Syria

Russia Delivers Supersonic ‘Yakhont’ Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles To Syria

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– Russia ‘Delivers Missiles To Syria’ (Israel News, Ynetnews/AFP, Dec. 1, 2011):

Yakhont supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles reportedly delivered as part of $300 million deal Russia has delivered supersonic cruise missiles to Syria despite the violence shaking the Arab country and Israel’s furious condemnation of the deal, a news report said on Thursday.

“The Yakhont supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles have been delivered to Syria,” a military source told the Interfax news agency without disclosing when the shipment was made.

Russia signed a contract reportedly worth at least $300 million (222 million euros) in 2007 to supply its traditional Arab world ally with a large shipment of the cruise missiles.

Reports said Russia intended to deliver 72 of the missiles to Syria in all.

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Russia Delivers Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles To Syria As UN Chief Says Country Is In Full-Scale Civil War

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Full-scale civil war? I wonder why?:

– Dr. Webster Tarpley: The NATO-CIA Destabilization Of Syria Is Under Way! (Video)

– Bomb Voyage: 600 Libyans ‘Already Fighting In Syria’ (RT)

– ’15,000 Strong’ Army Gathers To Take On Syria:

An insurgent army which claims to be up to 15,000 strong is being coordinated from Turkey to take on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which risks plunging the region into open warfare.

Here you will find out more about the ‘righteous’ Libyan rebels figthing in Syria:

– Libya: As Lawlessness Spreads, Are The Rebel ‘Good Guys’ Turning Bad? (Telegraph, Nov. 5, 2011)

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– Russia Delivers Supersonic ‘Yakhont’ Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles To Syria

– Russia admits defying West by supplying cruise missiles to Syria as U.N. chief says country is in full-scale civil war (Daily Mail, Dec. 2, 2011):

Russia last night admitted it had defied the West and supplied Syrian president Bashar al-Assad with a batch of cruise missiles.

Despite warnings today that the country was in civil war and ongoing concerns over terror tactics used against civilians, Moscow will also go-ahead with training the dictator’s troops to use the state-of-the-art weapons.

‘Supersonic anti-ship Yakhont cruise missiles have been delivered to Syria,’ said an informed Russian source.

A total of 72 missiles were ordered by Damascus, but Moscow did not make clear how many had been delivered in the recent past.

‘These arms will make it possible to defend Syria’s entire coastline against a potential attack from sea,’ said another source.

Israel fears the cruise missiles could fall into the hands of Hezbollah militants in neighbouring Lebanon.

The US also sought to halt arms sales to the Syrian ruler after his bloody crackdowns on street protests.

Moscow insists that a deal on the missiles and radar equipment, signed in 2007, is legal under international law.

With instability growing in the region, Moscow may have calculated that by arming the dictator, it reduces the chances of Western intervention in the country.

The revelation came as the U.N.’s top human rights official warned today that Syria has entered a state of civil war with more than 4,000 people dead and an increasing number of soldiers defecting from the army to take up arms against the the president.

Read moreRussia Delivers Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles To Syria As UN Chief Says Country Is In Full-Scale Civil War

Dr. Webster Tarpley: The NATO-CIA Destabilization Of Syria Is Under Way! (Video)

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See also:

– Bomb Voyage: 600 Libyans ‘Already Fighting In Syria’ (RT)

– US Carrier Strike Force Enters Syrian Waters

– Russia Warships To Enter Syria Waters To Stop NATO


YouTube Added: 29.11.2011


YouTube Added: 29.11.2011

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On the Tuesday, November 29 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks about moves by the globalists to attack Syria as France trains “rebels” in Turkey and the Russians deny they have dispatched war ships to guard their interests in the Middle Eastern country. Historian and author Webster Tarpley talks with Alex about Syria, Iran and Pakistan.

Bomb Voyage: 600 Libyans ‘Already Fighting In Syria’ (RT)

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And Libya?

– Libya: As Lawlessness Spreads, Are The Rebel ‘Good Guys’ Turning Bad?

