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At a briefing at the Pentagon, spokesmen Capt. John Kirby and George Little said there is no indication that the supplies will support the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
NBC News first reported last week that Russia is preparing to send a small contingent of troops to Syria in the event that it needs to protect personnel and remove equipment from its naval facility from the base.
In addition to these three Russian naval ships, a contracted ship carrying helicopter parts that was bound for Syria has turned around and is returning to Russia.
Russian shipment of attack helicopters headed for Syria halted off Scotland
The contracted ship was insured by a British company that pulled its insurance policy as the ship rounded the northern coast of Scotland.
The vessel had been closely monitored by intelligence agencies since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said last week that such shipments were adding to the weapons arsenal in Syria, which has spiraled into civil war.
Clinton says Russia is sending gunships to Syria, could escalate conflict dramatically
Kirby said that the United States supports that decision for the ship to turn around, but he was not aware that the U.S. put any pressure on Britain or the company to pull the insurance policy.
Syria is Moscow's firmest foothold in the Middle East and buys weapons from Russia worth billions of dollars. It also hosts the Russian navy's only permanent warm-water port outside the former Soviet Union.
Russia has used its U.N. Security Council veto to dilute Western efforts to condemn Syrian President Bashar Assad and nudge him from power, arguing that deposing a government using external pressure is unacceptable.
The announcement that Russian naval ships are bound for Syria comes one week after France declared the turmoil there is a full-blown civil war. More than 10,000 Syrians have been killed since the first uprising against Assad 15 months ago.
U.S. official: Russia sends troops to Syria as peace, hope fade
The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday a recent spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence and could prompt the unarmed force to pull out.
Jim Miklaszewski is the chief Pentagon correspondent for NBC News. Courtney Kube is NBC News National Security Producer. Msnbc.com’s Alastair Jamieson contributed to this report.
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Going into Syria to fight is a divided talk but if Russia is going to attack Israel with another country, then it will be something. I don't see why this port needs three ships worth of supplies and who knows what else. What is he saying it is for, is it if other countries decide to go to Syria and fight, that Russia will fight them? Because Putin has not said that yet. He is leaving a lot of it to the guessing game.
Why would Russia attack Israel?
if i am not telling the truth why would they delete my account
They definitely don't take kindly to any mention whatsoever of zionist control, because it's true.
tin foil hats anyone?
they deleted your post because your being an anti-semite.
nobody has "control" of this world. Quit being paranoid.
People TRY to control things and ultimately fail, because people are, in the end, uncontrollable.
Just because some Jewish people own banks doesnt mean they are trying to take control over anything. In fact the most corrupt banks are non-Jewish.
So quite being an anti-semetic conspiracy theorist troll, and you wont get your account deleted.
That is kind of an Oxymoron if I am not telling the truth.....Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....Maybe if you did tell the truth not some twisted Hitler inspired truth you would be alright? In Germany you can be arrested for spewing Holocaust denials and generic Anti-Jewish Aryan inspired hate....Move to Iran they will love you there and that is one freedom you will have.....
jews control america. do NOT believe me research it for ur self
What you talkin bout, Willis?
Your an anti-semite
dont believe me?
compare yourself to Hitler and see.
Rich people control America, and they are not all Jewish. In fact i would say most aren't. Most CEO's and top forbes list people are NOT Jewish.
I thought Obama was single handily controlling and destroying America and he is a Muslim? Muslims and Jews don't get along right? Or was that last week, until Trump found his Birth Certificate in his Gramma's nightstand in Kenya? Is Trump a Jew ?
do not believe a word i say. simply put "do jews contrl us media in your browser" do not believe me decide fr yourself
You are just another racist, and anyone that listens to you is a idiot. Move along now.
examine the facts for yourself
Obama has already told Putin he is a wimp. He told Putin he would be more flexible after the election. This is why the White House released the sensitive information, to now make Obama look like a tuff guy. Ha! Putin is calling his bumbling bluff and will do anything he wants to now knowing Obama wouldn't do a damn thing to piss him off! Right now Putin owns Obama!This chump has got to go!
