October 2nd, 2015 –
Vox Populi Evo – TVZvezda –
Sukhois obliterate Daesh command centers; Western press in a frenzy
| Screen grab from video released by Russian Ministry of Defense |
Even faced with the Islamic State, the West would rather lose Syria and other countries of the region rather than support the pro-Assad policy of Moscow.
In Novorossia Today
October 3, 2015
Translated from French by Tom Winter
Russian roulette in Syria: Putin plans six moves ahead.
[Your translator would have written Russian CHESS in Syria…]
[Your translator would have written Russian CHESS in Syria…]
Even faced with the Islamic State, the West would rather lose Syria and other countries of the region rather than support the pro-Assad policy of Moscow.
These last days, the Russians have managed to surprise the Americans three times over. First, in upping their military support to the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Next when they opened a coordination center jointly with Russia, Syria, Iran and Iraq in Bagdad, for sorting out the assignments for the four countries. The last and the biggest surprise was what the Americans have called “pouring gas on the fire,” when Moscow launched air operations against the jihadists in Syria, notifying Washington one hour in advance of the strikes.
A more or less lucid examination of the mid-eastern context, with the Shia-Sunni Israeli-Paestinian tensions, would have shown that betwixt two evils, Russia has chosen the lesser.
Either Russia would have left Da’esh to propagate itself beyond the Mid-east; for, once the Syrian regime had fallen the Jihadists would be in Russia and in post- soviet countries, obliging Moscow to get involved in land operations even in the heart of the country, with all the consequences that would ensue. Or Russia aids the legitimate government of Assad by equipping the Syrian troops on the ground, and bombarding the Da’esh positions.
The success of the Russian strikes are undeniable. Since September 30, an Islamic State command center has been obliterated in the Aleppo province and another one in the town of Raqa, while the one American strike did in — two excavators.
The polemics keep on swelling around the effectiveness of the actions of the coalition of 62 countries … Myriam Benraad, a specialist in Middle East, researcher at Sciences Po in Paris [with a doctorate in political science], gave us her view of the conflict that is again becoming more international: “The Middle East is a trap for all who set foot there. It is a quagmire, a powder keg. My essential hope for the Russian engagement in Syria is that it may revive much more serious negotiations between Russia, the United States, and the other actors in the region to decide the fate of Assad and what can get put back together in political terms. At the time of the Gulf War, the Russians and Americans were closely coordinated to respond multilaterally around the Iraqi crisis. These US-Soviet agreements of the time, in the period of the cold war, were aimed at giving birth to a collective security managed by the UN, but were betrayed by the Americans (for the war in Iraq, 2003 and Libya in 2011).
“The Russian involvement in Syria is a response to unilateralism. It’s obvious. Sergei Lavrov has said it a few times over. And Americans are paying the price. Other countries, such as Venezuela, have raised their voice, saying that the United States cannot keep on behaving as they have been doing over the past 25 years. I think those Russian-US tensions, with the Ukrainian crisis behind, can finally result in a dialogue between Washington and Moscow. “
Meanwhile, the Russian Air Force had scarcely gotten the order from president Vladimir Putin to attack the terrorists in Syria when the western press fell into an inquisitorial frenzy. Accusing Russia of “flying to the aid of her ally Assad on the pretext of fighting terrorism” the big western media have spread out their choir of photos and videos showing Syrian victims among the civilians. But these men, women and infants covered in blood that denounce the “ferocious Russians” are nothing but fakes. The photos were taken September 28 (See above). With scarce a smile, and steel nerves, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov condemned the information war and underlined that its releases were premeditated.
The scandal was, moreover, far from unhorsing the Americans whose positions in the Middle East seem undermined by Moscow. Washington has asked the Iraqi authorities not to send the information that the United States communicates to Baghdad to “third countries” — namely Russia.
Why put a spoke in the wheel for the Sukhoi planes in Syria when the chairman of the US General Staff is prepared to cooperate tactically with Russian forces? And now Moscow could initiate air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq, if the authorities of that country so request. A low blow for the US, the UK, France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, who respond with a joint statement calling on Russia to stop air strikes … One more proof that Vladimir Putin is on track …
Comment: What a lot must be at stake for the U.S. and allies, that they are so focused on eliminating Assad and installing a “friendly” regime.
