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In Major Escalation, Washington Demands Greece Blocks Its Airspace For Russian Flights To Syria
Last week, when reporting that at least according to the White House,Russian presence in Syria is no longer disputed, we said that regardless if Russian troops are indeed on the Syrian ground, this admission that the current Syrian state of play "effectively ends the second "foreplay" phase of the Syrian proxy war (the first one took place in the summer of 2013 when in a repeat situation, Russia was supporting Assad only the escalations took place in the naval theater with both Russian and US cruisers within kilometers of each other off the Syrian coast), which means the violent escalation phase is next. It also means that Assad was within days of losing control fighting a multi-front war with enemies supported by the US, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and Putin had no choice but to intervene or else risk losing Gazprom's influence over Europe to the infamous Qatari gas pipeline which is what this whole 3 years war is all about."
Moments ago, following ever louder hints - if still unconfirmed by the Kremlin - that Russian forces are either en route to Syria or already there (Russian soldier's VK post stating troops are in Syria, intercepted communication from a Russian An-124 military cargo plane en route to Latakia, Russian Roll-on/roll-off ship allegedly carrying military equipment to Syria), the US made a dramatic diplomatic escalation ahead of what is now assured to be the second major showdown between the US and Russia in Syria, over a Qatari gas pipeline no less, when according to Reuters, it asked Greece to deny Russia the use of its airspace for supply flights to Syria, a Greek official said on Monday, after Washington told Moscow it was deeply concerned by reports of a Russian military build up in Syria.
Reuters also notes that the Greek foreign ministry said the request was being examined. "Russian newswire RIA Novosti earlier said Greece had refused the U.S. request, quoting a diplomatic source as saying that Russia was seeking permission to run the flights up to Sept. 24."
We very much doubt Athens will refuse to comply with western (either US or European) demands: now that Greece is officially a European debt colony with permanent capital controls, and deposits whose evaporation is merely a function of Brussels (and Frankfurt's) good will, what the "democratic powers" demand - if only from Greece - the "democratic powers" get, which is why we are confident that within 48 hours Greece will fully roll over and make it clear to Putin that all Russian military flights will have to be diverted going forward.
We have previously explained the state of play, which Reuters summarizes as follows:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday that if reports of the build-up were accurate, that could further escalate the war and risk confrontation with the U.S.-led alliance that is bombing Islamic State in Syria.
Lavrov told Kerry it was premature to talk about Russia's participation in military operations in Syria, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman told RIA Novosti on Monday.
Lavrov confirmed Russia had always provided supplies of military equipment to Syria, saying Moscow "has never concealed that it delivers military equipment to official Syrian authorities with the aim of combating terrorism".
Russia has been a vital ally of President Bashar al-Assad throughout the war that has fractured Syria into a patchwork of areas controlled by rival armed groups, including Islamic State, leaving the government in control of much of the west.
Foreign states are already deeply involved in the war that has killed a quarter of a million people. While Russia and Iran have backed Assad, rebel groups seeking to oust him have received support from governments including the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
The Syrian army and allied militia have lost significant amounts of territory to insurgents this year. Assad said in July the Syrian army faced a manpower problem.
Still, the simplest confirmation and the proof that the Syrian intervention was never about ISIS (which from day one was a US creation designed to remove Assad from power), is that Russia has been trying to build a wide coalition including Damascus to fight Islamic State.
But the idea has been rejected by enemies including the United States and Saudi Arabia, who see Assad as part of the problem.
But wait a minute, the only reason Assad is on the verge of losing control is because of ISIS which earlier today was reported to have captured a key Syrian oil field near the city of Palmyra. It appears that only when it comes to affairs involving ISIS, the enemy of America's enemy is double its enemy.
Then again, once one realizes that ISIS was from day one nothing but window dressing for a mythical opponent created in Hollywood, and designed to spook the masses into providing the media cover for what is shaping as an inevitable western intervention in Syria, and that the real enemy was none other than the same Assad who in the summer of 2013 was shown on a fabricated YouTube clip to have gassed his population in another transparent attempt to rally the population around the offensive war flag, then all falls into place.
Meanwhile, what we first reported is quietly but rapidly taking place behind the scenes: Russia is preparing for what appears to be the latest inevitable proxy war: one which will pit Syria (with Russian support, on and off the ground) against ISIS, the "moderate Syrian rebels", and various Turkish forces (with US support, on and off the ground).
From Reuters:
A senior U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday that U.S. authorities have detected "worrisome preparatory steps," including transport of prefabricated housing units for hundreds of people to a Syrian airfield, that could signal that Russia is preparing to deploy heavy military assets there.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Moscow's exact intentions remained unclear but that Kerry called Lavrov to leave no doubt about the U.S. position.
