Russia Goes All Islamic on Israel
After a 15 year hiatus Russia is getting involved in the Middle East again. It is not just military sales. They are sending Muslim Chechen commandos to Lebanon to guard Russian military engineers deployed in South Lebanon. The Muslim commandoes of the Vostok (East) and Zapad (West) battalions of the Russian Army’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) are being sent to guard the 150 Russian military engineers. They arrived in Beirut this week to restore the roads in Lebanon damaged by Israeli bombing.
The commander of one of the units, Sulim Yamadaev, was formerly an anti-Russian Chechen rebel given amnesty by Russia and now incorporated into the Russian Army.
DEBKAfile reports: Moscow did not consult Israel before stationing Muslim Chechen troops on its border for the first time.
Russian defense minister Sergei Ivanov said openly to Russian media that the deployment of former rebel Chechen troops in Lebanon aimed at “improving Moscow’s image in the Arab and Muslim world.”
DEBKAfile’s military sources: The Russian units are operating independently of the largely-European UN peacekeeping force. Their vehicles fly Russian and Lebanese flags. UNIFIL too was taken by surprise by the posting of Chechen troops to Lebanon. Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora was informed but omitted to notify Washington, Paris, Berlin, Rome or the UN.
The Kremlin’s rationale for making Russia the first nation to deploy a Muslim contingent in South Lebanon - albeit outside the UN force – is part of a hard-hitting foreign and domestic policy initiative, which is summed up by DEBKAfile’s sources:
1. The Putin administration wants to demonstrate to Russia’s teeming Muslim community its willingness to step into Middle East conflicts – on behalf of the Muslim-Arab interest. This straw in the wind indicates the Kremlin’s orientation on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
2. Moscow is building another bridge to Tehran through a joint, potentially interactive presence in Lebanon.
3. As a step to promote cooperation with Hizballah, with whom the Chechens, with their long record of extremist Muslim terrorist action against the Russian army, have much in common – in contrast to the European contingents of UNIFIL.
4. The Russian Chechen unit’s cooperation with Hizballah in the parts of Lebanon under its control will pave the way for a Russian Muslim military presence north of Israel which is independent of the UN and not bound by accords to which Israel is a party.
It appears that the Russians are again allied with the East against the west. This is so stupid for them on so many levels. Although it is certain to have short term advantages for them.
OTOH it is giving the UNFIL force and Israel fits.According to DEBKAfile’s military sources, the Israeli government and IDF high command were taken aback by the Russian step, which lends a different and inimical aspect to the international deployment on its northern border. When it signed off onto UN Security Council resolution 1701, Israel never envisaged the measure would open the door for Russian military intelligence to step in and camp on its border, using former Muslim terrorists involved in organized crime.
Israel needs to get its house in order at once.
H/T Ted Belman at Israpundit
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A few quick thoughts follow. I'm sure Carol will broaden our understanding in due time.
1. The summer war was useful to Israel in a number of ways, not the least of which was as a full blown FTX (field training exercise for those of you who missed summer camp).
2. Most of the weaknesses revealed by the "FTX" derived from political leadership, not military. A followup exercise for Olmert & Co. could be useful, and the sooner the better for Israel.
3. It's better to know who your enemies are and what they're up to than to be kept in the dark. I suspect Sun Tzu might not weigh in favorably on the Russians' move. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night..."
This whole exercise in Russian appeasement seems pretty transparent.
4. Don't look for any US position to develop, beyond statements of concern, until after the elections, and then it will only be more diplomatic finger pointing. That may partly explain the timing of the Russians'move.
5. I haven't lost confidence in Israeli intelligence. Read that anyway you like.
LT
FROM: CAROL HERMAN
The summer was more than a "mere" exercise. Israel went after nasrallah within 32 seconds of the kidnapping of the 2 soldiers.
Nasrallah had also wanted to grab that piece of Israeli land that juts into lebanon. Didn't get that.
But nasrallah had "one thing." He was an individual. And, this put handicaps on what Israel could take. Because lebanon started screaming "she had nothing to do with nasrallah."
