Opinion: Prison break! Across the bow and into the heart – Obama’s Syria endgame or World War 3?
by Perry Brimah
….in
the news Yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama admitted that his
mission was not just a ‘shot across the bow’ to discourage chemical
weapons use, but that plans were in motion to arm and assist the rebel
‘legions from hell’ against….
This may be the biggest story you have ever read and may ever live to
witness. It is straight out of a Robert Ludlum novel. And possibly his
best one, yet to be written.
It all started on August 21st at about 3 am when there was a sudden
burst of information about a major chemical weapons attack in Syria, and
patients started streaming into hospitals.
We need to rewind a bit. It actually evidently started August 20th,
when rebels already started uploading videos of the attack on Youtube,
before it had happened. Camera’s and video recorders were handy and
plentiful as tons of videos were hastily uploaded.
We can go back a bit further.
It is important we read this peace from Israeli born journalist, Yossef Bodansky in Globalresearch.ca, referenced yesterday by one of US’ top radio hosts, Rush Limbaugh:
On August 13-14, 2013, Western-sponsored opposition forces in
Turkey started advance preparations for a major and irregular military
surge. Initial meetings between senior opposition military commanders
and representatives of Qatari, Turkish, and US Intelligence [“Mukhabarat
Amriki”] took place at the converted Turkish military garrison in
Antakya, Hatay Province, used as the command center and headquarters of
the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and their foreign sponsors. Very senior
opposition commanders who had arrived from Istanbul briefed the regional
commanders of an imminent escalation in the fighting due to “a
war-changing development” which would, in turn, lead to a US-led bombing
of Syria.
The opposition forces had to quickly prepare their forces for
exploiting the US-led bombing in order to march on Damascus and topple
the Bashar al-Assad Government, the senior commanders explained. The
Qatari and Turkish intelligence officials assured the Syrian regional
commanders that they would be provided with plenty of weapons for the
coming offensive.
Indeed, unprecedented weapons distribution started in all
opposition camps in Hatay Province on August 21-23, 2013. In the
Reyhanli area alone, opposition forces received well in excess of 400
tons of weapons, mainly anti-aircraft weaponry from shoulder-fired
missiles to ammunition for light-guns and machineguns. The weapons were
distributed from store-houses controlled by Qatari and Turkish
Intelligence under the tight supervision of US Intelligence.
These weapons were loaded on more than 20 trailer-trucks which
crossed into northern Syria and distributed the weapons to several
depots. Follow-up weapon shipments, also several hundred tons, took
place over the weekend of August 24-25, 2013, and included mainly
sophisticated anti-tank guided missiles and rockets. Opposition
officials in Hatay said that these weapon shipments were “the biggest”
they had received “since the beginning of the turmoil more than two
years ago”. The deliveries from Hatay went to all the rebel forces
operating in the Idlib-to-Aleppo area, including the al-Qaida affiliated
jihadists (who constitute the largest rebel forces in the area).
Several senior officials from both the Syrian opposition and
sponsoring Arab states stressed that these weapon deliveries were
specifically in anticipation for exploiting the impact of imminent
bombing of Syria by the US and the Western allies. The latest strategy
formulation and coordination meetings took place on August 26, 2013. The
political coordination meeting took place in Istanbul and was attended
by US Amb. Robert Ford.
More important were the military and operational coordination
meetings at the Antakya garrison. Senior Turkish, Qatari, and US
Intelligence officials attended in addition to the Syrian senior
(opposition) commanders. The Syrians were informed that bombing would
start in a few days.
“The opposition was told in clear terms that action to deter
further use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime could come as early
as in the next few days,” a Syrian participant in the meeting said.
Another Syrian participant said that he was convinced US bombing was
scheduled to begin on Thursday, August 29, 2013. Several participants —
both Syrian and Arab — stressed that the assurances of forthcoming
bombing were most explicit even as formally Obama is still undecided.
The descriptions of these meetings raise the question of the
extent of foreknowledge of US Intelligence, and therefore, the Obama
White House. All the sources consulted — both Syrian and Arab — stressed
that officials of the “Mukhabarat Amriki” actively participated in the
meetings and briefings in Turkey. Therefore, at the very least, they
should have known that the opposition leaders were anticipating “a
war-changing development”: that is, a dramatic event which would provoke
a US-led military intervention.
The mere fact that weapon storage sites under the tight
supervision of US Intelligence were opened up and about a thousand tons
of high-quality weapons were distributed to the opposition indicates
that US Intelligence anticipated such a provocation and the opportunity
for the Syrian opposition to exploit the impact of the ensuing US and
allied bombing. Hence, even if the Obama White House did not know in
advance of the chemical provocation, they should have concluded, or at
the very least suspected, that the chemical attack was most likely the
“war-changing development” anticipated by the opposition leaders as
provocation of US-led bombing. Under such circumstances, the Obama White
House should have refrained from rushing head-on to accuse Assad’s
Damascus and threaten retaliation, thus making the Obama White House at
the very least complicit after the act.
This puts us at or before August 13th. But to appreciate what is really happening in our world, we need to go back even further.
On August 8th, it was reported that the Saudi rulers urgently tried
to bribe and ‘threaten’ Russia to abandon Syria. The offer was
humongous. Over 15 billion dollars in deals as well as a promise cum
threat to enable safe winter Olympics in Russia, as they, the Sauds
‘control the Chechnyan rebel/terrorists (Telegraph.uk).’ Russia rejected the offer.
But we go back even further.
The Coordinated Global Prison Breaks:
On July 23, an al Qaeda group attacked two Iraqi prisons and
successfully freed more than 500 inmates, including senior members of
the terrorist group. The attack was extremely well coordinated with
mortars, suicide bombers and rocket-propelled grenades, these were
coupled with systematic inmate riots and fires as CNN described it.
On Saturday, July 26, at a maximum security prison in Benghazi,
Libya, there was an almost identical prison break to the one that
happened in Iraq. There were riots within the prison, with fires set.
Suddenly gunmen flocked upon the prison and opened fire. About 1,200 of
Libya’s most deadly inmates escaped.
And midnight, July 29-30, Taliban gunmen with rocket launchers and
suicide bombers, wearing police uniforms attacked the largest jail
in Dera Ismail Khan, in a northern Pakistani province, releasing over
300 inmates. They came well coordinated, with rocket-propelled grenades
and freed top militants–some of the Taliban’s most deadly men. They used
loud speakers to announce the names of the men they needed. According
to an official (Reuters), only 70 of the 200 guards on duty were at work that fateful night, suggesting higher level security-government involvement.
Legions From Hell
So we have the baddest al Qaeda generals released in coordinated and
uncannily successful prison breaks from Libya, through Pakistan to Iraq.
We recollect that with the release of these men, it got so hot that the
US temporarily shut down its embassies in the Middle East. Interpol has
suggested linkage between the international prison breaks.
The history of flow of jihadist warriors and al Qaeda fighters from
all over the world to Syria is not worthy of further elaboration. Now we
have the baddest terrorists in the world–the dogs are loose–and in
preparation as we ‘read,’ to wreck deadly havoc on Damascus. The payback
for their freedom. And then…
We have tarried enough. Now let’s get up to speed and connect the obvious.
Syria has been making gains against the FSA (Free Syria Army) and al
Qaeda linked Al Nusra front in recent days. Bashar al-Assad recently
bragged that the US used his country as grounds to send hated terrorists
to their predictable death; further stating that unless there was a
total foreign invasion, the rebels could NEVER have any success. With
the help of Hezbollah, the Syrian army defeating the rebels in the
Qusayr ‘mother of all wars,’ retaking the strategic Quneitra border
town, and splitting their Aleppo home turf with them, Syria was poised
to end the rebellion. Times got desperate, something had to be done.
According to the Telegraph, the Syrian government ministry of
reconciliation has even been receiving hundreds of ‘disillusioned’ rebel
fighters who have been returning to the government side.
Desperation saw the Syrian rebels engage in acts of cannibalism and
blatant terror, firing rockets into civilian villages and eating human
parts on camera. Their character unveiled, they went after and kidnapped
UN workers and slaughtered and killed children and Christian priests.
Severally sending direct threats to the West who they blamed for failing
them. To further compound events, the Egyptian president, Morsy who had
lately attended a radical meeting in which Egyptians were encouraged to
volunteer to replenish the anti-Syrian forces, faced troubles of his
own, ending in his overthrow by military coup. The Turkish nation, a
strong, vocal and strategic supporter of the war, also faced its own
political problems, hence limiting Erdogan’s ability to muster support
for Turkey’s continued engagement in the Syrian crises.
Again, something had to be done, and done fast. 100,000 Syrians have
been killed in the war so far and over 2 million have fled to seek
refuge. This war, which has already carried on for over two years,
promises to continue for 10 more, at this pace. The effect on
neighboring nations is also impossible to bear. Iraq has witnessed over
30-70 bombing and terror-related deaths every day for the last 2 months
as a result of the fermenting arms and ‘bad’ men recruited to, and
engaged across its border.
Finally, validating this ultimate story; in the news Yesterday, U.S.
President Barack Obama admitted that his mission was not just a ‘shot
across the bow’ to discourage chemical weapons use, but that plans were
in motion to arm and assist the rebel ‘legions from hell’ against (and
into the heart of) the Syrian regime.
The ultimate question that I leave you with as you recognize the
insane reality of the active situation and leading features, is this- is
the intentional poisoning of 355 MSF (1429 US/FSA) innocent people, too
tall a sin to facilitate the launching of a coordinated victory hopeful
endgame (or WWIII) attack?
![Photo: Rusia: Ancaman Barat terhadap Suriah Rusak Pembicaraan Damai
Rusia memperingatkan bahwa mengancam pemerintah Suriah dengan kekuatan militer dan resolusi PBB bisa menghancurkan pembicaraan damai yang ditujukan untuk memecahkan krisis di negara Arab itu.
