Posted on 09/26/2014 3:25:57 AM PDT by tobyhill
Russia said Friday that it would help to support Iraq in the fight against ISIS. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the pledge to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said via state-run news agency Itar-Tass. "During the meeting, Lavrov confirmed Russia’s support for Iraq’s independence, territory integrity and sovereignty," the foreign ministry said. "Moscow is ready to continue supporting Iraq in its efforts in fighting the terrorist threat, and, first of all, the one from the Islamic State."
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Putin will finally get Russia the warm weather ports they have always wanted , on the Med and the Indian Ocean when they step in and handle Obummers f’up called Isis... They don’t need the oil so maybe they’ll take Somalia as a prize in the east and Turkey and Syria on the Med...
~They don’t need the oil ~
You might be surprised but Iraq’s main new oilfield (Qurna-2) is controlled by Siberian-based Lukoil company.
So how are China and Russia going to divide Africa?
Africa is an obvious black hole. Europe has sank it’s effort and treasure there, so did US and Soviets at the time with little gain. Now its Chinese turn to learn.
After all-they are pretty much the same tribe of wild animals Vlad has been dealing with for decades.
I think the Russians will bring a ‘new dimension’ to the effort to eradicate these animals.
Some prize.
“You might be surprised but Iraq’s main new oilfield (Qurna-2) is controlled by Siberian-based Lukoil company.”
You might also be surprised that Lukoil is involved in developing energy fields with Israel. The company is called Lukoil Israel. Israeli and Russian billionaires work closely with each other, develop partnerships and provide energy that customers need.
Hussein's quandry about going to war against them is it's gonna expose his treachery against US.
Somalia’s a hole for sure ,, but with real estate it’s location location location...
They can have them.
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It tends to have a positive result initially, Patriot. If not, none would ever go there.
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