!)

But that is not all. The former commander of Greece's intelligence service -and former MP with the LAOS party-, Mr. Ioannis Korantis had signalled Rondos out as the person referred to in a report that was conducted by the Russian secret services to EYP in 2008 and which had warned the then prime minister of Greece -Costas Karamanlis- that there was an assassination attempt against him. In fact Korantis has said that Rondos was one of the few that "knew about the conspiracy to murder Costas Karamanlis!"

Of course the former head of the Greek intelligence agency said he had no other information about this case -and or Rondos-, but he did note that all the information that was provided to Greek authorities in 2008 by the Russians about the planned assassination attempt proved to be completely credible.

He has already appeared before a Greek prosecutor about the assassination attempt case, and said that during that period there was a bomb attack against Karamanlis' car on Alexandras Avenue, and after conducting an investigation the Russian intelligence service described the event exactly as it happened. At that time, the responsibility for the attack was assumed by a terrorist organization that went by the name of the "People's Will", and one report on defencenet claims that Russian authorities suspect that this organization is one of those that are "controlled by Western intelligence agencies."

Here is where it gets even more interesting. Alex Rondos, who we repeat is and has always been a close associate to George Papandreou, has conducted many missions to the former Soviet republics or to countries that have a high "energy status". Apparently he did this via his involvement in NGOs, -such as in Georgia and we all know what happened here, since this country was soon led into a suicidal war against Russia in 2008-. Basically, Rondos is a mysterious man who appears in all the global "hot spots" or... in areas that have been eyed by the Western world for their energy potential.

In fact the very same Rothschilds that employ international crook and Skopje propaganda financier George Sorros is suspected of actually employing Mr. Alex Rondos. Read more about this HERE

The shocker for us here at HellasFrappe was discovering that Rondos’ first diplomatic activity was working with Albania, Egypt, Libya, Cyprus and Turkey to mark the division of Mediterranean.

But that is just the tip of the iceberg:

     "Rondos is directly involved with the Greek Foreign Ministry’s chapter on foreign aid development that holds an annual budget of some 60 million Euros.
    His connections in the IMF and the World Bank apparently helped Papandreou to deal with the current debt crisis.  It also says that he holds excellent relations with FYROM authorities especially people from the WAZ Group including the director Srdjan Kerim. His liaison or mediator with Greek political and business structures is always Marinela Koppa whose role in secret negotiations with the name is explained in WikiLeaks documents.
    Interestingly enough Rondos' latest activity was a project in Egypt and mentions the activity of the canvas in Egypt, which is an organization through non-violent protests that topple governments in undemocratic regimes.
    Rondos has also conducted secret activities between Tirana and Athens. According to what has been reported a series of strategic agreements on maritime border emerged from these top secret meetings.
    These agreements were also known and signed by Dora Bakoyannis who is also a close friend of Rondos." 

Read more by clicking HERE

And believe us... this is just a small example... We have a load of stories for you to feast on... the links of which are provided below.

So did Papandreou have any knowledge about the strange dealings of his friend? Did he sign out these funds to this NGO? (Because if he did... then its lights out baby...)

Stay tuned frappers... Looks like the establishment is beginning to "clean up house".

References: defencenet, olympia

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Please read the stories below for more details, as well as to reference the wire-tapping case, and find out who Mr. Rondos is.

PART l - Plot to assassinate Costas Karamanlis revealed (VIDEO)
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/06/plot-to-assassinate-kostas-karamanlis.html

PART II – Plot to assassinate Costas Karamanlis revealed (VIDEO)
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/06/part-ii-plot-to-assassinate-kostas.html

Authorities launch formal investigation into assassination plot against Karamanlis
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/08/authorities-launch-formal-investigation.html

Assassination Attempt Against Karamanlis Makes Int.l Headlines VIDEOS
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2012/03/assassination-attempt-against.html

Ambassador Threatens Greek MP Over Energy Policy - Connected To Karamanlis Assassination Plot
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2013/01/ambassador-threatens-greek-mp-over.html

Was Mossad, MI6 & CIA Behind Assassination Plot Of Karamanlis?
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2012/03/was-mossad-mi6-cia-behind-assassination.html

Papandreou, Rondos, Lazzard, Sorros equals to the Rothchilds
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/04/papandreou-rondos-lazzard-sorros-equals.html

Does Papandreou agree with Rondos’ views about sharing the Aegean with Turkey?
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2011/10/does-papandreou-agree-with-rondos-views.html

SPECIAL REPORT - The Tale of Sex, Marriage & Natural Gas Pipelines... Unfortunately Continues!

Remember the tale about sex, marriage, and natural gas pipelines? Or basically a series of reports we have posted on Hellasfrappe about the shady and mysterious Mathew Bryza and his Turkish journalist wife? Yes it is the same Mathew Bryza who came to Greece with Hillary Clinton and R.Morningstar several years ago when George Papandreou was prime minister to seal the oil deals in the Aegean. It is also the same couple that once pressured Costas Karamanlis to forget about siding with Russia on the South-Stream pipeline project.

But to briefly refresh your memories: On June 29, 2007, Mr. Bryza, cast a warning shot to the then prime minister Costas Karamanlis in a story that was featured in the Greek daily "TO VIMA" stating that Karamanlis should "not move ahead with the pipeline" project. (Meaning the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline). Karamanlis did not take any of this very seriously, and went about his business and several days later the former PM signed the agreement with (the then) Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin. This was obviously not appreciated by all those who supported Mr. Bryza.

Then low and behold... a whopping 170 fires suddenly and mysteriously began torching the Peloponnese on August 23, 2007. In case some of you don't know, there were many innocent people who lost their lives in these unprecedented fires and this region of Greece suffered a huge catastrophe. On the very same day, across the Aegean in Constantinople, Bryza was marrying his sweetheart, or Turkish journalist Zeyno Baran.

She too had coincidentally published a similar article in the March 14, 2007 edition of the US based NATIONAL REVIEW about the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, and had also warned about the dangers of the Greek, Bulgarian and Russian energy agreement.

They kind of kept it in the family so to speak.