The Pentagon is considering defending ‘moderate’ Syrian terrorists from Russia
From Fort Russ
Translated by K. Rus
MOSCOW, October 2 — RIA Novosti. The Pentagon is looking into the issue of whether the use of military force to protect the Syrian “moderate opposition” [read: moderate terrorists – KR], if it is subjected to Russian airstrikes, but no decision on this matter has been made, reports the Associated Press, citing U.S. officials.
U.S. officials told the agency that high-ranking military leaders and Pentagon are researching the legal and foreign policy aspects of the issue [damn Russia tricked them into remembering about the law! – KR] and weigh the risks of using military force in response to the possible actions of the Russian air force on the backed by Washington Syrian opposition groups. The U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter declined to answer this question, when asked directly about it earlier this week, the agency said.
A senior official of the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that representatives of military departments of Russia and the United States discussed regular communication of experts to prevent conflict of interests in the Syrian airspace, the conversation had been constructive.
Earlier the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has declared that he expects the completion of the dialogue between Russia and the U.S. to coordinate actions to combat terrorism in Syria and the establishment of a permanent mechanism for such interaction.
U.S. officials told the agency that the issue of use of military force is discussed as one of the options of how to respond to Russia’s actions in Syria. One of the officials noted that the military is assessing the possible negative consequences of such step, however, the final decision is still pending.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Forces of the U.S. Senate, John McCain has expressed confidence that Russian planes yesterday bombed not the positions of the terrorist group “Islamic state” but units of the “Free Syrian army”. The agency notes that the American-trained insurgents are active in the North, while the strikes of the Russian air force are applied in the Western part of Syria.
In September, Pentagon spokesman General Lloyd Austin, at the hearings of the Senate Committee on the armed forces acknowledged that only four or five American-trained fighters are fighting against ISIS [the rest fled to ISIS – KR]
Russia has begun air strikes on ISIS positions in Syria in response to a request from President Bashar al-Assad. The US-led coalition has been [pretend] striking ISIS since September 2014 in Syria in circumvention of the UN Security Council and not coordinating their actions with Syrian authorities. [While ISIS territory only increased – KR]
Senator Tom Cotton: U.S. should shoot down Russian planes over Syria (video)
Some excerpts from Sen. Cotton:
“Russia is an enemy. Vladimir Putin is a KGB spy.”
“[Putin] wants to divert attention from his occupation in Ukraine.”
“We should establish no-fly zones in Syria and make it clear that any aircraft that enters those zones will be shot down.”
“We should make it clear that we will fly where we want and when we want.”
“Putin is humiliating the United States.”
“If we don’t draw a line now and enforce it, it will not be a choice between humiliation or war. It will be a choice between humiliation and war.”
Note to non-English speakers: The last quote above does not make sense in English. No matter how you translate it, it does not make sense.
Video posted on Fort Russ.
Comment posted by Fort Russ:
This fine sample of American Ivy league education says the EXCEPTIONAL country does not like to be “humiliated” by KGB spies… It wants to defend its global monopoly on the use of violence.
http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/10/senator-tom-cotton-us-should-shoot-down.html
Russia taking measures against potential terror attacks after Syria bombing raids – Peskov
From RT
October 1, 2015
Russian special services are working tirelessly to prevent potential terrorist attacks by extremists in retaliation to Moscow’s operation in Syria, Dmitry Peskov, presidential press secretary, has said.
Peskov noted the situation was similar to other places in the world – in all nations special services are constantly taking steps to counter terrorism in all of its manifestations. In Russia, this task is being fulfilled by the Federal Security Service and the National Anti-Terror Committee, he said.
The Russian Air Force mounted several strikes on terrorist positions in Syria on Wednesday, soon after the country’s upper house unanimously voted to endorse President Putin’s request to use the nation’s military in Syria to fight terrorism. The head of the presidential administration Sergey Ivanov emphasized that Russia would not be involved in any ground operation – aid would only be in the form of airstrikes.
READ MORE: 8 ISIS targets hit during 20 combat flights in Syria – Russian military
In press comments on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin called the operation in Syria “preemptive strikes against terrorists” adding that the use of military forces abroad had been prompted by the fact that a relatively large number of Russian citizens had joined the terrorist groups in Syria, and these people could potentially pose a threat to Russia’s national security. The president said that extremists must all be defeated in the Middle East and not allowed to return to their home countries.
In late February, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, Aleksandr Bortnikov, urged deeper professional cooperation between special services in their common fight against the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, previously known as ISIL and ISIS). He noted that Russia was especially interested in cooperation with the United States in the common fight against IS and added that the existing intelligence exchange was already helping to achieve positive results.
