Posted on 10/06/2015 12:47:12 AM PDT by 100American
Russia has sent its crack special troops into Syria to back up President Bashar al-Assads bid to wipe out his opposition.
Vladimir Putins feared Spetsnaz unit and a covert para battalion ghosted into the war-torn country and are preparing for an all-out assault on rebels fighting the regime including moderate units such as the western-backed Free Syrian Army.
A military source said: Putins marines are there to guard the airbases they are using against sabotage by rebels.
"But Spetsnaz and air-assault troops are not there to provide security to static objects, they are extremely aggressive and highly trained.
They are there to mop up after air strikes, call in air strikes, go on extremely covert missions against rebels and ultimately wipe them out.
And they will not be as accountable as British or US special forces. They are there for one reason, to wipe out anyone threatening Assad. By any means.
"And by doing that they will be consolidating Russias position on the Med and in the Middle East.
Putin claims the mission is to defeat IS but his warplanes have been helping Assad by smashing rebel positions.
Most of the targets in Northern Syria have been al-Qaeda affiliates or less extreme rebel groups opposed to the leader, some of which are CIA-trained and MI6-backed.
Spetsnaz Special Purpose Soldiers have been joined by the 7th Air Assault Mountain Division.
They are among Russias toughest and most shadowy troops, many of whom have fought dirty wars in Chechnya where they built up a deep hatred of jihadists.
They went on bloody revenge missions against local jihad units to punish them for atrocities against Russian troops and civilians.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
You could not have said it better. This is exactly what Kreml is aiming for.
1. Sending troops to both sides = The Soviet method of Provokatsiya http://20committee.com/2014/03/29/understanding-provocation/
2. I doubt anyone is telling the truth anyway.
Yes, this is the purpose of Soviet 2.0 propaganda, since they do not like the reality, make all doubt what is happening
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/09/kremlin-hall-of-mirrors-military-information-psychology
If you prefer the Russian versions http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/apr/10/kremlin-hall-of-mirrors-peter-pomerantsev-long-read-russian-translation
Protection of Israel and location to Oil...
We have over 900 years of recoverable fuels, we do not need them
From that link:
Understanding Provocation
One of the most powerful tools the Kremlin has in its secret arsenal of Special War is provocation, what they call provokatsiya.
While Moscow cannot claim to have invented this technique, which has existed as long as there have been secret services, theres no doubt that Russians have perfected the art and taken it to a whole new level of sophistication and deviousness. At times, it can become a strategy all on its own (not always, mind you, with edifying results).
Provokatsiya simply means taking control of your enemies in secret and encouraging them to do things that discredit them and help you. You plant your own agents provocateurs and flip legitimate activists [in this case, dupe actual Jihadis -ETL], turning them to your side.
When youre dealing with extremists to start with, getting them to do crazy, self-defeating things isnt often difficult. In some cases, you simply create extremists and terrorists where they dont exist. This is causing problems in order to solve them, and since the Tsarist period, Russian intelligence has been known to do just that.
While this isnt a particularly nice technique, it works surprisingly well, particularly if you dont care about bloody and messy consequences. ..."
http://20committee.com/2014/03/29/understanding-provocation/
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In other words, it's kind of like starting a fire, or better yet, pouring gasoline on a fire, in order to be a 'big hero', being first on the scene to put it out. Except in this case, you get to grab control over the buildings and town you helped 'saved' from the fire.
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