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alaric · « **on:** June 17, 2013, 06:09:53 PM »

Russia not to allow creation of no-fly zone over Syria

MOSCOW, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will not allow the creation of a no-fly zone over Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Monday.

He added that Russia’s position on no-fly zones was clear and fundamental.

“All these maneuvers linked to no-fly zones and various kinds of humanitarian corridors are a direct consequence of disrespect for international law. Libya was a concrete example of how such zones are introduced and how such decisions are implemented. We do not want the scenario to repeat with regards to the Syrian conflict. We are not going to allow this scenario in principle,” Lukashevich explained.

The diplomat said that all claims and assertions that the American colleagues were carrying out preparatory works in the territory of Jordan were also direct violations of international law.

"We will adhere to our stance,” Lukashevich emphasized.

http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/774243.html

alaric · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:11:39 PM »

The Russians are not fooling around.

Syria is not Libya.

alaric · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:15:56 PM »

Iran to deploy '4,000-strong force’ to Syria as US military set to stay in Jordan

Iran will deploy 4,000 Revolutionary Guards to Syria to bolster Damascus against a mostly Sunni-led insurgency, media reported. Meanwhile, US F-16s and Patriots will stay in Jordan – speculatively, to help establish a no-fly zone to aid Syrian rebels.

The deployment of the first several-thousand strong military contingent was reported by The Independent on Sunday who quoted Iranian sources tied to the state’s security apparatus. The sources said the move signals Iran’s intention to drastically step up its efforts to preserve the government of President Bashar Assad.

The Islamic Republic’s heightened military commitment could reportedly extend to the opening up of a new “Syrian” front on the Golan Heights against Israel.

Golan Heights have recently become a source of new instability with increasing cross-border fire and Austria withdrawing its peacekeepers from the buffer area after a checking point became the spot of military dispute between and Assad's and opposition's forces.

This stirred concern in the UN with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning the fragile state of no-war between Tel-Aviv and Damascus is at risk.

“The ongoing military activities in the [Golan] area of separation continue to have the potential to escalate tensions between Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic and to jeopardize the cease-fire between the two countries,” Ban Ki-moon said in a June 13 statement.

Journalists have frequently asked Assad whether he plans to open a resistance front at Golans. The option discussion was brought back to the table after every air strike on the Syrian territory pinned on Israel. Tel-Aviv always stopped short of confirming the strikes but hinted that it would do “whatever it takes” to stop arms supplies to Lebanon’s Hezbollah even if convoys are found going through Syria.

The strikes resonated across the world – and back in February Saeed Jalili, head of Iran’s National Security Council, warned Israel would “regret” them.

…vs. US troops in Jordan?
Reports of Iran’s decision to get directly involved in the Syrian conflict come just days after Israel’s ally, the US, chose to reverse its policy of not providing lethal aid to rebel fighters. The argument the Obama Administration used was that Damascus had crossed a red line by deploying chemical weapons against opposition forces on four separate occasions.

Washington’s policy shift has quickly materialized on multiple fronts, some of them also in the press.

On Saturday, the Pentagon announced a detachment of F-16s and US Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems dispatched to Jordan for the ongoing joint Eager Lion military exercise will remain in the country once the training drills conclude.

The same day, The Washington Post reported that clandestine bases in Jordan and Turkey would serve as conduits for arms being delivered to the rebel fighters.

US military support will thus far be limited to light arms and other munitions, although Washington’s shifting calculus has potentially given a green light to regional Sunni allies to provide anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to the Assad opposition.

Just one day before the Pentagon announced its intention to leave Patriot missiles and F-16s in Jordan, senior Western diplomats in Turkey announced Washington was mulling the establishment of a no-fly zone, “possibly near the Jordanian border."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that any attempt to impose such a zone would be in clear violation of international law.

Syria vortex: Saudi Arabia, Al-Nusra, Hezbollah
The US, Israel and Iran are not the only actors to have “activated” recently.

On Sunday, the German daily Der Spiegel, citing the German foreign intelligence service, said Saudi Arabia is looking to provide European-made Mistral-class MANPADS – man-portable air-defense systems – to the Syrian opposition.

Notably, on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia condemned the role of another party to the conflict – Hezbollah – announcing that measures would be taken against those loyal to the group who lived in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.

Hezbollah, the Shia Islamist militant group based out of Lebanon, played an integral part in the recapture of the strategic city of Qusayr last week. Damascus announced its intentions to use the Qusayr victory as a stepping stone to retaking large swaths of the northern city of Aleppo and surrounding provinces.

Some 2,000 of Hezbollah’s 65,000 strong force has reportedly been operating in the city since early June. Shortly after these reports emerged, the New York Times rolled out an article saying Israel accelerated planning for a “shock and awe” campaign to wipe out Hezbollah forces out of Syria.

Despite Saudi Arabia’s condemnation of Hezbollah’s “blatant interference” in the Syrian conflict, a report issued by Intelligence Online in January said that Saudi Arabia was directly responsible for the radical al-Nusra Front’s very existence and operational superiority within the country.

"The Saudi General Intelligence, controlled by Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, exploited its broad calls with Takfiri [atoning] movements in Iraq to help establish al-Nusra Front, a low-profile Takfiri movement," the report stated.

"Thanks to funding from the General Intelligence Department and support from the Saudi Intelligence in Lebanon, al-Nusra was able to swiftly arm its forces, and make the Syrian regime suffer painful blows through its expertise in Iraqi bombings," it continued.