– Bomb voyage: 600 Libyans ‘already fighting in Syria’ (RT, Nov. 29, 2011):

The Libyan government apparently wants to share its successful experience of overthrowing the Gaddafi regime with like-minded Syrians. It has sent 600 of its troops to support local militants against the Assad regime, according to media reports.

The fighters have joined the Free Syria Army, the militant group carrying out attacks on government forces in Syria, reports the Egyptian news website Al-Ray Al-Arabi citing its sources. The report says the troops entered Syria through Turkish territory.

The alleged incursion happened with the consent of the chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Abdul Jalil. The NTC allegedly welcomed volunteers to join the surge.

Last Friday British media reported a secret meeting between NTC envoys and Syrian rebels had been held in Istanbul. The Libyan governing body reportedly pledged to supply arms, money and fighters to the Syrians.

Bashar Assad’s government has repeatedly accused foreign forces of smuggling armed groups and weapons into Syria and thus fueling the ongoing violence.

Read moreBomb Voyage: 600 Libyans ‘Already Fighting In Syria’ (RT)

US Carrier Strike Force Enters Syrian Waters

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A no-fly zone over Syria is an act of war:

– Congressman Ron Paul (Highlights From Nov. 22, 2011 Debate): ‘If You Have A No-Fly Zone Over Syria That Is An Act Of War!’ – ‘What If We Had China Put A No-Fly Zone Over The US?’ (Video)

Mossad’s DebkaFile:

– US carrier strike force enters Syrian waters. Russian carrier en route (DebkaFile, Nov. 26, 2011):

The Syrian crisis aassumed a big power dimension this week with the build-up of rival United States and Russia naval air carrier armadas in Syrian waters, debkafile’s military sources report.

The USS George H.W. Bush arrived Wednesday, Nov. 23, in the wake of the three Russian warships anchored earlier opposite Tartus which established a command post in the Syrian port. They will be augmented by Russia’s only air carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is due in mid-week.

By deploying 70 ship-borne fighter-bombers plus three heavy guided missile cruisers and five guided missile destroyers opposite Syria, Washington has laid down military support for any intervention the Arab League in conjunction with Turkey may decide on.

Bashar Assad can see for himself that Washington has hoisted a nuclear aerial umbrella to protect its allies, Israel, Turkey, and Jordan, against the retaliation his armed forces high command pledged Friday for the deaths of six Syrian air force elite pilots in an ambush Thursday.

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Ron Paul (Highlights From Nov. 22, 2011 Debate): ‘If You Have A No-Fly Zone Over Syria That Is An Act Of War!’ – ‘What If We Had China Put A No-Fly Zone Over The US?’ (Video)

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He says it at 13:00 minutes into the video.

The ONLY candidate that understands politics, economics AND the constitution.

See also:

– Arab States, Turkey Plan ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Syria, With US Coordinating The ‘Logistics’


YouTube Added: 22.11.2011

Read moreRon Paul (Highlights From Nov. 22, 2011 Debate): ‘If You Have A No-Fly Zone Over Syria That Is An Act Of War!’ – ‘What If We Had China Put A No-Fly Zone Over The US?’ (Video)

Arab States, Turkey Plan ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Syria, With US Coordinating The ‘Logistics’

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– Arab states, Turkey plan ‘No-Fly Zone’ over Syria (Al-Bawaba, ?Nov. 22, 2011?):

Senior European sources said that Arab jet fighters, and possibly Turkish warplanes, backed by American logistic support will implement a no fly zone in Syria’s skies, after the Arab League will issue a decision, under its Charter, calling for the protection of Syrian civilians.

The sources told Kuwait’s al Rai daily that the no fly ban will include a ban on the movement of Syrian military vehicles, including tanks, personnel carriers and artillery, adding that this move would aim at curbing the movement of Assad forces, and cripple their ability to bomb cities. The European sources said the no fly ban might lead to the paralysis of the Syrian regime forces “in less than 24 hours.”