READ MORE: FSB chief urges international campaign to discredit ISIS ideology and leaders
http://www.rt.com/politics/317181-russia-taking-measures-against-potential/
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Russian Air Force destroys terrorist command center in Raqqa – Defense Ministry
From RT
A surgical airstrike by Russian fighter jets has knocked out the battle headquarters of a jihadist group near Raqqa, according to Russian Defense Ministry. Operating from the Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Air Force continues to inflict pinpoint strikes on Islamic State installations.
“Over the past 24 hours, Sukhoi Su-34 and Su-24M fighter jets have performed 20 sorties and hit nine Islamic State installations,” Igor Konashenkov, Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman, reported.
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Konashenkov added that yesterday evening Russian aircraft went on six sorties, inflicting strikes on three terrorist installations.
“A bunker-busting BETAB-500 air bomb dropped from a Sukhoi Su-34 bomber near Raqqa has eliminated the command post of one of the terror groups, together with an underground storage facility for explosives and munitions,” the spokesman said.
Commenting on the video filmed by a Russian UAV monitoring the assault near Raqqa, Konashenkov noted, “a powerful explosion inside the bunker indicates it was also used for storing a large quantity of munitions.
“As you can see, a direct hit on the installation resulted in the detonation of explosives and multiple fires. It was completely demolished,” the spokesman said.
Another bomber on a sortie from Khmeimim has dropped a KAB-500 air bomb on an Islamic State camp near Maarrat al-Numan. It destroyed fortifications, ammunition, fuel and seven units of equipment, Konashenkov said at a media briefing on Saturday.
The Russian Air Force has also eliminated a workshop in Idlib province, where terrorists have been mounting large-caliber machine-guns and other heavy armaments on pickup trucks.
Assault aircraft from at Khmeimim airbase have also inflicted airstrikes against terrorist forces near Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib province, destroying vehicle storage depots used for organizing terror attacks.
Regarding the airstrike on a target near Jisr al-Shughur, Igor Konashenkov pointed out, “footage of a huge pillar of smoke indicates a direct hit resulted in the total elimination of the facility.”
http://www.rt.com/news/317505-air-force-terrorists-raqqa/
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Suspected US airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan; at least 9 staff and 8 patients dead
From RT
http://www.rt.com/news/317482-afghanistan-kunduz-msf-hospital/
“We are deeply shocked by the attack, the killing of our staff and patients and the heavy toll it has inflicted on healthcare in Kunduz,” Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said in a statement.
30 people unaccounted for after attack.
Director of operations: “We are deeply shocked by the attack.”
Building hit several times, severely damaged.
Hospital is the only one of its kind in the region
A hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz has been hit and partially destroyed in an overnight “aerial attack” that killed at least three Medecins Sans Frontieres staff. NATO has admitted a US airstrike may have caused accidental “collateral damage.”
03 October 2015
09:17 GMT
#MSF condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific bombing of its hospital in #Kunduz, which was full of staff and patients
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09:17 GMT
MSF medical staff are continuing their work, performing emergency surgery on the wounded.
True heroes MT @MSF_Press: Surgery underway in the aftermath of bombing of #MSF‘s #Kunduz hospital #Afghanistan
09:03 GMT
Dominik Stillhart, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross, has expressed his condolences for those who died and suffered in the strike.
Deeply shocked at bombing of MSF hospital in #Kunduz. Staff and patients killed. MSF urges fighting parties to respect health facilities
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08:56 GMT
Update: #Kunduz police now say 5 MSF staff members & at least 6 patients killed in last night airstrikes. Death toll may rise. #Afghanistan
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08:42 GMT
Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, has posted details on those wounded in the strike on his Twitter account.
24 MSF’s medical and non-medical staff are among the 37 injured at the U.S. airstrike in #Kunduz Pro, apparently on MSF’s hospital.
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07:47 GMT
The US formally wrapped up its combat mission in Afghanistan at the end 2014, but some 10,000 US troops stay in the country. American forces are supposed to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2016.
Talat Masood, a retired lieutenant-general of the Pakistan Army, thinks there’s a good chance U.S. soldiers will end up staying for longer.
7:29 GMT
Zabihullah Pashtoonyar, another yang staff of Kunduz @MSF hospital, killed in US Air strike last night.
