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

member_29247 · Post by **member_29247** » 27 Nov 2015 23:35

Thanks Lisa ji

Here is the most liberal and speaker of the house shaking hands with the new now demon Assad

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17920536/ns/w ... ets-assad/

So much changes about leaders of sovereign in the perception of Tubelightabad that leaders of sovereign nations can be deposed or disposed just because some one brings a new business proposal from which profits could be squeezed out of innocent citizens far away..

So what is the lesson here you better be pay pal to leaders in DC or you become a hoodlum of compitetor ....

Keep at a safe distance is the mantra for India in this.

I used advocate that adult population of the entire world vote in US presidential election because the citizens of all nations fate is written in tubelightabad.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 27 Nov 2015 23:35

BAshar was a doctor practising in London. Left his practice to inherit his father's Jagir after his brother died in Lambhorgini crash.

Henry Kissinger had described his father Hafez Asad as a Genius. Incidentally he had a Air Force background. Unusual as most coup launchers are army Officers.

member_29247 · Post by **member_29247** » 27 Nov 2015 23:39

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chetak · Post by **chetak** » 27 Nov 2015 23:40

UlanBatori wrote:In Syria, the West would have been quite happy to have Russia come in and destroy the ISIS. Then the Moderate Rebels would have completed the sweep of Syria, and knocked both Assad and the Russians out. Unfortunately the Russians are not cooperating. They are first going after the Moderate Rebels, causing ISIS to become MORE powerful in a few places. Now this forces NATO to commit air resources to protect their Moderate Terrorists and attack the ISIS. Question is which will happen first - a collapse of the ISIS, which will benefit NATO more, or a collapse of the Moderate Islamists, which will cause panic all over, but bring stability to Syria.

that's what they say about putin.

other's play checkers while putin plays chess.

the ISIS will go, if only to prevent any hard evidence from coming out. public opinion in europe will restrict white skinned govts from exercising the ISIS option.

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 27 Nov 2015 23:48

chetak wrote:
It's the amreki deep state that has to show it's hand now, the very same deep state that lavishes TLC on rogue players like pakistan and turkey.

Oh, but they have. If you are not part of the dollar bloc, NATO or EU. and cannot be co-opted, you will be destabilized. That gives you a future roadmap for further roadkill unless Vlad steps up to the plate.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 27 Nov 2015 23:51

ldev wrote:
chetak wrote:
It's the amreki deep state that has to show it's hand now, the very same deep state that lavishes TLC on rogue players like pakistan and turkey.
Oh, but they have. If you are not part of the dollar bloc, NATO or EU. and cannot be co-opted, you will be destabilized. That gives you a future roadmap for further roadkill unless Vlad steps up to the plate.

currently, there is no one but vlad on the plate. The rest are all in the outfield.

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 27 Nov 2015 23:52

Now that Europe is terrified of ISIS, they do not want an ISIS state comprising parts of Syria and Iraq. And the present stalemate in Syria notwithstanding Russian support for Assad will not make Syria whole again. So does Europe dislike more a whole Syria under Assad or a part Syria under Assad and an ISIS state along with it. Hobson's choice. That is where US and European interests diverge. That is the wedge that Putin is driving into.

Turmoil in Turkey could give rise to a Kurdistan, something I suspect the US will like for various reasons. The Russians will also like that.

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 27 Nov 2015 23:54

chetak wrote:
currently, there is no one but vlad on the plate.

I mean continues to step up to the plate even after Syria is resolved in whatever fashion.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 27 Nov 2015 23:59

ldev wrote:Now that Europe is terrified of ISIS, they do not want an ISIS state comprising parts of Syria and Iraq. And the present stalemate in Syria notwithstanding Russian support for Assad will not make Syria whole again. So does Europe dislike more a whole Syria under Assad or a part Syria under Assad and an ISIS state along with it. Hobson's choice. That is where US and European interests diverge. That is the wedge that Putin is driving into.

given half a chance, Asad will do excellently, what all mideast dictators do by instinct. He will quickly bring syria under control, brutally for sure, in the tried, tested and sharia approved murderously efficient manner.

he just needs the others off his back and some help from vlad as well.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 28 Nov 2015 00:05

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/ ... lisjF7yszc

Erdogan praises terror wave as Palestinian 'noble fight'

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 28 Nov 2015 00:07

RT English
By RT @RT_com
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered his cabinet to come up with a list of economic measures in response to "Turkish aggression".

