The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc)

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 16 Nov 2015 17:37

For the trucks damaged they must have exchanged insurance information also.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Nov 2015 20:48

beautiful maps showing the history of how ISIS came down the tigris and euphrates

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014 ... Multimedia

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 16 Nov 2015 20:56

Singha that video of Hizb you shared does not work

Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members

President Vladimir Putin says he’s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states.

During the summit, “I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and, there are some of the G20 members among them,” Putin told the journalists.

Putin also spoke of the urgent need to curb the illegal oil trade by IS.

"I’ve shown our colleagues photos taken from space and from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil and petroleum products," he said.

“The motorcade of refueling vehicles stretched for dozens of kilometers, so that from a height of 4,000 to 5,000 meters they stretch beyond the horizon," Putin added, comparing the convoy to gas and oil pipeline systems.

It’s not the right time to try and figure out which country is more and which is less effective in the battle with Islamic State, as now a united international effort is needed against the terrorist group, Putin said.

Putin reiterated Russia’s readiness to support armed opposition in Syria in its efforts to fight Islamic State.

"Some armed opposition groups consider it possible to begin active operations against IS with Russia's support. And we are ready to provide such support from the air. If it happens it could become a good basis for the subsequent work on a political settlement,” he said.

“We really need support from the US, European nations, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran,” the president added.

Putin pointed out the change in Washington’s stance on cooperation with Moscow in the fight against the terrorists.

"We need to organize work specifically concentrated on the prevention of terrorist attacks and tackling terrorism on a global scale. We offered to cooperate [with the US] in anti-IS efforts. Unfortunately, our American partners refused. They just sent a written note and it says: ‘we reject your offer’,” Putin said.

“But life is always evolving and at a very fast pace, often teaching us lessons. And I think that now the realization that an effective fight [against terror] can only be staged together is coming to everybody,” the Russian leader said.

According to Putin, first of all it should be decided which groups in Syria can be considered terrorist organizations and which can be attributed to an armed, but still legitimate part of the Syrian opposition.

“Our efforts must be concentrated on the battle with terrorist organizations.”

Putin also disagreed with Western criticism of Russia’s actions in Syria, where the country has been carrying out a large-scale air campaign against Islamic State and other terror groups since September 30.

“It’s really difficult to criticize us,” he said, adding that Russia has repeatedly asked its foreign partners to provide data on terrorist targets in Syria.

“They’re afraid to inform us on the territories which we shouldn’t strike, fearing that it is precisely where we’ll strike; that we are going to cheat everybody,” the president said.

“Apparently, their opinion of us is based on their own concept of human decency,” he added.

Putin told the media that Russia has already established contact with the Syrian opposition, which has asked Moscow not carry out airstrikes in the territories it controls.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 16 Nov 2015 21:23

If you still have doubts of who funded and created ISIS

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 16 Nov 2015 22:46

Lo ji..kar lo gal..
Assad is Not the Enemy of France, ISIL is - Hollande - Nov16, 2015

"In Syria, we're looking for the political solution to the problem, which is not Bashar Assad. Our enemy in Syria is ISIL," French president Francois Hollande said during the emergency meeting of the French parliament.

rgosain · Post by **rgosain** » 16 Nov 2015 22:55

Satya_anveshi wrote:Lo ji..kar lo gal..
Assad is Not the Enemy of France, ISIL is - Hollande - Nov16, 2015

"In Syria, we're looking for the political solution to the problem, which is not Bashar Assad. Our enemy in Syria is ISIL," French president Francois Hollande said during the emergency meeting of the French parliament.

Jesus Christ has someone had a conversion on the road to Damascus..

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 16 Nov 2015 22:58

Satya_anveshi wrote:Lo ji..kar lo gal..
Assad is Not the Enemy of France, ISIL is - Hollande - Nov16, 2015

"In Syria, we're looking for the political solution to the problem, which is not Bashar Assad. Our enemy in Syria is ISIL," French president Francois Hollande said during the emergency meeting of the French parliament.

