Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria

[eduardo89]

Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria
By KIRIT RADIA and RYM MOMTAZ | ABC News*–*4 hrs ago

A Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, according to Russian news reports, a development that a United Nations Security Council source told ABC News was "a bomb" certain to have serious repercussions.

Russia, one of President Bashar al-Assad's strongest allies despite international condemnation of the government's violent crackdown on the country's uprising, has repeatedly blocked the United Nations Security Council's attempts to halt the violence, accusing the U.S. and its allies of trying to start another war.

Now the Russian Black Sea fleet's Iman tanker has arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean Sea with an anti-terror squad from the Russian Marines aboard according to the Interfax news agency. The Assad government has insisted it is fighting a terrorist insurgency.

[bluesc]

Obama gon' be pissed.

This could prevent more invasions in the Mid East.

[Demigod]

I was reading the comments in the article and half the comments were how Obama is a weak president and that because he is weak the Russians decided that they could do what they want,the other half on the other hand was for sending weapons to the Syrian traitors so to bog down Russia.I really don't understand how people can be that stupid.

[youngbuck]

How many troops? I think an American squad is roughly 9 troops, so if they're accurately using the word squad and a Russian squad is about the same amount, this might not be anything to worry about.

[bluesc]

this might not be anything to worry about.

9 Russian troops mean a lot to a US President considering invasion.

If it ended with 9 US troops facing down 9 Russian troops, you're looking at a potential international crisis.

[Lishy]

Uh oh.. This means a proxy war...

[eduardo89]

How many troops? I think an American squad is roughly 9 troops, so if they're accurately using the word squad and a Russian squad is about the same amount, this might not be anything to worry about.

Do you actually think a journalist for ABC would know what a squad actually is? For 99% of people a squad, platoon, even battalion just means a bunch of troops.

[BlackTerrel]

I don't get why people upset that US props up dictatorships are happy with Russia propping up a dictatorship.

I wouldn't be surprised if this leads to blowback for the Russians.

[bluesc]

I don't get why people upset that US props up dictatorships are happy with Russia propping up a dictatorship.

I wouldn't be surprised if this leads to blowback for the Russians.

I just dislike the US/Israel/UK. Any roadblock in their quest for dominance of the Mid East makes me tingle.

[vita3]

Sh$t just got more complicated & interesting in Syria.

I wonder how many Russkies are really there & would western proxy forces terrorize/attack them?