Turkish firms could lose construction business in Russia

Published time: 27 Nov, 2015

Construction crew working at 'Moscow City' business center © Evgeny Samarin / Sputnik

One of the biggest players in Russia's building boom could soon lose its share. Turkish construction firms may be banned from the country as a part of the Kremlin's economic response to Turkey shooting down a Russian jet in Syria.
Russia's Housing and Construction Minister Mikhail Men didn’t exclude the possibility of a ban, saying on Thursday that the credibility of Turkish companies has been undermined.

This could significantly improve the position of domestic contractors as Turkish firms are one of the key players on Russian construction.

Turkish building companies have been in Russia since the 90s. They managed to take leading positions in the country’s major projects, such as the construction of the ‘Moscow City’ business center and the reconstruction of the State Duma.

Currently Turkish companies do not participate in government building projects since they are financed by the state budget. But they are actively involved in commercial projects. The largest Turkish construction firms Enka, RenaissanceConstruction and Ant Yapi are building skyscrapers and business centers in Moscow and the Russian regions.

The ban could also apply to Turkish workers in Russian construction. Over 87,000 Turkish nationals are working in Russia as of November 2015, statistics from Federal Migration showed. Most of them were working on construction sites.

On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered the cabinet to come up with a list of economic measures in response to the jet incident.

The Kremlin is considering introducing a food embargo, restrictions on customs duties and financial transactions, as well as restrictive measures for trade, services and investments.

The Turkish Stream project to deliver Russian natural gas to Turkey, and the construction of a nuclear power plant in the country could also be canceled, according to the Russian Minister of Economic Development Aleksey Ulyukaev.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 28 Nov 2015 00:16

http://www.todayszaman.com/national_erd ... 05283.html

The weapons that were sent to Syria rebels and which were exposed by turkey journalists didnt reach turkmen rebels. So who did they go to ?!

A pro-government prosecutor who was appointed to the MİT trucks case inadvertently admitted in May that weapon-laden trucks made 2,000 trips to Syria, according to the lawyer of one of the defendants in the case.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 28 Nov 2015 00:42

Bhurishrava wrote:http://www.todayszaman.com/national_erd ... 05283.html

The weapons that were sent to Syria rebels and which were exposed by turkey journalists didnt reach turkmen rebels. So who did they go to ?!

A pro-government prosecutor who was appointed to the MİT trucks case inadvertently admitted in May that weapon-laden trucks made 2,000 trips to Syria, according to the lawyer of one of the defendants in the case.

ISIS

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 28 Nov 2015 00:44

Bilal "Rah Ul Gobbler" Erdogan gobbled the profits.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 28 Nov 2015 00:46

Amrekis throwing erdogan under the bus. and calling it a war crime as well !!

Top U.S. Air Defense Commander: Turkey’s Shootdown of Russian Jet “Had to Be PRE-PLANNED"

by George Washington on 11/27/2015

Fox News Illinois Reuters Turkey

Lt. General Tom McInerney is an expert on handling threats from fighter jets.

McInerney served as:

Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) – the military agency responsible for protecting the United States and Canada from foreign jet attacks – for the Alaska region
Commander of the Alaskan Air Command
Commander of 11th Air Force in Alaska
Commander of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Clark Air Base, Philippines
Commander of the 313th Air Division, Kadena Air Base, Japan
Commander of 3rd Air Force, Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall, England
Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
A command pilot with more than 4,100 flying hours, including 407 combat missions
In his role as Norad commander for Alaska, McInerney dealt with more Russian fighter jet incursions (which he calls “bear penetrations”) than anyone else in the world.

So McInerney knows how to tell innocent from hostile incursions by foreign fighter jets, standard rules of engagement of foreign fighter jets, how to read radar tracks, and the other things he would need to know to form an informed opinion about the shootdown of a foreign jet.

Yesterday, McInerney told Fox News – much to the surprise of the reporter interviewing him – that assuming the Turkish version of the flight path of the Russian jet is accurate, Russia wasn’t threatening Turkey, and that Turkey’s shoot down of the Russian jet “had to be pre-planned”, as the jet wasn’t in Turkish air space long enough for anything other than a premeditated attack to have brought it down:

McInerney is right … especially given that a U.S. official told Reuters that the Russian jet was inside of Syria when it was shot down:

The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into Turkish airspace, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

But even if Turkey is right that the Russian jet was shot down over Turkey, the shootdown was still a war crime.