Menlu Rusia, Sergei Lavrov menyatakan hal itu pada Senin (16/9/13) setelah Prancis, Inggris dan Amerika sepakat mencari ikatan kuat berupa resolusi PBB dengan konsekuensi serius jika Damaskus gagal menyerahkan senjata kimianya.
"Jika terus-menerus mengancam merupakan hal penting bagi seseorang...[maka] itu merupakan jalan lain untuk merusak secara penuh kemungkinan pelaksanaan konferensi Jenewa," kata Lavrov pada wartawan di Moskow.
Dia juga mengatakan, seruan untuk mengambil tindakan cepat PBB terhadap pemerintah Suriah menunjukkan kurangnya pemahaman tentang kesepakatan senjata kimia yang dicapai dengan Suriah.](https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p480x480/543954_585125388216758_88099718_n.jpg)
Rusia: Ancaman Barat terhadap Suriah Rusak Pembicaraan Damai
Rusia memperingatkan bahwa mengancam pemerintah Suriah dengan kekuatan militer dan resolusi PBB bisa menghancurkan pembicaraan damai yang ditujukan untuk memecahkan krisis di negara Arab itu.
Menlu Rusia, Sergei Lavrov menyatakan hal itu pada Senin (16/9/13) setelah Prancis, Inggris dan Amerika sepakat mencari ikatan kuat berupa resolusi PBB dengan konsekuensi serius jika Damaskus gagal menyerahkan senjata kimianya.
"Jika terus-menerus mengancam merupakan hal penting bagi seseorang...[maka] itu merupakan jalan lain untuk merusak secara penuh kemungkinan pelaksanaan konferensi Jenewa," kata Lavrov pada wartawan di Moskow.
Dia juga mengatakan, seruan untuk mengambil tindakan cepat PBB terhadap pemerintah Suriah menunjukkan kurangnya pemahaman tentang kesepakatan senjata kimia yang dicapai dengan Suriah.
Rusia memperingatkan bahwa mengancam pemerintah Suriah dengan kekuatan militer dan resolusi PBB bisa menghancurkan pembicaraan damai yang ditujukan untuk memecahkan krisis di negara Arab itu.
Menlu Rusia, Sergei Lavrov menyatakan hal itu pada Senin (16/9/13) setelah Prancis, Inggris dan Amerika sepakat mencari ikatan kuat berupa resolusi PBB dengan konsekuensi serius jika Damaskus gagal menyerahkan senjata kimianya.
"Jika terus-menerus mengancam merupakan hal penting bagi seseorang...[maka] itu merupakan jalan lain untuk merusak secara penuh kemungkinan pelaksanaan konferensi Jenewa," kata Lavrov pada wartawan di Moskow.
Dia juga mengatakan, seruan untuk mengambil tindakan cepat PBB terhadap pemerintah Suriah menunjukkan kurangnya pemahaman tentang kesepakatan senjata kimia yang dicapai dengan Suriah.
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Truth of US-Russia Confrontation
Daoud Rammal – As-Safir
http://betweentwopines.wordpress.com/
Aggression was over the Moment those Two Missiles were Fired
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Aggression was over the Moment those Two Missiles were Fired
A well informed diplomatic source told As-Safir newspaper
that “the US war on Syria had started and ended the moment those two
ballistic missiles were fired, leaving inconsistent information, as
Israel denied and Russia confirmed, until an Israeli statement was
issued indicating they were fired in the context of an Israeli-US joint
drill and fell in the sea, and that they were not related to the Syrian
crisis.”
The
source further told the Lebanese daily that “the US forces fired these
two rockets from a NATO base in Spain, and were instantly detected by
the Russian radars and confronted by the Russian defense systems, so one
of them exploded in the airspace and the second one diverted towards
the sea.”
In this context, the source pointed out that “the statement issued by
the Russian Defense Ministry, which stated the detection of two
ballistic missiles fired towards the Middle East, intended to neglect
two points: the first was the location from which the two rockets were
fired, and the second was their downing. Why? Because the moment the
full military operation was launched, Head of the Russian Intelligence
Service contacted the US intelligence and informed it that “hitting
Damascus means hitting Moscow, and we have removed the term “downed the
two missiles” from the statement to preserve the bilateral relations and
to avoid escalation. Therefore, you must immediately reconsider your
policies, approaches and intentions on the Syrian crisis, as you must be
certain that you cannot eliminate our presence in the Mediterranean.”
“This unannounced direct confrontation between Moscow and Washington
increased the Obama Administration’s confusion and certainty that the
Russian side was ready to move until the end with the Syrian cause, and
that the US did not have a way out of its impasse except through a
Russian initiative which would save America’s face…” he added.
From this point, the diplomatic source clarified that “in order to
avoid further US confusion, and after Israel denied knowing anything
about the rocket firing in its first statement, which is the truth,
Washington demanded Tel Aviv to adopt the rocket firing to save its face
in front of the International Community, especially since these two
rockets were the beginning of the US aggression on Syria and the
announcement of the beginning of military operations, after which US
President Barack Obama was supposed to go to the G20 Summit in Russia to
negotiate the destiny of Syrian President Bashr Al-Assad. However, he
went to find a way out of the impasse he’s in.”
The source further indicated that “after the US-Russia rocket
confrontation, Moscow intended to increase its number of military
experts in Russia, and added to its military units and destroyers to
enhance its military presence in the Mediterranean. It also set a time
for announcing about its initiative on stopping the aggression on Syria
after the G20 Summit, after drawing a side scene on the sidelines of the
summit which was followed by two successive visits for Iranian Foreign
Minister, Hussein Amir Abdul Lahyan, and Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid
Al-Moallem, in which a way out was agreed on with the Russian side, and
it included a Syrian announcement on approving the Russian initiative
regarding putting Syrian chemical weapons under international
supervision and preparing Syria for joining the non-proliferation
treaty.
Finally, the source pointed out that “One of the first results of the
US-Russian military confrontation was the British House of Commons’
rejection to participate in a war on Syria. This was followed by
European stances, most significantly, the German stance announced by
Chancellor Angela Merkel.”
Translated by Sara Taha Moughnieh
Source http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.phpeid=110043&cid=31&fromval=1&frid=31&seccatid=71&s1=1
Posted in News, Politics
The contents of the conversation is mainly the Russian initiative for the “partial-disarming” of Syria, as it was designated by somebody here.
The following is the interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
———————————————————————————— Rossiya-24:
Mr. President, thank you very much for giving the TV channel Rossiya-24 the opportunity for this interview. The most important question at the beginning: Why has Syria agreed with the initiative of Russia to put the chemical weapons under an international control, and why came this agreement so quickly?
Bashar al-Assad:
Syria has already presented such a proposal to the UN (United Nations) over ten years ago – to free the Middle Eastern region of weapons of mass destruction, in particular, as the region is characterized by instability and wars have lasted for decades. This all began many centuries ago.
A removal of weapons of mass destruction from the region will thus have a direct impact on the stability of the region. The only ones who have opposed our former attempt were the United States. We do not appreciate it that there are even weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Our concern has always been the stability and peace of the region.
This is one of the sides. The other relates to the current situation. Undoubtedly, the Syrian state is trying every effort that our country and other countries of the region will not be drawn into another insane war, which some proponents of a war in the United States want to unleash in the Middle East.
To this day, we pay the price for the wars that America has unleashed, for example, in Afghanistan – although this country is very far from Syria – or in Iraq – this is now again in our immediate neighbourhood.
I have the opinion that any war against Syria will be a war that will badly affect the entire region, so that the Middle East will enter a period of instability and problems for decades. This means that also the future generations will have to do with it.
The third and most important reason is the fact of the Russian proposal by itself. Would there be no initiative, it would be very difficult for Syria to move around into this direction. Our relations with Russia are based on a mutual trust, and that trust has only increased during the time of the Syrian crisis, so within the last two and a half years. Russia has confirmed through its actions that it understands very well what is happening in our region, Russia gave a proof of its reliability and it confirmed that it is a serious power, on which one can count on.
All these reasons have induced Syria to sign the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons.
Rossiya-24:
The President of the United States, Mr. Obama, and U.S. Secretary of State Kerry are of the opinion that Syria has decided to put its chemical weapons under an international control only for the reason of the immediate threat of a missile attack. Is that really so?
Bashar al-Assad:
If we think about the events in relation to the U.S. threats, which existed in the past weeks, these threats had certainly not the aim of the securing of the chemical weapons. These threats were based on a provocation, carried out by the use of chemical weapons in a suburb of Damascus, Al-Ghouta.
This provocation was organized by the U.S. leadership. In other words, no one has threatened us in order to force the surrender of the chemical weapons. So that’s not true. The Americans have only begun after the G20 summit in Russia to speak about such a turn. What has us actually now caused to make this a step, so it is really only the Russian initiative and the related negotiations we have had with the Russian side.
I would like to underline it again that, if there would not be this Russian initiative, we would even not discuss this issue with any other side. So, this is a kind of American propaganda, as Kerry and his leadership, including Obama, always want to come out as the winners, who have achieved the results by the use of threats. But that does not interest us.
Rossiya-24:
Yesterday, it was to hear that Russia has submitted a stage plan for the handover of the chemical weapons under international supervision to the United States. What mechanisms are envisaged for the realization of this process?
Bashar al-Assad:
Of course, Syria will turn to the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the coming days. Included in this are then documents of a technical nature which are necessary for the signing of the agreement. The work begins afterwards and should ultimately lead to the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
This convention includes a plurality of points. One of them concerns the prohibition of the production of chemical weapons, and there is also a ban on the storage and use. Thereafter, the Convention shall enter into force. In my view, the validity of the agreement begins one month after signing, and Syria will begin to transmit data on its holdings of chemical weapons to the international organization. These are standard processes, which are provided, and we will also stick to it.
I want to express myself clearly for everyone: these mechanisms will not function one-sided. It just does not mean that Syria signs the documents, fulfils the conditions of the process, and that`s it. It is a two-way process, which aims primarily on the situation that the United States stops its policy of threats against Syria, just as it also depends on the extent to which the Russian proposal is implemented.