Remember, France has shown the same bravado when Bush went to attack Saddam. Now it is again doing same. They never were able to cross French kiss and VIP Frienche briefs.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 16 Nov 2015 23:01

btw - france pushed the alawites to be in charge of syria and crush the sunni tribes a 100 years ago
so in a sense assad is their (historical) munna

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 16 Nov 2015 23:14

Interesting article on role of West in fomenting ISIS

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 17 Nov 2015 00:34

Muppalla wrote:

If you still have doubts of who funded and created ISIS

"Conspiracy Theory!" they said. "UB, don't make ***

!", they said. "Go easy on the speculations!" they said.

Hang the ******** who used American tax money to fund the mass-murdering rapists. In Mongolia we would have given them one last, fast free trip behind a horse. One horse's *** behind another.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 17 Nov 2015 00:37

Assad is Not the Enemy of France, ISIL is - Hollande - Nov16, 2015

I am trying to imagine Putin and Lavrov trying not to hurt themselves

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 17 Nov 2015 00:39

Obama rules out U.S. troops on ground to fight Islamic State - Nov 16, 2015

This coming after the special forces deployment announcement just a couple weeks ago. So, don't hold your breadth, given the pandemonium that is paraded as 'strategy', this can quickly change and US may deploy troops.

Only two options exists (as it is least expected to win in diplomacy what is total defeat in war)..so it has to be either troops or ISIS holding territory. Former is ruled out and latter is getting whooped. Ab kya karega jihadi john? /what will jihadi john do?

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 17 Nov 2015 04:51

Rep. Tualsi Gabbard was on Wolf Blitzer just half an hour back. The woman has clear vision of how to deal with ISIS more so than the waffling sitting duck (charsima worn off due to frequent exposition on the TV) POTUS.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 07:13

“The motorcade of refueling vehicles stretched for dozens of kilometers, so that from a height of 4,000 to 5,000 meters they stretch beyond the horizon," Putin added, comparing the convoy to gas and oil pipeline systems.

^^ i heard ISIS is selling all sorts of stuff oil, crops etc to the syrian govt from the interior under one of the peculiar wartime deals.
the syria govt has not been fighting ISIS dominated areas for a while - mainly its the other rebels who are pressed close in the west.

banditry is for short term gains, commerce and trade is the enablement of a sustainable state.

NRao · Post by **NRao** » 17 Nov 2015 08:59

Rep. Tualsi Gabbard was on Wolf Blitzer just half an hour back. The woman has clear vision of how to deal with ISIS more so than the waffling sitting duck (charsima worn off due to frequent exposition on the TV) POTUS.

She said she would arm the Kurds and Sunnis in Iraq, she also mentioned against the Shia in addition to ISIS, with "heavy weapons".

She was clear that it was illegal to overthrow Asad, because it is not authorized by the Congress.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 17 Nov 2015 10:45

M.Hollande,in your hour of peril,you have suddenly remembered Russia,the country which you backstabbed by not delivering the Mistral amphib warships which Russia paid for in hard cash! Will you now deliver them to Russia so that Russia can use them in the Meditt. Sea to crush ISIS?

If I was pres. Putin I would tell M.Hollande,"yes,I will come to your aid,but you too must do your bit and release the Mistrals!" Below,M.Hollande's "Entreaty at Versailles"!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -Isil.html
Hollande calls on Russia and US to unite to defeat Isil

Francois Hollande gathered his politicians in Paris to declare war on Isil, as Barack Obama insisted that if there were an easy option, they would have done it

*(This must be the most puerile statement of the year)

Henry Samuel
By Henry Samuel, Paris, Harriet Alexander in New York and Richard Spencer, Middle East Editor
16 Nov 2015

President François Hollande has used a highly-unusual address to both French parliaments to call on Russia and America to “unite our forces” in a coalition to destroy Isil, three days after Islamists killed 129 in France's worst ever terror attacks.

Shortly before he spoke on Monday, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) released a video promising to repeat the Paris terror attack in Washington.

"We say to the states that take part in the crusader campaign that, by God, you will have a day, God willing, like France's,” said a a man dressed in fatigues and a turban, and identified in subtitles as Al Ghareeb the Algerian.

