Siria: novedades

La falta de noticias confiables, sumada a la falta de información a secas, con que nos idiotiza la prensa corporativa occidental en estos últimos días, nos obliga a ver numerosas fuentes alternativas. Nos fuimos a la Agencia Arabe Siria de Noticias, SANA News, de la cual copiamos las cuatro notas que siguen (tres de ellas son de hoy y una de ayer). Aclaramos que la información es oficial, del gobierno sirio, si bien debe destacarse que la misma es definitivamente más confiable que la papilla precocinada que ofrecen usualmente los pasquines de la NATO. Según esta agencia, continúa desinflándose la contraofensiva terrorista sobre Alepo:


Título: Grupos terroristas sufren bajas en intensos operativos antiterroristas del Ejército

Texto: Las Fuerzas Armadas de Siria han continuado sus operativos antiterroristas en los que eliminaron a decenas de terroristas y destruyeron sedes y posiciones de los grupos terroristas del “Frente al Nousra” y el “Estado Islámico”.


Damasco-campo:

Unidades de las Fuerzas Armadas han respondido a las violaciones de los grupos terroristas al acuerdo de cese de hostilidades, en la zona de Ghouta Este.

Una fuente militar ha informado que el ejército retomó el control del poblado de Howsh Fara, en Ghouta Este tras eliminar al último foco de terroristas allí.

La fuente dijo que el ejército libró feroces enfrentamientos con los terroristas que estaban desplegados en el poblado de Howsh Fara, los cuales culminaron con la liberación total del poblado.

Agregó que los zapadores desactivaron centenares de artefactos explosivos improvisados y minas colocadas por los terroristas en el antemencionado poblado.

Según la fuente la importancia del poblado de Hosh Fara radica en que se encuentra a unos 6 kilómetros de la ciudad de Duma, una de los principales bastiones de los terroristas en Ghouta Este y constituye la primera línea de defensa de los terroristas desplegados en la ciudad de Duma.

La fuente militar agregó que el ejército bombardeó con artillería y por aire a los cuarteles de los terroristas del Ejército del Islam y del Frente al Nusra, dejando a decenas de terroristas entre muertos o heridos.


Homs

En el campo este de la provincia de Homs, unidades de las Fuerzas Armadas destruyeron a cuarteles y posiciones de los terroristas del Estado Islámico.

Según informó una fuente militar, los ataques del Ejército se centraron en las zonas de Salam Gharbi y Enek al Hawa, donde decenas de terroristas fueron eliminados.

La misma fuente informó que unidades del ejército arrasaron con una sede y un depósito de municiones del frente Al-Nusra en el poblado de Kafar Laha.

Por otra parte el ejército repelió un ataque de terroristas contra uno de sus puntos militares localizado al este del poblado de Talbiseh, dejando bajas y heridos en las filas de los atacantes, además de destruir las armas y municiones que utilizaron en su agresión.


Hama

En el centro del país, la Fuerza Aérea del Ejército bombardeó y destruyó a escondites y vehículos de la organización terrorista del Estado Islámico al este de la localidad de Khanaser, en la carretera entre Damasco y Alepo.


Deraa

En el distrito de Deraa al Mahata, las escuadras militares que operan en la provincia de Deraa bombardearon con artillería a las bandas del Frente al Nousra, dejando decenas de terroristas entre muertos o heridos.


Sweida

En las zonas de la estepa ubicadas al este de la provincia sureña de Sweida, unidades militares, apoyadas por grupos de defensa popular repelieron ataques de los grupos terroristas del Estado Islámico contra los poblados de Tel Zalfe y Abu Harat, ubicados en el nordeste de esa provincia.


Qunietra

Una unidad del ejército destruyó un buldócer que utilizaba los terroristas para fortalecer y consolidar sus zulos en la carretera Hamidieh-Yebata Khashab. La destrucción del aparato también resultó en la muerte de los terroristas que lo manejaban y la herida de otros que se encontraban cerca de la zona.

Las operaciones militares contra zulos y sedes de los grupos terroristas en la ciudad de Qunietra terminaron con la muerte y herida de un número indeterminado de terroristas y la devastación de armas y municiones que estaban en su posesión.


Alepo

En paralelo, una unidad del ejército en cooperación con las fuerzas de apoyo abortaron esta tarde un intento de infiltración de terroristas de Yaish al-Fateh en algunos puestos militares al suroeste de Alepo, logrando infligir significativas bajas entre sus filas.

Una fuente militar informó que la aviación militar siria destruyó decenas de puestos y vehículos de las organizaciones terroristas en los campos de Alepo, Homs, Hama e Idleb.

Precisó, que los cazas sirios llevaron a cabo 26 vuelos de combate contra centros de concentración y sedes de los grupos terroristas lo que resultó en la muerte de decenas de ellos.

Los cazabombarderos también arrasaron con depósitos de municiones y sedes del frente Al-Nusra en Khan Asal, Khan Toman, y Uram Kubra.

Asimismo numerosos vehículos del denominado Ejército del Fatah fueron devastados en Kafar Hamra y Mansura por ataques aéreos.



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Título: Ejército sirio lanza gran ofensiva con “cobertura” de aviones contra objetivos terroristas y acaba con 150 terroristas en Deir ez-Zor

Texto: El ejército sirio y la fuerza aérea lanzaron una nueva serie de operaciones este viernes, contra agrupaciones terroristas en varias zonas del país, según una fuente.


Deir ez-Zor

Escuadras del ejército en cooperación con grupos de Defensa Popular han frustrado este viernes un ataque de terroristas del EL contra varias posiciones militares en la colina de Brouk en la provecía de Deir ez-Zor y ha acabado con vida de 150 de ellos, según confirmó una fuente militar en la urbe.


Alepo

De acuerdo con la fuente, la aviación militar siria dirigió 23 redadas contra sedes y feudos terroristas en el campo de la provincia, causando grandes pérdidas en las filas de los grupos terroristas, tanto humanas como materiales.

Por otra parte, unidades el Ejército, apoyadas por la aviación militar y la artillería, abortaron el intento de grupos terroristas a infiltrarse en varios puntos militares en el Eje de Academias, al suroeste de la ciudad, donde infligieron bajas mortales y les destruyeron decenas de vehículos blindados.


Daraa

Una unidad del ejército elimina a 7 terroristas y destruye 4 vehículos y un cañón en la ciudad de Daraa y su campo.

Una fuente sobre el terreno le informó a Sana que las tropas militares que operan en la ciudad de Daraa liberaron este viernes una operación militar contra integrantes del Frente Al Nusra en el barrio Al-Hamadin y en el campamento Al-Nazihin, donde tres vehículos y un centro de mando fueron devastados.

Asimismo, las unidades militares dirigieron una serie de ataques contra concentraciones del Frente Al Nusra en Daraa Al-Balad,  el barrio de Al-Kark y en Daraa Al-Mahatta.

La fuente agregó que un cañón y un carro equipado con ametralladora pesada de los terroristas fueron destruidos en la periferia de la localidad de Al-Ghaziya, situada en el campo noreste de la urbe.

Los disparos precisos del Ejército contra las agrupaciones de los terroristas, al sur de la ciudad de Deraa, causaron la destrucción de sus fortificaciones, y sus vehículos, e infligieron muertos y heridos.

