WHY ALL THE BIG RUSH?
August 19, 2007
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In 1946, 47, and early 48 the Arabs, anticipating what would happen when the British Protectorate pulled out of what is now Israel, were trying, by hook or crook, to get any type of weaponry from any country willing to let them buy on credit. The oil revenues were soon to be maintained by the Islamic populations, so it was a good investment on
the part of those supplying the military hardware. The arms flowed in and the 1948 war began.
In the fifties and sixties the Islamic oil revenues increased, and naturally improved weaponry, supplied by both East and West, flowed into the Middle East in great quantities. The arms flowed in, and the 1967 war began.
The loss of Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank in the 1967 war, was humiliating for the Islamic nations worldwide, and from 1968 to 1973 the same flow of weapons into the Middle East from the East and West flourished again. The arms flowed in and the 1973 Yom Kippur war began.
From 1974 to 2007 the Islamic nations have become rich due to their great oil revenues, and Russia and China have been more than happy to keep their financial coffers filled with monies from their Islamic oil revenues. High quality, huge quantity, high-tech sophisticated weapons are now being poured into Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah by Russia, China, and North Korea, with Iran footing most of the bill. The arms are flowing in like mad, so what do you think is about to happen?
After three bitter defe ats suffered
at the hand of Israel, this time Islam wants to be sure of victory. I have listed in previous blogs why I did not expect the war to begin this year, so I will not repeat them.
But I will continue to advise you that I guesstimate the war will begin at some point in time between 2008 and the end of 2012, with the war most likely to take place after 2009.
Syria reportedly gets Russian SA-22s
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
August 18, 2007
Syria has begun delivery of the first batch of anti-aircraft missile and gun range land-based Pantsyr-S1E defense systems (SA-22 E in NATO terminology), the Web site of Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported Saturday.
The report, based on wires from the arms-related branch of the Russian Tass news agency, cited a previously signed agreement between Syria and Russia for the purchase of 50 sets of the system for a total of about $900 million. According to other sources, however, the signed deal included only 34-36 systems.
Army Radio reported that Russian military officials agreed to the deal only after Syria vowed that the systems would not be resold or distributed to a third country, such as Lebanon or Iran.
But in May, the reputable Jane’s Defense Weekly reported that Syria agreed to transfer ten of the systems to Iran.
In the past year, Israel accused Russia of supplying the Lebanese Shi’ite organization Hizbullah with weapons systems which were later used against Israeli tanks during the Second Lebanon War. The systems allegedly used by Hizbullah were older than the SA-22 E, which is a new development based on older SA-19 and SA-N-11 systems.
Vitaly Shlykov, a member of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, slammed the Israeli claims as “silly rumors”. Alexander Rybas, a top official of KBP Instrument Design Bureau, denied the allegations, saying “Hizbullah has not and would not have been able to own [Russian-made systems].”
The SA-22 E, produced by KBP, a precision weaponry manufacturer based in Tula, Russia, is a combined surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system. The versatile platform can be mounted either on a tracked or wheeled vehicle.
The system contains 12 missiles with a range of 1-12 km., carrying a load of 16 kg.
each. The guns on the SA-22 E are of a 30mm.
caliber, capable of firing 700 rounds per minute.
The system requires two operators and a driver for the carrying vehicle.
According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the recently developed SA-22 E will be dispatched to Syria even before its deployment in the Russian military.
Other clients of the system are China, Greece and the United Arab Emirates, which already owns 50 systems, half on wheeled vehicles and half on tracked carriers.
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