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Assad Slams US Bombing Of Government Troops As Turkey Accuses Russia Of Violating Montreux Treaty
On Saturday, the Russian warship Caesar Kunikov passed through the Bosphorus Strait.
On deck, a soldier could be seen wielding a rocket launcher:
“For a Russian soldier to display a rocket launcher or something similar while passing on a Russian warship is a provocation,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, adding that if Turkey “perceives a threat” Ankara “will give the necessary response.”
It’s not clear what the “necessary response” is to the brandishing of a shoulder surface-to-air missile on the deck of a ship, but for those who might have missed it, the Bosphorus is one of Turkey’s only trump cards when it comes to countering the Russians who at this point seem determined to permanently impair Ankara’s international reputation by implicating Erdogan in Islamic State’s lucrative cross-border oil trade.
Closing the strait would mean cutting one of Moscow’s key supply routes to Latakia, which would in turn force The Kremlin to either take a longer sea route or resupply the base by air. As we noted on Sunday, blocking the Bosphorus would technically be illegal, but that wouldn’t likely stop Erdogan if he became inclined to limit passage.
Well, in what has become a petty back-and-forth game of mutual escalation, Turkey now says Russia violated the Montreaux Treaty by placing a soldier with a shouldered rocket launcher on the deck of a warship as it passed through the strait.
It was “a clear provocation” Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim says. Turkey “is capable of taking necessary precautions if threatening or provocative behavior continues,” he added.
Yes, "threatening or proocative behavior” much like sending 150 ground troops and two dozen tanks into a sovereign country with no invite - which, you’re reminded is exactly what Turkey did in Iraq on Friday.
In any event, Turkey seems to be looking for excuses here. Sure, placing a serviceman on deck with a shouldered surface-to-air missile isn’t exactly a friendly display, but Ankara did just shoot down a Russian fighter jet, so it’s not as if Russia has nothing to fear from the Turks.
Between Turkish aggression and the fact that the Bosphorus has emerged as a key issue in the ongoing spat makes it not at all surprising that Moscow would resort to a bit of chest beating while passing through the strait.
Meanwhile, the Syrian government says US warplanes attacked SAA positions for the first time since the conflict began, prompting a swift response from Damascus (or from wherever the government is conducting its business these days).
The strike allegedly took place in Paris mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud’s old fiefdom of Deir ez Zor. As RT reports, “the coalition jets fired nine missiles at an army camp” killing three and wounding a dozen. “Syria strongly condemns the act of aggression by the US-led coalition that contradicts the UN Charter on goals and principles. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent letters to the UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council.”
"This hampers efforts to combat terrorism and proves once again that this coalition lacks seriousness and credibility to effectively fight terrorism," Syria's letter to the United Nations says.
Hilariously, Washington says it has no idea what Syria is talking about: “We’ve seen those Syrian reports but we did not conduct any strikes in that part of Deir ez Zor yesterday. So we see no evidence,” coalition spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said. This is the same Steve Warren who said it's "beyond ridiculous" to suggest that the US is tacitly supporting ISIS. Similarly, Lt. Col. Kristi Beckman, director of public affairs at the Combined Air Operations Center at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, told AP that although he's "aware" of the incident, he doesn't "have any indication that the strikes killed Syrian soldiers."
Of course somebody bombed the SAA position and it damn sure wasn't the Russians, and since ISIS doesn't have an air force, there's really only one explanation as to whose planes were involved. Whether or not the strike was intentional or whether the US thought they were bombing ISIS (which controls the area) is an open question.
So, two questions emerge: 1) will Turkey use the rocket launcher "incident" as an excuse to limit passage in the Bosphorus, and 2) was the coalition strike on Syrian troops intentional, and if so, will "accidents" like this become par for the course in eastern Syria?
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This is hardly surprising.
"Accidentally" bombing those that ISISrael wants eliminated, comes naturally to the USSA, the ZIO-Thug Rogue Regime that "Keeps On Giving" - giving death & desruction, that is.
"Whether or not the strike was intentional or whether the US thought they were bombing ISIS (which controls the area) is an open question."
No it's not! THE US DID IT INTENTIONAL! They are protecting ISIS. This hiding behind ignorance is preposterous.
Yea but the US didn't bomb the camp.
The RUSSIANS bombed the camp! FALSE FLAG!
FALSE FLAG!
FALSE FLAG!
FALSE FLAG!
FALSE FLAG!
FALSE FLAG!
Always remember that Putin was a Major in the KGB/FSB and his official title was "Disinformation Officer" !!!!!!!!!!!!
And your evidence for this wild assertion is:
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My evidence? You want evidence? As always, my evidence is below.
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Always remember that Putin was a Major in the KGB/FSB and his official title was "Disinformation Officer" !!!!!!!!!!!!