A Syrian military official has said Syrian-Russian military relations have witnessed a "big shift" in recent weeks.
A Lebanese newspaper reported on Monday that Russian military experts who arrived in Syria weeks ago have been inspecting air bases and working to enlarge some runways, particularly in the north, though Moscow had yet to meet a Syrian request for attack helicopters.
As-Safir, citing a Syrian source, said there had been "no fundamental change" in Russian forces on the ground in Syria, saying they were "still operating in the framework of experts, advisers, and trainers".
Well would you look at that: the US is not the only country that can send military "instructors", "consultants" and "trainers" to a distant country to prepare the locals for war.
As-Safir said the Russians had "started moving toward a qualitative initiative in the armament relationship for the first time since the start of the war on Syria, with a team of Russian experts beginning to inspect Syrian military airports weeks ago, and they are working to expand some of their runways, particularly in the north of Syria."
The newspaper, which is well-connected in Damascus, said nothing had been decided about "the nature of the weapons that Damascus might receive, though the Syrians asked to be supplied with more than 20 Russian attack helicopters, of the Mi-28 type".
Bottom line: the battle lines are now fully drawn and the only question, just like in the case of the Greek near-default, is who gets the blame: if the western full court media press to represent Syria as colluding with Putin - when in reality Assad's forces were about collapse under relentless US pressure, which with the help of ISIS, meant from day one to remove the Syrian president from power and replace him with a pro-US puppet, one who would allow the passage of the Qatari gas pipeline - succeeds, then the media spin is already prepared. It will mean that the imminent invasion in Syria by US and European powers will be portrayed as another escalation involving Russia, just like in 2013 and 2014.
And yes, we said Europe because as France's president pivoted earlier today, Europe's refuge crisis is about to be portrayed as the responsibility of Assad (but apparently not of the Western powers whose intervention in Syria has led to the country being torn by a bloody civil war), and as a result France is now preparing to bomb Syria to retaliate for a tragic refugee crisis, that has been years in the making not without Washington's, or CIA's, blessing. In other words, just like the fabricated "chemical attack" youtube clips of 2013 were the media pretext to attack Syria, so Europe's great refugee crisis of 2015 will be the catalyst for the second attempt to remove Assad from pwoer.
On the other hand, Russia will deny any involvement in Syria, a la Crimea, even as its troops are positioned deep inside Syrian territory in preparation for what will soon be the latest mid-east proxy war.
None of the above, however, should not detract from the seriousness of the situation: suddenly Syria is months if not weeks or even days away from a repeat of the summer of 2013 which some may have forgotten, but on several occasions the US and Russia were this close from launching another world war.
Which is also why while we appreciate the impact of China's economic hard landing on the price of oil, should the upcoming conflict, which now seems inevitable, spark a metaphorical (or literal) fire in, say, Saudi's Ghawar oil fields - an outcome Putin would be delighted by - then oil may be poised for substantial upside from here.
This is what we said last week:
Finally, while we have no way of knowing how the upcoming armed conflict will progress, now may be a safe time to take profits on that oil short we recommended back in October, as the geopolitical chess game just shifted dramatically, and with most hedge funds aggressively short, any realization that the middle east is suddenly a far more violent powderkeg - one which may promptly include the Saudis in any confrontation - could result in an epic short squeeze.
With every day that we get closer to the all-out Syrian war, said squeeze becomes virtually assured.
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Meanwhile in the USA they are fining people who have solar and live off the ''grid''
They fine people for having gardens. and even harvesting rain water from their roofs.
Russian submarine with 20 ICBMs and 200 nuclear warheads is sailing to Syria
The world’s largest submarine, the Dmitri Donskoy (TK-208), Nato-coded Typhoon, has set sail for the Mediterranean and is destined for the Syrian coast, debkafile reports exclusively from its military and intelligence sources. Aboard the sub are 20 Bulava (NATO-code SS-N-30) intercontinental ballistic missiles with an estimated up to 200 nuclear warheads. Each missile, with a reported range of 10,000km, carries 6-10 MIRV nuclear warheads.
The Russian sub set sail from its North Sea base on Sept. 4, escorted by two anti-sub warfare ships. Their arrival at destination in 10 days time will top up the new Russian military deployment in Syria.
President Vladimir Putin’s introduction of a nuclear force opposite Syrian shores builds up what first looked like an operation to fortify Assad’s regime in Damascus into a military expedition capable of an air and sea confrontation with US forces in the Middle East.