“And by God, as we struck France in the centre of its abode in Paris, then we swear that we will strike America at its centre in Washington."

And Mr Hollande, proposing extending France’s state of emergency for three months, told the politicians gathered at Versailles: “France is at war.”

He added: “It constitutes an attack on our country, its values, its youth, its way of life.”

In a sombre speech, ending in a rousing standing ovation, Mr Hollande said he would call on the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution to “destroy Daech (Isil)”, describing Syria as “the biggest terrorist factory the world has ever seen”.

He said he would meet US President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, in the coming days to urge them to join forces in a “wide and single coalition” against Isil, saying that the international community had been “divided and incoherent” for too long.

French President Francois Hollande (C) delivers a speech at a special congress of the joint upper and lower houses of parliament (National Assembly and Senate) at the Palace of Versailles

Mr Hollande said that France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier would leave for the area on Thursday to “triple our action capabilities” and that more airstrikes – like those on Sunday that hit Raqqa - would be launched “in the coming weeks”

"We must combine our forces to achieve a result that is already too late in coming," he said.

France and other coalition allies had already launched air strikes on Isil-held territory, on Sunday night, in response to the Paris attacks.

The French defence ministry said 12 Rafale and Mirage jets based in the region dropped 20 bombs, including on the jihadists’ de facto capital Raqqa.

It claimed they had destroyed a training camp and munitions dump, among other targets.

The raid was the largest attack by the French since they joined the US-led coalition in Syria in September, after previously restricting themselves - like the RAF - to Iraq.

"There were at least 36 explosions overnight in Raqqa city, some caused by air strikes and some by weapons and explosives detonating after being hit," Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP. "The blasts shook the entire city,"

Meanwhile, the Pentagon said the broader coalition expanded the nature of its targets, striking a lorry park containing 116 oil tankers apparently being used by Isil near Al-Bukamal, a town in eastern Syria.

A significant part of Isil’s income has come from the sale of oil from fields under its control

And Mr Obama, speaking at the G20 in Turkey in a speech which coincided with Mr Hollande’s address, insisted that America was not shying away from tackling Isil, and angrily hit back at critics who accused him of inaction.

US President Barack Obama holds a press conference following the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey
“Given the fact that there are enormous sacrifices involved in any military action, it's best that we don't shoot first and aim later,” he said, in a defensive speech, laden with cold anger.

“It's important for us to get the strategy right and the strategy that we are pursuing is the right one.”

He said that America could send in 50,000 troops to wipe out the murderous regime, but that would only provide a short-term solution.

Barack Obama said here on Monday that Washington is sharing intelligence and information faster with France in the aftermath of Paris terror attacks.

“We can retake territory. And as long as we leave our troops there, we can hold it,” he said. “But that does not solve the underlying problem of eliminating the dynamics that are producing these kinds of violent extremist groups.”

Mr Obama repeatedly stressed that defeating Isil would take time, and rejected accusations that he was dithering.

“If there was a swift and quick solution to this, I assure you that not just the United States, but France and Turkey and others who have been subject to these terrorist attacks would have implemented those strategies,” he said, adding that America’s weakening of al Qaeda was proof that he was not sitting back and letting jihadists roam free.

“Some of them seem to think that, if I was just more bellicose in expressing what we're doing, that that would make a difference,” he said. “Because that seems to be the only thing that they're doing, is talking as if they're tough.”

Mr Obama used his speech to call on other nations to do more in the coalition against Isil. But he did not specifically address Russia, which has positioned itself on the other side to America.

Mr Hollande, by contrast, was one of several leaders who suggested they were open to working more closely with Russia against Isil.

Mr Putin met Mr Obama on Sunday and David Cameron on Monday morning, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Turkey.

Mr Putin, who has been heavily criticised for concentrating Russia’s aerial bombardment in Syria on non-Isil rebels, said a closer coalition was “indispensable”.

"I spoke about this at the United Nations,” he said. “The tragic events that followed have confirmed that we were right."