Since then much has happened. Bryza came under attack by US politicians for being too Turko-friendly. At the time, and in accordance with reports, American President Barak Obama was ignoring repeated warnings that the candidate he was nominating as Ambassador to Azerbaijan in May 2010 had serious flaws. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused Bryza of having a pro-Azerbaijani bias and questionable ties to Azeri officials. The Senators were troubled by reports that foreign officials had given Bryza lavish gifts at his Istanbul wedding, during which the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan had served as a groomsman.

In addition, Bryza's Turkish-born wife Zeyno Baran was accused of conflicts of interest while working on Caspian energy issues at a Washington think tank. She had also antagonized the Armenian-American community by testifying against recognition of the Armenian Genocide at a Senate Subcommittee hearing.

When Obama failed to take these concerns seriously, Senators Barbara Boxer (Dem.-CA) and Robert Menendez (Dem.-New Jersey) had no choice but to place a hold on Bryza’s nomination, effectively blocking his confirmation. Obama then compounded his error by appointing Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan in late 2010 without Senate approval. The President seemed oblivious to the potential damage to his own reputation, the prestige of the United States, and US-Azeri relations, should the Senate not confirm Bryza’s nomination forcing him to leave his post and return to Washington upon expiration of his 12-month appointment.

Bryza’s temporary assignment was ending in December 2011 and Obama administration officials pressured Senators Boxer and Menendez to allow him to continue serving in Azerbaijan by confirming his nomination. The two Senators remained steadfast in opposing Bryza even though it is not easy for these Democratic politicians to turn down a request from the President of the United States who also happens to be the nominal leader of their own party.

The Senators were also pressured by the government of Azerbaijan and its powerful lobbying firms which went into overdrive to justify their exorbitant fees. Through their special connections they were able to get the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post to publish editorials attacking the Senators and the Armenian National Committee of America which had spearheaded a public campaign against this unqualified Ambassadorial nominee.

Not surprisingly, the Wall Street Journal heaped lavish praise on Bryza, calling him a “respected career foreign service officer,” and accused the two Senators of “kissing up to the Armenian-American lobby.”

The Washington Post was even nastier. Its editorial could be described as outright racist and anti-Armenian. Contrary to its claim of defending “the larger U.S. national interest,” the newspaper was actually advocating the confirmation of an Ambassador with questionable credentials who would weaken, rather than strengthen America’s interests. The Washington Post concluded its shameful editorial by accusing “oil-poor” and “isolated” Armenia as being the biggest "LOSER" in the Bryza controversy.

Of course we here at HellasFrappe disagree. This is an American issue and Armenia had no role in it. In fact, the biggest losers are those who lobbied long and hard for the confirmation of an ill-qualified Ambassador who was more intent on serving the interests of Baku in Washington than those of America in Azerbaijan.

Newer information also revealed that Bryza and the Turkish lobby in the US apparently exerted a lot of pressure on the Karamanlis government for its pro-Russian stance (or a planned energy cooperation agreement between Athens and Moscow). He rather wanted Turkey to be a major benefactor of this, after all his inlaws have to have something to be proud of.

Till this day, Bryza continues to exert pressure on Greece whenever he can. Why? Simple: The Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, and the South-Stream pipeline would render Turkey's energy role in the region as totally useless! That is why!

But we will talk about this in more detail a little further down and explain why he Bryza wants Turkey to be a dominant force in the region, and why he continues to block Greece from ever joining the new European energy map.

Firstly, let us get to the latest developments which include his speech at the 2nd Annual Frankfurt Gas Forum in Germany.

Bryza, a former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, gave a wide-ranging tour of Europe's energy security scene and offered his perspectives on energy projects involved in the Southern Corridor. However the Gas Forum also focused on natural gas developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, something which was reflected in his remarks.

In his opinion, natural gas developments in the region could exert positive effects upon tense political situations among countries in the region, like between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus, or possibly even renew relations between Israel and Turkey.

Meaning that our national issues will never be resolved unless Greece and Cyprus bow their heads to Turkey!

On the subject of Eastern Mediterranean gas, he said that while policies in the region needed to be more aligned for investments to happen, if the economics were lined up they could “feed back into the politics” and create breakthroughs that would have positive impacts upon investments in the region.

In other words, if Greece and Cyprus does not bow its head to Turkey then we will never get out of the crisis either!

Expanding further he explained that the Eastern Mediterranean is a terrific example of how politics first need to line up –in this case Turkish relations with Israel, and Turkish relations with Cyprus – to enable the investments to happen. And here is where he said the incredible -which has made many people very skeptical about the real reasons behind the Memorandums of Shame, as well as Bryza's role in all of this-.

     But if and when the investments happen, "I think we'll see some dramatic, even historic, breakthroughs on the Cyprus question and the restoration of the special relationship between Turkey and Israel that, in the late 1990s, was a strategic partnership that involved, not only military cooperation, but extensive intelligence sharing as well.”

Bryza noted that among the high notes were the Israeli government's recent decision to allow 40% of its natural gas production to be exported, especially from its Leviathan field. Israel, he said, had also signalled that it sought two export options for its natural gas: one pipeline and one LNG option.

In his opinion -which is obviously lobbying on behalf of Turkish interests- for Israel to sell its gas to markets like Egypt would be difficult while permitting for onshore LNG could prove impossible given the environmental and security concerns. If not LNG onshore, he said there were two other options: Cyprus or a floating liquid natural gas terminal, which could address some of the political issues surrounding Turkey-Israel and the Cyprus question (but that would not create significant political breakthroughs).

     “Prime Minister Netanyahu would like, not only to use the natural gas to revolutionize the Israeli economy in many ways, develop new industries that are energy intensive, first and foremost ensure that Israel is self sufficient in natural gas for years to come, but I think he also wants to use natural gas exports as a way to improve Israel's relations with key neighbors,” he said, explaining that he thought some Israeli natural gas would be exported to Jordan, and some to the Palestinian territories.

He continued:

     “But if you're thinking about how to get the most geopolitical payoff for a natural gas export scheme to one of Israel's neighbors, I would argue that Turkey is the place you want to look – a country with great aspirations in the region, problematic at times, especially towards Israel. But if the natural gas exports could be used to restore a strategic partnership between Israel and Turkey, that would be a tremendous benefit for Israel.”