7:28 GMT
Shocked #MSF staff in one of remaining parts of MSF’s hospital in #Kunduz. First aid ongoing http://bit.ly/1KRpNl
MSF hospital aftermath #photos by Abd Qadir Wahedi
Inayat ullah kakar
@Kalamnigar 5 hours ago#MSF zonal hospital in#Kunduz bombed by US planes, Dozens of medics, patients died…! pic.twitter.com/bKPuqnINpL
Reading betweeen the lines of Putin’s UN speech: US is cornered in Syria
From Fort Russ
September 28, 2015
Blogger Dima Piterski
Translated by Kristina Rus
A few words about what preceded Putin’s speech. After the schedule of speeches was revealed, NASA immediately convened a press conference at almost the same time with some sensational details about Mars. It turned out that small rivers might flow there, or, perhaps not. It is clear that this was done so that Americans would change the channel and not watch Putin’s speech.
Many, including myself, noticed that simultaneously with the beginning of Putin’s speech a strange noise was heard in the room coming from the speakers. The noise was distinct and irritating. The aim is clear – to ruin the impression from the speech and try to bring Putin a little out of balance.
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The intrigue was revealed by Obama, who in his speech called Assad a dictator, expressed complaints about Crimea, in short, ran the old song. Which is encouraging – it means they will not agree and there will not be any more hypocritical smiles and more hoots of the Russian fifth about “the extended hand of friendship” [from the US].
In Putin’s speech, who said everything we already know about the Western destruction of the Middle East and support of terrorists, asking a rhetorical question: “Do you realize what you’ve done?”, – I would emphasize one point that helps to envision his future course. The President first stressed, that the only legitimate authority in Syria is the Assad government, and secondly- that no one can arbitrarily act in circumvention of the UN Charter.
Since Russia has a veto power, then no coalition can legitimately act without our consent. But we can act without the consent of the United States and their lackeys because we are asked by the legitimate government of Syria. This is a strong position.
Another question is what will we do if the US still dares to attack Assad. But, obviously, all the consequences of such a step Putin will explain to Obama face-to-face in today’s talks.
I really hope that even a superficial agreement will not be achieved and Russia will continue the hard line on squeezing the U.S. out of Eurasia.
http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/09/reading-betweeen-lines-of-putins-un.html
Poroshenko: Russia is destabilizing the Islamic State (video)
From Fort Russ
September 26, 2015
Anatoly Shariy Youtube Channel
Translated by Kristina Rus
Peter Poroshenko today talked to journalists, well how did he talk – there were three bodies nodding their heads, asking questions, to which Poroshenko already had written down the answers. But it didn’t smell of journalism, perhaps of alcohol, because Poroshenko said “Russia is destabilizing the situation in the Islamic state”.
Poroshenko: “Nothing will work out. Everyone knows well the role of Russia as a destabilizing factor in the Islamic State, Syria, Ukraine and other places.”
That person called a journalist, instead of drinking water, should have asked: “Where, where is it destabilizing the situation?”
Poroshenko:
“In the Islamic state”
“In the Islamic state”
No more drinks for him.
Starikov: Russia is forcing the Americans to destroy their own project in its infancy
From Fort Russ
September 30, 2015
Translated by Kristina Rus
Russian author, historian and politician Nikolay Starikov explains what happened today like no one else at today’s meeting with fans and supporters.
Starikov:
Even cats don’t get born on their own and such high-profile terrorist organisations, packaged with beautiful Hollywood promos don’t appear on their own. Of course, it is a project, the same project of the global banking elite. as once was Adolf Hitler, and before that where the Bolsheviks-Trotskyists, who have destroyed the Russian empire and were going to crush the neighboring states.
Islamic state is a can opener in the hands of the global elite, with which it was planning to destroy the world order, as it is.
You know, often when we talk about WWII, a question comes to mind, why did the English have to bring Hitler to power, if they were the strongest ones? Well, in order to be the strongest, you must destroy your competition. And Hitler was brought to power in order to destroy the USSR, which not only grew economically, but presented an alternative of a social order, which was a death sentence.
Lets remember the post-war USSR, when there was a constant dropping of prices which completely contradicts the market economy. Stalin did it, And did it yearly. And he would strangle this financially oriented economy with his price drops. It had to be prevented. This was Hitler’s task.
Today’s Islamic State is a tool to prevent the growth of China, Russia, and Europe getting out of control.
A big war is needed. Chaos is needed. It will help solve the problem of dropping consumption in the entire world.
War is needed for many reasons. Americans create the Islamic state.
