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

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2015 14:25

brief video of the rally and one shell

https://www.rt.com/news/318479-russia-e ... us-mortar/

habal · Post by **habal** » 13 Oct 2015 14:59

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... NA20151012
Britain 'flexible' on timing, manner of Assad departure
LUXEMBOURG

Britain - I'll give you 6 months transition...
Syria - Nope
Britain - Ok 1 year?..
Syria - Nope
Britain - 2 years, pretty please?
Syria - Nope
Britain - We're uh... Flexible

NRao · Post by **NRao** » 13 Oct 2015 15:19

ISIS' Ammunition Is Shown to Have Origins in U,S and China

habal · Post by **habal** » 13 Oct 2015 15:24

Mommy Mommy that boy and his friend are teasing me !!!

Turkish military says Syrian jets, missile systems harass its warplanes

Syrian fighter jets and missile systems harassed Turkish F-16 warplanes near the Turkish-Syrian border on Saturday, the Turkish military said on Sunday, once again bringing the conflict to NATO's southeastern flank.

The three jets were among 12 F-16s patrolling the border when they were interfered with for two minutes by Syria-based missile systems. They were also harassed for 35 seconds by two SU-22 and one SU-24 planes, the general staff statement said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... BY20151011

How does it feel to have a MiG-29 come directly at you, at your face.

here's some rebels who had to face just that. 1:09 onward.

ofcourse allah-0-akbar

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 13 Oct 2015 15:46

More on US arms drop and Kurdish advances

Syria Kurds 'razing villages seized from IS' - Amnesty
The YPG is part of a new alliance of Arab and Kurdish groups, called the Democratic Forces of Syria, which was announced on Monday.
A Pentagon spokesman said C-17 transport aircraft, supported by fighter escorts, had dropped pallets of supplies overnight to Syrian Arab groups fighting IS in Hassakeh province.
It said the rebel leaders had been vetted by the US. .. as the US said it had dropped more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels in north-western Syria. (Note: 5 tons have already gone missing from yesterday )
The air-drop comes days after the US abandoned a $500m (£326m) plan to train thousands of "moderate" rebels to fight IS.
In other cases, residents alleged that YPG fighters had ordered them to leave, threatening them with air strikes if they failed to comply.
"They told us we had to leave or they would tell the US coalition that we were terrorists and their planes would hit us and our families," one person told Amnesty's researchers.
Coalition air strikes, as well as air drops of weapons and ammunition, have helped the militia to drive IS out of large parts of northern Syria this year. Pic caption: YPG fighters have captured a string of towns and villages from Islamic State militants this year.
On Tuesday, Amnesty said its researchers had uncovered evidence of "alarming abuses" carried out by the YPG - the military wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) - in towns and villages controlled by the Kurdish Autonomous Administration in Hassakeh and Raqqa provinces.
This appeared to be in retaliation for residents' perceived sympathies with or links to the jihadist group, it says.
"While in some cases residents acknowledged that there had been a handful of IS supporters in their villages, ..." (IOW, Pakis!)
Its report quoted one witness in the village of Husseiniya, in Hassakeh province, as saying: "They pulled us out of our homes and began burning the home... they brought the bulldozers... They demolished home after home until the entire village was destroyed."
Satellite images illustrated the scale of the demolitions in Husseiniya, Amnesty said. Of 225 buildings visible in June 2014, only 14 were still standing by June 2015.

(A Reconstruction group that must be dear to the hearts of Halliburton Inc.)
Also, note that when the IS captured these villages earlier, they massacred the Kurds, and raped and enslaved the women and children. This is like Spanish "Civil" war, not a whole lot of kindness expected when the Kurd forces return.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 13 Oct 2015 16:10

habal wrote:these russians do not seem to be afraid of any TOW show, are they using jammers ?