US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested as much Saturday, Sept. 5, when he expressed concern over reports of Russia’s “increasing military build-up in Syria” in a phone call to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The State Department reported: “The Secretary made clear that if such reports were accurate, these actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk confrontation with the anti-ISIL coalition operation in Syria.”
Kerry was referring to potential Russian interference with US-led coalition air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria.
debkafile’s sources in Washington and Moscow report that the dispatch of a nuclear sub to Syrian waters is taken as a strong message that the Kremlin will not let the US impede its military intervention in the Syrian conflict and will go to extreme lengths to keep the way open for the flow of Russian troops to the war-torn country.
This situation has gone a long way beyond Obama administration intentions when US-Russian talks were initially held for US forces posted in Turkey and Iraq, together with the Russian troops arriving in Syria, to launch a combined effort against the Islamic State. Those talks came to naught.
In its coming issue out Friday, Sept. 11, DEBKA Weekly 678 will reveal for the first time how Putin intends to array the Russian forces he is consigning to Syria, their operational planning, their military coordination with Iran and, above all, how the new Russian intervention in Syria may impact US Middle East policy and Israel.
Submarines don't announce their location.
Putin has to keep eye on Crimea at same time.
Look for simultanoues plays on Crimea and Syria
Putin has to keep eye on Crimea at same time.
Look for simultanoues plays on Crimea and Syria
What is it with September? 9-11. In Sept 2013, the Russians had at least 6 surface naval ships and probably a few subs between Syria and the US Navy. China had a cruiser there too plus other subs from other countries.
Obama and the Neo-cons & libs wanted to fire Tomahawks into Syria. Russia was parked there to probably shoot them down. The head of the Joint Cheifs from the Pentagram (McCrystal I think) went to the White House on a Saturday morning and probably told Obama forget it.
The story then slowly faded away. I wonder if the Russian military talks to the US Military or the Pentagram and told them it would be a very bad idea.
Supposed, two cruise missiles were fired from possibly an Israeli sub closer to Cyprus and the US Navy shot them down or the US Navy fired them and Russia shot them down.
The biggest fear of the Pentagram/MIC/Deep State is for the world to find out the US weapons systems are pretty junky. Not as bad as the F-35 which is trash, but pretty bad. This would cause ***real*** panic in The Pentagram because other countries would cancel orders.
footnote:
See Yemeni's taking out M1 Abrams and M2 Bradleys easily using 1970s Tula built Russian anti-missiles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0nDHV_mkiY
Do you folks see the HIGH QUALITY videos on these beheadings.. Really they look straight out of Hollywood productions.. Zoom in scope with high definition!!!! They are good JEWS but there is many of them that go along with it for power reasons or FEAR of retribution by the MASTERS = Rothschilds yes they own Hollywood too.. Way to go pedophilia and evil is found form on these alliances!!
Some of those beheaders have NBA contracts looming. 7 foot Arabs.. Who knew?
tHE WHORES OF TERRORISM
no fly Greek
yes fly Tehan
this is not your fathers socialism
Putin, needs to ignore the warmongering CRIMINALS and do what he knows, what he has to do.
give an inch to these CRIMINALS, expect to lose everything!...kick'em in the balls!!
As stated before ''Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes''
My map must be broken.
So maybe Russia should fly over Argentina instead?
Putin can send all the planes he wants through Greek airspace. The U.S. has proven its satellites can't even track a Malaysian jumbo jet!
http://www.gazpromexport.ru/en/presscenter/news/1687/
Its like the 30's again, financial woes, intrigue, World War in the offing, but this time its online
now may be a safe time to take profits on that oil short we recommended
Lol most readers here dont do shorts
None of this is a surprise. Syria and Iran have a treaty between themselves; that if one is attacked, the other will come to its aid. China and India have been trading gold for oil with Iran, bypassing the sanctions the U.S. had on them. Russia has close ties with Syria over natural gas. A war with any of them will involve FOUR NUCLEAR POWERS. And we're all supposed to be worried about Iran?????? THe reason the American people were so adamantly against a war in 2013 against Syria is because the people were aware of the fact it could start WWIII. But it didn't stop the U.S. govt from continuing to poke a stick at Russia. Knowing that when govts and central banks start losing control of a currency (especially a world reserve currency), they will push for major wars. Central banks make profits from loans to fund wars. They don't care how many people will die over it. The BRICS nations had formed to bypass the U.S. dollar in trade. They all know the dollar is about to go caput. No one wants to be left standing with a crap currency when it dies. Can anyone blame them? As individuals, would we want to invest in a failing stock???? No, and they don't either. It's no coincidence that we have China devaluing its yuan at the same time Russia is standing up for its own interests. This is NOT good. If a major war starts, it could VERY WELL COME TO OUR SHORES. But how do you wake up the brain-dead masses. If we were to get attacked, they would probably think we just got attacked out of the blue, for no reason. There are some who still think to this day that Pearl Harbor was an unprovoked attack but documents released this decade revealed FDR poked a stick at them. He knew they would attack. Wake the "sleeping giant"? The giant is already waking up to the lies in its own country this time. I believe those "in charge" plan on attacking its own people. They can't get the guns. They haven't been able to cause major internal strife. Sometimes, I think this govt is so evil, it would allow another attack, just because it hates this country. Forgive me for saying that but sometimes, you have to wonder.