The Al-Nusra Front, with its alleged Saudi connections, is incidentally the Syrian branch of the Islamic State of Iraq, which aims to establish a caliphate in the Sunni dominated regions of Iraq. This brings a strong sectarian smell to the two-year conflict and lifts far above local “anti-government” sentiments.

The increased effectiveness of pro-Assad forces has been met with frustration by prominent Sunni clerics. Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, a prominent Egyptian theologian, called on Sunnis in the region to join the battle against Damascus, asking: “How could 100m Shia [worldwide] defeat 1.7bn [Sunni]?”

With the United States, its Sunni allies in the region and Israel all preparing to step up involvement in the Syrian conflict, Iran’s commitment to defend the Assad government is likely just as motivated by self-preservation as Shiite solidarity.

http://rt.com/news/iran-troop-deployment-syria-782/

alaric · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:17:58 PM »

It's on in Syria, the "testing ground" for WWIII.

Good thing Obama lifted the ban on gαys in the military, he's gonna need them. :rolleyes:

Matto · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:21:31 PM »

Quote from: alaric

Good thing Obama lifted the ban on gαys in the military, he's gonna need them. :rolleyes:

I wonder if gαy men in the military will rape the men and boys of the countries they fight against, like the straight men in the military rape the women and girls of the countries they fight against.

alaric · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:41:56 PM »

Quote from: Matto

Quote from: alaric
Good thing Obama lifted the ban on gαys in the military, he's gonna need them. :rolleyes:

I wonder if gαy men in the military will rape the men and boys of the countries they fight against, like the straight men in the military rape the women and girls of the countries they fight against.

I'm sure it will be "consensual".

Don't you know that ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs are incapable of "rape"? :rolleyes:

alaric · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2013, 07:10:05 PM »

Putin slams Cameron:[/b] Do you want to supply arms to people who eat their enemies ?

Charlemagne · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2013, 07:49:36 PM »

Poking the bear for the sake of the zionists. Maybe the "evangelicals" who just love Jaaaay-zus will get Armageddon this time.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2013, 07:56:01 PM »

95% of the so called free Syrian army are not even Syrians. Many are
just hired highly paid mercenaries.

Incredulous · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2013, 08:15:58 PM »

It's on in Syria, the "testing ground" for WWIII.

Good thing Obama lifted the ban on gαys in the military, he's gonna need them. :rolleyes:

Do not doubt for one minute... our president's wisdom and battlefield experience.

He's knows... nothing is more frightening than a screaming gαy Bonzai charge.

On the other hand, Putin's forces will be armed with the AA12 for maximum stopping power.

Maizar · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2013, 01:01:52 AM »

The entire world is being subjugated. Each region is being treated differently, but each is bankrupted to make way for the new regime. The West is bankrupted morally and culturally (and racially), with the most important event being the collapse of Catholicism. The Middle East is being dealt with by traditional military conquest. Other parts of the world were already cleaned up, but the mot difficult areas that remain are China and Russia. Their cultures remain intact, their economies independent, their militaries are strong, but there remains little left in the world to do other than to confront them. This will be the final conquest, and the ultimate aim is to render the world a place in ruins with a desperate and grateful-to-be-alive gentile populace ready to serve in eternal slavery to those who started all of this mess.

Putin knows this full well.

alaric · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2013, 07:07:45 PM »

Quote from: Charlemagne

Poking the bear for the sake of the zionists. Maybe the "evangelicals" who just love Jaaaay-zus will get Armageddon this time.

The bible-thumpers like the Hagee crowd really believe they can actually force God's hand into the "End times". Of course for their friends in Israel who really despise them and their Jesus behind their back.

To me there's nothing worse than these Israel-firsters who hide behind their bible and worship the very people who reject Christ, these type are lower and far more dangerous than the most radical Muslim.

Charlemagne · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2013, 07:36:28 PM »

Quote from: alaric

Quote from: Charlemagne
Poking the bear for the sake of the zionists. Maybe the "evangelicals" who just love Jaaaay-zus will get Armageddon this time.
The bible-thumpers like the Hagee crowd really believe they can actually force God's hand into the "End times". Of course for their friends in Israel who really despise them and their Jesus behind their back.

To me there's nothing worse than these Israel-firsters who hide behind their bible and worship the very people who reject Christ, these type are lower and far more dangerous than the most radical Muslim.

I couldn't agree more. It's disgusting how they place the interests of "israel" over those of the U.S. The joke's on them, of course: The Church is Israel.

Spork · « **Reply #13 on:** June 19, 2013, 07:23:19 PM »

Quote from: Maizar

The entire world is being subjugated. Each region is being treated differently, but each is bankrupted to make way for the new regime. The West is bankrupted morally and culturally (and racially), with the most important event being the collapse of Catholicism. The Middle East is being dealt with by traditional military conquest. Other parts of the world were already cleaned up, but the mot difficult areas that remain are China and Russia. Their cultures remain intact, their economies independent, their militaries are strong, but there remains little left in the world to do other than to confront them. This will be the final conquest, and the ultimate aim is to render the world a place in ruins with a desperate and grateful-to-be-alive gentile populace ready to serve in eternal slavery to those who started all of this mess.

Putin knows this full well.

Russia and China don't have Rothschild dependent central banks?

Maizar · « **Reply #14 on:** June 20, 2013, 06:56:25 AM »

Quote from: Spork

Russia and China don't have Rothschild dependent central banks?

Russia paid off its debts in 2006 and has been weeding it financial system ever since. The remaining countries without debts to the Rothschilds are Cuba, North Korea and Iran.

China is not entirely independent but well on its way. If something dramatic were to occur, it could quickly become so.