RANsquawk G20 Meeting Preview - 18th June 2012

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Russians now saying they actually are preparing to send warships and ground forces to Syria:

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Russian warships 'ready to sail for Syria'
 
Published: 18 June, 2012, 15:45
 
It is being reported that large Russian amphibious naval ships are steaming toward the Syrian port of Tartus, where Russian civilians and naval infrastructure are under threat from ongoing civil disorder.
 
­"The crews of the Nikolay Filchenkov, Ceasar Kunikov and SB-15 tugboat – together with the marine units they carry – are capable of protecting security of Russian citizens and evacuating a part of the property of the logistics base," a source at the Russian Navy General Staff told Interfax-AVN on Monday.
 
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http://www.rt.com/news/russia-ships-syria-089/

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US has already said yesterday that it is going to attack Syria, "...not if, but when...";

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Not ‘if’ but ‘when’: US intervention in Syria on countdown
 
Published: 17 June, 2012, 16:12
 
A delegation from Syrian opposition is reportedly in talks with US officials over the targets they want to attack to weaken the Syrian government and the arms they want America to provide to do it. A “Libya lite” operation in Syria may be imminent.
 
The unnamed US official reportedly said that “the intervention will happen. It is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’.”
 
The delegation from the Syrian Free Army is meeting with US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and the State Department’s expert on Syria, Fred Hof, according to a report by debkafile, an Israeli news website, which is considered to have strong ties with the intelligence community.
 
The Syrian rebels have brought with them two lists for American approval. One is that of targets in Syria they want to attack to hurt President Assad’s government. The second is a list of heavy weapons they need to carry out the attacks, which they want to get from the US, the report says.

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http://www.rt.com/news/syria-rebels-us-arms-028/

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Russia has already said such an attack could involve nuclear weapons.

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Russia warns West against ‘hasty wars’ and rising regional tension
 
Thu May 17, 2012 3:18PM
 
Sometimes these [military] actions -- which undermine state sovereignty -- could result in a fully-fledged regional war...and even...the use of a nuclear weapon.
 
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned the West against launching ‘hasty wars’, which may increase regional tensions and even trigger a nuclear war.
 
"Sometimes these [military] actions -- which undermine state sovereignty -- could result in a fully-fledged regional war, and even -- although I do not want to scare anyone -- the use of a nuclear weapon," Medvedev was quoted by AFP as saying on Thursday during a legal forum in Saint Petersburg.

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http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/05/17/241713/russia-warns-west-agains...

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Great! ... good-going oh glorious benevolent nobel peaceful-one ...