The risk is always there either of getting shot down by any missile , RPG or even Small Arms , For that matter even engine failure ( I rember in kargil one Mi-17 was lost due to engine failure )

But thats the risk in any combat ops or for that matter normal flying , they would try to minimise the risk but it cant be zero , they need to be prepared to take loss ,specially if they fly so low or flying over enemy territory with little hope of getting rescued.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 13 Oct 2015 16:26

Aren't those things flares to draw out the IR mijjiles? Surprising operational tactics. They start spreading those out AFTER a few passes to shoot up the place. There was no element of surprise in these raids - the copters could be heard and seen miles away. So why did they not fire off these things before starting the attacks I wonder. Are they just hanging around afterwards hoping to draw out the SAMs and blast them? Brave men....

habal · Post by **habal** » 13 Oct 2015 16:31

they could fry SAM electronics and display confidence. But against AA guns and MANPADS, it is still a risk.

BTW

Obama has spouted new theory:

http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/12/obama ... ning-isis/

Obamaland:

the mysterious, schizophrenic world where the truth is inverted.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 13 Oct 2015 16:41

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... BF20151013

Turkey has warned the United States and Russia it will not tolerate Kurdish territorial gains by Kurdish militia close to its frontiers in north-western Syria, two senior officials said.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 13 Oct 2015 16:58

Austin wrote:...
The risk is always there either of getting shot down by any missile , RPG or even Small Arms , For that matter even engine failure ( I rember in kargil one Mi-17 was lost due to engine failure )

But thats the risk in any combat ops or for that matter normal flying , they would try to minimise the risk but it cant be zero , they need to be prepared to take loss ,specially if they fly so low or flying over enemy territory with little hope of getting rescued.

No the Mi 17 was lost to manpad.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 13 Oct 2015 17:18

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‏@JewhadiTM
Fahdawi announces the injury of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi in aerial strike in western Anbar http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/fahda ... ern-anbar/ …

sudhan · Post by **sudhan** » 13 Oct 2015 18:02

@ Mi-24 Video...

Did you guys notice? there was a missile launch from the ground, probably a SAM aimed at the choppers, at 0:30 sec mark..

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2015 18:16

^^ I think it was a burst of cannon fire from a vehicle, perhaps a dual HMG or ZSU-23-2.

pilots must be very brave or know something we do not know to be going in so low and linger so long in daylight over the hornets nest.
amirkhan apaches after a few initial incidents sneaked around at night and used longer range shots against strongpoints.
http://www.analisidifesa.it/wp-content/ ... -_main.jpg

could even be a battery of the mini grad rockets aimed manually and let loose.
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/medi ... 512944.jpg

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 13 Oct 2015 18:45

India warns ISIS could get nukes from Pakistan
https://www.rt.com/news/263681-isis-get-nukes-pakistan/

Published time: 31 May, 2015

Hatf IX (NASR) missile being fired during a test at an undisclosed location in Pakistan (Reuters / Pakistan Military Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) via Reuters TV / Handout) / Reuters

India is concerned that Islamic State militants (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) could get their hands on a nuclear weapon from its regional foe and fellow nuclear power Pakistan.

Indian Defense Minister Rao Inderjit voiced the concerns at the sidelines of the Shangri-La regional security conference in Singapore on Saturday.

"With the rise of ISIS in West Asia, one is afraid to an extent that perhaps they might get access to a nuclear arsenal from states like Pakistan,” he said, as cited by Bloomberg.

Earlier this month, IS said in its propaganda magazine Dabiq it could obtain a nuke from “states like Pakistan.”

"The Islamic State has billions of dollars in the bank, so they call on their wilāyah [official] in Pakistan to purchase a nuclear device through weapons dealers with links to corrupt officials in the region," the article read.

Although even the article says the scenario is “far-fetched” and political analysts regard the possibility as unlikely.

Pakistan as well as India rank poorly in terms of nuclear security. According to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear materials security index, out of 25 countries Pakistan comes 22nd while India is 23rd.

READ MORE: Nukes within a year? ISIS magazine boasts they can be bought in Pakistan

Terrorism, the majority driven by Islamic extremism, has killed more than 55,000 people in Pakistan since 2001, which has given rise to concerns about the security of its nuclear arsenal.

