Russia Announces It Will Send Warships to Syria

[John F Kennedy III]

Russia Announces It Will Send Warships to Syria



Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com June 17, 2012

On Friday, the Russian General Staff announced it will send warships from the Black Sea Fleet to the Syrian coast. The deployment will protect the Russian logistics base in Tartus, Syria.

Russia has historically maintained a strong bilateral relationship with Syria. Its only Mediterranean naval base for the Black Sea Fleet is located in the port of Tartus.

“Several warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, including large landing ships with marines aboard, are fully prepared to go on the voyage,” the General Staff told Itar-Tass.

In late May, Russian and Western media reported that the Russian-flagged bulk cargo vessel Professor Katsman docked at the Syrian port of Tartus and delivered weapons to the al-Assad regime. The Ford Foundation funded NGO Human Rights First also made the claim. Amnesty International, a Soros funded NGO, has called on the Russian government to cease the transfer of arms to Syria in compliance with UN Security Council recommendations.

“Either the U.S. intelligence service works poorly or they have a poor knowledge of geography,” a source with the Russian General Staff remarked in response to the allegation.

On Sunday, The Telegraph reported that the United States has enlisted the help British officials to stop an alleged shipment of MI25 helicopters from the Russian Baltic port of Kaliningrad. The MV Alaed, a Russian-operated cargo vessel, is said to be sailing across the North Sea en route to Syria. The U.S. wants the ship’s insurance cover removed under the terms of a European Union arms embargo against Syria. Removing the MV Alaed’s insurance would make it difficult for the cargo ship to dock in port.


Rest of article here:

http://www.infowars.com/russia-annou...hips-to-syria/

[Kelly.]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...d&type=article

The US state department has acknowledged that Russian helicopters it claimed had been sent recently to the Syrian regime were, in fact, refurbished ones already owned by Damascus.

[Yieu]

Maybe the threat of destruction will prevent us from engaging in another needless war. We really ought to mind our own business.

[RickyJ]

Maybe the threat of destruction will prevent us from engaging in another needless war. We really ought to mind our own business.

Whose destruction would it be? Not the elite warmongers pushing this agenda, it would be us, the mere peons to them that they want to totally control and rule. They do have a goal to significantly reduce the world's population, the quickest way to achieve that goal is through WW3.

[Yieu]

Whose destruction would it be? Not the elite warmongers pushing this agenda, it would be us, the mere peons to them that they want to totally control and rule. They do have a goal to significantly reduce the world's population, the quickest way to achieve that goal is through WW3.

Can't argue with that. I was trying to be optimistic.

[Zippyjuan]

From the link provided by InfoWars:
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/448445.html

It strongly denied U.S. media reports claiming that a Black Sea Fleet warship had already headed for Tartous. “All the ships are staying in Sevastopol but the Cesar Kunikov large landing ship. Either the U.S. intelligence service works poorly or they have a poor knowledge of geography,” the source said.

Sounds like a single landing ship will possibly be sent at this time.

[Zippyjuan]

The ship carrrying the refurbished helicoptors has now turned back to Russia as well. http://my.earthlink.net/article/int?...2-c119dc0f53f8

UK: 'Arms' ship for Syria heading back to Russia

LONDON (AP) — A Russian-operated ship said to be carrying military helicopters to Syria appears to have turned back after its British insurer removed coverage for the vessel, U.K. officials said Tuesday.

Britain's Foreign Office said the ship, the MV Alaed, changed course in Europe after news reports emerged about its alleged contents. Earlier, the Foreign Office confirmed it was aware that a ship carrying a consignment of refurbished Russian-made attack helicopters was heading to Syria.

The ship has "turned back now apparently toward Russia," Foreign Secretary William Hague told British lawmakers in Parliament. The vessel appeared to have been avoiding UK territorial waters and EU territorial waters, his ministry added.

The news came after the U.K.-based insurer Standard Club said it removed insurance coverage for the ship owner when it became aware it was carrying munitions, a clear breach of its rules.

Britain has joined the United States and other countries in pressing Russia to halt arms shipments to President Bashar Assad's regime. Opposition groups say more than 14,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising began in March 2011 with mostly peaceful protests against Assad's regime. A ferocious government crackdown, however, led many to take up arms and the conflict is now an armed insurgency.

Syria is Russia's last remaining ally in the Middle East, and has been a major customer of Soviet and Russian weapons industries for the last four decades, acquiring billions of dollars worth of combat jets, helicopters, missiles, armored vehicles and other military gear. Russia has also shielded Assad's regime from international sanctions over its violent crackdown.

More at link.

[Yieu]

The ship carrrying the refurbished helicoptors has now turned back to Russia as well. http://my.earthlink.net/article/int?...2-c119dc0f53f8

More at link.

Thanks for the update. I hope this doesn't mean we are more likely to engage in another war...

[Seraphim]

War is the health of The State. States, the world over - are proving to be unhealthy (VERY unhealthy). They will attempt to heal themselves. Make of that what you will.

Thanks for the update. I hope this doesn't mean we are more likely to engage in another war...

[osan]

The ship carrrying the refurbished helicoptors has now turned back to Russia as well. http://my.earthlink.net/article/int?...2-c119dc0f53f8

More at link.

This insurance angle makes no sense. Cannot the Russian government provide said insurance? Something there smells odd.