Y en la campiña noreste, una unidad del Ejército destruyó un emplazamiento de cañón, y un vehículo equipado con ametralladora pesada de los terroristas, y liquidó a gran número de ellos en las inmediaciones de la localidad de Al Gariya Al Garbiya.



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Título: Jefes militares en Alepo: El Ejército repelió el ataque terrorista en las inmediaciones de las academias militares

Texto: El director del Instituto Técnico Aéreo en Alepo, el General de brigada Dib Bazzi, afirmó a la Televisión Oficial Siria que los militares de las Academias repelieron el ataque terrorista y acabaron con cientos de terroristas.

“Todos los oficiales y militares están en sus posiciones, y somos capaces a repeler cualquier ataque”, dijo el General Bazzi, destacando la alta moral de los militares, que tienen como objetivo la victoria en todo el territorio sirio.

Por su parte el General de brigada, Hamada Murad, el director del Instituto de Formación Aérea, afirmó que el ataque terrorista se inició a las 14:45, con todo tipo de armas, coches bomba, y lanzamisiles por parte de los terroristas.

“Tenemos fe de que la victoria será nuestra, gracias a la completa coordinación y colaboración entre todas las unidades del Ejército. Los grupos terroristas comenzaron sus ataques desde hace cinco días y pasaron por más de una fase, pero fracasaron. Estoamos dispuestos a enfrentarlos e iniciar un contraataque contra ellos”, dijo el General Murad.

Unidades del Ejército, en colaboración con fuerzas de apoyo al sureste de Alepo, lograron contener el gran ataque lanzado por parte de los grupos terroristas contra las academias militares e les infligieron grandes pérdidas.

Los grupos terroristas que forman parte del denominado “Ejército de Al Fath”, sufrieron bajas mortales y pérdidas materiales, en los últimos cuatro días, donde unidades del Ejército, apoyadas por la fuerza aérea abortaron el intento de los terroristas de avanzar desde el campo sur y suroeste hacia la ciudad de Alepo.

[Ver video en: https://youtu.be/I7iJI1Rq38A]

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Título: El Ejército fortalece sus posiciones en las inmediaciones de las academias militares y elimina a 300 terroristas

Texto: Unidades del Ejército, en colaboración con fuerzas de apoyo al sureste de Alepo, lograron contener el gran ataque lanzado por parte de los grupos terroristas contra las academias militares e les infligieron grandes pérdidas, informó una fuente militar.

Las Fuerzas Armadas fortalecieron sus posiciones en las inmediaciones de las academias militares, al suroeste de Alepo, y dirigieron duros golpes contra los grupos terroristas, causando la destrucción de tres vehículos detonados, y de otros vehículos equipados con ametralladoras, según informó una fuente militar.

Por otra parte, la Fuerza Aérea del Ejército bombardeó agrupaciones de terroristas y destruyó decenas de vehículos, en el Eje de Khan Tuman, el de /las Academias- la escuela de Al Hekma/, el de /las Academias- Colina de Bazo/, el de /las Academias – Al Zarba/, y el Eje de /Alepo- Aurm Al Kubra/.

Una fuente militar informó que el Ejército destruyó 6 tanques de los grupos terroristas y liquidó a más de 300 terroristas en la zona de Al Mazareh, al sur de las academias militares en Alepo.

En el mismo contexto, unidades el Ejército, apoyadas por la aviación militar y la artillería, abortaron el intento de grupos terroristas a infiltrarse en varios puntos militares en el Eje de las Academias, al suroeste de la ciudad, donde infligieron bajas mortales y les destruyeron decenas de vehículos blindados.

La aviación militar realizó 23 incursiones contra centros de agrupación de grupos terroristas en la campiña de Alepo, en las últimas horas, causando la muerte de decenas de terroristas, y la destrucción de varios vehículos blindados y carros cargados con armas y municiones.

Alepo y la victoria

La breve nota que sigue es del sitio web libanés Al Manar. En la misma se recopila la opinión de varios medios israelíes sobre la significación del control de la totalidad de Alepo por parte del gobierno sirio.


Título: Sitios israelíes: La toma de Alepo dará a Assad la victoria en la guerra

Epígrafe: Varios sitios israelíes han publicado análisis sobre la batalla de Alepo entre el Ejército sirio y los grupos armados señalando que esta batalla es decisiva en la guerra, en especial después de que EEUU y Turquía hayan mostrado flexibilidad en el tema de la continuación del presidente Bashar al Assad en el poder. 

Texto: El canal israelí News 1 señala que los dirigentes árabes e internacionales están comenzando a comprender que la salida del poder de Assad no puede ser ya una precondición a la luz de los recientes acontecimientos en el frente sirio, que muestran la influencia y poder militar y político de Assad. El sitio considera que la batalla de Alepo es el acontecimiento más importante y decisivo de la guerra de Siria, que dura ya cinco años.

El Ejército sirio ha logrado sitiar a los militantes armados en el este de Alepo y ha seguido avanzando para estrechar el cerco. El sitio israelí considera que “la cuenta regresiva para la caída de la ciudad ha comenzado”, especialmente a la luz de la actuación de la aviación rusa y siria y la artillería.

Al mismo tiempo, el gobierno sirio ha señalado que está dispuesto a reanudar las negociaciones con el fin de lograr un acuerdo político para poner fin a la guerra civil sin precondiciones y sin una injerencia externa. Las negociaciones de Ginebra se reanudarán a finales de agosto, pero allí la situación militar será determinante a la hora de lograr acuerdos. El gobierno sirio insiste en que la solución al conflicto es la creación de un gobierno de unidad nacional con la oposición, pero el Estado sirio no va a llevar a cabo ninguna transición política ni renunciar a sus principios.

Assad, señala el sitio, cuenta con un fuerte apoyo de Rusia, cuya seguridad nacional está amenazada por los mismos grupos terroristas que luchan en Siria. En la última reunión del secretario de Estado, John Kerry, y del ministro ruso de Exteriores, Serguei Lavrov, la cuestión del destino del presidente ha sido dejada en manos de los propios sirios, como quiere Damasco. Por su parte, Turquía busca la reconciliación con Siria después de la disculpa pública de Erdogan a Rusia por el derribo del avión.

Según responsables sirios, Erdogan quiere un acuerdo con Assad según el cual Turquía impediría el tránsito de militantes armados por la frontera a cambio de la cooperación de Siria en impedir el establecimiento de una zona autónoma kurda en el norte de Siria.

Por su parte, los países europeos consideran al EI como su prioridad, han establecido relaciones con Damasco en el terreno de seguridad y no muestran ningún interés en apoyar a la oposición exterior.

Estos puntos de vista son compartidos por el diario israelí Haaretz, que cree que el control de Alepo por parte de Damasco permitirá al presidente Bashar al Assad y a Rusia anunciar una victoria estratégica, que supondrá una ventaja decisiva para el Estado sirio en el proceso de negociaciones.

En lo que se refiere al tema militar, Haaretz cree que la toma de Alepo será no sólo un duro golpe moral para los grupos armados, sino que proporcionará al Ejército sirio el control vital de una serie de rutas e intersecciones y esto permitirá a las tropas sirias atacar fácilmente otras zonas del norte y este del país en poder de los grupos armados, en especial Idleb, Raqqa y otras provincias.