Note, two years ago no one knew about this Islamic state. There was Al Qaida and Syrian opposition. Remember the Free Syrian Army, where is it today? Is it so free, that it has dissipated on its own?
Imagine, you have the Bandera “Forest brothers” in the woods, and suddenly they self-organize in the woods and become “The Red Guard.” It is impossible. Either they are the “Forest brothers” or the “Red Guard”. They can be one thing or the other. One cannot transform into the other on its own.
In order to create this instrument of destroying the world order you must destroy statehood.
First the destruction of states is a standard path of the global banking elite, which I am writing about in my book “Power”.
Second, how can you create this force, if you have states everywhere? You have the states of Iraq and Syria. You cannot create 100 thousand militants on the territory of Iraq. Therefore you have to get rid of the Iraqi state. Either it has to be completely absent as in Lybia, or be nominal, occupying two blocks in Baghdad. It is weakened and destroyed.
And here is Syria. It also has to be destroyed, but it doesn’t surrender. This is where the hate towards Assad comes from. This is why they keep repeating, Assad must go – in order to destroy the state.
Instead they create a quazi-state structure, which they pump with money and weapons and sent it towards Afghanistan. By the way there is fighting going on right now for Kunduz, which is on the border with Tajikistahn. They are preparing a bridgehead for the invasion. Everything is going according to plan.
They have to finish off Assad.
100 thousand fled to Europe, and how many refugees are in the camps? A few million. If they cannot get to Europe, where will they go? You can hire them for cheap into your army, for example ISIS. People have no options, the infrastructure has been destroyed, there is nowhere to live, and here you are offered a salary!
This mess they want to send through Afghanistan to Central Asia. To destroy the Central Asian states. Which I and many others wrote about several years ago.
Further they will strike Russia and China.
Today several thousand Uighur militants are fighting for ISIS. This is the force that will be blowing up China.
You have to understand the logic of the Unites States. They gave birth to this instrument, but they need to let it grow.
They say “We are going to fight it”. They create a coalition, and as a result of this battle ISIS spreads to a huge territory.
Here is a question, are they fighting them?
In Afghanistan they were fighting with drugs. As a result the drug production grew 42 times. So ISIS will grow 42 times too. They are not fighting themselves, and not letting anyone fight it.
What are American strikes on the positions of militants? Do we know who they are bombing? I hope they know who they are bombing. They could be bombing the Syrian army. And if anything, they will say: “Ooops, sorry”. We said, we are sorry!
When they are there, ISIS can freely grow.
What is Russia doing? Understating, that this threat is coming for us, of course we have to fight there, but how? Not by bringing ground troops. Instructors, heavy equipment, aviation, but no ground troops. There are Syrian and Kurd ground troops.
The surrounding states see what’s going on. They are not stupid. They understand that his hurricane will sweep all the sovereign states. In Saudi Arabia there is a war on the border.
Do you think Saudi Arabia is happy, no they would rather drink cocktails and pump oil. At that moment comes Russia and says, guys we will clean this up, fold ISIS, we will pretend we don’t know it was created by the US. But we will liquidate it. All we want from you is help.
A week before Putin’s speech the Israeli prime minister, the Saudi king, the king of Jordan, why did they all fly to Putin? Because the fire is under their feet.
Everyone pretends they don’t know where ISIS came from.
When we brought our instructors and weapons there, Americans ended up in a difficult situation. Their monopoly on fighting ISIS was destroyed. We said let’s fight it, and they say, we are already fighting, we will not
Why are you flying here, bombing whatever you want?
If you don’t do that, we will fight ISIS ourselves.
Americans lost the opportunity to bomb anyone they want on the Syrian territory. If they fly they can get shot down, saying “Why din’t you coordinate with us? You flew into the territory of the Syrian army and they shot down your plane. We would have told you the Syrian army is there
Now they will try to torpedo this. If someone starts to pound the bandits, they are in a situation as if England and France were forced to destroy Hitler in 1938. Russia is forcing them to destroy their own project. This is the essence of it.
Today’s approval of our Federation Council to use force abroad is simply a legal formality. It doesn’t mean our troops will go there. They would love to suck us into a ground war, but we won’t go for it. We will get money from the surrounding states. Syria will give us the soldiers. And everyone will be happy to get over with this ISIS. And Americans will be forced to repeat, yes, what a terrible organization.
We buried their project before it has entered a mature stage.
This is what’s happening there today.
http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/09/starikov-russia-is-forcing-americans-to.html