Meanwhile, it is reported that the leadership of the Turkish General Staff informed all the concerned parties with the Syrian issue its rejection of the idea that the Turkish army would launch any invasion to the Syrian territory including the area adjacent to the Turkish border to establish a “buffer zone” to protect civilians fleeing the violence.

– Plan for No Fly Zone Over Syria (Arutz Sheva, Nov. 23, 2011):

Europaen sources in Washington confirm that there are plans for a no fly zone to be imposed on Syria by Arab and Turkish warplanes, with the US coordinating the logistics. According to the report, Israel will not respond if Syrian missiles are launched. the Arab Jets will prevent the Syrian security forces from attacking civilians, and will enable the Free Syrian rebel Army of defectors to assemble and plan their offensives.

– Arab League Fed Up With Syrian Violence (Spiegel Online, Nov. 22, 2011?):

The Assad regime also has a strong ally in Russia. Although Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with a delegation of the opposition Syrian National Council last Tuesday, the criticism he voiced two days later was not directed at the regime, but at the opposition. The attack on the intelligence base near Damascus was an act of “civil war,” Lavrov said. He also warned the insurgents and the West against forging “plans for acts of war.”

– Analysis – Arab League breaks habit, turns on Syria (Reuters, Nov 23, 2011)

And later on NATO will bomb Syria into the Stone Age (because Turkey and the Arab league cannot ‘handle’ the situation) and destroy it FOREVER with depleted uranium, …

… even enriched uranium, …

– New (Enriched Uranium – Neutron) Bombs And War Crimes In Fallujah By Jim Fetzer, Leuren Moret, And Christopher Busby (Veterans Today, Nov. 3, 2011)

– Prof. Chris Busby On RT: US Used ENRICHED URANIUM WEAPONS On Iraq (Video)

… to PROTECT CIVILIANS!!!

Bilderberg Erdogan moves the Turkey pawn in position:

– Turkey On Brink Of Open Confrontation With Syria (Video)

Tell me what the US would do if a US insurgent army sponsored by China would attack a US military base inside the US???
– And Now Syria: Army Defectors Attack Major Military Base Near Damascus

– ’15,000 Strong’ Army Gathers To Take On Syria:

An insurgent army which claims to be up to 15,000 strong is being coordinated from Turkey to take on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which risks plunging the region into open warfare.

Civilians armed with machine guns?

– Global Research’s Michel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns (Video)

Flashback:

– U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) (Video), explains that the Bush Administration planned to take out 7 countries in 5 years:

Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran.

And Russia?

– Russia Warships To Enter Syria Waters To Stop NATO

– Russian Military Chief Warns NATO: ‘Under Certain Conditions Local And Regional Conflicts May Develop Into A Full-Scale War Involving Nuclear Weapons’

What could possibly go wrong???

Russia Warships To Enter Syria Waters To Stop NATO

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Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, May 10, 2010.

– Report: Russia warships to enter Syria waters in bid to stem foreign intervention (Haaretz, Nov. 18, 2011):

Syrian official says Damascus agrees ‘in principle’ to allow entrance of Arab League observer mission; 22-member body proposed sending hundreds of observers to the to help end the bloodshed.

Russian warships are due to arrive at Syrian territorial waters, a Syrian news agency said on Thursday, indicating that the move represented a clear message to the West that Moscow would resist any foreign intervention in the country’s civil unrest.

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Turkey On Brink Of Open Confrontation With Syria (Video)

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See also:

– And Now Syria: Army Defectors Attack Major Military Base Near Damascus

– ’15,000 Strong’ Army Gathers To Take On Syria:

An insurgent army which claims to be up to 15,000 strong is being coordinated from Turkey to take on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which risks plunging the region into open warfare.

– Global Research’s Michel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns (Video)

Flashback:

– U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) (Video), explains that the Bush Administration planned to take out 7 countries in 5 years:

Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran.

Turkey was on the brink of open confrontation over its border with Syria on Tuesday night, announcing its first economic sanctions against Damascus and saying President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was “on a knife-edge”.

