26th November, 2011
The Syrian crisis assumed a big power dimension this week with the build-up of rival United States and Russia naval air carrier armadas in Syrian waters, DEBKAfile’s military sources report.
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US carrier strike force enters Syrian waters. Russian carrier en route
Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011
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Nuke carrier leads US strike force into Syrian waters
Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2011
25th November, 2011
Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush has reportedly anchored off Syria. As an Arab League deadline to allow observers into the country passes with no response from Damascus, the possibility of intervention in Syria seems to be growing.
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Reports say Russian providing Syria with advanced missile sytems
Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2011
Reports say Russian ships in Syrian waters delivered advanced anti-aircraft missile system and technicians
Madison Ruppert
25th November, 2011
The Russian warships that arrived in Syrian territorial waters in recent days were reportedly carrying technical advisors who will assist the Syrian government in setting up an array of the super-advanced S-300 missiles.
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Russia will target US missile defense sites if no deal – Medvedev
Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2011
23rd November, 2011
Responding to Washington’s failure to bring Russia on board the European missile defense system, President Dmitry Medvedev announces sweeping plans to address what Moscow is calling a threat to national security.
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Russia warns NATO on its readiness for nuclear WW3
Posted by seumasach on November 20, 2011
18th November, 2011
Russian General Nikolai Makarov said NATO’s eastward expansionmeant the risk of Russia being dragged into conflicts had ‘risen sharply’. GeneralMakarov is the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia , the highest military post of the Russian armed forces.
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US missile shield plans shot down by Prague
Posted by seumasach on June 16, 2011
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Syria on the boil, US warship in Black Sea
Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2011
M.K.Bhdrakumar
14th June, 2011
Seldom it is that the Russian Foreign Ministry chooses a Sunday to issue a formal statement. Evidently, something of extreme gravity arose for Moscow to speak out urgently. The provocation was the appearance of a United States guided missile cruiser in the Black Sea for naval exercises with Ukraine. The USS Monterrey cruiser equipped with the AEGIS air defense system is taking part in joint Ukrainian-US exercises, Sea Breeze 2011.
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US cruiser in Black Sea angers Russia
Posted by seumasach on June 12, 2011
12th June, 2011
Russia has protested against the presence of a US Navy cruiser in the Black Sea which is preparing for joint naval exercises with Ukraine.
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US breathes life into a new cold war
Posted by seumasach on June 6, 2011
M.K.Bhadrakumar
7th June, 2011
There might have been a difference of opinion between the classical Greek dramatist Aeschylus and British romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley regarding the circumstances of the release of the Titan god Prometheus from captivity: whether it followed reconciliation with Jupiter, as the classicist thought, or a rebellion, as the romantic insisted. In either case, Prometheus was “unbound”.
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Middle East rift mars US-Russia ‘reset’
Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2011
M.K.Bhadrakumar
26th May, 2011
The last thing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev did before departing for France to attend this week’s Group of Eight summit meeting in Deauville was place a call to Damascus.
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China asks US to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty,independence
Posted by seumasach on May 22, 2011
20th May, 2011
China on Thursday said the international community “must respect” Pakistan’s sovereignty, tacitly confirming reports that it has asked the US not to violate Islamabad’s territorial integrity, following the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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