Pakistan is also one of the few countries that is increasing its nuclear arsenal. US think tank the Council on Foreign Relations believes it has 100-120 warheads compared to India’s 90-100 and is developing a nuclear submarine capable of carrying nuclear missiles.

The Pakistani nuclear program began in the early 1970s in response to India developing its own atomic weapons, and in 1998 they successfully tested five nuclear devices becoming the seventh nuclear power in the world.

Spotted this gem elsewhere:

Fearing for his life and that of his regime, King Salman of Saudi Arabia checked into a hospital claiming severe Alzheimer’s disease while his son, the real power, Defense Minister and Crown Prince Salman flew to Russia where, according to Pentagon and Russian sources he offered the surrender of his regime. As the rather crude Arab saying goes “one day the stick is in your hand, the next day it is in your ass.” In effect, the Saudi prince bent over and offered Russia control of the oil market in exchange for his regime’s survival. To sweeten the pot, Salman offered to pay for the two French made Mistral helicopter carriers that Egypt is buying after France was forced to cancel the sale to Russia.
The Russians agreed with the Saudis that some sort of “political settlement,” including the end of the fake terrorist ISIS caliphate, was needed.

The other Middle Eastern autocrat who is in a deep state of funk is Turkey’s President Erdogan. The Pentagon is withdrawing all its forces and anti-missile defenses from Turkey as part of its general disengagement from the region. The only thing they insist on, and will continue to get, is regular gasoline supplies for their fuel guzzling military engine.

Erdogan has been caught bombing Kurds in his own country, stealing industrial infrastructure from Syria, working with Israel and generally being an anti-social trouble maker. As payback, the Rothschild pipelines carrying Syrian and Iraqi stolen oil through Turkey are being cut off by the Russians and Kurds.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2015 19:29

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... over-syria

Some of Russia’s international partners have “oatmeal in their heads” because they don’t understand clearly that its military campaign in Syria seeks to help the fight against terrorism, President Vladimir Putin said.
Russia notified the U.S. and the European Union in advance “out of respect” that it intended to begin airstrikes against Islamic State and other militants in Syria, Putin said at an annual conference organized by VTB Capital in Moscow on Tuesday. This showed Russia’s ready to cooperate on Syria, while nobody ever warned the authorities in Moscow about their operations, he said.
Russia’s military intervention “has changed the whole dynamic of the situation,” though it must not distract from efforts to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis, Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations envoy on Syria, said at talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 13 Oct 2015 20:19

habal wrote:Mommy Mommy that boy and his friend are teasing me !!!
Turkish military says Syrian jets, missile systems harass its warplanes

Syrian fighter jets and missile systems harassed Turkish F-16 warplanes near the Turkish-Syrian border on Saturday, the Turkish military said on Sunday, once again bringing the conflict to NATO's southeastern flank.

The three jets were among 12 F-16s patrolling the border when they were interfered with for two minutes by Syria-based missile systems. They were also harassed for 35 seconds by two SU-22 and one SU-24 planes, the general staff statement said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... BY20151011

How does it feel to have a MiG-29 come directly at you, at your face.

here's some rebels who had to face just that. 1:09 onward.

ofcourse allah-0-akbar

I think that they really meant the last AOA, just before they crapped their housecoats

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2015 20:22

seems the british DOJ were making money selling services to saudi prisons too!
https://www.rt.com/uk/318523-gove-hammo ... i-prisons/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2015 20:56

Al-Nusra Fighters Flee to Turkey as Russian Choppers Chase Them in West Idlib
image: http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/attention.gif
Part of channel(s): Syria (current event)

The Russian Air Force has responded to the Islamist rebels shelling their embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday morning with a relentless series of airstrikes over the Idlib Governorate’s western countryside, hitting numerous sites belonging to the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” and their allies from Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham and Ansar Al-Sham.