Se disipa el humo sobre Alepo, Siria

Bueno, a medida que se disipa el humo de la contraofensiva terrorista en Alepo, parece quedar claro que los chicos malos (el brazo armado del Imperio en la región, o sea los fanáticos islámicos) van perdiendo. Se nos ocurre que tanto sirios como rusos quieren generar un hecho decisivo previo a la elección presidencial estadounidense, como para marcarle de entrada la cancha al futuro gobierno de ese país. Veamos primero el cable de la Agencia France Press reproducido hoy en el Daily Star de El Líbano: 


Título: Syrian govt forces roll back rebel gains in Aleppo: activists

Texto: Syrian government forces bolstered by Russian airstrikes recaptured territory overnight in the southwest suburbs of the battleground city of Aleppo, rolling back the short-lived gains of a rebel offensive.

Rebels and their extremist allies launched an assault Sunday in a bid to ease a more than two-week government siege of opposition-held districts of the city.

But government fighters have put up a fierce fightback, retaking several positions from beleaguered rebel forces, activists said Wednesday.

The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces seized two hilltops and two small villages in the southwest suburbs of Aleppo late Tuesday.

"The regime is launching counter-attacks to absorb the fierce rebel offensive," said Observatory head Rami Abdel-Rahman.

"The opposition offensive has not achieved the results that were expected at this stage," he said.

An AFP journalist in east Aleppo said clashes and shelling could be heard throughout the night, followed by barrel bomb attacks and airstrikes in the early morning.

The groups waging the offensive – including fighters from Al-Qaeda's former Syria affiliate and the powerful Islamist Ahrar al-Sham – have promised to end the government encirclement of eastern parts of Aleppo.

They are seeking to capture Ramussa, a district in Aleppo's southwest suburbs, in a bid to cut off government forces and open a new route into the city for rebels.


- 'Long and gruesome battle' -

But they have struggled to hold newly-acquired territory in the face of heavy Russian airstrikes, Abdel-Rahman said.

They have managed to keep control of at least four hilltops and one small village, he added.
Longtime government ally Moscow launched an air campaign in support of President Bashar Assad's forces in September.

Wednesday's edition of Al-Watan, a newspaper close to the government, said government forces, backed by Russian airstrikes, "advanced again south and southwest of Aleppo causing major setbacks" for rebel factions.

And pro-government website Al-Masdar News said an initial rebel advance into the Ramussa district was pushed back "following a long and gruesome battle".

The Britain-based Observatory said more than 50 rebels and allied extremists had been killed since the assault began, as well as dozens of government troops.

Overnight, at least 10 civilians, including four children, were killed in rebel shelling of government-controlled districts on Aleppo's southwestern edges, the monitor said.

More than 40 civilians have been killed by shelling on government-held neighborhoods since Sunday.

The battle for Aleppo – Syria's second city – is critical for both the government in Damascus and the forces seeking to overthrow it.

It was Syria's commercial hub until 2012, when clashes left it roughly divided between government troops in the west and rebels in the east.


- 'Deeply flawed' plan -

Eastern districts came under government siege on July 17, sparking concerns for the estimated 250,000 people still living there.

Last week Russia announced the opening of "humanitarian corridors" to allow residents and surrendering fighters to flee for government-held territory.

This was met with skepticism by residents and international observers, and 35 NGOs in a statement on Tuesday called the initiative "deeply flawed".

The groups, including Save the Children and Oxfam, urged implementation of a UN call for a weekly 48-hour humanitarian pause in Aleppo.

In the surrounding province, 24 people reportedly suffered breathing difficulties in Saraqeb, a town 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Aleppo, after a barrel bomb attack on Tuesday, the Observatory said.

Residents said the attack had used chlorine gas, but the monitor could not confirm this.
The incident took place close to where Russia said on Monday one of its military helicopters was shot down, killing the five people on board.

Syria's conflict has killed more than 280,000 people and drawn in world powers on both sides since it erupted in March 2011.

Half the country's population has been forced to flee their homes with an estimated five million seeking refuge in neighboring countries.


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Ahora veamos los comentarios que esta noticia produjo en un analista militar de Medio Oriente (Pat Lang, del sitio web Sic Semper Tyranny):


Comentario a: Syrian govt forces roll back rebel gains in Aleppo: activists

Texto: IMO the crisis has passed from the R+6 point of view.   The rebel iihadis will soon begin to withdraw from their temporary gains having lost a lot of men (800-1000).  The external attacks having failed, the attacks from within the encirclement will also end as the word is passed of the failure of the relief force.

In the north end of the Aleppo battle, the Tiger Forces Brigade centered task force is fighting its way through the Handarat Palestinian Refugee camp with the assistance of the Palestinian militia who live there.  This was thought to be a back-up plan to provide for re-supply of West Aleppo in the event that the jihadi effort in the SW of the perimeter had succeeded.  Now that seems a danger passed the Handarat operation can be seen as part of the process of gradually shrinking the rebel jihadi held area in East Aleppo.

BTW, there are no longer many "moderate" FSA unicorns in East Aleppo and most of these are more in the nature of press liaisons for foreign Borgist media.

The YPG/SDF offensive against IS east of Aleppo is playing a major role in the fighting t Aleppo by "fixing" forces in position so that they cannot be used against R+6.

IMO an R+6 occupation of East Aleppo and the large number of casualties suffered by the rebels will set the stage for a negotiated end of the war in western Syria.

The war against IS will, IMO last for at least two or three years longer.

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Finalmente, reproducimos el último parte de Ziad Fadel, sirio pro-gubernamental que comenta desde su sitio web Syrian Perspective (con lenguage florido y frecuentemente sanguinario) las alternativas de lo que la Historia denominará "La Batalla de Siria":

Título: TERRORIST ATTACK CRUSHED IN ALEPPO; CITY LIBERATED; CANTHAMA REPORTS ON THE TERRORISTS’ OFFENSIVE IN WESTERN ALEPPO AND THE FATE OF THE WAR OF AGGRESSION AGAINST SYRIA

Subtítulo: TERRORIST CAMPAIGN TO LIFT SIEGE MISERABLE FAILURE. AMERICAN AND BRITISH IDIOTS EXPOSED FOR INCOMPETENCE.  SAUDI LEADER ON DRUGS

Texto: Ba’ath Party sources now tell us that the 3rd wave of attacks by suicidal child molesting freaks in a plan called “THE GREAT BATTLE” has failed opprobriously.  It has exposed the public lying practiced by John Kerry while his team of Keystone Cops in Turkey collude with the limey MI6 trash to give the world one Waterloo after another.

On August 1, 2016, the Syrian Army General Staff sounded a general alarm after receiving very accurate reports that the rodents, principally those affiliated with the Saudi child fetishist, ‘Abdullah Al-Muhaysini, were planning a huge offensive to break the siege of Aleppo which left thousands of cannibals inside the eastern part of this great northern capital adrift and without hope of succor or supply.  Syrian Intelligence eavesdropped on hundreds of contacts from Turkey, primarily, Incirlik, Reyhanli, Adana and Gaziantep with British, American and Saudi imbeciles trying to organize the logistics for the operation.  This is most interesting because it puts the Americans squarely on the side of Alqaeda, the same group which took down the twin towers in NYC.