Yeah Cause old Goldfish cracker eating apple juice after nine drinking " Mittens" is so tough right? In my book " Mittens " is just not the nickname of a toiugh guy.....Obamas middle name scares the hell out of the entire middle of the country and his drones scare the hell out of the whole middle east of the world....
they deleted all my posts exposing zionist nazi jewish control of america. jews are the new nazis. research it. do not belive me. do not be stupid. research it and be smart
I have a Jewish background, I don't control anything. Maybe your talking about Zionist, they are not Nazis. I do agree that there alot of Jewish own companies in the US and they do send money to Isreal.
I am a 20 year Army Vet and a 20 year DOD civilian employee! I think I've served my country well!
He's not referring to Orthodox Jews, he's talking about Zionist Jews.
No its the magical sock puppet jews.
if i were trying to hide something y would i be asking u to research it for yourself?
RESEARCH IT
No he's not. He is right. The zionist controls EVERYTHING. And they don't like people talking about it either.
tin foil hats for sale!!!
Stupid is as stupid does.
again research it for yourself .......do not believe anyone but yourself
america is controlled by racist, extremely, hateful zionist jews
if 'm crazy than research it
Wow you are a definete racist whackjob, LOL, cancer of the planet.
Hillary really scared that British company so they pulled their insurance. As long as she is around they won't do that again.
Think how Bill feels.
Yeah, that's why he gets his lovin elsewhere. He's afraid if he doesn't give it to her just right he'll get his a$$ kicked. LMFAO!
prove me wrong
Let's all jump for joy now. The US incites another war and the politicians make more millions. Instead of using our military soldiers, round up the thousands of prisoners and criminals in this country, give them a back pack, handgun and rifle and send all of them to Syria. There, they would have to recover their own ammo to fight. Let's call them the "Dirt Gang" as in the Dirty Dozen.
Good, I hope they send every swinging dick they have, and half their split tails too!
Extremely dumb @!$%#s you people are. Your nation perishes right under your noses. There is no help for you for you cannot see the disaster before you.
You are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo @!$%#ing done.
How @!$%#ing dumb you are. When the axe is to your neck you will know for cerrtain what I have just told you.
Too late. Way too late. You have been way too dumbed up to see.
Steel, you can talk that talk until you are blue in the face. People do not want to hear it. Most of them don't even know the diff between Zionist's and Orthodox. Even if they did have sense enough to realize it, they still do not want to believe it. But, you are correct, the zionist's DO control EVERYTHING that has anything to do with money. If it's worth money they control it. And, they don't like it when you talk about it either. So you better be careful or they might just be paying you a visit. The only thing they do better than money and control is finding and killing.
I didnt think the jews were so powerful,the way they got marched off to the trains and all,just sayin.And here i was just thinkin it was a group of ultra wealthy folk,them Buildin burgers?I bet they sat down with Ron Paul and said either you back off and we well give you a lota burgers or well make one outa you!
Now its some kind of Satanic group that has taken over amerika,they are so powerfull that people well wear theyr pants down low and show theyre butt ass a sign of loyalty.The boom boom of theyr stereos is actually a mind control device!Hey mabe its the jews tellin folks in chicago to kill one anouther?well i gotta eat dinner,fried chicken!ooohhhhh nooooo!
That's hilarious Ron, LMAO, go enjoy your chicken.
@ron
you cant reason with the stupid.
Money controls the world, and the absolute richest and most powerful are definately not Jewish. Not in heritage or practice. Rich is rich, it doesnt recognize race, religion, sex, none of that.
There are 2 major groups of people who persecute Jews; Nazis and Muslims, both of which are worse than your "zionist" boogeyman
I know JRT, I was just egging Steel on, that's all. Peace.
Take your medication man!!!
Videos from the Putin - Obama meeting are startling !!!!
Putin looked bored to death , ignoring looking at Obama --- Putin probably wonders how stupid Americans were to elect this incompetent and poorly prepared community organizer to be President.
Obama looks like a hooker caught in a church service,, totally uncomfortable , out of his league,, lost , under pressure ,, lost without his prompter and having to think on his feet .
Obama is going to be going thru a continuous state of Trauma,,, I can almost hear him thinking out loud :-)
~~~ They never discussed this at Harvard,, damn,, this is the real world,, scaryyyyyy ,,, yikes.