As soon as we have convinced ourselves that the United States are really interested in a stability in our region and stops its threats and efforts for a raid of Syria, likewise cease the arms supplies to the terrorists, then we will assume that the necessary processes to the end can be pursued, that it is effective and acceptable for Syria.
But these are, as I said, no mechanisms that are only to use from one side. Russia has a very important role to play in this, because we have no confidence and also no connections to the United States. Russia is the only country that could take on this role.
Rossiya-24:
Let’s move on with the topic of the implementation of this Russian initiative: what for an international organization should be the structure in the Syrian Arab Republic that takes over the control above the Syrian chemical weapons? We have not to handle a standard situation here.
Bashar al-Assad:
We think that a logical structure appropriate for this role is the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, because this organization is the only with the appropriate specialists in this area and also monitors the compliance of the Chemical Weapons Convention in all countries of the world.
We all know that Israel has signed the Chemical Weapons Convention but not yet ratified. Syria will demand it and insist that Israel will finally implement its signing of the Convention.
When we formerly had introduced a project about the abolition of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, the United States had impeded this project. One of the reasons for this was that Israel should be further allowed to be in possess of such weapons. If we wish stability for the Middle East, all countries must adhere to the Convention.
And the first of the countries, which has to adhere it, is Israel, because Israel has nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and generally any kind of mass destruction. We must continue to ensure that no country has such weapons. This alone protects us against possible upcoming, devastating and costly wars – not only in the Middle East but throughout the world.
Rossiya-24:
Syria hands over its chemical weapons to an international control. Although we already do know for sure: Russian experts have proven it that chemical weapons were used by rebels from a radical group – therefore, by terrorists – in a suburb of Aleppo.
What has to be done in your opinion in order to protect both the people of Syria and the people in the neighbouring countries against the extremists who do not shy away from the use of chemical warfare agents?
Bashar al-Assad:
The incident, which you mean, occurred last March, when the residents of the territory of Khan al-Assal near Aleppo were shelled by terrorists with rockets filled with chemical toxins. As a result of this attack, there were dozens of victims.
We turned to the UN for this reason, so that a commission of experts will be dispatched to clarify the details of this incident and to determine which of the parties is responsible for this attack.
Here, the situation is clear for us: it was the work of terrorists. At that time, the United States have opposed the secondment of experts to Syria. Consequently, we have worked together with Russian experts and gave them all the evidence that were available for us. From this evidence, it became clear that the terrorists, who are operating in northern Syria, are responsible for this attack.
What is necessary now is the return of the delegation of chemical weapons experts who were already in Syria about a week ago. They should return to Syria in order to meet an agreement that were made between us during their last stay. In this agreement, it is about investigations in several provinces, primarily in Khan al-Assal.
We need to carefully examine this matter to determine, for example, the composition of the chemical substances and thereby the country behind the application. It is equally important to also find out which countries have given these chemical substances into the hands of terrorists, so that these countries can finally be brought to justice.
Rossiya-24:
Mr. President, a clarification is still necessary: it is even realistic to seize all the existing chemical warfare agents in the hands of the terrorists?
Bashar al-Assad:
That depends on whether those countries, which maintain relations with the terrorists, will become known. Although all countries speak about that they do not support terrorists, but we know for sure that the West provides them with logistical support – and it is allegedly thereby just about “non-lethal” things or even “humanitarian aid”.
But in the end, the West and some countries of the region – such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, formerly also Qatar – have a direct contact to the terrorists, who they do support with all kinds of weapons. We have the opinion that it was one of these countries that has provided chemical weapons for the terrorists. Of course, these countries could cease to support the terrorists with such weapons or others arms.
But there are even the terrorists who do not listen to any side, and when they get into the possession of arms and therefore have the possibility to destroy, they do no more feel obliged to anybody to do anything, also not to those, who funded and armed them.
Rossiya-24:
Some American media reported that alleged your officers – so officers of the Syrian Arab Army – have asked you for the approval to use chemical weapons in the fight against the armed opposition gangs. You, Mr. President, are said to have denied this permission. Nonetheless, these officers are said to have used chemical weapons on their own, especially in East Ghouta. Is this representation correct, are such operations even possible in Syria?
Bashar al-Assad:
This is nothing but a facet of American propaganda. Such propaganda always uses all kinds of lies to justify their own wars. This alleged conversation is reminiscent of what Colin Powell, under the lead of George Bush Jr., has done to justify the war against Iraq a little more than 10 years ago.
They brought evidence and have claimed that it would confirm that Saddam Hussein produces weapons of mass destruction. It later turned out that it was a lie. Today they lie in different ways, a variant is the one you have just mentioned.
The truth is, however, that such a conversation between anyone in Syria could have never taken place. This type of weapons is centrally managed (administered) in different countries and armies of the world – there are no such weapons directly in the hands of the armed forces – in other words, there are no regular troops that carry along such type of weapons – neither the land forces, nor the armoured divisions or others. It is a special type of weapons that would be used by Special Forces. So this is a completely illogical lie that no one can really believe.
Rossiya-24:
Recently, evidence were presented to the U.S. Congress, which were described as “convincing” and “indubitably” – video recordings, which should imply that the chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta had been used by the Syrian Army. What can you say about this American version?
Bashar al-Assad:
They have neither the Congress nor the press and therefore not their own people even shown one single evidence, as well as not to other country in the world, not even Russia, which has participated in the negotiation process. Everything that has happened, were nothing but words, and even that is a facet of American propaganda.
The logic, however, says that one cannot use weapons of mass destruction only hundreds of meters away from its own armed forces. One cannot use weapons of mass destruction in places of residence, because this would lead to tens of thousands of victims.
Similarly, weapons of mass destruction are not used in the time of (military) advances or if the success will not fail even with ordinary types of weapons. Their logic is not convincing. Therefore, the U.S. leadership is currently in a difficult position. They lie a lot less professional than it was yet done by the George Bush administration.
The previous U.S. administration has lied, but in their lies, they knew how they could convince a part of the world of their lies – in contrast to the current U.S. government, which is not even able to convince its allies about their lies. All the talk has no meaning. It lacks any logic and is completely implausible.
Rossiya-24:
The last question I just have to ask, since it concerns the security of the entire region. Russian media has recently reported that the armed opposition gangs possibly plan another provocation in which they could use chemical weapons against Israel, namely from a territory controlled by the Syrian Arab Army. Have you such an information in your capacity as commander in chief?
Bashar al-Assad:
It was already confirmed that the terrorist groups have chemical weapons and they have already been applied in Syria against our soldiers and civilians. So there are these substances. Furthermore, we know that these terrorist gangs and those, by which they are controlled, want to provoke a military attack by the United States.
Previously, they have tried to implicate Israel in the Syrian crisis. It cannot be ruled out that this information are true and are intended to serve the mentioned objectives.
If there is war in a region, so the chaos is increasing, but when the chaos is increasing, it is essential that the territories for terrorist gangs become more permeable and thus they can cause more damage and destruction. Such threats are a real challenge, because the terrorists have chemical weapons, and there are countries that supply them with these agents.
Rossiya-24:
Thank you for answering our questions!
Source: apxwn
Bashar al-Assad – Exclusive Interview for Rossiya-24
Syria’s President al-Assad: Interview with Russia 24.
An exclusive interview of the Syrian President was published by Rossiya-24 (Vesti.ru) on yesterday evening. The interview was conducted by Yevgeny Poddubny, who is otherwise only known from his posing in front of tanks and sniper positions.The contents of the conversation is mainly the Russian initiative for the “partial-disarming” of Syria, as it was designated by somebody here.
The following is the interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
———————————————————————————— Rossiya-24:
Mr. President, thank you very much for giving the TV channel Rossiya-24 the opportunity for this interview. The most important question at the beginning: Why has Syria agreed with the initiative of Russia to put the chemical weapons under an international control, and why came this agreement so quickly?
Bashar al-Assad:
Syria has already presented such a proposal to the UN (United Nations) over ten years ago – to free the Middle Eastern region of weapons of mass destruction, in particular, as the region is characterized by instability and wars have lasted for decades. This all began many centuries ago.
A removal of weapons of mass destruction from the region will thus have a direct impact on the stability of the region. The only ones who have opposed our former attempt were the United States. We do not appreciate it that there are even weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. Our concern has always been the stability and peace of the region.
This is one of the sides. The other relates to the current situation. Undoubtedly, the Syrian state is trying every effort that our country and other countries of the region will not be drawn into another insane war, which some proponents of a war in the United States want to unleash in the Middle East.
To this day, we pay the price for the wars that America has unleashed, for example, in Afghanistan – although this country is very far from Syria – or in Iraq – this is now again in our immediate neighbourhood.
I have the opinion that any war against Syria will be a war that will badly affect the entire region, so that the Middle East will enter a period of instability and problems for decades. This means that also the future generations will have to do with it.
The third and most important reason is the fact of the Russian proposal by itself. Would there be no initiative, it would be very difficult for Syria to move around into this direction. Our relations with Russia are based on a mutual trust, and that trust has only increased during the time of the Syrian crisis, so within the last two and a half years. Russia has confirmed through its actions that it understands very well what is happening in our region, Russia gave a proof of its reliability and it confirmed that it is a serious power, on which one can count on.
All these reasons have induced Syria to sign the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons.
Rossiya-24:
The President of the United States, Mr. Obama, and U.S. Secretary of State Kerry are of the opinion that Syria has decided to put its chemical weapons under an international control only for the reason of the immediate threat of a missile attack. Is that really so?
Bashar al-Assad:
If we think about the events in relation to the U.S. threats, which existed in the past weeks, these threats had certainly not the aim of the securing of the chemical weapons. These threats were based on a provocation, carried out by the use of chemical weapons in a suburb of Damascus, Al-Ghouta.