Among the Russian Air Force’s targets was the Islamist stronghold of Jisr Al-Shughour; this city was pounded with airstrikes from the Russian Air Force’s MI-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships that could be seen from the Latakia border chasing militants attempting to flee towards the Turkish border.

According to a Syrian military source inside the town of Slunfeh, scores of Islamist fighters were captured by Russian satellite imagery attempting to flee the city of Jisr Al-Shughour towards the nearby Turkish border-crossing; this information only intensified the Russian Air Force’s attacks at Jisr Al-Shughour and its neighboring village of Al-Ghassaniyah.

The Russian Federation has made it no secret that they are targeting both the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) and the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” inside Syria; this has agitated the Saudi regime and their allies, but their discontent has been met with intensified airstrikes by the Russian Air Force.

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=843_1444 ... uPPQJki.99

member_29001 · Post by **member_29001** » 13 Oct 2015 20:58

Its is not oatmeal, but mush that Putin was referring to.

http://news.yahoo.com/putin-slams-us-sy ... 50683.html
http://www.ibtimes.com/putin-says-us-ha ... er-2139325

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Oct 2015 21:02

4 Hinds in support ... could be part of the hornets nest video earlier but from pov of SNA

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d0d_1444748797

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 13 Oct 2015 21:23

from Wikipedia
This is what the government of lebanon is

"Lebanon is a parliamentary democracy, which implements a special system known as confessionalism.This system is intended to deter sectarian conflict and attempts to fairly represent the demographic distribution of the 18 recognized religious groups in government.[95][96] High-ranking offices are reserved for members of specific religious groups. The President, for example, has to be a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, the Speaker of the Parliament a Shi’a Muslim, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Eastern Orthodox."

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 13 Oct 2015 21:45

I think we will soon add Turkey to the Levant crisis.

Erdogan is now reaping the whirlwind that he sowed.
Very Biblical!!!

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 13 Oct 2015 22:10

Putin: Operation of US-led coalition in Syria yields no results

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at the 7th annual VTB Capital "Russia Calling!" Investment Forum.

"We asked them: give us the targets you regard as 100% terrorist, and the answer was that they were not ready. We thought and asked another question: then could you tell us where we should strike? Also no response. No kidding, I’m not inventing anything, it’s really so. We have recently proposed to the Americans: give us the facilities not to strike at — also no answer. It seems to me that some of our partners are totally mixed up," Putin said. He added that the Western partners have no understanding of what is really going on in Syria and which goals they are pursing in the country’s territory.

According to Putin, Russia does not strive for leadership in Syria.

"I don’t want to discuss this for now but I want to note that we are not striving for some kind of leadership in Syria. There is only one leader in Syria — the Syrian people. We are striving for contributing to the fight against terrorism which is dangerous for the United States of America, for Russia, for European countries, and for the whole world in general," Putin said.

"In my opinion, all of us should be interested in that [the settlement of the Syrian crisis]," Putin said. "Unfortunately, although this may be not bad for the beginning, the work is going on only at the level of the military agencies and only on military and technical issues, up to comparing the friend-or-foe systems on our aircraft. But I believe that this is not enough."

"If we want to be effective, if we want not to just shoot and carry out missile strikes and reach a political settlement, we must motivate those forces inside the country, and the conflict is complex, multi-faceted, to joint work between various forces on the territory of Syria itself," the Russian leader said.

Putin added that his conversation with US President Barack Obama had been very frank. "We saw our partners’ interest in joint work," the Russian president said. According to Putin, it is necessary to work with those people whom we may influence, "to persuade them to sit down at the negotiating table and finally begin the political settlement process." "We haven’t reached this point yet in our joint work either with the United States or with the Europeans, but, above all, the United States," he noted, adding that Russia suggested holding a high-level military and political meeting in Moscow. "So far, there has been no reply," he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called to be more serious about the work with partners on the Syrian settlement and suggested a Russian delegation be led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

"I said we are ready to send a big delegation to Washington to discuss, first of all, issues of the Syrian settlement," Putin said on Tuesday. "I think it can be a serious and representative delegation from Russia led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev."

