Epstein Secrets

t of Damascus; and the town of Moadamiyeh, about eight miles southwest of the capital. A relief working group has been coordinated by Valerie Amos, the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator. The raw materials for peace negotiations are there. But as always in the tragic Syrian conflict, the forces of secta

rerogative is not unexpected. An earlier, similar US effort was attempted during the administration of President George W. Bush. In the wake of the Annapolis conference in November 2007 Bush appointed another Marine Corps general with an outsized reputation, James Jones, to "fly at 30,000 feet" to scope

ecause Switzerland does not allow any intelligence officers to operate in its country. Offi- cially, he was attached to the permanent U.S. mission to the United Nations, which employed hundreds of U.S. government functionar- ies in Switzerland. It was a thin cover; the Swiss government was aware that the CIA maintain

ffered Snowden, and he accepted, a new position in the United States. He rented a modest suburban house shaded by a sakura cherry tree in a suburb of Annapolis, Maryland. Lindsay Mills meanwhile was attending a two-week fitness training course at | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 33 @ 9/29/16 5:51 Pa

ia and Lebanon. 16 December 2008 Last meeting of Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas. 16 December 2008 UN Security Council Resolution 1850 on Annapolis process. 27 December 2008 Israel launches Operation “Cast Lead’ against Hamas. 8 January 2009 UN Security Council Resolution 1860 on a Gaza cease-f

ted Nations, and not Israel alone, could delineate on a map and demarcate on the ground the line of withdrawal. Such a line had to be, to the best of the United Nations’ knowledge, in conformity with Lebanon’s international boundar- ies. On this basis, and with the consent of the parties, the UN Secretary-General coul

the Security Council and eventually recommend that it should confirm that Israel had ended its occupation. This understanding led to an agreement for the United Nations to negotiate with the Governments of Lebanon, Syria and Israel. Through intense, difficult, and stormy tripartite negotiations over five months, the