The general alarm concerned clear data targeting the Raamoosa Axis with a simultaneous attack on the Al-Hikma School.  The attack would start with an assault on a Syrian Army outpost at the school which would ostensibly permit the rodents to penetrate army lines up to a maximum of 20 kms.  The rodents started their assault with the usual “Sturm und Drang”, a patented, and boring use of crazed poverty-stricken retardates from Central Asia promised an eternity of bliss with the usual tarts imagined by feckless bedouins moving inexorably from one desolate corner of the Arabian desert to another.  The suicides were followed almost instantly by an explosion of a tunnel near the Sadcop Factory.  The synchronization reminded me of the Ed Sullivan Show of the 60s when great circus acts would perform miraculously on the stage to the oohs and aahs of American matrons slugging down Imperial Whiskey.  The suicide attackers were all incinerated before they could reach their destinations and the tunnel explosion was a fiasco as it managed to only kill a few rodents who reportedly had to correct some malfunction in the detonation mechanism resulting in an earlier than expected BOOM!  So sad, really.

The initial attacks were not long-lived.  As soon as the dust settled from the tunnel disaster, a big battle ensued with the SAA using an ancient technique invented by the great Canaanite/Punic general, Hannibal, at the battle of Canae where whole legions of Roman troops were suckered into a veritable pocket of annihilation almost bringing down the entire Roman state.   The SAA is very well equipped, as the rodents found out, and thousands of field artillery rockets, missiles rained down on the scurrying vermin.   My source tells me that there was an expectation of over 70 dead rodents in this battle.  But, as it turned out, hundreds were killed and injured, many screaming why the Great Satan, in whom they believe,  had abandoned them.  One of the hilarious sidelines to this story was the degradation to which the meretricious Arabian Qatari “news” outlet “Al-Jazeera” was exposed when it reported that the rodents had conquered Al-Raamoosa.  All of my readers know from our reporting that no such event could have taken place.

At Al-Raamoosa, Jaysh Al-Fath attacked on 3 lines:  Al-Manaashir, the Cardboard Factory and Al-Huwayz Hill.  They were stopped, literally, dead in their tracks by both the SAAF and RuAF flying continuous sorties and dropping all kinds of exotic bombs on the chaotic hordes trying to escape the conflagration.   The attack was carried out by Jaysh Al-Fath in combination with America’s favorite love-secret: Alqaeda (Nusra), Ahraar Al-Shaam, Kataa`ib Fath Al-Shaam, Kataa`ib Abu-‘Ammaara, all emerging from the edges of Al-‘Aamiriyya Quarter, the Sadcop Area and the environs around Al-Raamoosa.  Once the suicide truck drivers were sent straight to the fires of Hell, and the tunnel had been detonated harmlessly, a very violent battle took place with the carcasses of terrorist rodents flying in the air in a surreal chiarascourial scene with a burning backdrop of raging flames as their vehicles succumbed to the pressures of carrying too much petrol on their tanks.  The poor rodents found they could not advance anywhere.  When the SAA found there were no more targets to kill, they began to fire at buildings in the abandonded Project 1070 where many rodents hid to avoid the flames of this temporal world.

While all this hurly-burly was unfolding, another attack was taking place with Jaysh Al-Fath, Harakat Nooreddeen Al-Zangi, Faylaq Al-Shaam, Nusra/Alqaeda and some groups populated by Turkmen and Uighers, leading the charge.  This attack concentrated on the Cardboard Factory and the Manaashir Minyaan.  Once again, our field commanders, like those in West Point, studied and implemented Hannibal’s immortal tactics by withdrawing in the shape of an open circle, allowing the rodents to charge in screaming like a swarm of banshees, and then surprising them with the unfortunate truth that they were surrounded and about to be decimated.  Hundreds of rats were killed.  The SAA destroyed 16 pickups with 23mm cannons, 1 tank and 2 BMPs.  The SAAF helicopter attack gunships were extraordinarily useful here and they went through the rodent lines like a ship’s propeller.

Today, in the early hours, the rats had only managed to advance at the Al-Huwayz Hill.  But, that was meaningless from the tactical standpoint.  It affected, in no wise, the fact that the remnant rodents inside Aleppo were being exterminated.  In any case, the SAA has liberated the hill and killed 22 rodents in doing so.   The tactics of the rodents here was to play cat-and-mouse.  SAA used fixed mortar and artillery rockets to keep the rodents off-balance as militiamen deployed all over the hill picked the rodents off like ducks in a Coney Island shooting gallery.  As of my writing, the SAA has taken back Al-‘Aamiriyya and Tallat Al-Mahrooqaat  (Fuel Depot Hill).  The SAA has also just liberated Al-Saabiqiyya to the south after a major counter-offensive.

Much has been promoted by the terrorists supporters about this long-planned and obvious campaign in Aleppo. This project was planned by the very same countries promoting, funding and enabling terrorism in Syria and in most of the world. The background of obsession with terrorism is explained below.


PRELUDE AND MAIN OBJECTIVE

* The many ceasefires promoted by the US/NATO/GCC allowed the terrorists to regroup and unify in a central command and muster enough force and resources in Idlib and west Aleppo;

* Huge arms shipments to the terrorists through Turkey in the past 3-4 months, including MANPADs and very large quantities of TOWs;

* The southwestern Aleppo terrorists’ offensive in May-June that prepped the southern flank for this on-going attack; that granted momentary control of Khan Toomaan and Khalash among other villages and important sites;

* The continuing pressure on Russia by the US/NATO and the latter toward Syria, Iran and Hezbollah to ease up on bombing Idlib and southwestern Aleppo during the terrorists’ offensive back in May-June, in exchange for a negotiated solution or successful “ceasefire”;

* The terrorist-supporting countries, momentarily giving up on southern Syria and the Damascus front in order to concentrate  on the plan to take control all of northern Syria.

* The terrorists’ counter-offensive in Latakia during July to draw Syrian troops away from Aleppo.


The fact is that this was planned a long time ago; and it was a resourceful and timely-executed campaign….not just to break the siege of Aleppo, which became its slogan due to the fact the terrorists themselves were encircled a week earlier, but in fact, the terrorists and the CENTCOM  headquarters had decided to cut off Aleppo and all the northern Syrian provinces from Syria, meaning this campaign aimed to wrest Aleppo Province from Syria by cutting all the supply routes toward the city and northern Aleppo, as it was done in Idlib during 2015.

This may seem a bold statement: but, take a look at what happened on the northern border of Syria to see that much was accomplished in advancing this plan and, generally, only Aleppo City and closer towns stood in the way of this plan.


‘IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD” 

In the middle of the road there was a stone

there was a stone in the middle of the road

there was a stone

in the middle of the road there was a stone.

Never should I forget this event

in the life of my fatigued retinas.

Never should I forget that in the middle of the road

there was a stone

there was a stone in the middle of the road

in the middle of the road there was a stone.

“By Carlos Drummond de Andrade”

With the dust settling, looking at the background of it from the vantage of time present, we can also see that some actions taken by the Syrian High Command and main allies in this war (Russia, Iran and Hezbollah), plus unexpected events, could explain, partially, the limited results seen so far which most likely will drive this offensive into terrible defeat for global terrorism and its main enablers: NATO, GCC, Israel and Turkey.  By way of illustration as to how the SAA engineered its successes in Aleppo:

* The swift Aleppo siege campaign in Al- Mallaah Farms and Al-Khaalidiyya, with the unanticipated results of the ‘checkmate’ in Bani Zayd and Ashrafiyya forced an humiliating and accelerated defeat that brought to a stop the murderous shelling that terrorized civilians in downtown Aleppo, besides the freeing up of thousands of soldiers to fight in other fronts.