But he didn't stop there. He said that the most compelling way to get this gas to the market was to build a pipeline to Turkey, which he described as being easy. Luckily he realized that in order for this to happen the permission of the government of Cyprus was needed because it is a sovereign nation, but let's say a new Annan plan suddenly surfaced... would this be one of the clauses?

Well there you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. This is why Mr. Bryza continually threatened Costas Karamanlis through his associates. This is why all those opposed to suspicious settlements such as the Annan Plan were only endorsed by people such as George Papandreou -let us not forget that he has been conducting 'secret diplomacy' with Turkey for well over a decade now and from what we see, he is enjoying a very comfortable life because of it-.

Bryza also said something else that should not go unnoticed. He said that territorial delineations and allowing pipelines to pass through them could be ambiguous, but said that although conditions can be imposed on those pipelines passing through their territorial waters, such situations created risks.

     “How do you obtain Cypriot permission for a pipeline to cross its territory before you come up with  a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem – which I don't think is possible. What I do believe, is that energy investments could catalyze that breakthrough.”

This meant, according to Mr. Bryza, that one helped Cyprus obtain an LNG terminal, which it had identified as a national priority. The problem was there clearly weren't enough proven reserves right now on Cyprus – it needed two LNG trains, he said.

He said that everyone has their fingers crossed that Cyprus in coming years is going to discover much more gas, and because of this, "two trains will be viable".

     "Cyprus will be happy if we generate income to help it with its financial difficulties, but those revenues are not going to flow for at least 10 years.”

If everything worked out perfectly, he explained, one wouldn't see revenues flowing to the Cypriot treasury until 10 or 11 years from now. He offered a solution.

     “Perhaps there's a way to take advantage of the fact that the same companies – Noble, Delek and Avner Oil – are developing Israel's Leviathan field, as are developing Cyprus' Aphroditefield (or Plot 12).

So is there a way, perhaps, to channel some of the early revenues from a pipeline from Israel to Turkey back into financing and risk reduction for an LNG facility on Cyprus?” he asked.

     “And could there be even some some excess gas, after a pipeline were developed  from Israel to Turkey, that could also be used to help develop the LNG facility? Or could there be compressed natural gas, which provides a way to ramp up production in the early years, in smaller volumes, without much commercial risk really and allow for there to be a pipeline from Israel to Turkey?”

Intergovernmental agreements, he said, were needed, among Cyprus, Turkey and Israel.

He admitted, “It's a tall order of course. It probably will require outside political leadership akin to what the US did regarding the BTC pipeline.

      “Right now, I don't think the US nor the EU are willing to jump in, but I also know that there is a genuine desire in Washington to create a breakthrough on both the Cyprus question and on Turkey-Israel relations before the municipal elections that take place in Turkey this March.”

(Get ready Cyprus... Things are about to change!)

This, of course, depended on the Turkish Prime Minister, who would have to decide whether he would play to the “less positive forces in Turkish politics, who like to take swipes at Israel and like to take swipes at Cyprus. Ultimately, only one man is going to decide whether or not Turkey is going to push for this breakthrough,” explained Matthew Bryza at the 2nd Annual Frankfurt Gas Forum.

Some may argue that Bryza's statements are random, but were they? And here is where it really gets interesting!

Bryza is very chummy, chummy with multi-billionaire George Soros, as well as with Turkish companies that operate in the energy sector, so is it safe to assume that his statements are random?

We don't think so. We think they are clear warnings. And if you don't believe us about his affiliation with

S.Arabia-George Soros, then it would please you to know that Bryza's relationship with Soros was exposed in 2008 by the leader of Georgia's opposition Labor Party Mr. Salwa Natelasvili who had accused the then Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili of being a puppet of the multi-billionaire. At the time Natelasvili had argued that Bryza was a supporting pillar of Soros and the Georgian politician had even demanded that Bryza leave the country.

(It should be reiterated that at the time Bryza held the position of US secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs when these official statements were made.)

And just to clear that last argument: Natelasvili's accusations are not that far-fetched, because it is well known that George Soros' network maintains very close relations with the Saakashvili regime. According to reports, this network had apparently financed a series of methodical "democratic revolutions" such as the "Rose Revolution" in Adjara, which sought to weaken the autonomous regions of Georgia in a pledge to satisfy Soros greed.

(After all, Soros is well known for his pseudo revolutions, look at the Arab Spring, where he worked with S.Arabia and Qatar and forced regime change in the Middle East and N.Africa giving the illusion that he was bringing democracy, when we all know it was only about controlling the oil rights in these countries).

Aside from his Turkish wife, Bryza also holds very strong relations with other extremely influential officials in Ankara. When he was relieved of his diplomatic duties, the Turkish hydrocarbon company "Turcas Petrol" recruited him (June 2012) and we all know that the latter company maintains "privileged"  relations with Azerbaijan and specifically the State-owned SOCAR company.

Some may recall that on December 21st, 2013 Greece agreed to sell the operator of its natural gas grid operator to the Azerbaijan's state energy company, in a 400-million-euro deal that drives forward the faltering Greek privatisation program.

Well... Guess who the sole bidder was? You guessed it, it was SOCAR! In fact it was the only bidder for a 66 percent stake in Greece's DESFA, in a tender that was held last June. SOCAR wants to use DESFA to increase its footprint in southeast Europe.

At the same time, Bryza also works as a consultant on business and democratic development, and is a board member of several private companies in Turkey. And obviously in a ploy to exert political pressure wherever he wants to, Bryza managed to also get appointed as the Director of the International Centre for Defense Studies, a Tallinn-based think tank. (March 1, 2012 ).

His wife, Zeyno Baran, who had also published an article in the well known "National Review" slamming the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline project holds similar positions. She is the Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy and a Senior

Fellow at the Hudson Institute, which is a think tank located in Washington DC. She is also a Turkish American scholar on issues ranging from US-Turkey relations, Islamist ideology and energy security in Europe and Asia.

A match made in (energy) heaven!

Don't be fooled. They might be throwing ideas about pipelines running through Turkey from Cyprus, and trying to mend relations between Israel and Ankara, but this couple had (and still have) one mission and one mission and that is to totally block Greece from ever joining the new European energy map. In fact the two separate interests that support this couple have one common goal which is to totally exclude Greece from ever developing its energy potential, as well as taking part in the pipeline race.