This provocation was organized by the U.S. leadership. In other words, no one has threatened us in order to force the surrender of the chemical weapons. So that’s not true. The Americans have only begun after the G20 summit in Russia to speak about such a turn. What has us actually now caused to make this a step, so it is really only the Russian initiative and the related negotiations we have had with the Russian side.
I would like to underline it again that, if there would not be this Russian initiative, we would even not discuss this issue with any other side. So, this is a kind of American propaganda, as Kerry and his leadership, including Obama, always want to come out as the winners, who have achieved the results by the use of threats. But that does not interest us.
Rossiya-24:
Yesterday, it was to hear that Russia has submitted a stage plan for the handover of the chemical weapons under international supervision to the United States. What mechanisms are envisaged for the realization of this process?
Bashar al-Assad:
Of course, Syria will turn to the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the coming days. Included in this are then documents of a technical nature which are necessary for the signing of the agreement. The work begins afterwards and should ultimately lead to the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
This convention includes a plurality of points. One of them concerns the prohibition of the production of chemical weapons, and there is also a ban on the storage and use. Thereafter, the Convention shall enter into force. In my view, the validity of the agreement begins one month after signing, and Syria will begin to transmit data on its holdings of chemical weapons to the international organization. These are standard processes, which are provided, and we will also stick to it.
I want to express myself clearly for everyone: these mechanisms will not function one-sided. It just does not mean that Syria signs the documents, fulfils the conditions of the process, and that`s it. It is a two-way process, which aims primarily on the situation that the United States stops its policy of threats against Syria, just as it also depends on the extent to which the Russian proposal is implemented.
As soon as we have convinced ourselves that the United States are really interested in a stability in our region and stops its threats and efforts for a raid of Syria, likewise cease the arms supplies to the terrorists, then we will assume that the necessary processes to the end can be pursued, that it is effective and acceptable for Syria.
But these are, as I said, no mechanisms that are only to use from one side. Russia has a very important role to play in this, because we have no confidence and also no connections to the United States. Russia is the only country that could take on this role.
Rossiya-24:
Let’s move on with the topic of the implementation of this Russian initiative: what for an international organization should be the structure in the Syrian Arab Republic that takes over the control above the Syrian chemical weapons? We have not to handle a standard situation here.
Bashar al-Assad:
We think that a logical structure appropriate for this role is the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, because this organization is the only with the appropriate specialists in this area and also monitors the compliance of the Chemical Weapons Convention in all countries of the world.
We all know that Israel has signed the Chemical Weapons Convention but not yet ratified. Syria will demand it and insist that Israel will finally implement its signing of the Convention.
When we formerly had introduced a project about the abolition of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, the United States had impeded this project. One of the reasons for this was that Israel should be further allowed to be in possess of such weapons. If we wish stability for the Middle East, all countries must adhere to the Convention.
And the first of the countries, which has to adhere it, is Israel, because Israel has nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and generally any kind of mass destruction. We must continue to ensure that no country has such weapons. This alone protects us against possible upcoming, devastating and costly wars – not only in the Middle East but throughout the world.
Rossiya-24:
Syria hands over its chemical weapons to an international control. Although we already do know for sure: Russian experts have proven it that chemical weapons were used by rebels from a radical group – therefore, by terrorists – in a suburb of Aleppo.
What has to be done in your opinion in order to protect both the people of Syria and the people in the neighbouring countries against the extremists who do not shy away from the use of chemical warfare agents?
Bashar al-Assad:
The incident, which you mean, occurred last March, when the residents of the territory of Khan al-Assal near Aleppo were shelled by terrorists with rockets filled with chemical toxins. As a result of this attack, there were dozens of victims.
We turned to the UN for this reason, so that a commission of experts will be dispatched to clarify the details of this incident and to determine which of the parties is responsible for this attack.
Here, the situation is clear for us: it was the work of terrorists. At that time, the United States have opposed the secondment of experts to Syria. Consequently, we have worked together with Russian experts and gave them all the evidence that were available for us. From this evidence, it became clear that the terrorists, who are operating in northern Syria, are responsible for this attack.
What is necessary now is the return of the delegation of chemical weapons experts who were already in Syria about a week ago. They should return to Syria in order to meet an agreement that were made between us during their last stay. In this agreement, it is about investigations in several provinces, primarily in Khan al-Assal.
We need to carefully examine this matter to determine, for example, the composition of the chemical substances and thereby the country behind the application. It is equally important to also find out which countries have given these chemical substances into the hands of terrorists, so that these countries can finally be brought to justice.
Rossiya-24:
Mr. President, a clarification is still necessary: it is even realistic to seize all the existing chemical warfare agents in the hands of the terrorists?
Bashar al-Assad:
That depends on whether those countries, which maintain relations with the terrorists, will become known. Although all countries speak about that they do not support terrorists, but we know for sure that the West provides them with logistical support – and it is allegedly thereby just about “non-lethal” things or even “humanitarian aid”.
But in the end, the West and some countries of the region – such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, formerly also Qatar – have a direct contact to the terrorists, who they do support with all kinds of weapons. We have the opinion that it was one of these countries that has provided chemical weapons for the terrorists. Of course, these countries could cease to support the terrorists with such weapons or others arms.
But there are even the terrorists who do not listen to any side, and when they get into the possession of arms and therefore have the possibility to destroy, they do no more feel obliged to anybody to do anything, also not to those, who funded and armed them.
Bashar al-Assad
Some American media reported that alleged your officers – so officers of the Syrian Arab Army – have asked you for the approval to use chemical weapons in the fight against the armed opposition gangs. You, Mr. President, are said to have denied this permission. Nonetheless, these officers are said to have used chemical weapons on their own, especially in East Ghouta. Is this representation correct, are such operations even possible in Syria?
Bashar al-Assad:
This is nothing but a facet of American propaganda. Such propaganda always uses all kinds of lies to justify their own wars. This alleged conversation is reminiscent of what Colin Powell, under the lead of George Bush Jr., has done to justify the war against Iraq a little more than 10 years ago.
They brought evidence and have claimed that it would confirm that Saddam Hussein produces weapons of mass destruction. It later turned out that it was a lie. Today they lie in different ways, a variant is the one you have just mentioned.
The truth is, however, that such a conversation between anyone in Syria could have never taken place. This type of weapons is centrally managed (administered) in different countries and armies of the world – there are no such weapons directly in the hands of the armed forces – in other words, there are no regular troops that carry along such type of weapons – neither the land forces, nor the armoured divisions or others. It is a special type of weapons that would be used by Special Forces. So this is a completely illogical lie that no one can really believe.
Rossiya-24:
Recently, evidence were presented to the U.S. Congress, which were described as “convincing” and “indubitably” – video recordings, which should imply that the chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta had been used by the Syrian Army. What can you say about this American version?
Bashar al-Assad:
They have neither the Congress nor the press and therefore not their own people even shown one single evidence, as well as not to other country in the world, not even Russia, which has participated in the negotiation process. Everything that has happened, were nothing but words, and even that is a facet of American propaganda.
The logic, however, says that one cannot use weapons of mass destruction only hundreds of meters away from its own armed forces. One cannot use weapons of mass destruction in places of residence, because this would lead to tens of thousands of victims.
Similarly, weapons of mass destruction are not used in the time of (military) advances or if the success will not fail even with ordinary types of weapons. Their logic is not convincing. Therefore, the U.S. leadership is currently in a difficult position. They lie a lot less professional than it was yet done by the George Bush administration.
The previous U.S. administration has lied, but in their lies, they knew how they could convince a part of the world of their lies – in contrast to the current U.S. government, which is not even able to convince its allies about their lies. All the talk has no meaning. It lacks any logic and is completely implausible.
Rossiya-24:
The last question I just have to ask, since it concerns the security of the entire region. Russian media has recently reported that the armed opposition gangs possibly plan another provocation in which they could use chemical weapons against Israel, namely from a territory controlled by the Syrian Arab Army. Have you such an information in your capacity as commander in chief?
Bashar al-Assad:
It was already confirmed that the terrorist groups have chemical weapons and they have already been applied in Syria against our soldiers and civilians. So there are these substances. Furthermore, we know that these terrorist gangs and those, by which they are controlled, want to provoke a military attack by the United States.
Previously, they have tried to implicate Israel in the Syrian crisis. It cannot be ruled out that this information are true and are intended to serve the mentioned objectives.
If there is war in a region, so the chaos is increasing, but when the chaos is increasing, it is essential that the territories for terrorist gangs become more permeable and thus they can cause more damage and destruction. Such threats are a real challenge, because the terrorists have chemical weapons, and there are countries that supply them with these agents.
Rossiya-24:
Thank you for answering our questions!
Source: apxwn
KONFLIK MILITER AMERIKA-RUSIA TELAH TERJADI
IRAN PASTIKAN DAPATKAN RUDAL S-300 RUSIA
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"Menghantam Damaskus sama dengan menghantam Moskow, dan kami telah
menghilangkan kalimat "telah menembak jatuh 2 rudal" dalam pernyataan
resmi kami demi menjaga hubungan bilateral dan menghentikan eskalasi.
Maka dari itu, Anda harus segera mempertimbangkan kembali
kebijakan-kebijakan, pendekatan-pendekatan dan kehendak-kehendak Anda
terkait krisis Syria sebagaimana Anda harus percaya bahwa Anda tidak
bisa mengabaikan keberadaan kami di kawasan Laut Tengah."
Demikianlah ancaman yang disampaikan kepala dinas inteligen Rusia kepada mitranya di Amerika perihal ditembak jatuhnya 2 rudal balistik Amerika oleh sistem pertahanan udara Rusia beberapa waktu lalu. Perkataan itu lah yang sebenarnya menjadi dasar "mundur"-nya Amerika dan sekutu-sekutunya dari rencana menyerang Syria, setelah menyadari bahwa Rusia telah siap mati membela sekutunya itu.
