Russian military options in Syria and the Ukraine

This article was written for the Unz Review:http://www.unz.com/tsaker/russian-military-options-in-syria-and-the-ukraine/

The past two weeks have been rich in military developments directly affecting Russia:

Syria:

1) Russia has announced that she will transform the Khmeimim airfield into a full-fledged military base with a permanently deployed task force.

2) Russia will deploy her heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser (often referred to in the West as an “aircraft carrier”) Admiral Kuznetsov to the eastern Mediterranean to to check the combat capabilities of the ship and its strike group and to engage, for the very first time, the state-of-the-art Ka-52K Katran helicopters.

It’s a cookbook!

by JiminNH

Saker’s recent article entitled “The counter-terrorist corrida opposing the West and Islam addressed the so-called “clash of civilizations” between Islam and “the West,” and efforts of ideologues like Zbigniew Brzezinski to help make it so.

Whenever I see mention of Brzezinski’s “The Grand Chessboard” or Samuel P. Huntington’s book “Clash of Civilizations”, it reminds me of watching an interesting episode of the Twilight Zone many years ago, titled “To Serve Man.”

Chinese Media: Us Uavs Spy On Russian Military In Syria & Help Terrorists

Edited by Desi Tzoneva

Chinese media indicate that there is an extremely low efficiency of the MQ-1 Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper modern scout-attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which act in the interests of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). This agency of military administration was created in the United States (US) for conducting operations to detect and destroy terrorists throughout the world. It is known that the JSOC staff consists of personnel of the US Central Intelligence Agency’s Counterterrorism Centre and officers of the US Special Operations Command.

Syrian Army Destroys Isis Headquarters In Deir Ezzor City

AlMasdarNews reports: Deir Ezzor, Syria (4:45 A.M.) – The Syrian Armed Forces carried out a special operation on Friday night to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham’s (ISIS) main headquarters in the Al-Jabiliyah District of Deir Ezzor City.

Led by the 104th Brigade of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Armed Forces destroyed this terrorist headquarters in Al-Jabiliyah, killing several members of the Islamic State, while also capturing the latter’s bulldozer and heavy weapons.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate terror plot foiled in Crimea August 2016 SITREP, by Scott

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate terror plot foiled in Crimea August 2016 SITREP

I will keep updating this post over the next couple of days.

I have a large amount of information mostly in Russian, that’s why it takes me long time to translate.

Please, keep checking back for updates.

Bristol photographer Bags 11 Years For Drugging And Raping Straight Men After Luring Them To Modelling Shoots

43 year old  Nigel Wilkinson, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and three counts of administering a substance with intent to rape at Bristol Crown Court.  Wilkinson met his victims on the social network before inviting them to his home for ‘male fitness’ photoshoots. Once there he would ply them with drink and drugs – including class C date rape drugs Flunitrazepam also known as Rohypnol, and Nitrazepam which renders them “senseless and incapable”.

Russia Rebuilding Military Airfields in Vietnam, Pacific Islands

Former Air Force Commander said that Russia is rebuilding its Soviet-era network of airfields in Vietnam and the northwestern Pacific island of Matua.

Ukraine Forms Shock Troops On Border With Crimea (Photos)

Ukraine is currently forming shock troops on the border with Crimea, Ukrainian former people’s deputy Aleksey Zhuravko reported on his page in the VK social network

Photos: Woman and her three children killed in horrific crash

Three children were killed alongside their mother in a horror crash involving eight vehicles on the A34 near Oxford on Wednesday, August 10

Tracy Houghton, 45, was travelling with her two sons - Ethan, 13, and Josh, 11 - as well as her partner's daughter Aimee Goldsmith, 11, when the family's car was crushed between two HGVs, according to witnesses.

5 ‘businessmen’ gang-rape customer they met via Instagram, demand N2m - Punchng .

Ugochukwu Eso, Gabriel Obinna, Chinedu Ezechukwu, Akubueze Nnadozie and Godwin Balogun reportedly used a hotel in Agege, Lagos State for the crime. Obinna, 18, allegedly used a Magic Voice application on his phone to change his voice to that of a woman, while communicating with the victim on the telephone.

Lagos prophet abducts teenager to deliver her family from a spell - Vanguardngr .

26-year-old Prophet David Ifunaya of the Immaculate Ministry, Satellite Town, Lagos, who allegedly abducted a 16-year-old girl, has revealed that he did it to liberate her family from a spell

The Lagos State Police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said: " Ifunaya, abducted her for three weeks after she told him that her father is a herbalist. Throughout her stay in his place, neither did he nor his victim call her parents, who were searching everywhere for her.”

Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson: “Russian government is reconsidering the neoliberal policy”

by Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson

According to various reports, the Russian government is reconsidering the neoliberal policy that has served Russia so badly since the collapse of the Soviet Union.  If Russia had adopted an intelligent economic policy, its economy would be far ahead of where it stands today.  It would have avoided most of the capital flight to the West by relying on self-finance.

Beijing Installs Supersonic Missiles on South China Sea’s Most Lethal Destroyer

The upgraded combat features on board the flagship of the South China Sea fleet impress Western defense analysts, as Beijing threatens to aggressively defend the disputed territories.

'Road of Life to Aleppo': First Report From the Besieged Syrian City

The Syrian army has repelled attacks by terrorist groups in the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo for ten days, and has managed to launch a counterattack in some districts, backed by air forces and artillery.

Why ATM Pin Has 4 Digits Only

We as Nigerians come across a lot of exciting, captivating and thought provoking things in our day to day activities. However, due to our busy schedule, and sometimes the thought of where we're headed at the particular period in time, across we don't really bother to look into the background of these amazing inventions. I am 100% sure that 99.9% of my readers make use of the ATM machines more than twice within the period of a week.

MEND Replies Goodluck Jonathan

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has issued a press release in response to former President Goodluck Jonathan's statement on MEND in which he denied allegations that he was one of the sponsors of the Niger Delta Avengers. In it, the group claims that Mr. Jonathan's failure to address the Niger Delta's challenges led to the formation of MEND.

Read the MEND press release below:

Ondo : APC Aspirants Tackle Tinubu Over Alleged Imposition

Ahead of the August 27 primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo state, 24 of the 25 aspirants yesterday kicked against a surreptitious plan by the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to impose Dr. Segun Abraham on the party.

I’m Not A Sponsor Of Niger Delta Militancy-Jonathan

Former Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has denied being one of the sponsors of militancy in the Niger Delta region.
The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) had said many notable Ijaw and other Niger Delta leaders and elders, including Jonathan were involved in sponsoring the activities of militancy in the Niger Delta region.
The former president’s Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze in a statement on Sunday said the claim made by Cynthia White should be discarded as Jonathan could never be a sponsor of militancy in the Niger Delta.

Housemaid Steals, Buries N1.5 Million In Bush

The sum of N1.5 million stolen in Lagos by a housemaid, Happiness Gabriel, has been recovered in a bush, in Ogun State.
The 18-year-old maid, who stole her boss’s money within two and a half hours of being engaged in her Lagos home, was reportedly aided by her 30-year-old stepfather, Gabriel Igbang.
It was gathered that sometimes in May 2016, Happiness was contracted by Mrs Bolanle Ibukunoluwa through one Alhaja popularly known and called Iya Dolapo, as a housemaid and the monthly salary agreed upon was N7, 000 which was to be paid at the end of the year.

Six Russian Tu-22M3 Bombers Destroy Daesh Command Posts, Militants Near Palmyra

Six Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers attacked Daesh targets near Palmyra on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"On August 8, 2016, six long-range Tu-22M3 bombers which took off in Russia dealt a concentrated high-explosive ammunition attack on targets of the Daesh terrorist group in areas east and northwest of Palmyra, near the As Sukhnah and Arak settlements."

#SYRIA 6 Tu-22M3 bombers took off from Russian territory, carried out concentrated strike on #ISIS objects near al-Sukhnah and Arak

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) August 8, 2016

Train rams into Nigeria Police Force patrol car

Train rams into Nigeria Police Force patrol car at Woji railway junction, Rumurolu, Port Harcourt, Rivers state

Man sets wife and kids ablaze inside a car after an argument (photos)

A 30-year-old cab driver burned his wife alive inside his car in Nandanam, India on Sunday August 7th. The woman had doused herself with petrol to threaten her husband following a bitter argument and he lit a match stick and set her on fire.

Pres. Buhari to attend Pres. Deby’s inauguration in Chad, tomorrow

Man reportedly electrocuted, while trying to steal cable from a transformer

Man reportedly got electrocuted, today, while trying to steal cable from a transformer at Kontagora LGA, Niger state.

Photo: Four teenagers arrested in Akwa Ibom for alleged trading in human parts

4 teenagers were recently nabbed in Mbo State Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State when they went looking for a buyer of a human skull in their possession.