Notice how all the talk about exploring and exploiting our natural wealth is subsiding in the mainstream news?

Think Ellada Think!

Greece and Cyprus are faced with unprecedented challenges in the weeks and months ahead. On the one hand they are battling

against the forces of Soros because they want to get their hands on property in the region -Greece's mineral wealthy regions, and Cyprus' rich waters- and on the other hand they are battling against pressure to bow to Turkey who we all know wants to strengthen its position even further in the region.

Will the forces against Greece and Cyprus win? It depends on the people. The more noise we make as nations, the more we discuss these issues amongst ourselves, at a local, state and national level, the harder it will be for these dark interests to materialize their plans.

So brew up a cup of coffee Frappers and start making some noise!

Also read:

SPECIAL REPORT - Setting The Record Straight On Greece's Natural Reserves & Who Betrayed Greece! (VIDEOS)
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/12/special-report-setting-record-straight.html

SPECIAL REPORT - The Tale Of Sex, Marriage And Natural Gas Pipelines Continues....
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/04/special-report-tale-of-sex-marriage-and.html

MEGA BOMB On Sunday - The Tale Of Sex, Marriage, Natural Gas Pipelines Continues....
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/04/mega-bomb-on-sunday-tale-of-sex.html

SPECIAL REPORT - US: Cyprus Natural Gas Via Turkey Not Greece! - "Yes" to Nabucco "No" to TAP!
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/02/special-report-us-cyprus-natural-gas-in.html

Sources:

• http://geopolitics-gr.blogspot.gr/2013/12/eastern-mediterranean-gas-economics.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/21/greece-privatisation-gas-idUSL6N0K00AQ20131221
• http://olympia.gr/2013/04/15/%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%
• http://www.newsbomb.gr/politikh/story/298276/to-toyrkofilo-lompi-ekvi
• http://www.hellasfrappe.blogspot.com/2013/02/special-report-us-cyprus-
• http://www.newsbomb.gr/politikh/story/283856/mplokarei-toys-agogoys-stin-
• http://www.newsbomb.gr/politikh/story/283519/o-skoteinos-rolos-toy-mathioy-
• http://www.parapolitika.gr/ArticleDetails/tabid/63/ArticleID/577809/O-Karamanlis-

Analyzing The Media's View Of Why We Should Not Change Our Foreign Policy

In 2009, the Greek newspaper, Eleftheros published a pretty interesting article titled "Russia and us". At the time, the conservative only newspaper was owned by Gianna Angelopoulos Daskali and the article was written by Apostolos Apostolopoulos (here). The article raises a number of important questions and arguments (right and wrong) about Greece's foreign policy at the time which was beginning to change and shake off years of cobwebs that proved fruitless, or did not serve our nation's interests.

Conservatives often supported this newspaper because it traditionally served as the voice of the Right. This is probably the reason why Angelopoulos decided to manage it, and as you will see in the article below she used it as a tool to discredit -or wage war on- former PM Costas Karamanlis, as well as raise doubts amongst right wing voters about their party leader, and his decisions to alter Greece's foreign policy (and no... the result did not benefit Greece at all).

In the article, the author questions if the decision to alter our foreign policy and broaden our relations with other countries was a good choice or not. But because he cannot directly say this he beats around the bush a bit, and then leaves it to be understood that if we follow a new type of foreign policy then it would have grave repercussions on our country. He is basically trying to tell us that all this talk about strengthening relations with other nations is good, but we first have to ask the West if they approve.

Right or wrong, HellasFrappe will not comment on this for now, but certainly articles such as these are just mere examples of how the media -or publishers- use a reporter to spread doubt about a political leadership, or a policy decision -in this case about doubting a new foreign policy- and poof... the prospect of even changing something is suddenly gone and its back to square one.

HellasFrappe does not flip-flop very easily, nor does it get duped from such theories because we do not settle easily and/or compromise when it concerns our nation. And because we only want the best for Greece and the Greek people, we believe that Karamanlis was correct in trying out a new path in our foreign policy. Think about it. What were past policies yielding up until then? Nothing... Nada. But this reporter doesn't or rather didn't seem to share these views. His salary was probably more important to him than actually applauding this change in our foreign policy. Guess that is why we ask for donations from our readers...While reporters such as him probably live somewhere in the northern suburbs...

     "Recently, there has been talk about the need for a “polygamous” foreign policy because our monogamous relationship with the United States does not deliver. The U.S. President, Barack Obama has disappointed us and some (such as international jurist Vassilis Markezinis) suggests that we re-approach Moscow as a counterbalancing measure. This sounds fine. Moreover, others more powerful than Greece have preceded us, such as Germany which has re-approached Moscow slowly and carefully but steadily. Also (we should not forget), Mr Karamanlis, following the German example, launched the gas pipeline policy; namely, the South Stream project. Previously, Mr Tsochatzopoulos, formerly the Defence Minister, purchased anti-aircraft defence systems from Russia for the first time. The two politicians (from opposing parties) have opened doors.

    "Neither the supply of weapons systems nor the construction of gas pipelines; such as the South Stream project; however, were a general prelude to the reorientation of our foreign policy, although they were of special importance. That is why the reactions of the United States were intense and visible. However, have we posed the question, during our warm embraces with Putin, if these reactions were considered carefully enough? The recent distancing, hesitations and retractions that have occurred in our relations with Russia, indicate there was probably insufficient consideration made of these possible reactions. It would have been useful to have considered more carefully the difficulties of re-approaching Russia.
     "The first question we should pose is whether the idea of re-approaching Russia suggests a general re-orientation of our foreign policy, and consequently, a distancing from the Western fold. Without clarifying this, the “question” is simply unrealistic.

(This is where conservatives were duped. The author cannot come out and boldly tell them that they should pressure Karamanlis -who we all know was actually beginning to implement a new “polygamous” foreign policy that would have also included Russia- so he purposely leaves it to be understood that if Greece did this then there would be grave repercussions... and of course we would distance ourselves from the West. Obviously this argument is absurd, because a nation should be permitted to be on good terms with all nations and should not feel threatened by other nations. But let us not forget who he was working for... the proof is all there in black and white.)