Sebagaimana telah ditulis di blog ini pada tgl 3 September lalu (lihat di sini) telah terjadi insiden peluncuran 2 rudal ballistik di Laut Mediterania yang mengarah ke Syria. Namun sampai saat itu masih simpang siur, siapa sebenarnya yang telah menembakkan rudal-rudal itu dan untuk tujuan apa, serta bagaimana "nasib" kedua rudal itu. Blog ini menyebutkan rudal-rudal itu ditembakkan oleh kapal selam Israel dengan maksud untuk memancing intervensi militer Amerika terhadap Syria. Namun informasi yang lebih valid menyebutkan hal yang berbeda. Israel tidak tahu-menahu mengenai rudal-rudal itu, yang ternyata ditembakkan dari pangkalan NATO di Spanyol. Radar-radar canggih Rusia segera berhasil melacak rudal-rudal itu dan rudal-rudal pencegat S-300 atau Alexander yang ditempatkan di Syria atau di kapal-kapal perangnya di Laut Mediterania, menembaknya di udara sebelum mencapai sasaran. Selanjutnya Rusia menggunakan insiden itu untuk menekan Amerika hingga membatalkan rencana serangan militer terhadap Syria.
Dan seperti terlihat kemudian, satu demi satu pemimpin barat mengundurkan diri dari rencana serangan terhadap Syria. Demi menyelamatkan muka Amerika, Rusia pun mengajukan proposal penyerahan senjata kimia Syria yang langsung disetujui Amerika dan semua negara barat. Hanya para pemberontak Syria, Turki dan negara-negara Arab badui saja yang masih sempat berteriak-teriak: "serang Syria!", namun segera diam setelah Liga Arab pun akhirnya menyetujui usulan Rusia.
Bagi Rusia, "kesalahan berujung kekalahan Amerika" itu dipergunakan untuk memperkuat posisinya di Timur Tengah. Selain penambahan armada kapal perang di Laut Mediterania, Rusia juga dipastikan mempercepat pengiriman rudal-rudal S-300 ke Syria dan melanjutkan kembali pengiriman rudal yang sama ke Iran yang sempat dibatalkan.
Namun demikian dunia tidak boleh terlena dengan perkembangan "positif" yang terjadi dalam konflik Syria karena insiden penembakan rudal balistik tersebut di atas masih menyimpan misteri yang lebih besar. Apakah Presiden Obama sendiri yang memerintahkan penembakan itu, atau adanya sabotase yang dilakukan unsur-unsur inteligen dan militer Amerika pro-Israel yang sangat menginginkan terjadinya serangan Amerika terhadap musuh-musuh utama Israel, yaitu Iran dan Syria? Konflik internal di kalangan pengambil kebijakan Amerika ini sempat mencuat ke permukaan dengan dipecatnya Direktur CIA Jendral Petraeus beberapa waktu lalu. Petraeus diduga memimpin sekelompok pejabat inteligen dan militer Amerika yang didukung para politisi dengan tujuan menyabotase pemerintahan demi memaksa Amerika menyerang Iran. Misinya sama seperti serangan WTC tahun 2001 yang sukses "memaksa" Presiden George W Bush untuk melancarkan kampanye "Perang Terorisme".
RUDAL S-300 IRAN
Sementara itu dikabarkan Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin telah menyetujui untuk mengirimkan rudal-rudal S-300 ke Iran, 3 tahun setelah dibatalkan karena desakan Amerika dan PBB.
Menurut laporan media Rusia Kommersant hari Rabu (11/9), Rusia setuju untuk memenuhi permintaan Iran untuk melanjutkan transaksi pembelian rudal-rudal tersebut senilai $800 juta. Selain rudal-rudal itu, Rusia dan Iran juga sepakat untuk membangun satu reaktor nuklir lagi di Bushehr. Menurut Kommersant kedua pihak direncanakan akan menyelesaikan kontrak tersebut minggu ini, tepatnya saat Putin bertemu dengan Presiden Iran Hassan Rouhani dalam pertemuan negara-negara Asia Tengah di Kyrgyzstan.
Pembelian rudal-rudal S-300 oleh Iran dan Syria telah membuat Israel dan Amerika ketakutan karena mengancam keseimbangan militer di kawasan tersebut dan membuat Israel dan Amerika berada pada posisi tidak menguntungkan. Bulan lalu Rusia menunda pengiriman komponen rudal-rudal tersebut ke Syria karena Syria mengalami kesulitan pembayarannya. Rusia direncanakan akan menyelesaikan pengiriman sistem pertahanan udara tercanggih di dunia itu tahun depan, meski Presiden Bashar al Assad pada bulan Mei lalu mengklaim Syria telah memiliki senjata itu.
Dengan daya jangkau hingga 200 kilometer dan kemampuan mendeteksi dan menembak jatuh belasan sasaran sekaligus, Israel jelas-jelas ketakutan dengan senjata ini karena secara efektif membuat Israel kehilangan keunggulan udaranya sampai pada titik dimana Israel tidak mampu lagi menerbangkan pesawat terbangnya di beberapa wilayah udara Israel sendiri. Selain itu Rusia juga akan segera menyerahkan 12 pesawat tempur MiG-29M/M2 yang dipesan Syria sejak tahun 2007.
Bulan Mei lalu Israel dan Amerika mendesak Rusia untuk tidak mengirim senjata-senjata canggih itu ke Syria, namun ditolak Rusia dengan alasan senjata-senjata itu bersifat defensif.
REF:
"Truth of US-Russia Confrontation - Aggression was over the Moment those Two Missiles were Fired"; Daoud Rammal; As-Safir; 12 September 2013
"US deployed nuke force before Syria crisis"; Gordon Duff; Veterns Today; 7 September 2013
"Russia to supply S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran"; Jerusalem Post; 12 September 2013
Demikianlah ancaman yang disampaikan kepala dinas inteligen Rusia kepada mitranya di Amerika perihal ditembak jatuhnya 2 rudal balistik Amerika oleh sistem pertahanan udara Rusia beberapa waktu lalu. Perkataan itu lah yang sebenarnya menjadi dasar "mundur"-nya Amerika dan sekutu-sekutunya dari rencana menyerang Syria, setelah menyadari bahwa Rusia telah siap mati membela sekutunya itu.
Sebagaimana telah ditulis di blog ini pada tgl 3 September lalu (lihat di sini) telah terjadi insiden peluncuran 2 rudal ballistik di Laut Mediterania yang mengarah ke Syria. Namun sampai saat itu masih simpang siur, siapa sebenarnya yang telah menembakkan rudal-rudal itu dan untuk tujuan apa, serta bagaimana "nasib" kedua rudal itu. Blog ini menyebutkan rudal-rudal itu ditembakkan oleh kapal selam Israel dengan maksud untuk memancing intervensi militer Amerika terhadap Syria. Namun informasi yang lebih valid menyebutkan hal yang berbeda. Israel tidak tahu-menahu mengenai rudal-rudal itu, yang ternyata ditembakkan dari pangkalan NATO di Spanyol. Radar-radar canggih Rusia segera berhasil melacak rudal-rudal itu dan rudal-rudal pencegat S-300 atau Alexander yang ditempatkan di Syria atau di kapal-kapal perangnya di Laut Mediterania, menembaknya di udara sebelum mencapai sasaran. Selanjutnya Rusia menggunakan insiden itu untuk menekan Amerika hingga membatalkan rencana serangan militer terhadap Syria.
Dan seperti terlihat kemudian, satu demi satu pemimpin barat mengundurkan diri dari rencana serangan terhadap Syria. Demi menyelamatkan muka Amerika, Rusia pun mengajukan proposal penyerahan senjata kimia Syria yang langsung disetujui Amerika dan semua negara barat. Hanya para pemberontak Syria, Turki dan negara-negara Arab badui saja yang masih sempat berteriak-teriak: "serang Syria!", namun segera diam setelah Liga Arab pun akhirnya menyetujui usulan Rusia.
Bagi Rusia, "kesalahan berujung kekalahan Amerika" itu dipergunakan untuk memperkuat posisinya di Timur Tengah. Selain penambahan armada kapal perang di Laut Mediterania, Rusia juga dipastikan mempercepat pengiriman rudal-rudal S-300 ke Syria dan melanjutkan kembali pengiriman rudal yang sama ke Iran yang sempat dibatalkan.
Namun demikian dunia tidak boleh terlena dengan perkembangan "positif" yang terjadi dalam konflik Syria karena insiden penembakan rudal balistik tersebut di atas masih menyimpan misteri yang lebih besar. Apakah Presiden Obama sendiri yang memerintahkan penembakan itu, atau adanya sabotase yang dilakukan unsur-unsur inteligen dan militer Amerika pro-Israel yang sangat menginginkan terjadinya serangan Amerika terhadap musuh-musuh utama Israel, yaitu Iran dan Syria? Konflik internal di kalangan pengambil kebijakan Amerika ini sempat mencuat ke permukaan dengan dipecatnya Direktur CIA Jendral Petraeus beberapa waktu lalu. Petraeus diduga memimpin sekelompok pejabat inteligen dan militer Amerika yang didukung para politisi dengan tujuan menyabotase pemerintahan demi memaksa Amerika menyerang Iran. Misinya sama seperti serangan WTC tahun 2001 yang sukses "memaksa" Presiden George W Bush untuk melancarkan kampanye "Perang Terorisme".
RUDAL S-300 IRAN
Sementara itu dikabarkan Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin telah menyetujui untuk mengirimkan rudal-rudal S-300 ke Iran, 3 tahun setelah dibatalkan karena desakan Amerika dan PBB.
Menurut laporan media Rusia Kommersant hari Rabu (11/9), Rusia setuju untuk memenuhi permintaan Iran untuk melanjutkan transaksi pembelian rudal-rudal tersebut senilai $800 juta. Selain rudal-rudal itu, Rusia dan Iran juga sepakat untuk membangun satu reaktor nuklir lagi di Bushehr. Menurut Kommersant kedua pihak direncanakan akan menyelesaikan kontrak tersebut minggu ini, tepatnya saat Putin bertemu dengan Presiden Iran Hassan Rouhani dalam pertemuan negara-negara Asia Tengah di Kyrgyzstan.