No longer true. nasrallah's is close to "out of business." And, funny stuff from lebanon next time will bring REAL DAMAGE.
This summer? Like a cop chasing a car. Nasrallah's "car" got wrecked. But the cop "was over the line." If he gave a ticket, the state judge would come down on the cop's ass.
Now you know. IF Lebanon can't get itself organized enough, the next time Israel comes back it will take out the TERMINAL at the airport. Goodbye, years of work. And, a real $5-billion dollar loss that would prevent the return of tourists. (Tourists aren't coming back so fast, either.) So you have lots of arabs angry at each other. THIS IS A GOOD THING. (See "Gazoo.")
Israel is fighting two fronts. Gazoo is Palestinian. AND, this menace is funded by the Saudis. And, the Europeans, where the Saudis have been banking.
Lebanon, on the other hand is Shi'a. So the Shi'a sheep live. And, Olmert decided NOT to do anything about Assad. Who lives in a palace. And, is terrified for his life! And, his "way of life."
AMerica is on Syria's "other flank." ANd, Bush hates Assad. Iraq's a mess, enough, that Syria can keep on surviving. As it is quite okay for all the "gangs" to kill each other. Nobody's particularly impressed. Let the iraqis figure it out. Perhaps the next bottles of ink for elections, though, will have to be brown?
See if I care?
Meanwhile, over in North Korea, BUSH SEES A BONUS. The UN is ABOUT TO DIE. And, "the coalition of the willing" will have a set up where the WEAK SISTERS, like russia and china, who desperately want AMerica to go to war TO HURT OUR ECONOMY, while their economies DIE ... having nothing to show for all of their efforts.
Just like the donks. With Foley.
In other words, the voting world in America, is now aware that we get OCTOBER SURPRISES, in a row. And, the NOVEMBER SURPRISE, where the American MAINSTREAM BACKS BUSH ... more and more each year ... gets no comment. (While the pigs like George Soros, throw money.)
Heck, this summer, Murdoch was only willing to throw $600,000 for the lives of its two putz-reporters. To get out of Gazoo, though, those reporters had to "convert."
These days? Between The Green Helmet Guy and the "conversions," Israel's operating with a free-er hand. Less lunacy from the media makes a difference.
And, all is well.
Soon? North Korea will discover the blockade. Everything in and out will be examined, container by container. And, JAPAN GOES NUCLEAR. While the despots in China are on their last legs.
You go and try and move a million-man-army. Doesn't work out in the real world. Where in current warfare we use PATTON'S TECHNIQUE (which was Ulysses Grant's technique), of wrapping our enemies in such enormous gun fire they forget their arms form their elbows. And, all other parts are blown to smitherines.
Bush is DIABOLICALLY SLOW! He just stays and watches the table. The idiots without much ante-ing up. And, then, when he's ready ... he puts into place WHAT HE WANTS.
Good luck to the fench. They're gonna end up in more shit than the german's knew ... when the german's elected hitler to take care of their interests.
If this were Vegas, you'd see the lights on at the gambling casino.
Meanwhile only freaks gamble against the HOUSE. And, WE are the HOUSE.
Hope you can develop this picture.
Like I said, Olmert knew good press this summer would have been a disaster! Poor cop only had a ticket book. But if he could frighten you enough, and not hand you the ticket, you might not drive back in so fast onto his roads. Where he'd take care of ya, "next time." Should you need more "lessons."
Oh, yeah. Without the UN umbrella, the russians are in Beirut. Just like what happened to Castro. In Havana. The whores learn that they have to accept the mistreatment.
But when the russians are gone, the locals feel better.
This happens ALL OF THE TIME!
Even in Georgia, stalin's home town. 4-million of them living under the goon's boot. But all russia has is 1.45 million people. Plus rag heads.
You're betting on putin? FOOL!
You're betting on the Drive By Media getting to impress Americans? Heck, all they just did was kill what had been built by the Gay Lobby. You still think gays aren't gonna suffer? What do you think AIDS did to them? Homosexuality isn't a piece of cake to carry, when you're brain's affected.
Liberalism is a similar disease.
Meanwhile, please pass the popcorn. Thanks. Glad I can help.
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