     "The second question is what we have to offer to Russia. For example, Turkey offers services to the United States and extracts favours. What we can offer to the Russians so that we have their steady support?
     "The third question, and perhaps the most critical, is what the Russians want and especially what can the Russians give us? Recognising that Greece is part of the larger (and still unresolved) Eastern Question.
     "Inertia and unconditional obedience (to the United States) has lead to poor foreign policy but also “steps" (towards Russia) without clearly defined objectives can also be destructive. With upcoming European elections, the parties should be explaining to Greeks how they believe Greece should be maneuvering itself in the world. Source: Eleftheros (Apostolos Apostolopoulos)

Friends, the article may have been written several years ago, but it is a good example of how the elites use the media to push their own interests (or the agendas of their masters) and how easily citizens -in this case voters- can easily be influenced. .

Unfortunately, we do this all the time. We allow ourselves to be influenced by what the media says, by what it sells to us, by what it preaches us. And this is because we refuse to actually challenge conventional opinions and views. We are afraid of the new, the unknown, and always end up compromising.

Today it is very easy to blame Germany. the UK, the US, Russia or the bogyman about the current troubles that our nation is facing, but we also have to look at ourselves in the mirror for a change and accept our own chunk of responsibility. We allowed for all this to happen, and we even have the nerve to return to this "mbahalo" (meaning madness) again because we cannot be bothered... It is too time consuming to think... To analyze, to weigh evidence. This is why we forget, this is why we are dragged by the nose and history keeps on repeating itself again and again and again.

Did we or did we not as a nation allow Papandreou to rise to power? YES WE DID

Do we or do we not rush to shake the hand of Gianna every time she appears at a lavish function forgetting all along that she and many other like her -at Athens 2004- helped to rob and harm this nation economically, politically and socially? PITIFUL BUT MANY STILL DO and what is worse... THEY ARE GREEK.

WHY?

Why do you people insist on compromising with everything that we hate and criticize?

All Karamanlis wanted was to develop Greece's economic diplomacy (and/or energy diplomacy). Unfortunately since he left office, Greek foreign policy has been glued at a crossroads even though new challenges have emerged just like he had expected -concerning our natural reserves, relations with other nations, and our development as a nation-. If citizens had listened to him then... Today Greece would have been in a totally different position.

And if that wasn't enough, ever since Karamanlis fell from office, and we were suddenly introduced to coalition governments, there has been no consensus whatsoever among political parties to develop a common agenda that would be pursued independent of the change in government.

In fact there hasn't been any type of consensus on anything.

This alone should frighten all of us, because it is one thing pressing your own type of agenda on citizens because you manage a political party and need to sell some type of ideology to stay in power, but it is another thing agreeing on the fundamentals: foreign policy, defence, education and health care. When a nation does not even have these while it is going through an economic, political and social crisis, then there is nothing! We might as well call Greece a German protectorate instead of a country because that is exactly where we are heading thanks to our own idiotic decisions.

Now do you see why they wanted you to get duped?

They do not want us united... They work hard at keeping us divided!


Think about all the above next time you rush to see Papandreou at some event, or next time you rush to a lady's luncheon somewhere to sit next to Gianna.

Signed
HellasFrappe

Majority of Ships Registered To Greek Shipowners Do Not Sail Under Greek Flag! - Tax-Havens Preferred

Not even half of all commercial ships owned by wealthy Greek shipowners are sailing under the Greek flag according to the CIA's 2013 "World Fact book". The fact book is full of information on 267 countries, including each countries history, its geography, its population composition, politics and central government, economy, telecommunications, transportation, and even national issues.

According to the CIA, Greek shipowners allegedly control 3,319 merchant ships worldwide of various types and capacities. Of these, only 860 are registered in Greece, or sail under the Greek flag.

Instead, Greek shipowners prefer countries such as Liberia (which is noted as being first with 505 ships), followed by Malta with 469 ships, the Marshall Islands with 408 ships, Panama with 379 ships, 225 ships are registered in the Bahamas while 201 ships are registered in Cyprus. The remaining amount merchant ships are said to be registered in various other countries.

Based on its calculations, the CIA report says that Greece is ranked 12th in the world, based on the commercial ships that sail under the Greek flag, even though Greek ship owners are the fourth axis of power in the maritime world on this globe.

This information just once again confirms that the majority of Greek shipowners prefer tax havens to countries that actually demand them to pay taxes. The Greek tax system (and/or Greek tax payers) grant these shipowners numerous exemptions every year so that they can continue to sail under the Greek flag, but it is still not enough for them. Every year they increase their demands for even more tax breaks, and sometimes they openly threaten our leaders that they will move their operations elsewhere (or basically sail under another flag) if they are pushed too far.

Who cares if Greece is suffering from an economic crisis, they will continue to push for the preservation of their privileges year after year, after year, "bargaining"  with the Greek flag.

It is obvious that the privileges of Greek shipowners remain a "non-negotiable" subject in this country and that is why the rights of the people in areas such as health, education, decent living are generally slaughtered.

Quite interestingly HellasFrappe published a Wikileaks cable about Greek shipowners a little over a year ago.

In that article we discovered that the term Illuminati is not only used by wacky conspiracy theorists. The article features a Wikileaks cable, published by the Italian zazoom blog, which gives a clear reference to the word 'Illuminati' and describes Greek shipowners as being the "key players" in Greek politics.(Click here to read)

The cable addresses a meeting by the author with a newly appointed ambassador to Greece a little after George Papandreou won the 2009 national elections. The cable does not hide the US's satisfaction over Papandreou's victory either, and shockingly describes the administration of former prime minister Costas Karamanlis as being "moribund".