Pembelian rudal-rudal S-300 oleh Iran dan Syria telah membuat Israel dan Amerika ketakutan karena mengancam keseimbangan militer di kawasan tersebut dan membuat Israel dan Amerika berada pada posisi tidak menguntungkan. Bulan lalu Rusia menunda pengiriman komponen rudal-rudal tersebut ke Syria karena Syria mengalami kesulitan pembayarannya. Rusia direncanakan akan menyelesaikan pengiriman sistem pertahanan udara tercanggih di dunia itu tahun depan, meski Presiden Bashar al Assad pada bulan Mei lalu mengklaim Syria telah memiliki senjata itu.
Dengan daya jangkau hingga 200 kilometer dan kemampuan mendeteksi dan menembak jatuh belasan sasaran sekaligus, Israel jelas-jelas ketakutan dengan senjata ini karena secara efektif membuat Israel kehilangan keunggulan udaranya sampai pada titik dimana Israel tidak mampu lagi menerbangkan pesawat terbangnya di beberapa wilayah udara Israel sendiri. Selain itu Rusia juga akan segera menyerahkan 12 pesawat tempur MiG-29M/M2 yang dipesan Syria sejak tahun 2007.
Bulan Mei lalu Israel dan Amerika mendesak Rusia untuk tidak mengirim senjata-senjata canggih itu ke Syria, namun ditolak Rusia dengan alasan senjata-senjata itu bersifat defensif.
REF:
"Truth of US-Russia Confrontation - Aggression was over the Moment those Two Missiles were Fired"; Daoud Rammal; As-Safir; 12 September 2013
"US deployed nuke force before Syria crisis"; Gordon Duff; Veterns Today; 7 September 2013
"Russia to supply S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran"; Jerusalem Post; 12 September 2013
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politik
Dukungan Blok Barat dari lini belakang:
16 September 2013
TEMPO.CO, Paris - Inggris, Prancis, dan Amerika Serikat, Senin, 16 September 2013, sepakat untuk meningkatkan dukungan mereka terhadap para pemberontak dalam pertempuran mereka melawan Pemerintah Suriah.
Menteri Luar Negeri Prancis, Laurent Fabius, mengumumkan bahwa akan ada pertemuan internasional dengan para pemimpin Koalisi Nasional Suriah di New York, pekan depan.
"Kami tahu bahwa untuk menegosiasikan solusi politik, harus ada oposisi yang kuat," kata Fabius.
http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2013/09/16/115513839/Inggris-Prancis-AS-Setuju-Perkuat-Oposisi-Suriah
Editor: Mampukah Blok Barat dan Negara-negara Arab mendirikan Negara Suriah ke-II di sebagian wilayah Suriah?
Perang Suriah berlanjut.
https://www.facebook.com/BeritaHarianSuriah
Pergerakan lini belakang – untuk berdirinya Negara Suriah tandingan dalam Sinyalemen Blok Barat dan Oposisi mengarah pada peningkatan Bargaining Power untuk persiapan daya-tawar politik.
Manuver Politik:
Setelah terpilihnya Dr. Ahmad Tumeh sebagai Perdana Menteri Pihak Oposisi baru-baru ini (Ahmad Jabra tetap sebagai Presiden), Pihak Kelompok Oposisi Suriah berencana mendirikan “Pemerintahan Suriah Oposisi” dan mengagendakan pembentukan Kabinet dan struktur Pemerintahan Oposisi dan Tentara Nasional Oposisi – dengan sebagai agenda awal Pemerintahan Oposisi adalah membangun stabilitas di kawasan yang ada dalam control mereka.
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/syrian-opposition-elects-moderate-islamist-ahmad-tumeh-pm
http://www.bisnis.com/m/konflik-suriah-kelompok-oposisi-pilih-ahmad-jarba-sebagai-presiden
Manuver Lapangan:
15 September 2013
Untuk mendukung agenda tersebut diatas, Pemimpin Kelompok pejuang Oposisi Suriah (Free Syrian Army/FSA), Jenderal Salim Idris, meminta masyarakat Internasional untuk memberlakukan Larangan penggunaan Kekuatan Udara (Pesawat tempur, Helicopter dan rudal) yang digunakan oleh Pasukan Pemerintah Suriah untuk memerangi Kelompok Oposisi di daerah yang di kuasai oleh Kelompok Oposisi.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6Ic7ZtXic&feature=share
Link:
http://en.rian.ru/world/20130915/183463033/Syrias-Opposition-Seeks-Ban-on-Regimes-Air-Power.html
Pergerakan lini belakang – untuk berdirinya Negara Suriah tandingan dalam Sinyalemen Blok Barat dan Oposisi mengarah pada peningkatan Bargaining Power untuk persiapan daya-tawar politik.
Manuver Politik:
Setelah terpilihnya Dr. Ahmad Tumeh sebagai Perdana Menteri Pihak Oposisi baru-baru ini (Ahmad Jabra tetap sebagai Presiden), Pihak Kelompok Oposisi Suriah berencana mendirikan “Pemerintahan Suriah Oposisi” dan mengagendakan pembentukan Kabinet dan struktur Pemerintahan Oposisi dan Tentara Nasional Oposisi – dengan sebagai agenda awal Pemerintahan Oposisi adalah membangun stabilitas di kawasan yang ada dalam control mereka.
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/syrian-opposition-elects-moderate-islamist-ahmad-tumeh-pm
http://www.bisnis.com/m/konflik-suriah-kelompok-oposisi-pilih-ahmad-jarba-sebagai-presiden
Manuver Lapangan:
15 September 2013
Untuk mendukung agenda tersebut diatas, Pemimpin Kelompok pejuang Oposisi Suriah (Free Syrian Army/FSA), Jenderal Salim Idris, meminta masyarakat Internasional untuk memberlakukan Larangan penggunaan Kekuatan Udara (Pesawat tempur, Helicopter dan rudal) yang digunakan oleh Pasukan Pemerintah Suriah untuk memerangi Kelompok Oposisi di daerah yang di kuasai oleh Kelompok Oposisi.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6Ic7ZtXic&feature=share
Link:
http://en.rian.ru/world/20130915/183463033/Syrias-Opposition-Seeks-Ban-on-Regimes-Air-Power.html
Please help
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1. Berapa jumlah militan asing yang memerangi Suriah?
Menurut studi pertahanan Inggris, jumlahnya sekitar 100.000 yang terpecah menjadi 1.000 kelompok
2. Berapa jumlah korban jiwa dalam perang Suriah?
Menurut data yang dikeluarkan PBB, korban jiwa sudah mencapai 100.000 jiwa lebih.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/16/324193/100000-militants-active-in-syria-study/
Berikan saya saran, bagaimana caranya memotivasi para militan asing ini untuk bergeser sedikit dari Suriah menuju Israel.
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1. Berapa jumlah militan asing yang memerangi Suriah?
Menurut studi pertahanan Inggris, jumlahnya sekitar 100.000 yang terpecah menjadi 1.000 kelompok
2. Berapa jumlah korban jiwa dalam perang Suriah?
Menurut data yang dikeluarkan PBB, korban jiwa sudah mencapai 100.000 jiwa lebih.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/16/324193/100000-militants-active-in-syria-study/
Berikan saya saran, bagaimana caranya memotivasi para militan asing ini untuk bergeser sedikit dari Suriah menuju Israel.
16 September 2013
TEMPO.CO, Paris - Inggris, Prancis, dan Amerika Serikat, Senin, 16 September 2013, sepakat untuk meningkatkan dukungan mereka terhadap para pemberontak dalam pertempuran mereka melawan Pemerintah Suriah.
Menteri Luar Negeri Prancis, Laurent Fabius, mengumumkan bahwa akan ada pertemuan internasional dengan para pemimpin Koalisi Nasional Suriah di New York, pekan depan.
"Kami tahu bahwa untuk menegosiasikan solusi politik, harus ada oposisi yang kuat," kata Fabius.
http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2013/09/16/115513839/Inggris-Prancis-AS-Setuju-Perkuat-Oposisi-Suriah
Editor: Mampukah Blok Barat dan Negara-negara Arab mendirikan Negara Suriah ke-II di sebagian wilayah Suriah?
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Berita Harian Suriah shared a link via Kabar Islam.
Pemberontak Suriah Gunakan Senjata Kimia
Pemerintah Suriah memang memiliki Senjata Kimia untuk mengimbangi
Israel yg punya 200 bom Nuklir. Tapi belum tentu Pemerintah Suriah
menggunakannya dalam Perang Saudara.
Bahkan penyelidikan PBB berdasarkan keterangan korban dan dokter2 yang memeriksa, Pemberontak Suriah yang memakai gas Sarin. Pemerintah Turki juga menemukan Sarin di rumah2 pemberontak Suriah yg ada di Turki.
Ingat, di Indonesia saja bahan Kimia bisa dibeli di toko Kimia. Mau Air Keras, H2O2, dsb ada. Di Alpha saja kita bisa beli Vorstex yang kalau kena tangan sakitnya minta ampun. Bahan kima tsb tinggal ditempelkan di samping bom. Jika meledak dan menyebar kena kulit kan lumayan.
Dan memang Saudi Arabia yang mendukung pemberontak Suriah menyuplai pemberontak dengan senjata kimia dan dikirim lewat Turki.
http://kabarislamia.blogspot.com/2013/09/pemberontak-suriah-gunakan-senjata-kimia.html
Pemerintan AS yang pro Pemberontak Suriah menampilkan video-video korban senjata Kimia di Suriah. Dikatakan bahwa video tsb sudah diverifikasi. Tapi menurut jurnalis Amber Lyon (mantan reporter CNN pemenang Emmy Award 3x) dibuktikan terhadap apa? Karena video tsb tidak menunjukkan SIAPA PELAKUNYA!