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 11:12

in 6 months ISIS & Nusrah will be history and syria will have a fragile coalition govt of the iraqi type per my est but a govt nonetheless that keeps the order and delivers services. some refugees should be able to return and rebuild their shattered towns.

for the rest of militias , they have no future as free radicals. best is for them to seek a ceasefire, disarm and join some post-war 'national militia' with their former enemies.

the ethnic and religious fault lines in syria are kids play even to a single indian state like assam. yet we exist without such large scale civil war, and so can they.

manjgu · Post by **manjgu** » 17 Nov 2015 11:28

Singha..we exist without large scale war because this country is still 84% hindu... all bets are off if it becomes muslim majority...

member_29247 · Post by **member_29247** » 17 Nov 2015 11:49

Should Putin Get Nobel peace prize?

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Nov 2015 12:01

manjgu, if saudi arabia were a hindu radicalized country, would you have been able to say the same thing. Preachers from Saudi Arabia would be in India preaching how ancient hinduism was full of warriors who extinguished their enemies brutally. How non-veg muslims are not equal humans, how xtians are munafiqeen, only smarthas are good and even madhwas are mushriq. you can thank your lucky stars that hindus have been spared by this 'one god' so far. Apart from problems at doctrine level in Islam, this is the result of constant brainwashing and preaching via mosques/preachers/ and this is what it can do to normal people once it is continued for 30-42 years continuously. When young children are constantly exposed to propaganda, they begin to think that other are non-human and then you give them weapons to play with to complete circle of filth.

this problem will only stop when white western countries are sufficiently 'disincentivized' from creating trouble in Asia & African countries through their intelligence ops and then get away with it. Without western countries intervention such a large scale operation like ISIS would never even have taken off, the operational capabilities of GCC countries being what it is. If you say India is immune yet, we do not yet know what will happen if a large number of radicals get their hands on weapons. So far it's only the pakistanis who have managed to equip their foot soldiers with weapons. So let's count our blessings while they last.

RT’s reporter Lizzie Phelan at Kuweiris air base, with SAA

Should Putin Get Nobel peace prize?

>> will the west admit that they were beaten in their sly game.

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Nov 2015 12:22

Syrian army moving slowly towards Palmyra. The Syrian Arab Army’s 67th Brigade and their 550th Regiment of the 18th Tank Division – in coordination with National Defense Forces (NDF) of Homs City and Liwaa Suqour Al-Sahra (Desert Hawks Brigade) – announced the capture of Tal Syriatel and Jabal Ma’ar outside the city of Palmyra (Tadmur) after a series of intense firefights with the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) in the vast desert landscape of the Homs Governorate’s eastern countryside... http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/bre ... n-palmyra/

Syrian Army enters Deir Hanna village in northern Latakia for the first time since 2012.. http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/bre ... n-latakia/

moving north-west towards Jisr Al Shughour, near Turkish border.

SAA captures several hilltops, 1143 point and 1149 point, and villages on the Idlib-Latakia border - approaching Jisr Al-Shughour.. http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syr ... ia-border/

Except for Hama, every province will be cleared by December. This is my guess.
Hama is the centre of Syrian rebel movement, that will be cleared last.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 17 Nov 2015 13:01

Russian plane crash in Sinai a terrorist attack - Russian Security Service

https://www.rt.com/news/322393-russian- ... st-attack/

The Russian plane crash in Sinai, Egypt, was caused by a terrorist attack as traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of the plane, Federal Security Service director Aleksandr Bortnikov told President Vladimir Putin.

“We can say that that [Sinai plane crash] was a terror act,” Bortnikov told Putin.

READ MORE: ISIS releases video claiming revenge ‘downing’ of Russian passenger jet over Sinai

A homemade bomb with the equivalent of up to 1.5 kilos of TNT was detonated on board the A321 plane, Bortnikov said. President Putin has ordered Russian special services to focus on finding those responsible for the terrorist attack.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 17 Nov 2015 13:20

^^^ That is a lot of TNT to get onboard a plane through clandistine means even in lax security situation. If true then this thing definitely has airport security onboard. It will also need airline ground crew to cooperate.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 14:01

the food crews from caterers(hotels) were reportedly being let in by their friends without much id checks and if one of them turned, he could sneak in anything among the 100s of food trays.

this is one of the usual channel to smuggle gold and drugs in and out of planes.