    Andrew: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time calm between two storms; the first being the recently concluded Parliamentary elections in which PM Papandreou scored a decisive victory over the moribund Karamanlis administration, and the second being Greece's dismal economic situation which will limit Papandreou's hand internationally, and create a tough domestic political environment for him when his post-electoral "honeymoon" is over. You will also be meeting with Ministers and officials new to their portfolios and offices and in some instances, working in new hybrid ministries created through the mergers and combing of responsibilities of existing ministries. Remember our bureaucratic challenges in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security only now "a la Greece" immediately following a transition in power - and you will have a picture of the unsettled nature of many components of Papandreou's new government.
    2. (C) That said, we have an excellent opportunity to ingrain our piracy message early into the minds of our new interlocutors in the government, and the AMVR Awards ceremony where you will speak affords a prime venue to deliver that message t the Illuminati of the Greek shipping sector - a key player in ultimately moving any Greek governmental policy on the issue. I believe you will find that your interlocutors value their cooperation both with the US and the broader international community on counter-piracy, but will respectfully disagree with you on thorny legal issues such as prosecution and the relevance of the New York Declaration. If you can help the Greeks understand where we want to be bilaterally and multilaterally on piracy over the coming six months, gain some traction on the Declaration, and launch a dialogue that we can continue on the ground here, your visit will have been a success.

Sources:

http://www.newsbomb.gr/naytilia/story/369053/cia-poy-einai-niologimena-ta-ploia-ton-ellinon-efopliston
http://www.zazoom.it/blog_rsc/post.asp?id=6678
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2012/03/wikileaks-greek-shipowners-illuminati.html

OPINION - Does The Papandreou +Rondos +Lazzard +Sorros Alliance = The Rothchilds? You Bet It Does!

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In Greece we have a saying that says “show me your friends so I can show you who you really are”, meaning the people that you associate with are generally a direct image of your real character. If that is so, then to what conclusion can a simple blog like ours come to when we see George Papandreou encircling himself with “shady” groups and international crooks?

HellasFrappe has published many stories about Papandreou's meetings with George Sorros, but did you know that good old George has even more shadier friends? One such character is Alex Rondos and the other is the infamous and mysterious Lazzard group.

The Lazzard Company is a very hush-hush BANKING investment group. This “shady” group, which has acted as adviser to Papandreou while he was in government, apparently has direct links with the infamous Rothchilds of America. Yes the same Rothchilds that practically own every central bank in the world, and who, as some claim, have more than 60 percent of the world’s wealth (capital or over 500 trillion US smackaroos). The very same Rothschilds that employ international crook and Skopje propaganda financier George Sorros who in return is suspected of employing Mr. Alex Rondos.

Recap: So Papandreou's adviser is Alex Rondos, who is linked to the the Lazzard Group, and then linked to George Sorros and then linked to the Rothchilds… Is it just us here at HellasFrappe or does this stink from a mile away?

So why the Lazzard group. Well when the government of Papandreou was asked why the Lazzard group, it had said that they were sought out and coincidentally hired in order to take steps to cut its budget deficit in the wake of the 110 billion bail-out package (this of course was at the beginning of the crisis while Papandreou was in government). Lazard later on confirmed it had been hired to assist Greek authorities but dismissed speculation that debt restructuring was one option being considered.

The company was apparently giving Papandreou and his government “general financial advice” but at the same time it was apparently helping its communication with rating agencies and market participants.(This should make all of weary... and very, very skeptical.)

Reports at the time said that Lazzard was also advising Papandreou's government to restructure its railways, and the electronic gaming industry so as to bring it in line with European Union directives. (Incidentally, a bill which was introduced by Papandreou about the gaming industry almost cost him a coup d’état from his own deputies which in some say was set up by Evangelos the Large). Finally, the investment bank also apparently advised Papandreou and his cronies on privatisation initiatives and real estate investment trusts such as large chunks of state property.

(Notice, that the Lazzard group was pushing the government of Papandreou to SELL SELL SELL.... and at the same time was in contact with ratings agencies. Hmmm....)

Alex Rondos on the other, is a whole chapter by himself. Press reports say he was a former Ambassador of Greece and prior to his government service he also worked for the World Bank, formed the first international relief and development organisation of the Orthodox Church, the International Christian Orthodox Charities, and he also apparently worked with Catholic Relief Services in Ethiopia, the Middle East and the United States. Today, this mysterious man is apparently "consulting" for the private sector, and contributing to the efforts of several non-governmental initiatives.

Following his run at the World Bank, he became an adviser to Foreign Minister of Greece, George Papandreou counseling him and implementing changes in Greek strategy in the Balkans and Turkey as well as helped to manage the Greek Presidency of the European Union during the Iraq crisis (all this of course when Costas Simitis was heading PASOK).

In addition to serving as personal adviser to Papandreou, Rondos also apparently undertook special missions.

These special missions apparently included designing a relief mission to Kosovo during the NATO bombing campaign (he was a support adviser to Ambasador Maljas in 1999 via an NGO); advising senior democratic opposition politicians in Belgrade leading up to and during the change of power (or toppling of the Milosovic government), etc.

This is a direct passage from the article we have been analyzing on ohridsky.com (bear in mind that the English translation of this text is not that well)

     "After the fall of Milosevic, the Greek Embassy in Belgrade employs the wife of Ivan Vejvoda. Mediating the movement of persons "Resistance" and other half secret operations  at that time in Serbia. Once an external adviser to Vojislav Kostunica at a time when Kostunica is the President of Yugoslavia, and later as an external advisor to the Minister Zoran Djindjic.
     "Immediately after the assassination of Djindjic, Serbia's leaving and returning in 2004, and makes repeated attempts to bring to Kostunica and his acting office is through the centre of Athens next to the building of the Greek Foreign Ministry. Connoisseurs say that there are good relations in Turkey and that some acts there in the secret negotiations between Greece and Turkey and the Cyprus issue since the talks despite Serbian and Turkish.
     "In Greece, Alex Rondos was considered one of the Western country, "through which comp funds from secret funds for pursuit of political influences, pressures and political changes in neighbouring countries."

He also led the Greek humanitarian mission to Turkey following the earthquake there in 1999 that led to a rapprochement between Greece and Turkey. Throughout this period, he also served as a personal envoy of the Foreign Minister on missions to Turkey, governments in the Middle East, Europe, and the USA.
Impressive (and frightful) resume indeed. It is almost like he was always in the right place at the right time (or in the right place while matters of energy, banking, regime change and what not were being determined). So who the hell is this mystery man and why the hell was Papandreou so close to him (or what linked them to each other)?