Ini berita Pemberontak Suriah pakai senjata Kimia:
PBB: Pemberontak Suriah Gunakan Gas Sarin
NEW YORK, KOMPAS.com — Investigator masalah hak asasi manusia PBB, Carla del Ponte, mengatakan, pasukan pemberontak Suriah telah menggunakan gas sarin dalam konflik bersenjata di negeri itu.
"Berdasarkan sejumlah kesaksian yang kami kumpulkan, pasukan pemberontak menggunakan senjata kini, dalam hal ini gas sarin," kata Del Ponte dalam wawancara dengan Radio Swiss, Minggu (5/5/2013) malam.
http://internasional.kompas.com/read/2013/05/06/15440451/PBB.Pemberontak.Suriah.Gunakan.Gas.Sarin
Turki Temukan Gas Sarin di Rumah-rumah Militan Anti-Suriah
http://news.detik..com/read/2013/05/31/164856/2261735/1148/turki-temukan-gas-sarin-di-rumah-rumah-militan-anti-suriah?nd772204btr
Penyelidikan PBB: Oposisi Suriah Gunakan Senjata Kimia
Selasa, 27 Agustus 2013, 14:10 WIB
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Hasil penyelidikan komisi PBB terhadap pelanggaran HAM di Suriah menyebutkan pasukan oposisi telah menggunakan senjata kimia dalam perang sipil dengan pasukan pemerintah.
Anggota Komisi Independen Penyelidikan PBB, Carla Del Ponte, mengatakan bahwa staf medis mengumpulkan data-data dari kesaksian para korban dan bukti di lapangan yang menunjukkan bahwa senjata kimia jenis sarin digunakan oleh pejuang oposisi.
"Penyelidik kami telah mewawancarai korban, dokter rumah sakit, dan terjun langsung ke lapangan. Sebuah bukti tak terbantahkan dari penggunaan gas sarin," kata Del Ponte dalam wawancara di televisi Swiss-Italia.
"Senjata ini digunakan oleh oposisi, bukan oleh otoritas pemerintah," tambahnya.
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/internasional/global/13/08/27/ms6fdw-penyelidikan-pbb-oposisi-suriah-gunakan-senjata-kimia
U.N. has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator
GENEVA | Sun May 5, 2013 6:13pm EDT(Reuters) – U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday.The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not yet seen evidence of government forces having used chemical weapons, which are banned under international law, said commission member Carla Del Ponte.“Our investigators have been in neighboring countries interviewing victims, doctors and field hospitals and, according to their report of last week which I have seen, there are strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof of the use of sarin gas, from the way the victims were treated,” Del Ponte said in an interview with Swiss-Italian television.“This was use on the part of the opposition, the rebels, not by the government authorities,” she added, speaking in Italian.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-un-idUSBRE94409Z20130505
http://kabarislamia.blogspot.com/2013/09/penyelidik-pbb-oposisi-suriah-gunakan.html
Bahkan penyelidikan PBB berdasarkan keterangan korban dan dokter2 yang memeriksa, Pemberontak Suriah yang memakai gas Sarin. Pemerintah Turki juga menemukan Sarin di rumah2 pemberontak Suriah yg ada di Turki.
Ingat, di Indonesia saja bahan Kimia bisa dibeli di toko Kimia. Mau Air Keras, H2O2, dsb ada. Di Alpha saja kita bisa beli Vorstex yang kalau kena tangan sakitnya minta ampun. Bahan kima tsb tinggal ditempelkan di samping bom. Jika meledak dan menyebar kena kulit kan lumayan.
Dan memang Saudi Arabia yang mendukung pemberontak Suriah menyuplai pemberontak dengan senjata kimia dan dikirim lewat Turki.
http://kabarislamia.blogspot.com/2013/09/pemberontak-suriah-gunakan-senjata-kimia.html
Pemerintan AS yang pro Pemberontak Suriah menampilkan video-video korban senjata Kimia di Suriah. Dikatakan bahwa video tsb sudah diverifikasi. Tapi menurut jurnalis Amber Lyon (mantan reporter CNN pemenang Emmy Award 3x) dibuktikan terhadap apa? Karena video tsb tidak menunjukkan SIAPA PELAKUNYA!
Ini berita Pemberontak Suriah pakai senjata Kimia:
PBB: Pemberontak Suriah Gunakan Gas Sarin
NEW YORK, KOMPAS.com — Investigator masalah hak asasi manusia PBB, Carla del Ponte, mengatakan, pasukan pemberontak Suriah telah menggunakan gas sarin dalam konflik bersenjata di negeri itu.
"Berdasarkan sejumlah kesaksian yang kami kumpulkan, pasukan pemberontak menggunakan senjata kini, dalam hal ini gas sarin," kata Del Ponte dalam wawancara dengan Radio Swiss, Minggu (5/5/2013) malam.
http://internasional.kompas.com/read/2013/05/06/15440451/PBB.Pemberontak.Suriah.Gunakan.Gas.Sarin
Turki Temukan Gas Sarin di Rumah-rumah Militan Anti-Suriah
http://news.detik..com/read/2013/05/31/164856/2261735/1148/turki-temukan-gas-sarin-di-rumah-rumah-militan-anti-suriah?nd772204btr
Penyelidikan PBB: Oposisi Suriah Gunakan Senjata Kimia
Selasa, 27 Agustus 2013, 14:10 WIB
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Hasil penyelidikan komisi PBB terhadap pelanggaran HAM di Suriah menyebutkan pasukan oposisi telah menggunakan senjata kimia dalam perang sipil dengan pasukan pemerintah.
Anggota Komisi Independen Penyelidikan PBB, Carla Del Ponte, mengatakan bahwa staf medis mengumpulkan data-data dari kesaksian para korban dan bukti di lapangan yang menunjukkan bahwa senjata kimia jenis sarin digunakan oleh pejuang oposisi.
"Penyelidik kami telah mewawancarai korban, dokter rumah sakit, dan terjun langsung ke lapangan. Sebuah bukti tak terbantahkan dari penggunaan gas sarin," kata Del Ponte dalam wawancara di televisi Swiss-Italia.
"Senjata ini digunakan oleh oposisi, bukan oleh otoritas pemerintah," tambahnya.
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/internasional/global/13/08/27/ms6fdw-penyelidikan-pbb-oposisi-suriah-gunakan-senjata-kimia
U.N. has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator
GENEVA | Sun May 5, 2013 6:13pm EDT(Reuters) – U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday.The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not yet seen evidence of government forces having used chemical weapons, which are banned under international law, said commission member Carla Del Ponte.“Our investigators have been in neighboring countries interviewing victims, doctors and field hospitals and, according to their report of last week which I have seen, there are strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof of the use of sarin gas, from the way the victims were treated,” Del Ponte said in an interview with Swiss-Italian television.“This was use on the part of the opposition, the rebels, not by the government authorities,” she added, speaking in Italian.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-un-idUSBRE94409Z20130505
http://kabarislamia.blogspot.com/2013/09/penyelidik-pbb-oposisi-suriah-gunakan.html
Kabar Islam: Pemberontak Suriah Gunakan Senjata Kimia
kabarislamia.blogspot.com
PBB Terima Laporan Soal Penyelidikan Senjata Kimia Suriah
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEW YORK -- Sekjen PBB, Ban Ki-moon menerima laporan kelompok pencari fakta PBB mengenai dugaan penggunaan senjata kimia di Suriah. Ia berencana memberi penjelasan kepada Dewan Keamanan PBB mengenai temuan tersebut, Senin (16/9).
"Laporan tersebut dari Misi PBB untuk Menyelidiki Dugaan Penggunaan Senjata Kimia di Republik Arab Suriah telah diserahkan kepada sekretaris jenderal," kata Juru Bicara PBB, Martin Nesirky kepada wartawan di Markas PBB, New York, Ahad (15/9).
"(Laporan) itu diserahkan hari ini, 15 September, kepada sekretaris jenderal oleh Profesor Ake Sellstrom, pemimpin Misi tersebut, dan sekretaris jenderal akan menyediakannya kepada Negara Anggota besok pagi (Senin)," kata juru bicara itu.
"Pada Senin pagi, sekretaris jenderal berencana memberi penjelasan kepada Dewan Keamanan mengenai laporan tersebut selama konsultasi tertutupnya," kata Nesirky, sebagaimana dilaporkan Xinhua.
Setelah penjelasannya di Dewan Keamanan 15-negara, Ban berencana berbicara dengan wartawan hari ini sekitar pukul 12.50 waktu setempat (23.50 WIB).
"Teks laporan tersebut direncanakan disediakan pada Senin pagi waktu setempat di jejaring Kantor PBB Urusan Perlucutan Senjata, dengan alamat http://www.un.org/disarmament," katanya.
Pada 2 September, sampel yang dikumpulkan oleh tim pemeriksa senjata kimia PBB di Suriah dibawa ke laboratorium di Den Haag untuk dianalisis. Sampel tersebut diambil dari lokasi yang diduga sebagai tempat senjata kimia digunakan, Daerah Ghouta di Damaskus, Ibu Kota Suriah, pada 21 Agustus. Lebih dari seribu orang dilaporkan tewas.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEW YORK -- Sekjen PBB, Ban Ki-moon menerima laporan kelompok pencari fakta PBB mengenai dugaan penggunaan senjata kimia di Suriah. Ia berencana memberi penjelasan kepada Dewan Keamanan PBB mengenai temuan tersebut, Senin (16/9).
"Laporan tersebut dari Misi PBB untuk Menyelidiki Dugaan Penggunaan Senjata Kimia di Republik Arab Suriah telah diserahkan kepada sekretaris jenderal," kata Juru Bicara PBB, Martin Nesirky kepada wartawan di Markas PBB, New York, Ahad (15/9).
"(Laporan) itu diserahkan hari ini, 15 September, kepada sekretaris jenderal oleh Profesor Ake Sellstrom, pemimpin Misi tersebut, dan sekretaris jenderal akan menyediakannya kepada Negara Anggota besok pagi (Senin)," kata juru bicara itu.