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 17 Nov 2015 14:09

* Recalling, explosive imported for Bombay 93 was let in by an Asst commissioner customs, agreement was to let silver & contraband consignment in , but Dawood mixed sacks of RDX in them.
This AC was found dead in mysterious condition in UP.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 14:12

PIA aircrew is famous for being smugglers part time.

recently the cleaning crew at kozhikode, kochi were in soup with several planes who arrived and pax left back stuff for them to salvage and bring out.

another tarika420 is if a international flight has a national leg like say dubai-mumbai-nagpur, the smuggler will leave the gold/drugs below his seat and another of his buddies will book the same same seat , taking it out at nagpur easily as there is no check for domestic legs.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 17 Nov 2015 14:16

confirmed that russian plan was indeed bombed

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 14:25

russians must have signed the 'terminate' order today..with names left blank to be filled in later.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 14:32

^^ eliminating the suicide bomber there are minimum 2+2+1 yahoos still on the loose. perhaps more. which explains the 100s of overnight and continuing raids to keep them on the run and snag them. police know sooner or later they are going to say AoA and strike again in some small town this time.

Rue Bichat and rue Alibert
At approximately 21:20, the first shootings occurred on the rue Bichat and the rue Alibert, near the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement. Attackers shot at people outside Le Carillon, a café and bar,[67] before crossing the rue Bichat and shooting people inside the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge. According to French police, eleven people were killed at the restaurant,[16] and an eyewitness said one of the gunmen shouted "Allahu Akbar". The assailants fled in one or two vehicles after the shootings.[68] One of the vehicles was spotted with a Belgian number plate.[69] Doctors and nurses from the nearby Hôpital Saint-Louis were in Le Carillon when the attacks happened and supplied emergency assistance to the wounded.[69]

Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi
At 21:32, a man with a machine gun fired shots outside Café Bonne Bière,[57] close to the Italian restaurant La Casa Nostra, on the rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi south of the rue Bichat. The Paris prosecutor said five people were killed and eight were injured.[16] An eyewitness reported a gunman firing short bursts.[70]

Rue de Charonne
At approximately 21:36, two attackers fired shots for several minutes at the outdoor terrace of the restaurant La Belle Équipe on the rue de Charonne in the 11th arrondissement before returning to their car and driving away.[17][71] Nineteen people were killed and nine were left in a critical condition.[71]

Boulevard Voltaire bombing
At about 21:40, an attacker detonated his suicide vest on the boulevard Voltaire, also in the 11th arrondissement, near place de la Nation.[8] He sat down in the Comptoir Voltaire cafe[72] and placed an order before detonating his suicide vest and killing himself. Fifteen people were injured, one of them seriously.[71][73]

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 15:21

it is sailing with 18 rafale, 8 super etendard

While the French Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) was originally planned to deploy to the Persian Gulf, plan has now changed. Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, French President Hollande announced today that the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would leave its base on Thursday to deploy to the Eastern Mediteranean. Navy Recognition understands that the air wing will be larger than usual. In the meantime French and American defence officials agreed to increase their cooperation.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 16:14

NYT
Under political and media pressure to come up with a new, faster strategy to defeat Isis in the wake of the Paris attacks, Obama again insisted the current strategy was ultimately going to work, but will be intensified.

He said the key was reduce the size of territory over which Isis holds sway, and to intensify intelligence co-operation with the French.

He said he had ruled out the idea of putting as many as 50,000 troops on the ground or setting up safe havens. He said: “That would be a mistake, not because our military could not march into Mosul or Raqqa or Ramadi and temporarily clear out Isil, but because we would see a repetition of what we’ve seen before, which is if you do not have local populations that are committed to inclusive governance and who are pushing back against ideological extremes, that they resurface unless we’re prepared to have a permanent occupation of these countries.