~~~~ Why won't Putin look at me ? What does he want ? Why am I here ? LOL.
I have dispised Obama from day 1 after doing research on his background,, of which I might add there was nothing of significance,, but many questions . The guy didn't do a thing in the Illinois legislature, didn't do a thing as Illinois Senator in DC,, and has no accomplishments as President. Let me take that back,, I finally got to see what Radical Left Socialist/Communist is like as President. A DISASTER !
The greatest failure of the Obama years actually is the National Media ! CBS, NBC,ABC have sold out to Obama and no longer are real news organizations.. NBC is the worst.
If Obama is re elected ,,,, America is done for good.
I've got news for ya. America is done anyway, regardless of who's in power. We live in a global world now and we will compete from now on with the rest of the world in jobs, earnings, and quality of life. Yes, sad but true, the good ole days in America are over for good, unless you were fortunate enough to already be well off before this last round of $hit hit the fan. If not you are screwed. And we haven't seen anything yet either. Remember it's not over till the fat lady sings, and she hasn't sung yet. We still have quiet awhile yet to watch as our quality of life disintegrates.
How can Obama have done absolutely nothing his whole political life and totally single handily destroy this nation with his communist policies? He is either one or the other, can't have it both ways....Either he is the most powerful fastest moving president ever who has dictator like power....Or he has done nothing at all.....Which effen one is it ? All of you Fascist Right-wingers Are severely Bi-polar......You peeps are the most prozac/viagra taking folks on the planet.........So go find your sister/wife and put that Viagra to good use....Leave your hand out of it, Santorum said Viagra is for pro-creation only...Wasting your seed is a sin....Unless you are his" living with and old ass abortion doctor" wife( Aren't they some hypocrites?)
Allan, shame on you. It is Putin who looks like he has been caught in a cross hair not President Obama.
swphilly. It is not President Obama who is bringing this country down. It is your TP/Republican. From day one, they have voted and talked against the citizens of the United States. President Obama has done a whole lot considering everything that was needed to help this country was voted down by the wonderful House of Representatives and their "anything to make President Obama a one term president.
Putin has the SCALAR WAVE WEAPONS TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES IN A TEN MINUTE WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Putin views Obama as an ignorant whiff who symbolizes innate weakness. Putin is is a street fighter. Obama is our community dis-organizer who has brought Americans into Putin,s Cage for a demonstration of AMERICA,S SCALAR WAR ANNIHILATION!!!!!!!!!
Envision A cloud like the one seen over Peiping China on June 12 2012. Now envision the same 50 trillion volt cloud covering the total U.S.A. Envision the cloud of searing heat being lowered to ground level. What you will be seeing for your last view alive is a Louis Tesla,s Scalar Wave Technology that the Russians have been perfecting for 50 years. Putin will soon push the ANNIHILATION BUTTON ON AMERICA. The battle of Armageddon will be fought between SCALAR EQUIPED ISRAEL AND RUSSIA AFTER AMERICA IS INCINERATED.
Your point? Assuming your not completely insane that is...........
For one thing nothing beats a nuke, and we have plenty.
For another thing we have the x-37b spacecraft. Dont ask me what it does, but i guarantee it isn't a civilian spacecraft.
For a third we have the RAIL GUN, more kinetic force than a nuke with non-nuclear warheads. Can strike with precision from miles away. Mounted aboard our aircraft carriers.
Russians have and always will be incredibly incompetent, you have nothing to fear.
And we probably don't know as much as we think we do regarding Russian arsenals either. Never underestimate a potential enemy. They could most assuredly give us enough of a run for our money that it would make life pretty dang miserable for everyone.
Also even the fundamentals of the so called "SCALAR" weapon, are rooted in pseudoscience. Even in theory it is bullcrap.
@Midnightridr
it does not matter, nukes still have the power to destroy countries, and we have thousands. Any weapons of mass destruction used against us would result in our unleashing of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
So in short i am not worried......because any war with WMD's of any kind and this is a world i would rather have been removed from anyway.
The Russians and there allies have thousands too. and you are right, if they ever are unleashed we will all be far removed from here. Even though it probably never will happen it is still an unsettling thought.
