New effort to s
top air attack on Iran!
Surprise, Surprise, an early Bear Dragon,
Who did not find any Israeli welcome Wagon!
But Bear Dragon desires to tip final victory Flagon
At Armageddon after Israel stays 1260 days in Negev!
Maybe a welcome wagon will come from comrade Chavez
And Jew’s Ole Buddy Ahmadinejad Will Come Wearing A Fez!
September 19, 2008
http:/www.tribulationperiod.com/
Begin Excerpt UPI/Washington Times via Jerusalem Center for Public Information Daily Alert
Russia Eyes Naval Bases in Syria
Martin Sieff
Russia is stepping up its rhetoric about redeploying its Black Sea Fleet to the Mediterranean if Ukraine pushes ahead with plans to evict it from its home port base of Sevastopol in the Crimea. “New bases in the Mediterranean Sea could make up for the departure,” Rear Adm.
Andrei Baranov stated Monday. The most likely Mediterranean base for the Black Sea Fleet would be Tartus in Syria, which served as a maintenance port for the old Soviet navy during the Cold War.
The RIA Novosti news agency said that “about 10 Russian warships and three floating piers” were already based at Tartus and Russian engineers and construction crews are at work enlarging the naval base.
A new pier for the use of Russian warships was also being constructed at nearby Latakia. If Russia were to base significant naval forces in Syria, that could have the effect of deterring or limiting Israel’s abil ity to strike at targets in Syria because
it might then run the risk of Russian retaliation. (UPI/Washington Times)
Begin excerpt from DEBKAfile
Ten Russian warships have docked at Syrian port
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
September 18, 2008, 11:08 PM (GMT+02:00)
Russian Navy in action
Israeli military and naval commanders were taken by surprise by Rear Adm.
Andrei Baranov’s disclosure that 10 Russian warships are already anchored at the Syrian port of Tartus, DEBKAfile’s military sources report.
Moscow and Damascus have worked fast to put in place the agreement reached in Moscow on Sept. 12 by Russian navy commander, Adm. Vladimir Wysotsky and Syrian naval commander Gen.
Taleb al-Barri to provide the Russian fleet with a long-term base at Syrian ports.
Israel was not aware that this many vessels were involved in the deal.
What most worries Israeli military leaders is an earlier
announcement by Adm.
Wysotsky that Russia’s Mediterranean assets would subjected to its Black Sea fleet command, thereby placing Russia’s warships near Israel’s shores at the service of Moscow’s contest against the US and NATO in the Caucasian.
It is feared that Israel will be dragged into another cold war.
Rear Adm. Baranov disclosed that the warships in Tartus had brought engineering crews to widen and dredge the harbor to accommodate additional, fleet vessels. The crews were also working on expanding Latakia, another Syrian port, possibly for aircraft carriers or guided missile cruisers.
The Russians are making no secret of their intention of using their naval presence in Syrian ports as a deterrent to a possible Israeli air strike against Syria.
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