Putin said the delegation might include the top ranking military, such as a deputy chief of the General Staff, and security officers. "This work is to be taken to a serious, substantive level, if we want to work really efficiently," Putin said, adding it was likewise important to work with the countries of the region too, including with Turkey, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq. "Yes, there are very many mutual suspicions and mutual accusations, but if we don’t work towards a solution, it could never be found," he said. "We hope we will be able to move along the path of settling political problems."

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 13 Oct 2015 22:11

Putin considers US actions in Syria targeting transformer and power plant strange

MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed bewilderment on Tuesday over the targets of US airstrikes in Syria.

"On Sunday, the American aviation bombed out an electrical power plant and a transformer in Aleppo. Why have they done this? Whom have they punished there? What’s the point? Nobody knows," the president said at a meeting with the Russian government members.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 13 Oct 2015 22:13

Chinа, India experts: Russian air strikes in Syria to help free Arab state from terrorists

Russian warplanes destroy IS bunker and terrorists’ column in Hama and Aleppo provinces

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 13 Oct 2015 22:18

Austin wrote:
habal wrote:these russians do not seem to be afraid of any TOW show, are they using jammers ?

The risk is always there either of getting shot down by any missile , RPG or even Small Arms , For that matter even engine failure ( I rember in kargil one Mi-17 was lost due to engine failure )

But thats the risk in any combat ops or for that matter normal flying , they would try to minimise the risk but it cant be zero , they need to be prepared to take loss ,specially if they fly so low or flying over enemy territory with little hope of getting rescued.

how do you jam a wire guided missile??

Shanu · Post by **Shanu** » 13 Oct 2015 22:46

ramana wrote:I think we will soon add Turkey to the Levant crisis.

Erdogan is now reaping the whirlwind that he sowed.
Very Biblical!!!

Very timely post indeed, Sir. Came across this report from the Atlantic. read on to have a little more clarity on the coming Turkish whirlwind.

http://www.theatlantic.com/internationa ... ds/410299/

Snapshot..

Today, the conflicts roiling Turkish society include:

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) vs. the Republican People’s Party (CHP);
The AKP vs. the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP);
The AKP vs. the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP);
The AKP vs. the Gulenists;
The HDP vs. the PKK;
Everyone vs. the PKK;
The MHP vs. the HDP;
Everyone vs. the self-proclaimed Islamic State (though there are persistent questions about the government’s position on this group and other extremists); and
Alevi Muslims vs. orthodox Sunni Muslims.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 13 Oct 2015 22:54

The Russians have maintained a constant position with respect to Syria for a very long time. What Putin is saying today is nothing new. I was looking at a one year old documentary from Russia TV with English subtitles. It is a good documentary showing Civilian life, opinion of a Doctor from MSF, residents, follows the Syrian Army, shows the rebel / terrorists planning and operating, their tunnels, arms, how they made explosives, tracking their communication, western media propaganda vs. the reality on ground, etc, etc.

Caution, there is some blood and gore, but it is at par for present day Syria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahe_wCq ... J&index=35

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 13 Oct 2015 23:04

Philip wrote:India warns ISIS could get nukes from Pakistan
https://www.rt.com/news/263681-isis-get-nukes-pakistan/
Fearing for his life and that of his regime, King Salman of Saudi Arabia checked into a hospital claiming severe Alzheimer’s disease while his son, the real power, Defense Minister and Crown Prince Salman flew to Russia where, according to Pentagon and Russian sources he offered the surrender of his regime. As the rather crude Arab saying goes “one day the stick is in your hand, the next day it is in your ass.” In effect, the Saudi prince bent over and offered Russia control of the oil market in exchange for his regime’s survival. To sweeten the pot, Salman offered to pay for the two French made Mistral helicopter carriers that Egypt is buying after France was forced to cancel the sale to Russia.The Russians agreed with the Saudis that some sort of “political settlement,” including the end of the fake terrorist ISIS caliphate, was needed.