Specifically, as McInerney notes in the interview above, Russia was in no way threatening Russia. It was on a bombing run against ISIS.

International law expert Francis Boyle - Professor of International Law at the University of Illinois, Champaign, who was responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 – said by email:

The Russian bombing of Syria is technically legal because they have the explicit permission of the Syrian government, but of course Putin will ultimately act in accord with his interests, not what is best for the Syrian people.

***

As the International Court of Justice ruled in the seminal Nicaragua case (1986), any use of force even in alleged self-defense must also fulfill the basic customary international law requirements of (1) necessity and (2) proportionality. Even accepting the government of Turkey's version of events, it does not appear that there was any "necessity" for Turkey to destroy the Russian jet.
Washington's Blog asked Boyle whether this is analogous to the "use of force" by someone with a gun who claims he was threatened by someone else. He answered affirmatively, explaining:

Necessity and Proportionality are each separate requirements for the use of force in self-defense.

From another [International Court of Justice] case, the basic test for “necessity” is that the necessity of self-defense must be instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation. Clearly, that was not the case here

member_29247 · Post by **member_29247** » 28 Nov 2015 00:51

Now that Europe is terrified of ISIS, they do not want an ISIS state comprising parts of Syria and Iraq. And the present stalemate in Syria notwithstanding

recent geo political events
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Regarding Erdogan

Recall the instant Kofi son served very well the food for oil program Saddam Expresso in which Madam and Notwar also had biscoot

It's the same here.... But now we don't have BCCI actors (not cricket the real big deal of Bank of Commerce...... Based in Dubai.....)

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 28 Nov 2015 00:53

Nov. 23:

Syrian troops are on the brink of surrounding the rebel-held portion of Aleppo, a major setback for the opposition, which has increasingly found itself on the defensive and losing territory in the war.

The outgunned antigovernment fighters are pessimistic about their ability to stave off an advance by troops in the northern city. A siege would cut off an estimated half a million people from access to food, medicine, fuel and other basic necessities.

For more than two years, Aleppo, once Syria's commercial hub, has been divided between rebel and government forces. Only a small stretch of land, less than a mile wide, and one road connect the opposition-held portion of the city to the countryside and highway leading to Turkey.

"To retake the areas, we need supplies and bullets and arms and mortars; without that we can't do it," said Aadil "Abu Assad" Nasir, the Aleppo military commander for the Islamic Front, one of the major rebel groups. "It's a matter of being sick and not having medicine."

In early October, Syrian forces cut off one of only two open roads leading into rebel territory. Government airstrikes are a regular danger on the remaining open route.

On Tuesday, local journalists reported that 20 people, several of them children, were killed when two barrel bombs struck cars and buses along the road. Video from the aftermath showed a familiar scene of scorched bodies and burning shells of vehicles.

Nov. 25:

Beirut (AFP) - General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations wing, was lightly injured in fighting against Syria rebels near Aleppo, a monitoring group and a security source said Wednesday.

Soleimani "was injured a few days ago" in an offensive in the southwest of Aleppo province, a security source on the ground told AFP.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor of the war, also said the general had been hurt.

He was "lightly injured three days ago in the Al-Eis area in the south of Aleppo province," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

For several days, reports have been circulating on social media claiming the powerful commander had been wounded or even killed in Syria, where Iran backs President Bashar al-Assad against an uprising that began in March 2011.

In response, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards, Rameza Sharif, said Tuesday that Soleimani was "in perfect health and full of energy."

"He helps the Islamic resistance in Syria and Iraq," Sharif added, according to SepahNews, the official site of the Revolutionary Guards.

Abdel Rahman said the commander was wounded while "leading military operations on the outskirts of Al-Eis, which is under the control of pro-regime forces."

"Many Iranian fighters are present in the area," he added.

Abdel Rahman said rebel groups launched a counteroffensive on Sunday in a bid to push regime forces from several areas in south Aleppo that they captured with support from Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah ground forces and Russia air strikes.

Russia, another key Assad ally, began air strikes in support of the government on September 30.

Last month, a US official said some 2,000 Iranian or Iranian-backed forces were participating in the regime's Aleppo operations.

Iran has not officially acknowledged sending troops to Syria, but says it has "advisers" on the ground assisting regime forces.

Iran-backed Hezbollah also acknowledges its forces are fighting on the ground, and the presence of Iranian, Iraqi and Afghan "volunteers" has been documented.