Another war is coming, probably a world war.
This is how things escalate, one little thing at a time. It doesnt take much to set off a war during times of economic distress and global competition.
And if you look at the trends in the world nothing is going towards peace and prosperity, quite the opposite it would seem.
Countries are getting bored, the new leaders forgot what war is like and they are getting anxious.
Not much longer now....
Yeah, but the U S gov is frothing at the mouth, they just can't seem to get enough of it, especially in the last couple decades.
As long as the rulers of this world (the rich elite) want their wars, they will send our troops to die for them.
Don't forget all the money the rich make off of the devastation, buying land that was destroyed, selling weapons for the wars. War is good business for the elite. They love their blood money.
Countries are more powerful than ever, and the leaders want to use that power.
The worlds resources are drying up. Developing countries are rising to power, there is bound to be war. What has changed in the last several thousand years? Have people really become any more civilized.
All the fancy clothes and technology in the world can't change what people are. True civility does not lie in technology, it lies in compassion.
When the world is ran by evil men, only war can happen.
Nothing is new under the sun except our technological advances in the means to destroy ourselves.
Nothing is going toward peace and prosperity... except the rapidly expanding communication infrastructure of the world that disseminates news from all over the world and connects more highly educated people (which comprise a larger part of the world population every year).
And then there's the every-strengthening trade links between countries - even countries that we like to treat as "enemies" in these little news tidbits - that would ensure a declaration of war would bring instant economic disaster. The poor and ESPECIALLY the rich, who make the most use of international investment and the diaspora, will suffer from wanton conflict.
It's a joke, PARTICULARLY when you look at Russia. Russia supplies a disproportionate amount of Europe's energy, which are supplies that cannot be quickly replaced. If NATO goes to war with Russia, Europe goes dark. And for what? SYRIA? Are you kidding me? There's a difference between powerful people making stupid decisions and them practically bulldozing their nations into the sea. Nobody's going to sacrifice their entire nation out of boredom.
Obama well surrender to China,they well take care of the bills if we well show them how we cook chinese food.
Jrto77/ You are depending on Cathode to defend you in a Diode War. Nothing you have Cathode will function when negated by Diode draw. All your weapon are without utility when the Cathode is negated with combination of directed endothermic and exothermic diode electromagnetic high frequency waves. You and your obsolete Cathode are incinerated. You need to understand and be able to apply Louis Tesla,s knowledge to prevail . Simply put your battery is dead and you have lost your electromagnetic adhesion, To bad you are in the same position as the birds that flew into a diode test vector and ran out of cathode adhesion. Thousands lay dead on the ground.chock it up to those stupid RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quite simply all matter is held together by cathode adhesion. The nucleus of all atoms are made up of protons and neutrons bound to each other by diode energy that cushions the protons and the neutrons. The diode and cathode are always in static balance , however the diode is always flowing in and out of the atom. The cathode is fixed to the atom relative to temperature variance. All matter is subject to induction or depletion of diode energy by synthetic manipulation. It is the understanding of the mechanic of diode manipulation that is the key to the creation of harvest-able endothermic and exothermic energy. Once understood the mechanics are matched to the energy objective a 100 trillion volts can be created and easily directed using Tesla,s pulse modulation. Harvested energy can be used to the benifit of humanity or for the destruction of MOTHER EARTH.
Go Russia go.
Russia has used its U.N. Security Council veto to dilute Western efforts to condemn Syrian President Bashar Assad and nudge him from power, arguing that deposing a government using external pressure is unacceptable.
It appears the line has been drawn in the sand.(pun intended)
Expect that war to get real nasty, neither side will back down. However, I'm cool with it as long as the US stays out of the fighting which I believe we will. Russia will supply Assads forces and the Saudis and Qatari's the rebels using western weapons.
Interesting the nuke talks with Iran broke down when news comes out about the three Russian ships. Is it an unsolvable situation or does Obama not know how to negotiate? So much for the noble peace guy...LOL
Barring action from Turkey, I agree that the rebellion will probably stretch into a long conflict until one side is exhausted. I wonder how long Assad can pay his forces when he has so little control over most of the country...