* The Tabqa/Raqqa “controversy” campaign that brought some relief toward Khanaassir Road at last, coupled with the SDF campaign toward Manbij that shifted ISIS attention toward that direction versus Aleppo city.

* The “coup” in Turkey that disrupted the easy flow of terrorists and weapons, momentarily, created a risky situation for the terrorists in Syria when they saw a possible long-term reduction in support and attention from their former northern ally and enabler, Erdoghan.


THE ON-GOING OFFENSIVE

This is day 4 of the terrorist offensive to break the siege of Aleppo. It is safe to say that it has lost its strength as the implementation of its plan has been extremely erratic in the past day or two. 

The initial results were somewhat encouraging for the terrorists and their CENTCOM masters. It mostly came in the wake of a concentrated attack within a limited front line of some 10-15 kms where the terrorists threw everything they had, VBEIDs, TOWs, armoured vehicles, individual suicide attackers, mortars, all very concentrated just to open up a route to eastern Aleppo and to relieve the remaining rodents inside the city.

There was some coordination with ISIS since the latter launched a VBEID at a check point in Khanaassir, that was destroyed before reaching its target. The plan was most likely designed to draw SAA troops toward that location.  Since that time, there has been no ISIS attack after that. The Khanaassir Road has never been closed and traffic moves normally.

The moment of greatest risk came between day 1 and 2, during phase 1 and 2, when the terrorists managed to secure the 1070 Building Project Complex while, at the same time, they moved further south to the village and hill of Al-Huwayz and the vital village of Al-Mushrifah and surrounding hills, which gave them a strong artillery firing position to shell the Al–Ramoosa artillery base and industrial complex. At this point in time,  the the terrorists were very close to their objective in creating a route and disrupting the road inside Al-Ramoosa that supplies Aleppo.

Right after that moment, the terrorists launched phase 3 which consisted of creating a diversion from Al-Sukkari Quarter inside besieged eastern Aleppo, in order to link up with the advancing terrorists from western Aleppo.

While phase 1,2 and 3 were unfolding, the Syrian forces and allies were executing their counter- offensives, mainly based on holding the ground in the Al-Raamoosa artillery base and industrial sector, while attempting to flank the terrorists from north and south, meaning taking back the 1070 apartment complex and south of it to retake Al-‘Aamiriyya, Al-‘Amaara and Al-Huwayz villages and hills. While partially successfully so far, (See Ziad’s report herein-above) the counter offensive has blunted the main thrust of the terrorist attacks, which when coupled with a relentless bombing campaign by RuAF and SAAF, both in the front lines and in the logistic supply lines toward the Turkish border, vaporized American dreams of a continuing war to destroy Syria.

The key battle now is for the village of Al–Mushrifa. Losing it will mean a complete collapse of the terrorists’ offensive and, most likely, a total terrorist retreat to either the original front lines or even losing more ground to the Syrian forces. The next day or so will decide this battle.

Too much resources and planning were invested in this offensive. The risk is very high for the terrorists and their supporters. Right now, the way it is unfolding will lead to massive failure. This failure will most likely weaken the terrorists in western and northwestern Aleppo and create a scenario replete with chaos and gnashing of teeth.  At the end, this may have being their “bridge too far” operation.

Esperando la llegada de la Edad Oscura

Encontramos este bello, melancólico ensayo sobre el fin de época en que vivimos en uno de los blogs que solemos consultar, Sic Semper Tyrannis. El autor de la nota es el ensayista húngaro Balint Somkuti. No se lo pierdan:


Título: Ceteris paribus

Texto: Ceteris paribus is an economical term meaning we examine a system with all variables fixed except one. I use it in a sense describing the contemporary official, and public opinion, or espirit du temps, which has a deep and commonly shared conviction that nothing changes and even if it does the change is gradual or negligible and no significant unforeseeable variations are present or even imaginable. The above is especially true in international relations, brexit notwithstanding. A recent exchange of comments here in this blog gave me the idea to write about this serious conceptional flaw. But to really examine it we have dig a bit deeper.

They say history is like a giant stream. It goes on her own way, it is very difficult to influence it, and has some nasty surprises even for those who claim to know her. But giant streams do not pop up out of nowhere. They have a point of origin, they collect the water of many smaller rivers even subterranean creeks, and while everybody can see where they flow tracing back where they really come from is much more difficult. Same is true for history. You cannot really predict what is going to happen since many (most) factors are unmeasurable, invisible. Of course those who scientify everything might claim otherwise, but Nate Silver's magic works only with the most simple binary variable. (democrat or republican, 0 or 1).

It is very convenient to think that nothing really changes since it has not really changed in the last 70 years, not to mention the last 25. The last major quake -the collapse of the USSR- happened with no serious consequences to the western world so business is as usual ever since. The feeling, perception -call it whatever you would like to- is deeply rooted in the minds of the western-European and American elite is that the supremacy of their neoliberal culture is universal, timeless and progressive. To challenge that notion  is heresy, betrayal and treason. Every single opinion is to be tolerated to the most extreme except the one which questions the 'end of history'. Those who dare to deviate from the official, but flexibly and ambiguously put ideology are to be excommunicated, and labeled as criminals. Who dares to speak against the widespread and sophisticated homosexual propaganda is labeled homophobic meaning a hater. Those who dare to raise the issue of migration are labeled racists. This non-sense goes as far as one of my friends -who works for a giant German company as deputy chief of security tasked with securing the uninterrupted production (preparing for the unforeseeable that is)- was called in many occasions paranoid by his superiors for doing his job he is paid for!

Even though the majority digs his/her head in the sand 'facts are stubborn things' to quote John Adams. Those who care to look see the gigantic shift coming. According to Didier Sornier as the central banks' efforts will prove to be ineffective to cover the huge gap between the real and financial sector by the mid 2020's latest. The crisis which has been boiling since 1980 when the developed world spent significantly more for the first time in history than it has earned. As other similar system level crises raise their ugly heads they will come together to form a perfect storm in around ten to fifteen years.

Like their American counterpart the Borg the Eurocrats are unable to change, or even see the necessity of change. Even if Trump does not win in November 2016 the factors leading to his rise will only be intensified by the Borg Queen's rule, creating a granted victorious second coming for him or a person with similar charisma and/or personality. If this does not happen in 2020 or latest 2024 American Civil War v2.0 is almost sure to erupt. But by that time there won't be an EU either. Even if there probably wont be a Grexit, Auxit, or a Huxit the EU cannot remain the same as the recent Visegrad 4 meeting has demonstrated. The  pacifist Germans -while conveniently blaming all international fiascos they have been involved in on the Americans- wont be able to continue building their Fourth Reich in the disguise of the EU. Even though the Fourth's ideology is the complete opposite of the attempted Third Reich's yet it is still carried out with the tempo, the unforgiveness, the arrogance and the iron hand of its predecessor. On the other hand our American friends wont be able to continue to siphon off the cream of other countries' work through the globalized, but firmly american controlled financial system, and the dollar. How convenient that a regulation free international environment favors mostly, almost exclusively the monopolistic giant American multinational companies? Don't get me wrong I would not like to see a third German attempt on a forceful European unification, nor a chaotic international order with no rules and no number one player. But we are about to see a sea of change, this or that way. A change which is incomprehensible for most westerners.