Abhay_S · Post by **Abhay_S** » 28 Nov 2015 01:16

Spinster wrote:
recent geo political events
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Ethiopia
Libya
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whats going on with Indonesia ?

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 28 Nov 2015 02:17

November 24: NATO-backed Islamic terrorists attack Aleppo

The Jaysh al Fateh coalition, which is led by jihadist groups, claims to have overrun several towns and villages in the southern part of Syria’s Aleppo province in the past 24 hours. Leading factions in Jaysh al Fateh, including Al Nusrah Front and Ahrar al Sham, have posted a series of videos and images on social media from the areas they say have fallen.

The alliance launched the counteroffensive in the past few days in an attempt to thwart the advances of Bashar al Assad’s regime and its allies, including Russia, which has been bombing targets in Aleppo as part of its air campaign.

The Sunni jihadists from Al Nusrah and Ahrar al Sham have been battling their Shiite counterparts from various militias, which are backed by Iran and Assad. As part of Jaysh al Fateh’s propaganda campaign surrounding the ongoing battles, its constituent groups have published pictures of identification cards, money and other spoils purportedly captured from the Shiite militias, Iranian forces, and members of Assad’s regime.

In a series of tweets from its so-called correspondents’ network, Al Nusrah Front, which is an official branch of al Qaeda, says that its fighters have advanced on Al Aziziyah, Tall Mamu, and several other villages. One video published by Al Nusrah shows “mujahideen” tanks approaching the villages. Two other videos show Al Nusrah’s jihadists shelling Tall Mamu, attacking it with armored vehicles and then the village after its “liberation.”

Separately, Ahrar al Sham has published its own propaganda from the fighting. A map, seen above, illustrates the areas Jaysh al Fateh’s forces are storming in the southern part of the Aleppo province.

All of the photos and videos are watermarked with both the logos of the individual group and Jaysh al Fateh. The counteroffensive is the latest evidence that Jaysh al Fateh has survived the disputes that broke out between a few of its member groups. In particular, Jund al Aqsa, another al Qaeda-linked group, broke away from the alliance in recent weeks after it objected to some of Ahrar al Sham’s practices. Jund al Aqsa claimed that Ahrar al Sham was way too cordial with the West and regional nations, and was pressuring the jihadists to fight the Islamic State. Although Jund al Aqsa rejects Abu Bakr al Baghdadi’s “caliphate” and remains loyal to Ayman al Zawahiri, the group believes that sharia law prohibits any attacks on its jihadist cousins in the Islamic State. It is not clear what role, if any, Jund al Aqsa is playing the Aleppo fighting.

Jaysh al Fateh’s reunification was reportedly brokered by Sheikh Abdullah Mohammed al Muhaysini, a popular Saudi cleric who is, at a minimum, pro-al Qaeda.

A number of other organizations are participating in Jaysh al Fateh’s counteroffensive, including the Sham Legion, which is itself a coalition of Islamist groups in the area.

Screen shots from Al Nusrah Front’s videos of the fighting in the southern part of the Aleppo province. One video shows Al Nusrah’s tanks approaching Al Aziziyah and Tall Mamu. The video is shot from the perspective of the vehicle:

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 28 Nov 2015 02:29

Abhay_S wrote:
Spinster wrote:
recent geo political events
Indonesia
Ywhats going on with Indonesia ?

They are flirting with Dra-goon,betraying Asean .

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 28 Nov 2015 02:45

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/mi ... -ISIS.html
France ‘can only’ work with Syrian army as part of a power transition

Working with Syrian government forces to combat ISIS can only happen within the framework of a credible political transition for Syria, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday.
Earlier Fabius had appeared to suggest President Bashar al-Assad’s forces could be used to battle ISIS militants, which would mark a departure in the Western position that the Syrian leader must step down. Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem cautiously welcomed Fabius' earlier comments.In a statement clarifying the French position, Fabius said: “The cooperation of all Syrian forces, including the Syrian army, against Daesh is obviously welcomed, but, as I have constantly said, it will only be possible in the framework of a political transition.”Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Friday welcomed the proposal by his French counterpart to include the Syrian army in efforts to battle ISIS jihadist group.“Better late than never. If Fabius is serious about working with the Syrian army and dealing with the forces on the ground that are fighting Daesh, then we welcome that,” Muallem told a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.Diplomats were not immediately able to clarify Fabius’ comments. However, they said he has indicated in the past that Syrian government troops could be used to fight ISIS once a national unity government was in place.“If we want to go towards a free, united ... Syria, it cannot be he (Assad) who is at the origin of 300,000 deaths and millions of refugees that can lead that... Assad cannot be the future of his people,” Fabius also said. Meanwhile, Fabius said destroying ISIS’s Raqqa headquarters is the main objective of the international military campaign.Fabius said “neutralizing and eradicating Daesh” is an objective that all countries agree upon, referring to ISIS by its Arabic acronym. He spoke after a week of intense diplomacy capped by the French president’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.ISIS has claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane over Egypt, as well as the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.Fabius said Putin agreed on the need to focus international efforts against the extremist group and France is drawing up a map of other, moderate groups, to protect them from warplanes.He also said the international coalition is focusing on oil convoys from the group’s territory, which provide a crucial source of income. He said some of the trucks head toward Turkey, and France believes Syrian leader Bashar Assad is also a buyer

