Posted on 01/21/2005 4:31:25 AM PST by ovrtaxt
Russia, Syria work
super-weapons deal
Israel stunned by Kremlin double-cross,
as Assad shops for missiles in Moscow
Editor's note: Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin is an online, subscription intelligence news service from the creator of WorldNetDaily.com – a journalist who has been developing sources around the world for almost 30 years.
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Israel is fearing a double-cross by Moscow on arms deals that could make Syria a more serious strategic missile threat to the Jewish state, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is planning his first state visit to Russia next week and he goes with a long shopping list of cooperation agreements and arms deals. The visit comes at a time when Russia is embarking on a plan to expand its political influence and once again become a key player in Middle Eastern affairs, according to the report by Yoram East in the premium, weekly intelligence newsletter published by WND.
Topping the Syrian shopping list are upgrades of packages for existing equipment, including hundreds of artillery and ballistic missiles. Next is the purchase of at least 18 units of the SS-26 surface-to-surface missiles, also known as Iskander-E.
Israel's main concerns are not so much about the sale of modern weapon systems to replace aging equipment in the Syrian military, but rather about Israeli technology incorporated in these systems offered by the Russians to their military hardware clientele.
A source in Jerusalem told G2 Bulletin Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, observing with some suspicion Assad's plan to visit the Kremlin, became truly alarmed as intelligence reports accumulated showing Russia is not only interested in selling hardware to the Syrians, but that it was using as bait supposedly secretive growing technological and scientific ties with Israel.
One report reveals the Russians had offered similar proposals to the Iranians and by doing so were blatantly breaching one by one understandings and agreements achieved with Israel over the past five years. This distressing development has an immediate effect on Israel's military ties with India, the emerging giant whose military industry is linked both to Israel and Russia.
A number of joint Russian-Indian-Israeli projects are currently underway with more planned to come in the near future. They are all based on the understanding Israeli components, technology and know-how, will not be included in any weapons' agreements between Russia and the Arab world, especially with Syria.
An Israeli general told G2 Bulletin it's not just an issue of the Russians selling the Syrians super-weapons. Syria already has the largest surface-to-surface missile force in the Arab world. Israeli officials believe a line in the sand needs to be clearly delineated for both Israel's allies and adversaries because of the increased threat these weapons would pose.
According to Russian sources Syria's existing equipment is based on:
While the Iskander-E can, according to the Russians, "hit a target with pin point accuracy," Israeli officials are not alarmed. Israeli military industry scientists are convinced they will be able to overcome advantages of any missiles desired by Assad.
As the Syrian president began to negotiate with the Russians before his visit to Moscow, it is not yet clear whether he will return home with a closed Iskander-E deal. Syrian, Russian and Israeli officials are still engaged in a verbal battle of mutual accusations, denials and clarifications, and President Vladimir Putin is still waiting to see how his tactics will affect his relations with Washington.
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One would think Russia was back to their old Cold War mentality..sphere of influence game with the US..
Now who believes that Israel is going to sit by while SYRIA gets nukes. OOOHHHH maybe a snowballs chance in hell.
The 'nonexistent' WMDs give us an excuse to deal with Syria as well.
ROFL....hilarious that Farah makes it look like he has all these secret contacts and sources. He apparently just plagarizes obscure two-week old newspapers.
http://www.kommersant.com/archive.asp?m=1&y=2005&d=12&id=537947
Anybody actually paying money to subscribe to this clown's pretend intelligence reports is being defrauded.
Wasn't she the one who said "punish France, ignore Germany, forgive Russia", IIRC ?
I guess the Dems gave Russia the Byrd.
Forgive them, sure. But they were being given a chance at cooperation when she said that. I think the grace period may be running out.
No surprise here. Syria will get missles somewhere...to counter Israel's threat to bomb Iran if the Iranians continue with there nuke program. Which way do the prevailing winds go in that part of the world? Nuclear radiation left from an attack against Syria would drift where?
Byrd is a turd. We'll see how Bush's 'negro house girl' handles this development.
Syria has plenty o' missles already.
Prevailing winds are highly variable and depend on the season.
Indeed. I hope Dr Rice does not have a forgiving streak a mile wide, since :
- Russia sells advanced weaponry to China (no embargo there)
- Russia sells advanced weaponry to Syria
- Russia is suspected of having provided Saddam with WMD
- Russia is suspected of having spirited the WMD out of Iraq
- Russian security services are involved in Ukraine
- Russia provided Iran with nuclear technology
Nothing like an old client. First, Kim Jong-il(trying to fix a summit with S. Korean pres at Moscow), now Bashar Assad(more war toys with a nice bonus attached)
Bukovsky is right. Vlad is full of old KGB mentality. Now that Russia is flush with oil cash, he wants to show his true color.
U.S.makes deal to furnish super dooper weapons to Iraq,Israel & the Afghans.
I have secret contacts at my local VFW bar.Send me money so I can get the vets drunk and learn more secrets.
Israel is more worried about its own technology being incorporated into the systems.
Fair game to me.
This was originally US technology and now it seems as though the Israelis were transfering it to the Russians as well (as the Chinese which we found out about before.)
Agreed. But in the long run, I'm still more comfortable with Condi than Powell. I think this pattern will come to a head soon.
ping
Amen to that.
Any pro-Russian insight here too ?
The putin apologists sure are quiet.
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