– Turkey on brink of open confrontation with Syria (Telegraph, Nov. 15, 2011):

The Turkish government, which has turned from Assad ally into his fiercest critic in a few short months, said it was suspending joint oil exploration and considering stopping electricity supplies to its neighbour.

For the first time, a senior official openly discussed the possibility of imposing a buffer zone on the Syrian side of the border to give sanctuary for refugees. That would imply direct military action.

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And Now Syria: Army Defectors Attack Major Military Base Near Damascus

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See also:

– ’15,000 Strong’ Army Gathers To Take On Syria:

An insurgent army which claims to be up to 15,000 strong is being coordinated from Turkey to take on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which risks plunging the region into open warfare.

– Global Research’s Michel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns (Video)

Flashback:

– U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) (Video), explains that the Bush Administration planned to take out 7 countries in 5 years:

Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran.

– Syria defectors ‘attack military base in Harasta’ (BBC News, Nov. 16, 2011):

Syrian army defectors have attacked a major military base near Damascus, Syrian opposition groups say.

Parts of the Air Force Intelligence building in Harasta were reported to have been destroyed in the attack, but there were no reports of casualties.

It would be the Free Syrian Army’s most high-profile attack since Syria’s anti-government protests began.

The attack comes as the Arab League prepares to discuss its response to the crackdown on the unrest in Syria.

The Syrian government has severely restricted access for foreign journalists, and reports of violence are extremely difficult to verify.

The UN says more than 3,500 people have died since protests started in March. The Syrian authorities blame the violence on armed gangs and militants.

Read moreAnd Now Syria: Army Defectors Attack Major Military Base Near Damascus

‘15,000 Strong’ Army Gathers To Take On Syria

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Flashback:

– Michel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns (Video)

– ‘15,000 Strong’ Army Gathers To Take On Syria (Telegraph, Nov. 3, 2011):

An insurgent army which claims to be up to 15,000 strong is being coordinated from Turkey to take on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which risks plunging the region into open warfare.

The national “Syrian Free Army” aims to be the “military wing of the Syrian people’s opposition to the regime”, its leader told The Daily Telegraph from a heavily guarded camp in eastern Turkey.

Confirmation of an armed force operating with the covert approval of the Turkish authorities follows evidence that attacks inside Syria are causing high levels of casualties in the security forces. It also shows the anger of Recep Tayipp Erdogan, the Turkish premier, with Mr Assad, a former ally whose failed promises of reform have caused a deep rift.

“We are the future army of the new Syria. We are not in league with any particular sect, religion or political party. We believe in protecting all elements of Syrian society,” the Army’s leader, Col Riad al-Assad, said.

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William Engdahl On RT: ‘Arab Spring A Western Ploy To Control Eurasia’ (Video)

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YouTube Added: 01.11.2011

The ultimate goal of the US is to take the resources of Africa and Middle East under military control to block economic growth in China and Russia, thus taking the whole of Eurasia under control, author and historian William F. Engdahl reveals.

Syria Used US Web Surveillance System To Monitor And Censor Its Citizens Internet Activity

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– Blue Coat confirms Syria used its Web filtering devices (CNET News, Oct. 28, 2011):

Blue Coat Systems has confirmed that its devices were being used by Syria to censor the Web and said it is investigating how they got into that country despite a strict U.S. trade embargo, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

The appliances were “transmitting automatic status messages back to the company” Blue Coat executives told the newspaper.

“Blue Coat says it doesn’t monitor where such ‘heartbeat’ messages originate from,” according to the report. “Computer code reviewed by the Journal indicates that Syrians were also using other Blue Coat products, raising questions about how the tools came to be used this way and whether Blue Coat has violated the trade embargo.”

Reports began trickling out this summer that the devices were being used by Syria to monitor its citizens’ Internet activity in a crackdown on opposition that has left thousands of protesters dead and injured.

See also:

– Michel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns

– US (And Allies) Demand Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad To Step Down, Impose Sanctions (Freezing Of All Syrian Assets, Banning Syria Oil Imports, etc.)