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 28 Nov 2015 03:13

Le Gelf would like to replace russia in gas supplies to turkey and europe. They are past irak and its shias and kurds. And they were building pipelines like crazy in seeria. Nou, there ij a problem.

Le froggies and so on, merkel inkluded are all on board with the broad strategy. Eggcept, now vladimir wants to go east from latakia. No wonder frenchies have their undies in a twist, paris or no paris.

Kurds/uncle oil companies will come west and vlad will go east. kurds will want a country in return for pipes. Erdogan is upset because seeria said ok/fine to the kurds either way. uncle just wants the oil/gas (and to screw vladimir permanently, of course). With oil/gas markets gone (saudis will pump until no one else can afford to) russia will rise up againat vladimir, ending russia as a country. Le russian regime always supported terrists anyway.

NRao · Post by **NRao** » 28 Nov 2015 03:17

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-isis ... ey-russia/

After telling France's RTL radio that the French government would be focusing military efforts on destroying ISIS' central infrastructure in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, Syria, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the fight would also have to involve a ground offensive -- but that France couldn't be part of it.

"Troops on the ground cannot be ours, but (there can be) Syrian soldiers from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Sunni Arab states, and why not regime troops," Fabius said.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 28 Nov 2015 03:30

I posted this on Oct 28, 2015. There used to strategic advisorsory board section on genie.com with all the names quoted below but looks like they removed it now

Satya_anveshi wrote:Apple of Discord: Golan Heights Oil to Add Fuel to the Fire of Syrian War - Oct 28, 2015

An apparent discovery of huge volumes of oil in the disputed Golan Heights brings the stakes of the Russian involvement in Syria to a new geopolitical dimension, F. William Engdahl stresses.

It is no secret anymore that the Western political establishment and its Gulf allies have facilitated the Syrian turmoil of 2011 which then evolved into a civil war in order to build competing gas pipelines through Syria to Turkey or via Lebanon to the Mediterranean.

However, it is only a part of the story, American-German historian and strategic risk consultant F. William Engdahl underscores.

"Now oil, lots of oil, comes into the play, and Israel is claiming it's theirs. The only problem is that it isn't. The oil is in the Golan Heights which Israel illegally took from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War," Engdahl pointed out in his recent article for New Eastern Outlook.

It would have remained just an Israeli or a Syrian headache if the problem was not a part of Western global energy game.

To understand the extent of a problem "take a little-known Newark, New Jersey oil company, the contested Golan Heights between Syria and Israel, add a reported major oil discovery there just as Russia's bombing campaign in Syria goes into high gear, shake it vigorously and we have a potential detonator for World War III," the strategic risk consultant stressed.

"A little known" New Jersey oil company is Genie Energy Ltd., which is no small potatoes.

Indeed, the Strategic Advisory Board of the company includes such figures as Dick Cheney, James Woolsey, Bill Richardson, Jacob Lord Rothschild, Rupert Murdock, Larry Summers and Michael Steinhardt.

Rebel fighters from the First Battalion under the Free Syrian Army take part in a military training on June 10, 2015, in the rebel-held countryside of the northern city of Aleppo

In 2013 Genie Energy "was granted exclusive oil and gas exploration rights to a 153-square mile radius in the southern part of the Golan Heights by the Netanyahu government," the expert proceeded with the narrative.
Then, on October 8, 2015 Genie Energy's Israeli subsidiary, Afek Oil & Gas announced that the company found a huge oil reservoir on the Golan Heights.

"We've found an oil stratum 350 meters thick in the southern Golan Heights. On average worldwide, strata are 20 to 30 meters thick, and this is 10 times as large as that, so we are talking about significant quantities," Afek Oil & Gas chief geologist Yuval Bartov claimed in an interview to a local broadcaster as quoted by Engdahl.