Correct. I have the same view. Its ALL shaping up to a really perfect storm. I think youre right about US citizens being surprised by War and being preyed upon / attacked by their own Govt too. Like 9/11 but worse. How did the Fed become so evil?
They became so evil right in front of your eyes.....
You were too buys watching football/baseball/basketball/Dancing with the stars...etc to give a shit.
You kept re-electing the same criminals at a rate of 92% every congressional election and now you find:
1. Your national retirement fund has been pillaged,
2. The congressional criminals, right in front of your noses, cut deals with big pharma and the medical monopolies to screw you all to the tune of 500% over payment of medicines and medical fees,
3. The congressional criminals give away a trillion a year in corporate welfare in the form of oil subsidies, sugar subsidies, rail subsidies, sports subsidies, etc....
They did not hide any of this, they did it RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR NOSES....BUT YOU DIDN'T CARE!!!
And now, those same criminals that you re-elect, on an average rate of 92%, are about to start a war in your name. This war is against a country/countries that pose no direct threat to the USA and are thousands of kilometres away.
Do you care yet?
All of us will ALWAYS sleep in the bed we have made for ourselves, whether we like it or not.
Life is a bitch.
Squid
Those dual-citizens who rule this country hate every American in it. They hate manhood and the family this is the main reason behind all the homo things going on in this country that once said: "In God We Trust."
If you Americans cannot defend your own country don't blame Russia or China for what is coming to all of you. Dices are rolling.
More crap from the Moscow Times!
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/greece-considers-us-request-t...
Russia is a long-time ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose rule the United States and other Western powers favor ending via a political transition.
Political transition!!! LOL!!! VIA ISIS terrorists!Russia has for the last several years run a non stop sealift to Tartus their Syrian port. Two large Russian Navy landing ships shuttle to Syria from the Black Sea. Each ship can carry a huge cargo of arms and ammunition, plus tanks, apcs etc. So Russia can always up their Sea Lift to Syria, they use air for critical parts and things like anti tank guided missiles.
Greece is NATO and thus will have to follow orders and close air space. I doubt this will cause any problems, as Russia will add another ship to the Tartus run.
Russia is filling arms contracts, some 5-7 years old. This makes the USA very angry. Assad has not fallen, because the Syrian Arab Army is fully armed with modern weapons, and has great intelligence from Russia, and Russian technical training of Syrian troops takes place back in Russia, while field training is done by advisors in Syria. Why has Assad not fallen after more than 3 years of all out efforts of US tarror armies? Because the Syrian Arab Army has high morale, due to steady pay, good food, and modern arms and training. A regular Syrian Army unit is a well organized, trained and equipped unit. They are under massive pressure, but do not fold.
Going forward, I posted before that Russia and Syria may adopt the retreat to defensible borders and then dig in along the coastal ports, and on into Damascus. A rump Syria with full Russian support and holding the Tartus and northern ports, along with keep inland positions and the capital city. Once Russia puts S-300 and TOR M2 anti aircraft missiles along with fighter planes inside this redoubt, the US will not be able to break in, without world war III.
Russia is not going to give Syria to NATO, that much is clear. They know that NATO is on the march, victorious everywhere, it is either stop them in Syria and Donbass, or be taken down by an advancing NATO.
The USA is playing for all the chips, nothing less than the destruction of Russia, a nuclear armed 1st class defensive military power. Russia can defend a rump Syria along with the SAA. NATO would have to go to full scale war with Russia to break down Assad's positions. ISIS has failed, Al Qaeda, El Nusra have failed. Now America is stepping up to the plate!
One must just hope that Iran (& Russia) have targeted all their Persian Gulf missiles at Ghawar and the other large Saudi oil fields, as well as the oilfields of the UAE and Qatar (gas) as well.
If things get hot, they need to engage these GCC peanuts. Throw in Kuwait & Bahrain for good measure.
Basically - if you're looking at it from an investment viewpoint, the bottom might well be in for oil.
"...a metaphorical (or literal) fire in, say, Saudi's Ghawar oil fields [...]"
That's the most interesting thing I've heard all day.