Last month, Blue Coat told ZDNet UK that company policy forbade the sale of equipment to the Syrian government.

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David Icke: Essential Information For Wall Street Protesters (Video)

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YouTube Added: 21.10.2011

Obama Regime Orders Sweeping Sanctions and Regime Change in Syria WITHOUT Congressional Approval

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– Obama Orders Sweeping Sanctions and Regime Change in Syria Without Congress (Activist Post, Sep 5, 2011):

Once again President Obama has used the authority vested in him in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act to impose sweeping sanctions against a sovereign nation without Congressional approval.

On August 18th, 2011, Obama signed Executive Order 13582: Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria, which authorizes the seizure of all Syrian-owned property and interests in property in the United States.  It also bans exports of U.S. services to Syria, the import of petroleum from Syria, and any new investment in Syria or those who support them.

The following actions are now prohibited:

(a) new investment in Syria by a United States person, wherever located;

(b) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person, wherever located, of any services to Syria;

(c) the importation into the United States of petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin;

(d) any transaction or dealing by a United States person, wherever located, including purchasing, selling, transporting, swapping, brokering, approving, financing, facilitating, or guaranteeing, in or related to petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin; and

(e) any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee by a United States person, wherever located, of a transaction by a foreign person where the transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited by this section if performed by a United States person or within the United States.

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Asia Times Correspondent Pepe Escobar: ‘Libya is Iraq 2.0’

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– Pepe Escobar: ‘Libya is Iraq 2.0’ (RT, 23 August, 2011):

­As matters escalate in Libya as rebels comes the closest yet to bringing down the regime of Colonel Gaddafi, what fate does that nation — and the rest of the world — face in the days to come?

Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar says that what the US and NATO perceive as a collective victory in the making will just be the next step in expanding their agenda into Libya. He says that “the master plan is to isolate,” and while the United State might call it humanitarian interventionism, he reminds us that that’s what the American ruling elites “rebranded” Bush’s agenda in the Middle East during his administrations.

“People have such short memory,” says Escobar. “This reminds me of . . . the coalition provisional authority in Iraq in 2003. This is the same thing.”

“We’re going to have western boots on the ground and we’re going to open up Libya for hardcore, no holds barred, terrible capitalism,” adds Escobar. “This is completely crazy.”

According to Escobar, the next step is to get American hands on Libyan oil, and, in his words, “if this is the way that US and NATO goes, we’re going to have Iraq 2.0.”

And with Americans in control in place of Gaddafi, Escobar next suggests that Syria will be only next in the stepping stone for American domination.

Read moreAsia Times Correspondent Pepe Escobar: ‘Libya is Iraq 2.0’

Michel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns

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See also:

– US (And Allies) Demand Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad To Step Down, Impose Sanctions (Freezing Of All Syrian Assets, Banning Syria Oil Imports, etc.)


YouTube Added: 17.08.2011

To Syria now, where the UN is pulling out its staff amid growing concern about the violent crackdown by government forces against demonstrators. It comes as activists say over 30 people have been killed since troops seized control of the northern port city of Latakia.

But, director of the Center for Research on Globalization – Michel Chossudovsky – says the hype around the Syrian crisis is being orchestrated from abroad.

Read moreMichel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns

US (And Allies) Demand Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad To Step Down, Impose Sanctions (Freezing Of All Syrian Assets, Banning Syria Oil Imports, etc.)

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And now … Syria!

– U.S. and Allies Say Syria Leader Must Step Down (New York Times, August 18, 2011):

WASHINGTON — The United States and several of its major allies on Thursday called on Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, to give up power. The carefully choreographed announcements came after months of popular protests and increasingly deadly reprisals that the United Nations commissioner for human rights said amounted to crimes against humanity by the Syrian authorities.

President Obama, who had faced criticism for not acting more assertively, ordered the freezing of all Syrian assets within American jurisdiction, banned imports of Syrian oil and barred American citizens from having any business dealings with the Syrian government, which the administration once courted in the hopes of improving relations.