"The Golan Heights, however, are illegally occupied by Israel," Engdahl reminded, adding that the UN has repeatedly stipulated that Israel has no rights for the illegally occupied territories of the Syrian Golan Heights.

In light of this, the Syrian government and even Syrian statehood are regarded by US businessmen and Israeli politicians as a stumbling block in the way of their joint oil projects in the region. In contrast, the potential balkanization and dissolution of Syria would play directly into their hands.

"The Netanyahu government [is now] more determined than ever to sow chaos and disorder in Damascus and use that to de facto create an Israeli irreversible occupation of Golan and its oil," the expert stressed.

The Western grand game in the Middle East has engaged a number of regional and international actors, including the United States and its NATO and Gulf allies.

"Now an apparent discovery of huge volumes of oil by a New Jersey oil company whose board includes Iraq war architect, Dick Cheney, neo-con ex-CIA head James Woolsey, and Jacob Lord Rothschild… brings the stakes of the Russian intervention on behalf of Syria's Assad against ISIS [ISIL], al-Qaeda and other CIA-backed 'moderate terrorists' to a new geopolitical dimension," Engdahl underscored.

The stakes are high. However, the situation on the ground shows that the US-backed coup in Ukraine and the Syrian turmoil orchestrated by Washington in order to dissolve Russia's network of allies and mar Moscow's international image have proved ineffective.

Ironically, the outcome is contrary to what was expected by Washington: Russia is gaining ground in the Middle Eastern region and on international arena, the expert noted.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 28 Nov 2015 03:35

This is the reason credibilty of US media is in the pits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L-CED6HICg

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 28 Nov 2015 06:10

November 24: NATO-backed Islamic terrorists attack Aleppo

The Jaysh al Fateh coalition, which is led by jihadist groups, claims to have overrun several towns and villages in the southern part of Syria’s Aleppo province in the past 24 hours. Leading factions in Jaysh al Fateh, including Al Nusrah Front and Ahrar al Sham, have posted a series of videos and images on social media from the areas they say have fallen.

The alliance launched the counteroffensive in the past few days in an attempt to thwart the advances of Bashar al Assad’s regime and its allies, including Russia, which has been bombing targets in Aleppo as part of its air campaign.

The Sunni jihadists from Al Nusrah and Ahrar al Sham have been battling their Shiite counterparts from various militias, which are backed by Iran and Assad. As part of Jaysh al Fateh’s propaganda campaign surrounding the ongoing battles, its constituent groups have published pictures of identification cards, money and other spoils purportedly captured from the Shiite militias, Iranian forces, and members of Assad’s regime.

In a series of tweets from its so-called correspondents’ network, Al Nusrah Front, which is an official branch of al Qaeda, says that its fighters have advanced on Al Aziziyah, Tall Mamu, and several other villages. One video published by Al Nusrah shows “mujahideen” tanks approaching the villages. Two other videos show Al Nusrah’s jihadists shelling Tall Mamu, attacking it with armored vehicles and then the village after its “liberation.”

Separately, Ahrar al Sham has published its own propaganda from the fighting. A map, seen above, illustrates the areas Jaysh al Fateh’s forces are storming in the southern part of the Aleppo province.

All of the photos and videos are watermarked with both the logos of the individual group and Jaysh al Fateh. The counteroffensive is the latest evidence that Jaysh al Fateh has survived the disputes that broke out between a few of its member groups. In particular, Jund al Aqsa, another al Qaeda-linked group, broke away from the alliance in recent weeks after it objected to some of Ahrar al Sham’s practices. Jund al Aqsa claimed that Ahrar al Sham was way too cordial with the West and regional nations, and was pressuring the jihadists to fight the Islamic State. Although Jund al Aqsa rejects Abu Bakr al Baghdadi’s “caliphate” and remains loyal to Ayman al Zawahiri, the group believes that sharia law prohibits any attacks on its jihadist cousins in the Islamic State. It is not clear what role, if any, Jund al Aqsa is playing the Aleppo fighting.

Jaysh al Fateh’s reunification was reportedly brokered by Sheikh Abdullah Mohammed al Muhaysini, a popular Saudi cleric who is, at a minimum, pro-al Qaeda.

A number of other organizations are participating in Jaysh al Fateh’s counteroffensive, including the Sham Legion, which is itself a coalition of Islamist groups in the area.

