What can we expect in the months ahead:
1) a naval deployment in the Eastern Mediterranean, the military objective of which has not been clearly defined by allied forces.2) a greater influx of foreign fighters and death squads into Syria and the conduct of of carefully targeted terrorist attacks in coordination with US-NATO.
3) an escalation in the deployment of allied special forces including mercenaries from private security companies on contract to Western intelligence.
The objective, under the "Damascus Volcano and Syrian Earthquake" operation, ultimately consisted in extending the SFA terror attacks to Syria's capital, under the supervision of Western Special Forces and intelligence operatives on the ground. (See Thierry Meyssan, The battle of Damascus has begun, Voltaire Net, July 19, 2012) This option of targeting Damascus has failed. The rebels have also been pushed back in heavy fighting in Aleppo, Syria's second largest city.
3) The weakening of Russia's role in Syria -- including its functions under the bilateral military cooperation agreement with Damascus -- is also part of the US-NATO military-intelligence agenda. This could result in terrorist attacks directed against Russian nationals living in Syria.
A terror attack against Russia's naval base in Tartus was announced by the FSA less than two weeks following the UN Security Council face-off; no doubt was ordered by US-NATO, with a view to threatening Russia.
Following the arrival of Russia's naval flotilla of ten warships stationed off the Syrian coast, an FSA spokesman confirmed (July 26) their intention to attack Russia's naval base in Tartus:
"'We have a warning for the Russian forces: if they will send any more weapons that kill our families and the Syrian people we will hit them hard inside Syria,' said Louay al-Mokdad, a logistical coordinator for the Free Syrian Army (FSA)."'Informers inside the regime are telling that us that there is a big weapons' shipment arriving at Tartous in the next two weeks. We don't want to attack the port, we are not terrorists, but if they keep acting like this we will have no choice.'
"The FSA has formed a 'Naval brigade,' made up of defectors from the Syrian navy, which operates close to Tartous. 'Many of our men used to work in the port of Tartous and they know it well,' said Captain Walid, a former officer in the Syrian Navy. 'We are watching very closely the movements of the Russians.'
"'We can easily destroy the port. If we hit the weapons' stores with anti-tank missiles or another weapon it would trigger a devastating explosion,' said an FSA representative. 'Or we can attack the ships directly.'" (Syrian rebels threaten to attack Russian naval base - World - DNA, July 26, 2012)
Were Russia's naval base to be attacked, this would, in all likelihood, be undertaken under the supervision of allied special forces and intelligence operatives.
While Russia has the required military capabilities to effectively defend its Tartus naval base, an attack on Russia's naval base would constitute an act of provocation, which could set the stage for a more visible involvement of Russian forces inside Syria. Such a course could potentially also lead to a direct confrontation between Russian forces and Western special forces and mercenaries operating within rebel ranks.
According to the RUSI Syria Crisis Briefing quoted above: "Anticipating Russian action and counter-action would have to be a major factor in any Western [military] intervention plan [in Syria]. The Russians are certainly capable of bold and unexpected moves..." (RUSI, op cit, p.5).
The World at a Dangerous Crossroads
An all-out "humanitarian war" against Syria is on the drawing board of the Pentagon, which, if carried out, could lead the World into a regional war extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to the heartland of Central Asia.
A sophisticated and all-encompassing propaganda program supports war in the name of World peace and global security.
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