SIX
RUSSIAN MIG-31 INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT LAND IN DAMASCUS
IN RESPONSE TO US
STATIONING OF F 16 AIRCRAFT IN TURKEY
Six RUSSIAN MiG-31 FOXHOUND
interceptor aircraft from MOSCOW landed Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the MEZZE Airbase
situated in DAMASCUS international airport, DEBKAfile’s military and
intelligence sources disclose. They were followed shortly after by giant An-124
Condor transports, which delivered 1,000 Kornet-9M133 third-generation
anti-tank guided missiles.
The RUSSIAN airlift of advanced
weapons for BASHAR ASSAD’S army will last for several days. It betokens MOSCOW’S
intention to keep up its support for the SYRIAN ruler and counter – by military
means if necessary - any secret IRANIAN diplomatic machinations for terminating
the SYRIA war and with it the ASSAD regime – such as have been reported in the
past week in WESTERN and ARAB capitals, especially in the GULF.
REMINISCE
OF LIBYAN EQUATION DONE WITHOUT RUSSIA
Our sources report that the
decision to send the SYRIAN ruler advanced aircraft and missiles could only
have come from the top, i.e. President VLADIMIR PUTIN. It took direct aim at
the latest moves made by the US, TURKEY, IRAN and SAUDI ARABIA for ending the SYRIAN
war. Every formula they came up with entailed ASSAD’S exit, either in stages or
at once.
RUSSIAN Foreign Minister SERGEY
LAVROV made it crystal clear to visiting SAUDI Foreign Minister ADEL AL-JUBAIR on
Aug. 11 that MOSCOW would not stand still for any changes in ASSAD’S position
in DAMASCUS. The Migs and Antonovs which landed in DAMASCUS Tuesday were meant
not only as a buttress for the SYRIAN ruler’s regime but as a rescue operation.
The message for WASHINGTON and ANKARA
was that MOSCOW would oppose any US and TURKISH plans to establish a no-fly
zone over SYRIA, or intervene directly in the SYRIAN conflict.
The RUSSIANS sent exactly six MiG
interceptors to match the six F-16 fighters the US deployed at the TURKISH
INCERLIK air base on Aug. 9.
So if President BARACK OBAMA decides
to deploy more AMERICAN planes at the TURKISH base, he may expect PUTIN to
reciprocate with the same number for DAMASCUS.
Background
Information:
RUSSIA'S REVENGE FOR LIBYA
As mentioned numerous times, RUSSIA and CHINA felt
that they were left out of the equation regarding the LIBYAN operation
instigated by the USA, FRANCE and BRITAIN. CHINA and RUSSIA invested heavily in
LIBYA prior to the toppling of the LIBYAN regime, only to find out that they
were kept completely out of the picture regarding the true intentions the
Western coalition force had in mind with LIBYA once the regime was removed,
namely tap the oil reserves of LIBYA.
Subsequently RUSSIA and CHINA learned their lesson
and thus would not make the same mistake regarding SYRIA, permitting LIBYAN
style intervention by WESTERN and GULF STATES coalition forces. No matter that
SYRIA lacks oil reserves or other natural resources worth fighting over, their
veto was more of a symbolic gesture telling WESTERN and GULF STATES coalition
forces: that’s how far you can go this time around, but no further.
Note from the Editor: Above paragraph was written
by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring in June 2012 and included into this
analysis
Unlike in LIBYA, RUSSIA and CHINA this time around
will not tolerate to be left out of the SYRIAN equation and energy game
Via DEBKAfile
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