Screen shots from Al Nusrah Front’s videos of the fighting in the southern part of the Aleppo province. One video shows Al Nusrah’s tanks approaching Al Aziziyah and Tall Mamu. The video is shot from the perspective of the vehicle:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/al-nusrah- ... es/5491781
On Wednesday morning, the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Al-Nusra” supported by Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham, Jund Al-Aqsa and Jaysh Al-Mujahiddeen launched a powerful assault on the Al-Zahra Association Quarter in the Aleppo province’s western countryside. The Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions near the Great Prophet Mosque and the Air Force Intelligence (AFI) building were hit.
Following a series of intense firefights, the terrorists temporarily captured the Great Prophet Mosque. But, they were unable to advance forward after the Russian Air Force’s warplanes conducted air raids against them. Then, the SAA launched a counter-assault to recapture the territory around the western sector of the Al-Zahra Association Quarter that was lost to the terrorists.
In northern Aleppo, Jaysh Al-Mujahiddeen and Al-Nusra conducted a full-scale offensive on the town of Bashkoy. Unfortunately, for the terrorists, they were unable to advance into the Al-Afghani Farms and retreated to the nearby village of Rityan. According to the local sources, about 60 terrorists were killed in these clashes.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » 28 Nov 2015 06:20

Satya_anveshi wrote:This is the reason credibilty of US media is in the pits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L-

Audio was actually realeased to AP by Turkey. So that part is FUD by RT.

But the real issue is with audio, which sounds genuinly fake (with added noise). I can be wrong, maybe.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Nov 2015 07:42

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A large cargo of shotguns without transportation permits has been seized by the Italian police at the Port of Trieste. The 847 Turkish-made Winchester shotguns worth about €500,000 were on their way to Belgium.
The weapons were declared along with other cargoes destined for Germany and the Netherlands on a Dutch-registered truck driven by a Turkish citizen.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Nov 2015 07:56

Russian Lieutenant-General Evgeny Buzhinsky, in responding to the incident, revealed that Russia will begin using electronic jamming systems that are based both on the ground and installed on special aircraft. The defensive weapons are aimed at stopping a similar attack in the future.

“Regarding the possible impact of this incident on the further developments of the operation in Syria, I think that from now on, our pilots will be more attentive and if the Turks continue behaving in such a manner, Russia will have to resort to electronic jamming and other warfare equipment, including special aircraft with special equipment on board, in order to protect our pilots from being stricken with missiles,” Buzhinsky said, according to Sputnik News.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 28 Nov 2015 08:06

Singha wrote:Russian Lieutenant-General Evgeny Buzhinsky, in responding to the incident, revealed that Russia will begin using electronic jamming systems that are based both on the ground and installed on special aircraft. The defensive weapons are aimed at stopping a similar attack in the future.

“Regarding the possible impact of this incident on the further developments of the operation in Syria, I think that from now on, our pilots will be more attentive and if the Turks continue behaving in such a manner, Russia will have to resort to electronic jamming and other warfare equipment, including special aircraft with special equipment on board, in order to protect our pilots from being stricken with missiles,” Buzhinsky said, according to Sputnik News.

the greedy turks need to be taken down a peg or twenty. They are now swimming alone against the current with all their nefarious intent out in the open and also erdogan's family financial peccadilloes and petty foibles exposed thus destroying his street cred.

the similarities with the pakis is striking.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 28 Nov 2015 08:49

This is putin playing chess while the amrekis and turkey play checkers.

France accepts Russian replacement for police dog killed in Paris attack

France accepts Russian replacement for police dog killed in Paris attack

AFP | November 28, 2015,

This handout picture released on November 21, 2015 by Russia's Interior ministry shows a Russian officer holding a puppy named Dobrynya in Moscow. (Photo: AFP)

Paris: France on Friday warmly accepted the offer of a puppy from Russia as a replacement for a police dog named Diesel which was killed during operations after the November 13 terror attacks in Paris.

"The gift from Russian police dog-lovers to their French counterparts... is a very strong and exceptional symbolic gesture on your part," Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve wrote in a letter to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

The Russian interior minister had offered to send a German shepherd puppy named Dobrynya to replace Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian shepherd.

She was killed on November 18 during a massive security operation against jihadists holed up in an apartment to the north of Paris.

During that raid Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one of the suspected ringleaders of the November 13 attacks in and around Paris which left 130 people dead, was killed in a shootout along with two accomplices.