Saudis have been supplying oil to Poland on dirt cheap price to undercut Russia. Now Sunni Mullahs of Saudia have called for Jihad against Russia. Whatever was offered to Vlad by Saudi have been not accepted. Let the battle lines be drawn clearly.Shia Vs Sunni, Sunni Vs Shia, Jisne Bhi Kiya, Accha kiya.

Shanu · Post by **Shanu** » 13 Oct 2015 23:06

Another interesting piece move in the Levant chessboard. Are the powers who "would not be named" behind this? or is it just a case of local opportunism?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kur ... verride=in

Since last week, five people have died and four ministers have lost their jobs in Iraqi Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of Iraq whose Western-backed fighters have retaken nearly all the territory they briefly lost to the Islamic State group, or ISIS, and become heroes in the U.S.

A mix of political and economic issues are fueling the crisis. Many protesters accuse the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party, or KDP, of hoarding power because its leader, Massoud Barzani, declined to surrender the presidency when his term officially ended on Aug. 19.

The KDP has responded with actions that appear to target Gorran, the top opposition party. On Monday, it prevented a Gorran member who is the speaker of the Kurdistan parliament from entering the region's capital, removed Gorran members from the coalition government and shut down some offices of a Gorran-linked TV channel.

Though the Kurdish leadership has said it will not move forward on the question of independence until the ISIS threat has been quelled, Barzani has promised an eventual referendum on the idea in the face of U.S. opposition to it.

A competition for leadership is unsurprising, Phillips told HuffPost, but the failure thus far to resolve the crisis is peculiar, given that varying factions within Kurdistan have previously reached negotiated settlements lest infighting weaken their region in relation to the central Iraqi government and other players in the neighborhood.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 13 Oct 2015 23:23

Shanu, Thank for the Atlantic link.

Among the non-Assad forces fighting the ISIS the Kurds are the foremost.
Besides, ISIS is sitting on their lands.

When the post WWI power divided Ottoman empire, they split the Kurds among: Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran!!!

If one follows Westphalian nation-state thesis, Kurds will coalesce and form Kurdistan.

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 13 Oct 2015 23:25

Philip wrote:India warns ISIS could get nukes from Pakistan
https://www.rt.com/news/263681-isis-get-nukes-pakistan/
Published time: 31 May, 2015

Hatf IX (NASR) missile being fired during a test at an undisclosed location in Pakistan (Reuters / Pakistan Military Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) via Reuters TV / Handout) / Reuters

India is concerned that Islamic State militants (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) could get their hands on a nuclear weapon from its regional foe and fellow nuclear power Pakistan.

Indian Defense Minister Rao Inderjit voiced the concerns at the sidelines of the Shangri-La regional security conference in Singapore on Saturday.

"With the rise of ISIS in West Asia, one is afraid to an extent that perhaps they might get access to a nuclear arsenal from states like Pakistan,” he said, as cited by Bloomberg.

Earlier this month, IS said in its propaganda magazine Dabiq it could obtain a nuke from “states like Pakistan.”

"The Islamic State has billions of dollars in the bank, so they call on their wilāyah [official] in Pakistan to purchase a nuclear device through weapons dealers with links to corrupt officials in the region," the article read.

Although even the article says the scenario is “far-fetched” and political analysts regard the possibility as unlikely.

Pakistan as well as India rank poorly in terms of nuclear security. According to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear materials security index, out of 25 countries Pakistan comes 22nd while India is 23rd.

READ MORE: Nukes within a year? ISIS magazine boasts they can be bought in Pakistan

Terrorism, the majority driven by Islamic extremism, has killed more than 55,000 people in Pakistan since 2001, which has given rise to concerns about the security of its nuclear arsenal.

Pakistan is also one of the few countries that is increasing its nuclear arsenal. US think tank the Council on Foreign Relations believes it has 100-120 warheads compared to India’s 90-100 and is developing a nuclear submarine capable of carrying nuclear missiles.