His friendship with Papandreou apparently strengthened when Rondos came to Athens with the late President of the former Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) Andrew Athens to convince the Greek government to financially support the Greek Diaspora in the Black Sea. In 1999 Papandreou took the helm of the Foreign Ministry succeeding Theodore Pangalos.

Again... This does not really have any juice, so who exactly is this man that we hear so much about, who is apparently tied to the assassination attempt against former prime minister Costas Karamanlis and who was and probably still is so chummy chummy with Papandreou? Well... hold on to your hats Frappers, in the analysis on  ohridsky.com about Rondos we uncovered the following shocking information.

The site specifically said that Rondos is directly involved with the Greek Foreign Ministry’s chapter on foreign aid development which is responsible for an annual budget of some 60 million Euros, in other words, he has a lot of funds to move around with. The website claims that Rondos' connections to the IMF and the World Bank apparently helped Papandreou to deal with the debt crisis while in government.

The same report also notes that Rondos also holds excellent relations with FYROM authorities especially people from the WAZ Group including the director Srdjan Kerim. His liaison or mediator with Greek political and business structures is always Marinela Koppa, someone whose role in secret negotiations about the name issue is referred to in various WikiLeaks documents.

Interestingly, it also claims that Rondos' activities over the last decade also included a project in Egypt and the article clearly states... that the activity of this project was via an organization that was linked to non-violent protests that topple governments in undemocratic regimes. (Remember the Arab Spring... Coincidence?)

Quite shockingly the same article also says that this non-violent “organization” operates from centers in Serbia and (surprise, surprise) on the island of Crete. Some of Rondos' closest friends aside from Papandreou had also included former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Dolis, who has apparently also led para diplomatic activities by Greek NGOs in (other countries of turmoil such as) Pakistan and India. But the shocker for us here at HellasFrappe by far was discovering in the same news report that Rondos' first activities were in the countries of Albania, Egypt, Libya, Cyprus and Turkey, where he apparently occupied himself on marking the division of Mediterranean.

The article notes that Rondos was involved in Greek-Albanian "secret" activities (the politically correct term is secret diplomacy), and if we examine the news over the years then we can safely assume that this had something to do with strategic agreements on maritime borders (in other words... oil and natural gas). Apparently, these agreements were also known (and later signed) by Dora Bakoyannis who is also apparently an extremely close friend of Rondos, and who as we all know worked very hard at helping PASOK bring down Costas Karamanlis (who does not hold Rondos in the highest regard).

So now you have a general idea how all these names tie together. But what you do not know is that these ties go back at least four decades, or during a period when Margaret Chant, the mother of George Papandreou, (and former wife of our late Prime Minister Andrea Papandreou), was apparently working as a secretary for the Rothchilds. Of course we cannot confirm this, but there have been numerous reports about this over the years and from what we know she has never denied it.

In fact, some believe that she is the heart of all these links and let us not forget that she has/had worked very hard at promoting her son through the years.

It is also believed that she was the link that allowed the Rothschilds to approach her late ex-husband Andreas Papandreou who apparently was asked to come to Greece in 1974 and sell an “anti-American” climate to Greek Leftists who were at the time just beginning to come out of a dictatorship style government. Some also claim that Andreas founded PASOK via Rothchild funds (and/or CIA money) and sold the notion that he was a “Leftist” by slamming American policy with campaign slogans such as “Out with American bases” in Greece. The same analysts claim Andreas did this so he can steal votes from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) which at the time held a strong position in Parliament.

This theory doesn't sound that far-fetched because when Andreas took office as Prime Minister in 1981 the anti-American slogans suddenly vanished and the Communist Party of Greece was weakened to some 8-9 percent. (Just like the Americans -or the FED- wanted).

During the same period, criminal George Sorros presented his newest protégé to the Rothchilds, Mr. Alex Rondos, yes the same man who later on stood by George Papandreou’s side. A couple of years later, and while papa Andreas Papandreou was in power, a new plan began taking shape, the Rothchilds together with Sorros and Alex Rondos began mapping out the political future of Papandreou under the strict eye of his mommy Margaret.

Some would say so what is wrong with that? True, there is definitely nothing wrong with friendships and/or relations, but let us not forget that Sorros and the Rothchilds were behind the dismantling of Serbia and the re-shaping of the Balkan map. And please do not take our word for it, do your own research. Just google the subject and you will find a plethora of information. In fact George Sorros even still brags about it.

Now add all the above to what Kissinger said in 1974 about Greece and the Greeks, (yes the same year Andreas Papandreou came to Greece), then zoom to the present and go research how investment banks work, and how they can damage and/or improve a country's image with credit agencies and presto... you will begin getting a good picture of what happened. (If of course all the articles you read end up with the IMF moving in... then you hit a jackpot.) Following this, go research which countries and areas were visited by Alex Rondos (while he was working under Papandreou) and you will find out that most of these areas later suffered from uprisings, war, economic turmoil and/or other troubles, and trust us Frappers everything (and we mean EVERYTHING) will begin making perfect sense.

In simple words, George Papandreou had a purpose. He was raised to take on the role he took (and probably promoted by his mother to do so). After all, the Rothchilds, George Sorros and Alex Rondos  worked very hard towards this, or since the mid seventies, and they invested heavily in George Papandreou's political future. He owes (and owed) them BIG TIME since his childlike buffoon knowledge on world affairs, combined with his (mommy's) lust for power, make George Bush Junior look so innocent!

Most importantly Papandreou owes them his political career and he does not care what price that entails. We saw this with Greece. Instead of helping Karamanlis to take softer austerity measures several years ago, (or basically freezing wages) Papandreou purposely refused because his job was to come into power and destroy everything that Karamanlis built. How else could he destroy and dismantle every opportunity this country had of ever becoming an international energy hub? How else would he place Greece in the arms of the IMF and allow corporate giants to move in and buy everything in this country at a sale price?

Treason, some would say and it is, but unfortunately the drama has not ended.

We are in the middle of this crisis, or right smack in the eye of the storm, and there are many, many more events at store. We have already witnessed the "Arab Spring", the clashes in Egypt, the crisis in the banking sector and judging from Rondos' involvement with FYROM we may even expect to see developments on the issue of Skopje very soon as well. Another subject is the issue of gold mining, the Cyprus issue, Turkish advances in the Aegean (something that Rondos has been lobbying for), the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas deposits of course and finally (and we believe this strongly) on the dismantling of Greece itself.