Dobrynya is named after a mediaeval Russian knight famed for his strength, chivalry and courage.

https://youtu.be/yc1Q0WIMf24

Russia's foreign ministry has published pictures and videos of the little dog playing with a ball (https://mvd.ru/news/item/6802710/).

The six-month-old pup, which lives in a centre for police dogs in the Moscow region, has also appeared on Russian state television.

Before being sent to France he must undergo veterinary checks and a quarantine.

After Diesel's death was announced earlier this month the hashtag #JeSuisChien (meaning #Iamdog) spread across social networks in tribute to Diesel.

French President Francois Hollande and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday to coordinate strikes against the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Nov 2015 09:06

https://www.rt.com/usa/323744-obama-ndaa-ukraine-syria/

POTUS signs in $500 mil aid to moderate syrian rebels and $300 mil of arms to Ukraine.

ldev · Post by **ldev** » 28 Nov 2015 09:12

Apologies if this video was posted before. Shows well over a 100 tanker trucks (maybe much more) being destroyed by the Russian air force. The video is dated November 18. If the trucks do belong to Bilal beta's oil smuggling business with ISIS, it's no wonder Papa Erdogan was piss*ed off with the Russians and ordered the hit job on the SU-24.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 28 Nov 2015 09:45

Russia claims to have destroyed 1000+ of tankers
US claims to have destroyed ~300 tankers

US is disputing Russian claims even as they are using russian bombing footage as their own

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 28 Nov 2015 10:03

At commercial scale, oil payments need banking. Surely bilals banking is not FSB proof?

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 28 Nov 2015 10:10

One the one hand US supplied TOW missiles are used to attack journalists from RT and Sputniknews - Nov 28, 2015

On the other hand CNN and FOX are right there embedded with terrorists as seen in this video after shooting down Russian bomber:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnCWPeFZUxk

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 28 Nov 2015 10:11

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Nov 2015 10:13

bilal bhais banking will be under protection of the khan. so the fsb cannot do anything on that. tier1 players spread their money and investments in places like london, zurich, bahamas through tens of shells cos etc.

ISIS gets paid at the loading point. beyond that the risk of inventory carrying and final payment from the destination rests with the trucking cos. bilal bhai seems to have his interests in trucking and being a supplier to another set of cos who distribute that oil for use in turkey or export it somewhere, perhaps even back to syrian coast.

ISIS would not be immediately affected by all this, they have looted all the banks and have a built a war chest, plus boxes of dollars can always come via the desolate deserts in the south. they will not run out of steam due to this truck bombing...its bilal bhai whose cash flow might get a bit cramped...but such players also have deep war chests and staying power.

its what the trucks are carrying on their return journey thats worrying. they could be stuffed with all sorts of weapons.

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 28 Nov 2015 10:22

trucks are dime a dozen. some drivers might run but drivers are dime a dozen. war chests need to be stored and used. if they are in seeria they will go boom. ISIS ought to see some just rewards. Bilal could cut and run but he will have to polonium proof his money somehow.

It didnt have to be oil trucks to carry anything back the MiT trucks numbered in 1000s. If turkish border gets sealed SAA and Hez can take care of most of the south and the iraakis arent keen on letting goodies go by untouched. ramadi etc are being taken over.

It was the flood that was attracting the flies, a trickle will not mean anything in the seerian dessert couisine. And when the flies flock back to their western hives, you know, sooner or later, there will be other unintended consequences. There are 100,000s crossed over into oeurope etc. Their bakistaniyat will show too.

If seeria is pacified then the moles will need to go somewhere to be whack-a-moled.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 28 Nov 2015 10:29

Is the pocket Sultan asking for mosques to be bombed? He has nailed his jihadi credentials to the wall by this statement.Funny how the major western media rarely picks up such fundamenlist utterances from a so-called NATO ally.

Meanwhile the Russians are turning the screws on Turkey economically,with visas on arrival being banned,and hitting Turkish tourism,exports,conrtacts,etc. What does the Sultan say? Insult Russia further and "warns" Putin!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/n ... h-citizens
Russia 'playing with fire', warns Turkey, as Moscow imposes visa regime
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan steps up the war of words after Russia’s latest retaliatory measures in the wake of the downing of its fighter jet

The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, announced the latest move on Friday, saying it would come into force from 1 January. Russia has also forbidden tour companies from selling packages to Turkey, advised all Russian citizens to leave the country, and promised an array of economic sanctions as well as the freezing of joint projects.