He called on other countries to impose their own sanctions, focusing on Syria’s oil and gas industry, and European leaders suggested those were now under consideration.

Read moreUS (And Allies) Demand Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad To Step Down, Impose Sanctions (Freezing Of All Syrian Assets, Banning Syria Oil Imports, etc.)

Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin: ‘NATO planning military attack on Iran’

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Iran’s Press TV:

– ‘NATO planning military attack on Iran’ (Press TV, Aug 6, 2011):

Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin says the NATO is planning a military strike against the Islamic Republic to overthrow the Iranian government.

Rogozin said in an interview with Russia’s Izvestia daily newspaper published on Friday that the NATO was pursuing a long-reaching goal of preparing an attack on Iran, adding that the alliance intends to change governments whose views do not coincide with those of the West.

“The noose around Iran is tightening. Military planning against Iran is underway. And we are certainly concerned about an escalation of a large-scale war in this huge region,” Rogozin added.

The Russian envoy further pointed out that Syria and later Yemen could be NATO’s last steps on the way to launch an attack on Iran.

Read moreRussia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin: ‘NATO planning military attack on Iran’

Syria Says 120 Policemen And Security Forces Dead

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– Syria says 120 forces dead in tense northern town (AP, June 6, 2011):

BEIRUT – Armed men attacked Syrian security forces in a tense northern city on Monday, Syrian officials said, and 120 policemen and security forces were killed in a region where the army has carried out days of deadly assaults on protesters calling for the end of President Bashar Assad’s rule. The government vowed to respond “decisively,” setting the stage for a new crackdown.

Communications were cut to the area around Jisr al-Shughour on Monday and the details of the attack were impossible to verify, but there have been unconfirmed reports in the past by residents and activists of Syrians fighting back against security forces and even mutinous troops.

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Proof Libyan Invasion Was Planned 10 Years In Advance

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Added: 20.03.2011

U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.), explains that the Bush Administration planned to take out 7 countries in 5 years:

Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran.

The invasion of Libya via the UN and the 2003 Iraq invasion were both done on March 19 as with many other military conflicts. There is an occult connection with March 19.

Iran Warships Complete Suez Canal Voyage Amid Israel Objection

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Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Iranian warships sailed through the Suez Canal to reach the Mediterranean Sea for the first time since 1979 as Israel stressed its objection to their voyage to Syria.

The two ships entered the canal early today after the approval of Egypt’s Defense Ministry, the state-run Middle East News Agency cited Ahmed El Manakhly, head of traffic at the Suez Canal Authority, as saying. MENA didn’t specify when the vessels reached open water.

Crude reached its highest level in a week in New York on Feb. 18 as the heightening of tensions between Iran and Israel because of the trip increased concerns over instability in the region. Iran is the second-biggest producer, after Saudi Arabia, in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Oil jumped to the highest in more than two years in New York today as Libyan unrest stoked further concern over supplies.

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Russia to defy Israel and the US by selling anti-ship missiles to Syria

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Russia is to defy Israel and the United States by supplying Syria with advanced anti-ship missiles despite fears that they could fall into the hands of Hizbollah, the Iranian-backed group based in southern Lebanon.

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Anatoly Serdyukov, the Russian foreign minister, argued that Moscow had supplied Syria with an older version of the missile, pictured, and had not encountered problems Photo: AP

Anatoly Serdyukov, the Russian foreign minister, brushed aside pleas to halt the delivery of a consignment of P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles, arguing that Moscow had supplied Syria with an older version of the missile and had not encountered problems.

“The US and Israel ask us not to supply Syria with Yakhont,” he told reporters during a confidence-building visit to the Pentagon. “But we do not see the concerns expressed by them that these arms will fall into the hands of terrorists.

“If that system did not fall into the hands of terrorists then why should the new one?”

Israel says the sale, which was initially agreed in 2007, threatens to alter the strategic military balance in the Levant because the missile could pose a serious threat to its naval ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

Read moreRussia to defy Israel and the US by selling anti-ship missiles to Syria