With the decay of the last existing ideological heir of the French Revolution – liberalism, the other two being nationalism and communism- we are left with no ideological base. As the hypocrisy, the hollowness, and the aggression of '(neo)liberalism' becomes more and more apparent the search for a new ideology begins, or has already begun. With all values relativized, all knowledge questioned, all groundbreaking scientific findings twisted to achieve insignificant political or financial gains there is little left. These are superstition, and religion. Both of which is outside the realm of the mind, and therefore that of reason. Let me ask the rhetorical question what was before the Age of Reason?

If you start to compare the features of the late roman age, say late 4th, early 5th century AD, with the symptoms of the contemporary world you will see remarkable similarities. Slow but visible crackdown of the financial system. Gradual disappearance of (central) control over territory, business processes and beliefs. Emerging civilian disobedience for various reasons. Lack of commonly accepted values. 'Barbarians' on, and within the borders in the old and the new meaning alike (barbaros originally meant 'not one of us'). Still superior, but dwindling efficiency of the armed forces (see socii, auxiliarii, numeri, foederati). Emerging competing powers capable of achieving parity. And the list goes on.

We only can hope that the next Dark Ages will not last for hundreds of years, before a new system emerges. 

Ferretería china

Encima los chinos tampoco se quedan quietos, no se vayan a creer. Primero miren el videíto que sigue, una especie de promo sobre la ferretería naval disponible para la marina de ese país:

https://youtu.be/Qgb686qvzRU

Leemos en RT:


Título: China lanza ejercicios navales para prepararse para una "repentina y cruel" guerra moderna

Subtítulo: El Ejército chino pondrá a prueba su defensa antimisiles en condiciones de interferencias electromagnéticas entre diversas tareas.

Texto: La Marina de guerra china ha iniciado una serie de ejercicios navales a gran escala en aguas del mar de la China Oriental con el uso de munición real, ha informado el Ministerio de Defensa del país asiático.

"Los ejercicios tienen por el objetivo perfeccionar la intensidad de asalto, precisión, estabilidad y velocidad de las tropas en condiciones de fuertes influencias electromagnéticas", se dice en un comunicado oficial. 

Se destaca también que "una guerra en el mar basada en la tecnología de la información es repentina, cruel y corta, lo que requiere una transición rápida al estado de combate, una preparación rápida y una alta eficiencia de asalto".

En las maniobras, que se desarrollan en un área de 16.000 kilómetros cuadrados, participan buques de guerra, aviones, submarinos y varios radares costeros. Se están probando misiles y torpedos.

El programa incluye tareas de reconocimiento, ataques a larga distancia y defensa antimisiles en condiciones de interferencias electromagnéticas, así como la defensa contra amenazas simultáneas procedentes del aire, superficie y profundidad.  

Los ejercicios navales están destinados a mejorar la combatividad de las fuerzas chinas y asegurar la intensidad, precisión, estabilidad y rapidez de los ataques.

El mar de la China Oriental es objeto de disputa territorial entre China y Japón a propósito de la soberanía de las islas Senkaku (Diaoyu en chino), que Tokio administra y Pekín reclama.

Reporte de situación

Disculpen, chicos, que interrumpa las sesudas investigaciones en marcha sobre reuniones secretas entre Máximo y Massita, o el último parte médico sobre las hemorroides de la doctora Carrió, pero me pareció prudente advertir que la actual confrontación entre el Imperio y los rusos está tomando un cariz, cómo decirlo, bélico.

Lo que sigue es un SITREP (situational report) provisto por alguien que firma "Scott" en el sitio web TheSaker.is. No tiene desperdicio. Pónganse el casco y no levanten mucho la cabeza; nunca se sabe.


Título: Russia SITREP July 31, 2016 

Texto: In response to the US and Israel shooting down Russian jet and recently shooting down the helicopter, Russia’s long range bombers bombed the US and UK training camps for ISIS terrorists on the border with Jordan.  Prior, these camps weren’t targeted by Russia per agreement with the US. Interesting to note that the first time Russia bombed the training camps on June 16th, after that Germany and the US had hysterical fits demanding immediate ceasefire in Syria. In response to their demand, Russia’s bombers went the following day and bombed those training camps again.

Needless to say that by willfully and maliciously shooting down the Russian fighter jet, and the helicopter, the US crossed the redline. After June and July failed anti-government coups in Turkey,  Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia facilitated by the US, all the bets are off. Russia is bombing the western coalition in Syria, outright. As of the end of July all the US, and NATO suspended all the operation in Syria.

- Syrian War Report – July 25, 2016: Russians Bombed US Secret Base in Syria? (https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-july-25-2016/)

- Massive: Russians bomb US base in Syria (http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/07/massive-russians-bomb-us-base-in-syria.html)

The representatives of the US Central Command in Qatar called Russian colleagues in Latakia, explaining that the facility that was bombed is a part of the American infrastructure. But a second blow was delivered some 30 minutes after this.

- Russia Won’t Commit to Avoiding Accidental Killing of U.S. Troops in Syria (http://observer.com/2016/07/russia-wont-commit-to-avoiding-accidental-killing-of-u-s-troops-in-syria/)

Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, made their position clear: if Russian bombers did accidentally hit U.S. troops in Syria, Russia would place all blame for the casualties on the Pentagon, TASS Information Agency reported on July 23.

“The fact that anti-ISIS coalitions, deployed in Syria, find themselves under threat from Russia’s air force—the responsibility for this rests exclusively with their military leadership. For our part, we constantly—and through all available channels—call on our partners to provide information on the locations of the units of ‘moderate opposition.’” he said.

I finally found a credible video of the aftermath of Russia’s airstrikes on the US and UK base in Syria’s Idlib. The FSA-affiliated Division 13 headquarter in northwestern Syria has been almost entirely demolished as Russian fighter jets heavily ponded the base located in Maarrat al-Numan (nearly 33 km south of Idlib):

https://youtu.be/6SkDOl6h4mM

- If Crimea voted not to reunite with Russia, where would it be? (http://www.pravdareport.com/russia/politics/28-07-2016/135145-crimea_nato_plans-0/)

- Russia to defend all Christians of the world (http://www.pravdareport.com/news/society/25-07-2016/135111-christians-0/)

Apart from demonstrating personal example on how important, as we believe, is to build relations among various religions, it is necessary to carry out special events. To tell the truth, today Christians are subject to very serious persecutions in the Middle East and first of all in Syria and Iraq (http://www.pravdareport.com/society/stories/11-03-2016/133789-west_satanism-0/). Their numbers in these countries have drastically dropped,’ the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov noted.

According to him, exodus of the Christians from the region, where Christianity arouse, ‘would be a colossal strike against the whole history, spiritual side of not only the Holy Land, but the whole of the Middle East.’

- New  technical complex for space ships has opened on the Plesetsk cosmodrome (http://spetsstroy.ru/press/news/detail.php?ID=49649)

- The International Army Games 2016 will be held in Russia and Kazakhstan from July 30 to August 13 (http://english.chinamil.com.cn/news-channels/china-military-news/2016-07/21/content_7167904.htm)

- On July 29, 2016 the Chinese and Iranian troops landed in Kaliningrad, many images (https://cont.ws/post/330951)

Seeing Russia’s powerful allies in Europe, the Europeans are waking up to the simple truth that Russia is not “surrounded and isolated,” and that if push comes to shove, the sons of Europe will be fighting against the sons of the rest of the world. Either that, or the Europeans have to live in peace with Russia… Tough choice.