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The camp wasn't even bombed. It's the same news story as the Russian invasion of Ukraine told by the US.
Except this time the US is on the receiving end of the lie and not the giving end.
Even poor Putin has to resort to fighting fire with fire. But who can beat the US when it comes to lying?i
What the fuck are you talking about? That made no actual sense...
It is possible that this missile guy is a Turkish snackbar who snuck on the ship. If so, the Roosian in front of the mast will need new underwear shortly.
BBBBBWWWWAAAAHHHH!!!!!
Crazy mfer...
Damned near spit out my tea...
Latvians drink tea?
I'll be darned.
I thought they drank the stuff for clogged toilets.
Ha Ha... Yea sure Latvia. Funny, it's extremely warm today for being Latvia and all...
But hey, you're consistant -- ALWAYS wrong.
US admits to striking 34 miles (55km) from the bombed Deir Ezzor site.......
assuming the US planes are flying at 600miles/hour,
that put the US planes 3 1/2 minutes away from the bombed Syrian Arab army military base
and we are told to believe that the US did not bomb the Syrian Arab army base?????
Yeah-.....-sure......
Wow. Thats some work Sherlock...
What if a Russian jet was actually bombinbg the SAA camp whilst US planes were bombing 34 miles away?
There are a million differnet options in this matter. The word "assuming" shouldn't be part of it.
Neoconservatives planned regime change throughout the Middle East and North Africa 20 years ago. Targeted countries include Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan and Iran. This goal is still very much alive and well, Paris notwithstanding. US/NATO troops are in Syria for regime change; they will risk a direct confrontation with Russia to obtain this goal. See: www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/11/neoconservatives-planned-regime-change-t...
That pic doesn't make any sense. The rocket launcher guy seems out of place, and does not even appear to be in uniform. And what is the deal with a guy walking around on a pimped out Russian warship with a hand held rocket launcher? I thought those were only used as portable military hardware absent something more substantive, like a fully equipped battleship. ... I think we can agree on one thing is that erdogan guy got caught with his pants down. A cornered rat is dangerous. They'll do anything to escape.
Obama has long insisted that Asad must go, not ISIS. I am not surprised at all.
Obama together with his allies created ISIS to be used as their foot soldiers against Asad, But the devil, ISIS in this case, by default has no loyalties to anybody, and it will turn against its creators, actually it already started turning against them, terroirst attack in Paris, London, Los Angeles/San Bernardino.
Obama the fool in charge, does not know what to do yet. The terroris act in which 14 people were murdered on their Christmas party, Obama's reaction is like it was a traffic accident.
Obama brings down America fast.
Turkey’s First Son enjoys dinner with leaders of ISIS
http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/12/turkeys-first-son-enjoys-dinner-wit...
This might have well been the Turks flying US jets or repainted their jets with US flags on them.
All planes must fly only over specific routes in Syria or be shot down.
Huh?
I can't decide if the photo is real or fake. I looked carefully at the pattern of light and shadow - all of the lighting looks good. The sun is catching the front part of the ManPad, the rest is in shadow. The parts of the ManPad that are covered by the ships rails - all look genuine. I don't see any problems with the lighting. It would be difficult to make all the light & shadow effects correct if you were faking the photo. It's either a genuine picture, or somebody made some real work to fake the image.
It doesn't matter that the guy holding the ManPad is not in uniform. He could be an intel officer or a special forces soldier. There are good reasons why the Russians might deploy ManPad's onto their ships - maybe they are protecting against drone attacks, or attacks by missilies. It is very easy for anyone to fire a missile from the coastline in the Bosphorus.
I doubt seriously that any air attacks in Syria are "false flag". People on ZeroHedge are always screaming "false flag". The airspace over Syria is covered by many radars .. Russian, Turkish, French, American. All planes are tracked. Everybody knows where a plane comes from and where it goes. There are no false flags in th air. On the ground - that's a different story. Anybody can put on a black uniform and a mask ... who knows what's happening on the ground.
"The airspace over Syria is covered by many radars .. Russian, Turkish, French, American. All planes are tracked. Everybody knows where a plane comes from and where it goes. "
This is EXACTLY why the US has denied they bombed the SAA camps. Because they didn't -- and many different radar profiles will prove that.
I hope that you are right. And if you are - maybe someone will release those radar profiles and show where those jets came from. Assad might be completely wrong, but radar never lies.
Enough of the "don't cross this line"...DROP THE BOMB, Putin!!
can you hear me?
Turkey wants to start the World War 3 ASAP becuz
Sitting next to Middle East has a privilage
mabbe turks are salivating at the prospects of
capturing large swaths of oil rich Middle East
foolish turks
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