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| Russian warships cross Bosphorus enroute to Syria |
| 2013-09-06 |
| Three Russian warships crossed Turkey's Bosphorus Strait Thursday en route to the eastern Mediterranean, near the Syrian coast, amid concern in the region over potential US-led strikes in response to the Damascus regime's alleged use of chemical weapons. The SSV-201 intelligence ship Priazovye, accompanied by the two landing ships Minsk and Novocherkassk passed through the Bosphorus known as the Istanbul strait that separates Asia from Europe, an AFP photographer reported. Russia, a key ally of Damascus, has kept a constant presence of around four warships in the eastern Mediterranean in the Syrian crisis, rotating them every few months. It also has a naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus whose origins date back to Moscow's close relationship with Damascus under the Soviet Union. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #1 WAFF > WE HAVE OUR OWN PLAN IFF US LAUNCHES ON SYRIA, PUTIN SAYS | [PressTV] RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS ... ... TO DEAL WID A POSSIBLE US MILITARY OFFENSIVE AGZ SYRIA. * SAME > RUSSIAN SOURCES: NAVY WARSHIPS DEPLOYED TO MEDITERRANEAN COULD RESPOND TO [against] ANY US STRIKE AGZ ASSAD. versus * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > REPORT: CHINA SENDS WARSHIPS TO COAST OF SYRIA | [Infowars] PLA DISPATCHES VESSEL TO OBSERVE US [+ Russian] MANEUVERS. PLAN SURFACE WARFARE SHIPS are right behind it. * RELATED FREEREPUBLIC > CHINESE ARMY [PLA = actually PLAN] SENDS WARSHIPS TO SYRIA. versus * PACIFICNEWSCENTER > NNS: US CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS [ADM. Jonathan W. Greenert] SAYS IT WILL TAKE YEARS FOR THE US NAVY TO RECOVER FROM SEQUESTRATION, e.g. up to five (5) years - perhaps more - for USN NavAir [Naval Aviation] PME. Yuuupp. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-09-06 03:01 |