- Chines fighter jets arrived to Ryazan, Russia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAxQ0YPg_pk)

The Baltic Sea and skies are getting crowded as Russia launches military training of its assault forces in the exclave of Kaliningrad in answer to the double war-games being conducted by joint NATO forces on the territory of the three Baltic States (https://www.rt.com/news/164972-russia-wargames-baltic-reply/)

- Meeting with President of Slovenia Borut Pahor (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/52625)

During his working visit to Slovenia, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin held talks with President of Slovenia Borut Pahor.

My guess is to see the Chinese troops in the middle of Europe made quite an impression. Rumors are spreading today, that during the meeting of president Putin with the president of Slovenia it was announced that the EU will be reducing its economic sanctions against Russia.

But the bottom line, Russia’s economy is developing because of the Western sanctions.

- June 31th,  President Putin takes part in celebrations marking Russian Navy Day as part of his trip to St Petersburg (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/52629).

https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04

- Russian sailors are celebrating Navy Day this Sunday, July 31. The event has already seen festivities at the country’s major ports (http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160731/1043806941/russia-navy-celebrations.html)

Over the past three centuries, the Russian fleet has taken part in practically every war Russia has fought in and its contemporary fleet consists of nuclear-powered, ICBM-carrying submarines, missile cruisers, frigates and smaller ships in four strategic-tactical commands

– Northern Fleet, Pacific Fleet, Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet and a special flotilla in the Caspian Sea.

https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04


Russia and SYRIA

Aleppo humanitarian corridors that angered the US State Depart so much has been opened and operating.

Aleppo is the key to victory in Syria. The US State department clams that humanitarian corridor from Aleppo for civilians is a “war crimes” of “displacement peaceful citizens.”

That exactly how Russia won in Chechnya, in Grozny,  over the international terrorists that the West trained and equipped. Militants are able to hide amongst civilians forever. It’s impossible to cut water and electrics, and smoke them out because of so many civilians.  Food delivering have to be continued, if civilians are there. Terrorists built millions of underground tunnels and move around with ease. That’s why Aleppo will be erased completely. After liberation, new city will be built.

Watch how terrorists militants surrender to the Syrian Army in Aleppo [0:40] (https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04)


Russia and Turkey

Erdogan declared on Friday that Turkey will support Russia completely in the war against terrorists and to prove this statement just closed all the supply to ISIS militants in Syria (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dac_1469903680)

The Kremlin has announced that weapons and ammunition supplies from Turkey to the ‘rebels’ in Syria has ended.

Turkey government makes every effort to drive NATO from its territory, even literary trying to smoke the Western military out of their bases.

- 1,000s Turkish forces surround NATO’s Incirlik air base for ‘inspection’ amid rumors of coup attempt (https://www.rt.com/news/354042-turkish-police-incirlik-nato-coup)

Europeans should pray for Erdogan to succeed in putting out all the fires in Turkey. What the Europeans don’t understand is that if the pro-Washington coup succeeded, Turkey will be already engulfed in a civil war, and the war with Kurds and with its neighbors.  It would have been broken apart, with millions more of Turkish refugees coming from Turkey to Europe.


Russian Arms: “We are guided by the beauty of our weapons”

Su-35 multi-role fighter (http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/military/Su-35/)

https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04

Australian defense analyst decides that 1 new Su-35S Flanker is worth 10 US made F35’s

https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04


CONFIRMED: Russian Su-35 Fighters Now in Syria

- Russian Defence Ministry confirms forward deployment of Su-35 fighters to Syrian base (https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04)

- Russia’s Military Modernization – Modernização Militar da Rússia – Russian Armed Forces 2017

(https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04)



Russian engineering troops competition Open Waters The Army Games July 2016

- Promo video for the Open Water 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjOlt8868Ws)

- Finals of the Open Water competition (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M046AiGoHg)


Russia and UKRAINE

- Change of the Ambassadors of Russia and the US in Kiev indicates upcoming  change of the regime authorities (https://cont.ws/post/331097)

Russia’s previous ambassador in Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov,  an aristocrat whose ancestral ties make a Queen of England to look like a nouveau riche,  a personal friend of Poroshenko, has been called back, and new Ambassador, with a background in the military intelligence comes to Kiev.  Zurabov desperately wanted out of Ukraine, and out of what he called “a job in the crossfire.”

Mikhail Babich is a career military officer and a politician and not a career diplomat.

This appointment was made in such a hurry and during the Russian parliament vacations. The members of Duma were made to come from their vacations and ratify his appointment, while the members of Kiev junta were having fits.

Multiple evidences are pouring in that Junta members are feathering their new nests in the US and Israel, and posting on Social media pictures of their new houses. Some might make it to safety, some might not. We will see.

- Thousands join Kiev Holy Cross procession organized by Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE despite threats & provocation attempts (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=81a_1469647048)


A link to a video of the US troops landing on the beach near the Russian port Odessa on July 28th, 2016

- The American troops in the NATO occupied Ukraine (https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04)


Someone replied by posting Alexander Pushkin’s poem:

Well, pontificators, dispatch to us

your enraged sons.

We have room to lay them down in our fields,

Amid other kin to them coffins.

Answer to those who blame Russia for its “revisionism.”

- Documented videos of Nazi Germany marching across the fields of the Western parts of Russia called Ukraine (https://twitter.com/Molchan_OFF/status/759614228999307264)

- Today, the same Western troops marching across the same fields in a mad attempt to revise the history ((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAWBre58954))


Russia and the US

- America relies on war for jobs? (https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04)

Jul 29, 2016  President Putin asks the US Ambassador for his analysis on whether or not the Missile Defense System, being positioned on Russia’s doorstep, is in fact a threat to Russian security? His answer attempted to dispel the argument, but came out even more disturbing. According to the US Ambassador, America needs war to create jobs. Putin, amused, asks – “Why can’t you create jobs in a sphere that does’t threaten the existence of the human race?” In my previous video, which has since gone viral, Putin explains how a “defense” system is actually one element of a whole system of “offense” weaponry.

After a terrorist attack occurs in Europe, all you have to do is take a look at the market share price of companies such as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, as Western governments scramble to bomb some hairy terrorist hiding hole. (Have they looked in the White House??)

The obvious winners of human misery are the CEO fat cats of military industrial companies.

The military-industrial complex works differently in Russia because it is not privately managed, but state run. The government does not hand out billions of [taxpayer] dollars worth of contracts to a handful of unethical parasites, and their lobbyists. This essentially removes the financial incentive from creating an ever -expanding military industrial complex in Russia.


The story of the week

Highly important and completely buried by the Western media

- Dangerous Propaganda: Network Close To NATO Military Leader Fueled Ukraine Conflict (http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/breedlove-network-sought-weapons-deliveries-for-ukraine-a-1104837.html), by Christoph Schult and Klaus Wiegrefe:

Working with dubious sourcing, a group close to NATO’s chief military commander Philip Breedlove sought to secure weapons deliveries for Ukraine, a trove of newly released emails revealed. The efforts served to intensify the conflict between the West and Russia.