The Pakistani nuclear program began in the early 1970s in response to India developing its own atomic weapons, and in 1998 they successfully tested five nuclear devices becoming the seventh nuclear power in the world.
Spotted this gem elsewhere:
Fearing for his life and that of his regime, King Salman of Saudi Arabia checked into a hospital claiming severe Alzheimer’s disease while his son, the real power, Defense Minister and Crown Prince Salman flew to Russia where, according to Pentagon and Russian sources he offered the surrender of his regime. As the rather crude Arab saying goes “one day the stick is in your hand, the next day it is in your ass.” In effect, the Saudi prince bent over and offered Russia control of the oil market in exchange for his regime’s survival. To sweeten the pot, Salman offered to pay for the two French made Mistral helicopter carriers that Egypt is buying after France was forced to cancel the sale to Russia.
The Russians agreed with the Saudis that some sort of “political settlement,” including the end of the fake terrorist ISIS caliphate, was needed.

The other Middle Eastern autocrat who is in a deep state of funk is Turkey’s President Erdogan. The Pentagon is withdrawing all its forces and anti-missile defenses from Turkey as part of its general disengagement from the region. The only thing they insist on, and will continue to get, is regular gasoline supplies for their fuel guzzling military engine.

Erdogan has been caught bombing Kurds in his own country, stealing industrial infrastructure from Syria, working with Israel and generally being an anti-social trouble maker. As payback, the Rothschild pipelines carrying Syrian and Iraqi stolen oil through Turkey are being cut off by the Russians and Kurds.

Boom! They're going for the jugular as I've been saying for some time. Russia is trying to take control of the oil markets and trying to neutralize the NYMEX/IPE. The dollar's survival as a reserve currency depends on this mechanism. Smart. Instead of going head to head with the US military they are covertly striking at the foundations of US financial power. One can't survive without the other.

MR Venkatesh has been highlighting this fact for some time as well. The Russians are playing a deep game.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 13 Oct 2015 23:30

The quote following "Spotted this gem elsewhere" in Singha ji post is meant to be touch in cheek

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 13 Oct 2015 23:40

Lavrov: Little doubt US arms delivered to Syrian opposition to fall into terrorists' hands - Oct 13, 2015

“I want to be honest, we barely have any doubt that at least a considerable part of these weapons will fall into the terrorists’ hands,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with NTV channel.

In an email to the Associated Press, the US anti-IS military headquarters denied they provided direct support to the Kurdish forces in Syria over the last week. At the same time, Kurdish official Mustafa Bali residing in the northern Syrian city of Kobani informed the AP that the US had delivered 120 tons of weapons and ammunition to the People's Protection Units (YPG) of the Kurdish militia fighting IS.

Bali was unable to specify whether the supplies were airlifted or brought by land. The YPG has not returned calls from the AP.

Still no solid confirmation on the 50t drop but this confirms that the drop(if there was one) is not based on any Russo-US join work/understanding.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 13 Oct 2015 23:54

ISIS lost most of its ammunition & heavy vehicles in Russian airstrikes – military - Oct13, 2015

Islamic State militants have lost "most" of their ammunition, heavy vehicles and equipment in Russian airstrikes, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. At least 86 ISIS targets were hit during 88 sorties in the last 24 hours.

“Russian airstrikes resulted in the elimination of the majority of ISIS ammunition, heavy vehicles and equipment,” the Defense Ministry tweeted.

-added date of the report-

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 13 Oct 2015 23:58

I think we should rename this thread Levant Cauldron instead of Levant Crisis.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 13 Oct 2015 23:58

No wonder the SeeAiYay has been rushing to buy up stocks to replenish them. Moderate Islamic rapist Terrorists with no bullets in their guns?

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 14 Oct 2015 00:06

Destruction of ammunition storage unit militants in the mountainous, wooded area in the district of Salma (Latakia) - Oct 13, 2015

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 14 Oct 2015 00:11

pinpoint strikes on militant outpost in the valley EL GAB - Oct 13, 2015

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 14 Oct 2015 00:28

What a shame! I would have loved to see the PAF in action against the RuAF.