“One of the challenges we have in this situation is that if you have a handful of people who don’t mind dying, they can kill a lot of people. That’s one of the challenges of terrorism. It’s not their sophistication or the particular weaponry that they possess, but it is the ideology they carry with them and their willingness to die.”

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 17 Nov 2015 17:15

Russia announces bounty of $50 million on Sinai bombers http://news.sky.com/story/1588988/russi ... et-bombing

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 17 Nov 2015 17:17

Russian FM: US deliberately sparing Islamic State seeking to weaken Assad
Russian Politics & Diplomacy
November 17, 15:31 UTC+3
Sergey Lavrov compared the US strikes against IS to "a cat that wants to eat a fish but doesn’t want to wet its feet"

KHABAROVSK, November 17. /TASS/. The United States and its coalition seem to be sparing the Islamic State organisation so that while it weakens Syrian President Bashar Assad, it can never take power in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the Vesti.doc programme on Rossiya-1 television on Tuesday.

"Analysis of the strikes delivered by the United States and its coalition at terrorist positions over the past year drives us to a conclusion that these were selective, I would say sparing, strikes and in the majority of cases spared those Islamic State groups that were capable of pressing the Syrian army," he said.

"It looks like a cat that wants to eat a fish but doesn’t want to wet its feet. They want the Islamic State to weaken Assad as soon as possible to force him to step down this or that way but they don’t want to see Islamic State strong enough to take power.".

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 17 Nov 2015 17:26

IndraD wrote:Russia announces bounty of $50 million on Sinai bombers http://news.sky.com/story/1588988/russi ... et-bombing

The attack is too conveniently timed to discourage present Russian involvement in ME. May be the bounty hunters need to look in DC.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 17:29

NDTV

WASHINGTON: Russia Tuesday staged a "significant number" of air strikes on the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, a US defense official said.

The attacks may have included sea-launched cruise missiles and long-range bombers, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Russia gave the United States advanced warning of the attacks, the official said.

The announcement came after President Vladimir Putin vowed vengeance as Moscow confirmed that it was a bomb which brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Putin pledged to ramp up Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria in response to the attack. But he but stopped short of blaming any one group.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 17:32

RT ‏@RT_com 43m43 minutes ago
UPDATE: Russia hitting #ISIS using both sea-launched cruise missiles and long-range bombers http://on.rt.com/6wrx

RT ‏@RT_com 1h1 hour ago
BREAKING: Russia fires missiles from Mediterranean on targets in #ISIS stronghold #Raqqa

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Nov 2015 17:33

RT ‏@RT_com 2h2 hours ago
Putin offers Ukraine 3-year extension to pay off debt

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 17 Nov 2015 17:38

deejay wrote:^^^ That is a lot of TNT to get onboard a plane through clandistine means even in lax security situation. If true then this thing definitely has airport security onboard. It will also need airline ground crew to cooperate.

Egypt detains 2 airport workers suspected of aiding bomb plant on Russian plane – Reuters sources
https://www.rt.com/news/322398-egypt-su ... omb-sinai/

"Seventeen people are being held, two of them are suspected of helping whoever planted the bomb on the plane at Sharm al-Sheikh Airport," one of the officials said.

The information comes following the statement by Russian Federal Security Service saying the Sinai plane crash was a terrorist attack.

“We can say that that [Sinai plane crash] was a terror act,” FSB director Aleksandr Bortnikov told Russian President Vladimir Putin. He added that experts analyzed passengers’ belongings as well as the parts of the plane. “After the examination on all these objects, we have found traces of a foreign-made explosive substance.”

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 17 Nov 2015 17:44

One more round of cruise missile fired from Med

Russia fires missiles from Mediterranean on targets in ISIS stronghold Raqqa - reports
https://www.rt.com/news/322413-russia-m ... terranean/

habal · Post by **habal** » 17 Nov 2015 17:47

Confirmed bomb downed Russian plane over Egypt. WAITING for world wide public outcry and beaming colors of Russian flag on government buildings in all capitals.