Early Concern

The newly leaked emails reveal a clandestine network of Western agitators around the NATO military chief, whose presence fueled the conflict in Ukraine. Many allies found in Breedlove’s alarmist public statements about alleged large Russian troop movements cause for concern early on. Earlier this year, the general was assuring the world that US European Command was “deterring Russia now and preparing to fight and win if necessary.”

The emails document for the first time the questionable sources from whom Breedlove was getting his information. He had exaggerated Russian activities in eastern Ukraine with the overt goal of delivering weapons to Kiev.

The general and his likeminded colleagues perceived US President Barack Obama, the commander-in-chief of all American forces, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel as obstacles. Obama and Merkel were being “politically naive & counter-productive” in their calls for de-escalation, according to Phillip Karber, a central figure in Breedlove’s network who was feeding information from Ukraine to the general.

“I think POTUS sees us as a threat that must be minimized,… ie do not get me into a war????” Breedlove wrote in one email, using the acronym for the president of the United States. How could Obama be persuaded to be more “engaged” in the conflict in Ukraine — read: deliver weapons — Breedlove had asked former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Breedlove sought counsel from some very prominent people, his emails show. Among them were Wesley Clark, Breedlove’s predecessor at NATO, Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs at the State Department, and Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to Kiev.”

To read more follow the link above…


Tchaikovsky 1812 overture and the American Independence Day

July 4th,  2016 – celebration of the Independence day in the United States

Performed in Russian language:  “God Save the Tsar!” which is the national anthem of the Russian Empire.

“God Save the Tsar!” (Russian: ????, ???? ?????!; transliteration: Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!) was the national anthem of the Russian Empire. The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833. The composer was violinist Alexei Lvov, and the lyrics were by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It was the anthem until the Russian Revolution of 1917, after which “Worker’s Marseillaise” was adopted as the new national anthem until the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government.

https://youtu.be/dmYxLcwie04

Tsar /z??r/ (Old Church Slavonic: ???? [usually written thus with a title] or ???, ?a??) or czar is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers, heads of state. In Russian also the word Gosudar (rusky: ????????) is being used instead of tsar. Gosudar is derived from the word “gosudarstvo” which means a state. So, gosudar means a head of state.

Vladimir Putin is Gosudar of Russia.

Alepo: el Imperio contraataca

Entre 5.000 y 10.000 combatientes de Al Qaeda están intentando recuperar posiciones en Alepo en este momento. No es seguro cual será el resultado final de esta contraofensiva. Mucho depende del temple sirio, el apoyo ruso, los nuevos compromisos de Turquía y lo que decida hacer Irán. El Imperio y sus vasallos de la NATO, ya se sabe, están con los chicos malos. Leemos en el sitio web Moon of Alabama:  


Título: The Larger Context Of The Jihadi Attack On Aleppo

Texto: Al-Qaeda in Syria and associated forces are currently driving a large scale attack from the south-west into Aleppo city. Their aim is to create a new corridor between the Idleb/Aleppo rural areas they occupy and the besieged al-Qaeda controlled areas in east-Aleppo. Between 5,000 and 10,000 al-Qaeda fighters are taking part in the battle. They made some initial progress against government forces but are under fierce attack from the Syrian and Russian air forces.

The Russian General Staff has warned since April that al-Qaeda in Syria (aka Jabhat al-Nusra aka Fateh al Sham) and the various attached Jihadi groups were planing a large scale attack on Aleppo. An al-Qaeda commander confirmed such long term planning in a pep-talk to his fighters before the current attack.

This shines a new light on the protracted talks Secretary of State Kerry has had for month with his Russian colleague. The U.S. tried to exempt al-Qaeda from Russian and Syrian attacks even as UN Security Council Resolutions demanded that al-Qaeda and ISIS areas be eradicated. Then the U.S. tried to make an "offer" to Russia to collectively fight al-Qaeda should Russia put its own and Syrian forces under U.S. control. We called this offer deceptive nonsense. All this, it now seems, was delaying talk to allow al-Qaeda to prepare for the now launched attack.

Another step in the delaying, though a failed one, was the re-branding of Jabhat al-Nusra as Fateh al-Sham. Some "western" media called that a split from al-Qaeda but in reality is was a merging of al-Qaeda central and Nusra/al-Qaeda in Syria under a disguising new label. Al-Qaeda's Qatari sponsors had demanded the re-branding so al-Qaeda in Syria could publicly be sold to "western" governments and their public as "moderate rebels". But the sham failed. It was too obvious a fake to be taken seriously. The "western" support for al-Qaeda will have to continue secretly and in limited form.

The current attack on Aleppo is serious. The Syrian army lacks ground forces. Significant professional ground forces from Iran were promised but never arrived. Iran was still dreaming of an accord with the U.S. and therefore holding back on its engagement in Syria. The Afghan farmer battalions Iran recruited are not an alternative for professional troops. Defending against an enemy that is using lots of suicide vehicle bombs to breach fortifications and death-seeking Jihadis to storm field positions is difficult. It demands diligent preparation excellent command and control.

If this attack can be defeated the huge losses al-Qaeda will have to take might end its open military style war. If al-Qaeda succeeds with the attack the Syrian army will need very significant additional ground forces to regain the initiative.

But no matter how that battle goes strategically the U.S. is sniffing defeat in its regime change endeavor. It is now proposing to split Syria. Syria and all its neighbors are against this. It will, in the end, not happen, but the damage Washington will create until it acknowledges that fact could be serious. Russia can and should prevent such U.S. attempts of large scale social engineering.

Russia on the other side has now to decide if it wants to escalate enough to create more than the current stalemate. Over time a stalemate becomes expansive and it may, at any time, suddenly turn into defeat. The U.S. negotiation positions so far were obviously not serious. The U.S. delayed to allow for further large attacks on the Syrian government. The alternative for Russia is to either leave Syria completely or to escalate enough to decisively defeat the Jihadis. That is not an easy decision.

Today some Jihadis shot down another Russian helicopter over Syria. The bloody body of the dead pilot was dragged through the mud by some local nuts and the video thereof proudly presented. If the Russian government needs some public pretext to go back into Syria it now has it. Also today the Islamic State threatened to attack Russia within its border. Another good reason to return to Syria in force. Of note is that Russia is already extremely pissed over the unreasonable hostile climate towards it in Washington DC. It will have consequences.

The Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei today acknowledged that the nuclear agreement with the U.S. is a failure. The U.S. did not deliver on its end. Iranian money is still blocked in U.S. controlled accounts and no international bank wants to do business with Iran because the U.S. is threatening to penalize them. The conclusion, Khamenei says, is that no deal with U.S. over any local issue in the Middle East is possible and that all negotiations with it are a waste of time. This new public position may finally free the limits the Rouhani government of Iran had put on Iranian deployments to Syria. Why bother with any self-limitation if the U.S. wont honor it?

How the situation in Syria will develop from here on depends to a large part on Turkey. Turkey is changing its foreign policy and turning towards Russia, Iran and China. But how far that turn away from the "west" will go and if it will also include a complete turnaround on Syria is not yet clear. Should Turkey really block its borders and all supplies to the Jihadis, the war on Syria could be over within a year or two. Should (secret) supplies continue, the war may continue for many more years. In both cases more allied troops and support for the Syrian government would significantly cut the time (and damage) the war will still take. That alone would be well worth additional efforts by Syria's allies.

Will Tehran and Moscow agree with that conclusion?