Does it sound like a huge conspiracy? It might to some because it is too incredible to even digest, but we  highly doubt it is and this is because if one goes through the news day after day, month after month and year after year, it is all there in black and white. In fact if you guys set out researching this in detail then you may even uncover more information than we did.

So why is all this happening? The answer is complex and at the same time very obvious: The name of the game is energy, and Greece is sitting right smack in the middle of this international energy chessboard. Even though the area of concentration is the Caucasus region (because of the vast amounts of natural gas that are suspected and/or have been found there), Greece still holds a geo-strategic position in the region because it is a gateway to the Middle East, to the Balkans, to Europe and most its natural reserve potential has not fully been explored yet.

Besides, almost all the current geopolitical developments in this region are energy-related and part of Rothschild fav. Dr Zbigniew Brzezinski's "grand chessboard" to Eurasia game.

Over the next few years, all the eyes of the world will be in the East Mediterranean, and this is not because of its vast amounts of natural gas which are suspected of being there, but because of the pipelines that will begin sending much needed energy to well over 500 million Europeans.

According to Wikipedia the following gas pipelines are at play (or are already functioning): The AMBO pipeline, the Baltic Pipeline System, the Brent System, the controversial Bourgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline, the CLH Pipelines - Spain, the  Druzhba pipeline, the Forties pipeline system, the Grozny-Tuapse pipeline, the Ninian pipeline, the Odessa-Brody pipeline, the Pan-European Pipeline, the Transalpine Pipeline, the South European Pipeline, the TRAPIL - France,

According to Wikipedia the following natural gas pipelines are at play (some of which prove the importance of Greece's role -and position in the Mediterranean and even more so in the control of the Aegean-) - The Baltic Gas Interconnector- Germany, Denmark and Sweden (planned), the Baltic Pipe (planned), the Balticconnector (planned), the BBL Pipeline, the Blue Stream pipeline, the CATS pipeline, the ENAGAS Pipeline - Spain, the Europipe I, the Europipe II, the FLAGS, the Franpipe, the Frigg UK System, the Fulmar Gas Pipeline, the GALSI (planned), the Gazela Pipeline, the Greece-Italy pipeline (planned), the Greenstream pipeline, the Interconnector, the JAGAL, the Langeled Pipeline - Northwestern Europe, the MIDAL, the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (Algeria-Morocco-Spain-Portugal), the Medgaz (Algeria-Spain), the MEGAL, the Nabucco Pipeline (planned), the NEL pipeline (under construction), the Netra, the NOGAT Pipeline System, the Nord Stream (North European Gas Pipeline), the OPAL pipeline, the Progress Pipeline, the Rehden-Hamburg gas pipeline, the STEGAL, the Skanled (planned), the Statpipe, the South German natural gas pipeline, the South Stream - Russia - Bulgaria - Italy/Austria -and formerly in Greece as well- (planned), the South Wales Gas Pipeline, the Soyuz Pipeline, the Trans Austria Gas Pipeline, the Trans Europa Naturgas Pipeline, the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (planned), the Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline, the Transitgas Pipeline, the Turkey-Greece pipeline, the Tyra West - F3 pipeline, the Vesterled, the West-Austria-Gasleitung, the WEDAL, the White Stream, the Yamal-Europe pipeline, the Zeepipe.

Turkey has a strong presence in the region, but Israel does not trust Ankara at all. Today, it seeks an alliance with Greece and Cyprus and this is to our benefit because Greece is the only nation in the region that is on good (or fair) terms with all four global geopolitical players. Meaning: The US, Russia, the EU and China.

Most importantly, Greece controls the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea is an important as a sea route and air passage between Europe and Turkey and the broader Eastern Mediterranean, and between the former Soviet Republics of Russia, Ukraine (including the shipment of oil and gas from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan etc.) and the Mediterranean Sea. Interestingly, the Aegean airspace is one of the main airways connecting Israel with the United States and Western Europe which is of major importance for the survival of Israel - with the implication that Israel would never consent to the occupation of this airspace by an unfriendly power -in other words Turkey-. The Aegean Sea is a very important space in the context of geopolitical dynamics and control, while it is an asset for whichever power has sovereign rights over it.

For now, we are being tugged at the nose by the US for geopolitical reasons because Papandreou made sure to relinquish Greece of any energy ties with Russia (Bourgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline, South-Stream, etc) and probably through his close ties with Rondos (and Lazzard, which was friends with Sorros, and the Rothschilds) Greece's natural gas and oil is now going to be controlled by the West, or the petrodollar (and/or the FED). On the other hand, the EU made sure to tie us hand and foot to the Memorandums of shame so it too can secure its share in this geopolitical game (that is why Samaras said European maritime boarders - This phrase alone speaks volumes).

So there you have it... now you know what is at play, and now you know what Papandreou's role was as well as why they wanted Karamanlis desperately out of the way quickly.

And no, never expect any of this news to be analyzed by the mainstream media, with the exception of reporters such as George Trangas, and EXTRA channel, and certainly never expect any of these people to be charged and thrown to jail either for the crimes that they may/or maybe not have committed. Certainly they have their networks set up on every corner of this globe and if we judge how they take care of Papandreou in the US, then it is obvious that when you scratch their back, they will scratch yours.

There is only one thing that can change their agendas and that is us. If we as a society begin discussing and debating the real issues that affect our country, or the stories within the stories... then we can protect Greece's interests. It might sound naive, but we can. If we stop being indifferent, arrogant and ignorant and begin involving ourselves on matters that deal with geopolitics, energy and politics then we can force change, and possibly end all this scheming. Certainly all the players indicated above have their own interests at heart, but we must also follow suit.

So shake off your political ideologies Frappers and unite with us today in surfacing the truth.

Will you join us?

Sources:
http://www.ohridsky.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=601&Itemid=121
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2011/08/total-destruction-of-greek-russian.html
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2011/08/authorities-launch-formal-investigation.html
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/04/special-report-plot-thickens-in.html
http://hellasfrappe.blogspot.gr/2013/11/pasok-mp-implicated-in-karamanlis-wire.html