A Mediterranean Battlefield - Syria

[Magda Hassan]

The post above is completely biased. You didn't show how many Iranian bases are surrounding the US :unclesam:

[Ed Jewett]

The post above is completely biased. You didn't show how many Iranian bases are surrounding the US :unclesam:

I heard their navy will be patrolling offshore soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXXGep9RB34 :curtain:

[Ed Jewett]

...how many Iranian bases are surrounding the US

They have the US military surrounded.

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[Ed Jewett]

Does This US And Israel Joint Missile Defense Drill Say Anything About Plans For Iran?

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Israel just announced it has finalized a deal with Lt. General Frank Gorenc, commander of the US Third Air Force in Germany, that will bring several thousand U.S. troops and two advanced missile systems to the country for an unprecedented defense drill.
Yaakov Katz of the Jerusalem Post reports the "largest-ever" missile defense exercise will commence this spring, in response to Iran's nuclear ambitions.
This announcement may well be a psy-ops fakeout, and here is why.
There are already reports of US-NATO troops massing in Jordan on the Syrian border.
According to one Jordanian military officer who asked to remain anonymous, hundreds of soldiers who speak languages ​other than Arabic were seen during the past two days in those areas moving back and forth in military vehicles between the King Hussein Air Base of al-Mafraq (10 km from the Syrian border), and the vicinity of Jordanian villages adjacent to the Syrian border, such as village Albaej (5 km from the border), the area around the dam of Sarhan, the villages of Zubaydiah and al-Nahdah adjacent to the Syrian border.
NATO is already engaged in conflict in Syria through their Turkish proxy.
NATO is already clandestinely engaged in the Syrian conflict, with Turkey taking the lead as U.S. proxy. Ankara's foreign minister, Ahmet Davitoglu, has openly admitted that his country is prepared to invade as soon as there is agreement among the Western allies to do so. The intervention would be based on humanitarian principles, to defend the civilian population based on the "responsibility to protect" doctrine that was invoked to justify Libya. Turkish sources suggest that intervention would start with creation of a buffer zone along the Turkish-Syrian border and then be expanded. Aleppo, Syria's largest and most cosmopolitan city, would be the crown jewel targeted by liberation forces.
The above article also mentions that "Unmarked NATO warplanes are arriving at Turkish military bases close to Iskenderum on the Syrian border, delivering weapons from the late Muammar Gaddafi's arsenals as well as volunteers from the Libyan Transitional National Council who are experienced in pitting local volunteers against trained soldiers, a skill they acquired confronting Gaddafi's army."
Given all of these developments, coupled with the crescendo of corporate war propaganda against Syria and Iran, it appears to me that a US/NATO action against Syria (which will allow for a "back-door" invasion of Iran, with which it has a mutual defense pact), will not wait until the Spring. You can't keep these forces idle for long; it is too costly, and morale gets hurt when you do that.
I wouldn't bet against some kind of "false flag" attack on US assets during the holidays, to be blamed either on Syria, or Iran, to get this going.
However, to those in the bowels of power in DC and Tel Aviv, I would like to offer the following caveat: Russian leadership is preparing for military conflict over Iran.

The Kremlin is being updated about the upcoming US-backed Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, according to "Nezavisimaya Gazeta", citing sources in the Defense Ministry. Strike will be sudden and inflicted very soon. A full-scale war is possible. This issue was discussed at the Russia-EU summit in Brussels with the participation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Russia's permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov stated that the Israeli / the U.S attack on Iran. would lead to "catastrophic development of events." According to the newspaper, the military preparations of Russia to minimize the loss resulting from such a military action against Tehran were launched a year ago and are now almost complete. According to sources in the Defense Ministry, Russian 102nd military base in Armenia was fully optimized during October-November 2011.
Folks, IF this information is true, we may very well be looking at a 3rd World War, the unintended consequences of which may be catastrophic for the entire globe.

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[Magda Hassan]

How terribly convenient...

In Syria, two car bomb explosions have hit two security service bases in the capital Damascus, killing more than 30 people and injuring around 100 others, the Syrian government says.


The bombs, which went off within a minute of each other and sent thick plumes of smoke into the sky, rocked the capital city of Damascus.

The casualties occurred when the twin blasts struck the security service bases on Friday.

Syria says initial investigations show the attacks bear hallmarks of an al-Qaeda terrorist operation.

The blasts came as a delegation from the Arab League arrived in the capital to monitor the situation in the country.

Damascus says more than 2,000 members of its army and security forces have been killed by foreign-backed armed gangs in the past nine months.

Syria has been experiencing deadly unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations being held both against and in support of President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Damascus blames "outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups" for the unrest, saying it is being orchestrated from abroad.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/217276.html

[Danny Jarman]

The war on Syria has begun. This whole episode is looking a lot like Libya v2.

[Ed Jewett]

The war on Syria has begun. This whole episode is looking a lot like Libya v2.

...or the warm-up for Iran.

[Christer Forslund]

From: Al-Manar . http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetai...&fromval=1

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[TD="class: artbody"]Syrian citizens have found spy devices in the hills that surround the town of Afrin, in Syria, dropped last week by US aircrafts which entered Syrian airspace through the Turkish border.

Opposition Syrian Website Al-Hakika (The Truth) quoted Turkish sources as confirming the news cited from Syrian Kurds. The sources explained that the aircrafts that dropped the devices were American, not Turkish. They added that the aircrafts took off from Incirlik air base, southeast of Adana, which is 130 km away from the city of Afrin, mainly to belong to the Kurdish nationalists.

The Turkish source said that the dropping of these devices "came after the Syrian authorities' decision to deploy the seventh contingent along the eastern border and south-eastern province of Hatay (Iskenderun Brigade)."
"This action aims at eavesdropping on communications between the Syrian troops, locating their spots accurately and collecting any information about them in order to provide it to U.S. and Turkish authorities, and perhaps to the Syrian Free Army as well as monitoring any military movement by the PKK in the region," the sources added.
Syrian citizen Adnan Mustafa was the first to publish the news on his page on Facebook, with photographs of the devices found.
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[Ed Jewett]

[quote=Ed Jewett]Before I post the article, let me say that it is clear that:

#1) The thread title or theater concept of battle is again clearly global;
#2) This and a dozen other topics suggest a new section for news that is relevant (titles and links only?);
#3) We ought to become -- as we are able and already are-- 'correspondents': we are spread across time zones, nations, influences, reading sources, etc.;
#4) Someone ought to convene a mini-think tank to set some rules, procedures and policies (it's serious business and must be balanced, un-connected, without agenda, etc.). ....

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What I meant to say then is that the "someone" who ought to convene a mini-tank-think was the executive leadership of this forum. Here is why:

World War III Has Begun It`s the First Asymmetric War Long Awaited by Pentagon Think Tanks
Wayne MADSEN (USA) | 26.12.2011



http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/20...tanks.html (full text for free)





The more precise point can be found there at the end of the third paragraph which notes:

"... the use of unconventional warfare tactics, including information warfare, by proxies, non-state actors, agents provocateur, and fifth columns...."

[Christer Forslund]

Waiting for the Storm (Wed Dec 28)
The highly influential Council on Foreign Relations (aka CFR) declared this month in their online publication "Foreign Affairs" that it is now time to attack Iran, subtitled "Why a Strike Is the Least Bad Option"
WWIII Countdown: CFR declares "Time to Attack Iran" - SCG News 12-27-11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...rdVqgt0Dwk


Council on Foreign Relations: Time to attack Iran
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136917/matthew-kroenig/time-to-attack-iran