"Pada Senin pagi, sekretaris jenderal berencana memberi penjelasan kepada Dewan Keamanan mengenai laporan tersebut selama konsultasi tertutupnya," kata Nesirky, sebagaimana dilaporkan Xinhua.
Setelah penjelasannya di Dewan Keamanan 15-negara, Ban berencana berbicara dengan wartawan hari ini sekitar pukul 12.50 waktu setempat (23.50 WIB).
"Teks laporan tersebut direncanakan disediakan pada Senin pagi waktu setempat di jejaring Kantor PBB Urusan Perlucutan Senjata, dengan alamat http://www.un.org/disarmament," katanya.
Pada 2 September, sampel yang dikumpulkan oleh tim pemeriksa senjata kimia PBB di Suriah dibawa ke laboratorium di Den Haag untuk dianalisis. Sampel tersebut diambil dari lokasi yang diduga sebagai tempat senjata kimia digunakan, Daerah Ghouta di Damaskus, Ibu Kota Suriah, pada 21 Agustus. Lebih dari seribu orang dilaporkan tewas.
USS Nimitz Carrier Moves Into Red Sea, But No Orders for Syria
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Sep 2, 2013 2:29am
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/09/uss-nimitz-carrier-moving-toward-red-sea-but-no-orders-for-syria/
A U.S. official confirmed that the Nimitz and four other ships moved into the Red Sea earlier today. The official said the carrier strike group has not been assigned a mission and the move to the Red Sea was a prudent move in case its resources are needed to “maximize available options”. The other ships in the strike group are the cruiser USS Princeton and the destroyers USS William P. Lawrence, USS Stockdale and USS Shoup.
On Saturday, President Obama announced that he had decided upon military action against Syria, but that he would first seek authorization from Congress. Another U.S. official said that in the wake of that decision military planners are reviewing their options and force posture requirements in the region.
Last Wednesday, with the likelihood of a U.S. military action against Syria increasing, the USS Nimitz and four other ships in its strike group were kept in the Indian Ocean for what an official described as a “prudent responsible decision.”
The carrier had just ended a months-long deployment to the Arabian Sea where its fighter aircraft had been providing air cover over Afghanistan. Having been replaced by the USS Harry S Truman, the carrier was expected to soon begin the trip home to its home port in Everett, Wash., when it received orders to linger in the area.
Defense officials told ABC News Sunday that the Nimitz was heading west, but added that it had not been assigned to a specific mission, so the move was just “prudent positioning.”
Reuters was first to report Sunday that the Nimitz was moving westward towards the Red Sea.
On Saturday, President Obama announced that he had decided upon military action against Syria, but that he would first seek authorization from Congress.
For now, U.S. officials have said any limited U.S. military action against Syria will likely come in the form of Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from Navy destroyers currently stationed in the eastern Mediterranean.
There are now five U.S. destroyers in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean, but even those numbers are the result of fortuitous timing. Typically, three Navy destroyers are stationed there to counter an Iranian ballistic missile threat to Europe.
Two of the destroyers were held over at the end of their deployments because of the dynamic situation in Syria and are now serving alongside the two destroyers that were slated to replace them.
On Friday, the USS San Antonio, a Navy amphibious ship with several hundred Marines aboard, was ordered to remain in the eastern Mediterranean though defense officials said it too was not part of the U.S. military planning for a limited strike against Syria. Defense officials described the move as “a prudent decision should the ship’s capabilities be required.
The San Antonio was originally to be in the Mediterranean as part of a long-scheduled commitment to support U.S. Africa Command, several officials said. The ship was on its way to a port call at the U.S naval base at Souda Bay on the Greek Island of Crete when it was ordered to remain in the area.
The San Antonio has resources that could prove useful in future operations in the region. For example, the ship has several hundred Marines aboard from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), as well as several helicopters or V-22 Ospreys that could be useful in helping to rescue downed pilots.
That scenario played out in the early days of the 2011 air assault on Libya when Marines from the 26th MEU aboard the amphibious ship USS Kearsarge rescued one of two F-15 pilots forced to eject after their fighter crashed outside Benghazi.
The San Antonio is one of three ships, carrying the 2,200 Marines of the 26th MEU aboard, that have been serving a six-month deployment to U.S. Central Command’s area of operations. That area encompasses the Middle East area around the Arabian Peninsula.
The three-ship force is headed by the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, which was most recently in the Persian Gulf.
A defense official says Kearsarge is in the Arabian Sea and is not expected to go to the Red Sea. The other ship in the task force is the USS Carter Hall, which is currently off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
China Sends Warships to Coast of Syria
Sept. 5, 2013
Paul Joseph Watson
China has reportedly sent warships to the coast of Syria
to “observe” the actions of US and Russian ships as tensions build in
preparation for a potential military strike on Syria which could come as
soon as next week.
According to the Russian news outlet Telegrafist.org,
the People’s Liberation Army dispatched the Jinggangshan amphibious dock
landing ship and the vessel was seen passing through the Red Sea
towards the Suez Canal, the waterway in Egypt that leads to the
Mediterranean Sea and waters off the coast of Israel, Lebanon and Syria.
According to the report, the ship has not been sent to
engage in any aggressive actions but is merely there to “observe” the
actions of Russian and US warships. However, the Jinggangshan is
equipped for combat, is armed with missiles, and was utilized as part of a “show of force” in maneuvers aimed at defending the South China Sea earlier this year.
Russian sources have confirmed that the Russian heavy missile cruiser Moskva has been sent to the eastern Mediterranean. China, for its part, is sending its amphibious dock landing warship, the 19,000 metric ton Jinggangshan, a 689-foot-long warship can carry 1,000 soldiers, helicopters, armored fighting vehicles, boats and landing craft. – Vineyardsaker
The report states that additional PLA warships have also been sent to the region but that their identity is unknown.
Yesterday it was reported that
Russia was sending three more ships – two destroyers and a missile
cruiser – to the eastern Mediterranean to bolster its forces which
already include three other warships dispatched over the last two weeks.
Earlier this week, Russia criticized the United States for
sending warships close to Syria, with Russian Defense Ministry official
Oleg Dogayev remarking, “The dispatch of ships armed with cruise
missiles toward Syria’s shores has a negative effect on the situation in
the region.”
Five U.S. destroyers and an amphibious ship are currently positioned in the eastern Mediterranean awaiting strike orders. The USS Nimitz and three other warships are also stationed in the nearby Red Sea.
In a related story, China today toughened its rhetoric on Syria, warning President Barack Obama that,
“Military action would have a negative impact on the global economy,
especially on the oil price – it will cause a hike in the oil price.”
The Global Times, a newspaper described by Foreign
Policy Magazine as “hyper nationalistic” and an “angry Chinese
government mouthpiece, also published an editorial yesterday which
slammed Obama for failing to prove that last month’s chemical weapons
attack was the work of the Syrian government, charging that Washington’s
“geopolitical interests” in the region were behind the military
build-up.
The editorial, which also complains of the total lack of media coverage in America concerning reports that Syrian rebels admitted responsibility for last month’s chemical weapons attack, accuses the White House of “ignoring logic as it beats war drums.”
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Chinese Navy’s amphibious landing ship Jinggangshan near Malaysia
A Chinese amphibious task force sparked jitters around the region by reaching the southernmost waters of its claimed domain
A fully equipped PLA amphibious task force has reached China’s southernmost claimed possession in the South China Sea in an unprecedented show of force that is raising eyebrows across the region.
The four-ship flotilla headed by the landing ship Jinggangshan visited James Shoal – some 80 kilometres from Malaysia, less than 200 kilometres from Brunei and 1,800 kilometres from the mainland coast – close to the outer limits of China’s “nine-dash line“, by which it lays claim to virtually the entire South China Sea.
A Xinhua report yesterday described marines and crew gathering on the deck of the Jinggangshan – one of the PLA Navy‘s three 200-metre landing ships – to pledge to “defend the South China Sea, maintain national sovereignty and strive towards the dream of a strong China”.
“It was a surprisingly strong message in sending out this task force, on such a new operational role from previous PLAN [PLA Navy] patrols in the region,” said Gary Li, a senior analyst with IHS Fairplay in London.
“It is not just a few ships here and there, but a crack amphibious landing ship carrying marines and hovercraft and backed by some of the best escort ships in the PLAN fleet,” he said, adding that jet fighters had also been used to cover the task force.
“We’ve never seen anything like this that far south in terms of quantity or quality … it is hard to know whether it is just coincidence, but it does seem to reflect [President] Xi Jinping‘s desire for more practical operationally based exercises.”
The landing ships are considered some of the most sophisticated vessels in the PLA and are thought to be key to any strategy to invade Taiwan. Their deployments are closely watched by regional rivals. The first of the landing ships, Kunlunshan, has been used in anti-piracy work off the Horn of Africa.
Photos circulating on mainland websites show marines storming beaches, backed by hovercrafts and helicopters dispatched from the Jinggangshan during several days of exercises that saw them visit all of China’s holdings in the Spratly Islands.
The PLA took six Spratlys reefs and shoals from Vietnam in a sea battle 25 years ago this month.
The ships are due to head back north, crossing into the western Pacific for further drills via the Bashi channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, Xinhua said.
News of the Jinggangshan’s appearance off James Shoal last night sparked chatter among military officials in the region.
“That is quite a show of sovereignty – an amphibious task force,” said one military attaché monitoring developments. “It has got everyone talking.
“The Spratlys is one thing, but turning up at James Shoal is quite another. Once again, China is showing it is quite unafraid to send a message to the region – and in a year when Asean is chaired by Brunei, turning up down there in such a fashion is pretty strong symbolism.”
PLA deployments into the South China Sea in 2009 and 2010 sparked fears across the region of a new assertiveness by Beijing. Those concerns in turn prompted fresh moves by several Southeast Asian nations to force the long-simmering South China Sea dispute back on to the regional agenda – and forge closer ties with the US
Source: SCMP Chief Asia Correspondent Greg Torode’s column article on March 27 “PLA Navy amphibious task force reaches Malaysia ‘to defend South China sea’”
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