Well...well now what? All this mischief the U.S. and Israel has been up to in the middle East has finally got a reaction. While everyone is cheering the demise of the the main CIA boogy man Zarqawi, Syria has been busy making deals that really escalates everything.
I think Israel really has painted themselves into a corner now. While the Zionist Neocons have been busy in the U.S. destroying the middle class and completely wasting our military in Iraq and Afghanistan a whole new threat to them emerges. Who will save them now? A spent U.S.? No not this time.
I think it's time for Israel to re-think just what they are doing. Then again the Zionists started Communism so maybe this isn't quite the threat it appears to be. Yeah when you think about it Israel is a communist society. Even the Jewish members on this forum like WhiteJackal proudly embrace the Marxist philosophy. Why not it was Zionist who came up with communism in the first place.
Never mind...after thinking about it, this is a false alarm.....nothing here to get concerned about. All these guys are brothers at heart and what we see being played out here is just smoke and mirrors and Israels way of getting Russia into Syria to stab them in the back. It won't be the first time Russia stabbed a supposed Arab alley in the back for their masters in Israel.
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Moscow plans first post-Soviet foreign port — in Syria
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, June 5, 2006
MOSCOW — Russia plans to expand its naval presence in Syria in an arrangement that would grant superpower protection to the regime of President Bashar Assad.
"For the first time since the Soviet Union's collapse, Russia will create its own military base outside former Soviet borders, which would enable Moscow to conduct its own political game in the Middle East," the Moscow-based daily reported on June 2.
Russian sources said Moscow and Damascus have discussed the expansion of the Russian naval presence in two major Syrian ports. They said Moscow was prepared to pay Syria for the naval rights with both advanced weapons and a strategic defense pact.
On June 2, Kommersant reported that Russia wants to regain full access to the Syrian ports of Latakia and Tartous. Quoting a Russian diplomat in Damascus, the newspaper, regarded as authoritative, said Moscow has already launched a project to dredge the Latakia port to accommodate large Russian warships.
"It's clear that Syria doesn't have the money to pay for major weapons systems," a source said. "So, over the last year, we've been discussing alternatives."
Kommersant said Russian contractors have launched a project to widen a channel in Latakia for Russian warships. The newspaper said Syria would become a major stopover for Russia's Black Sea fleet, now based in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol.
"As an official at Russian naval headquarters explained, the construction of a fully-fledged naval base in Tartous should help Russia redeploy the naval and supply ships leaving Sevastopol," Kommersant said.
Hours later, Russia denied reported plans to replace Sevastopol with a permanent naval base in Syria. Since the 1970s, Moscow has used Tartous for naval supply and maintenance support in the Mediterranean Sea.
"The Russian government hasn't had and doesn't have plans to move the Black Sea fleet from Ukraine," an unidentified Russian admiral told the Itar-Tass news agency. "Our fleet is staying in Crimea at least until 2017."
Kommersant said Moscow's naval base in Syria would be protected by the S-300PMU-2 Favorit, the most advanced operational Russian air defense system. The newspaper said the naval base and air defenses would be manned by Russian soldiers and the S-300 could defend large areas of Syria from Israeli air strikes.
"It means that from now on Russia would care for and protect the Syrian regime," Kommersant said. "Moscow's stake in Damascus would definitely damage relations between Russia and Israel and could persuade the Iranian regime to be even less compliant in talks on the Iranian nuclear program."
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtri...060416667.html
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06-12-2006, 02:50 PM
Moscow/Syria sea buddies Now?
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