Day After Meeting
with Obama, Putin Bombs Syria
by John Hayward30 Sep 2015
Fox News is
exclusively reporting that Russia has
demanded American warplanes exit Syrian airspace immediately, as Russia begins
its bombing campaign on behalf of Bashar Assad.
The news came from a senior U.S. official, who said there
was “nothing to indicate” the U.S. was complying with Russia’s demand.
Another defense official said, “We have had every indication
in recent weeks that (the Russians) were going to do something given the
build-up.” That’s an interesting claim, because just a few days ago, Secretary of
State John Kerry was saying
Russia’s long-term intentions were unclear, and he thought their buildup of air
power in Syria was merely for “force protection.”
The inventory of aircraft and weapons Russia moved into
Syria includes
advanced air supremacy fighters and surface-to-air missiles, which would have
no conceivable use against the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, or any other Syrian
rebel group, as none of them have an air force. The planes were slipped into
Syria using clever subterfuge designed to defeat satellite surveillance, which
is something else no element of the Syrian rebellion has.
“The Russian demand also mirrors one made by Turkey this
past July, when Ankara asked U.S. planes to fly only in airspace south of
Mosul, Iraq. In that case, 24 Turkish jets bombed Kurdish positions, catching
the U.S. off guard,” Fox News writes.
Also on Wednesday, the Russian parliament unanimously
voted to give President Vladimir Putin war-fighting authority in Syria.
Putin’s chief of staff, Sergey Ivanov, said only a “time-limited” air
campaign is envisioned.
Russian bombs are already falling on Syria according to some
sources, and the first targets reported include a rebel group vetted and
supplied by the United States:
Update, 10:30 AM EST: According to CNN,
the Russians sent an official to the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to announce the
Russian strikes, and “request” the removal of American planes from Syrian
airspace, with only an hour or two of warning before the Russian strikes began.
The CNN report also notes that the Russians have
given “no geographical information” about where they planned to strike. That’s
a remarkable gesture of contempt, an incredibly reckless and dangerous
approach, and possibly an indication that the Russians are planning to blow up
some people they think the United States would have warned.
Update, 11:00 AM EST: Further testimony that
Russia isn’t primarily interested in bombing ISIS positions, and has caused
significant civilian casualties with its first wave of bombings:
Bashar
Assad
Bashar al-Assad
is the president of Syria, and
supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
a hacker group.
Note: Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked Amnesty
International, the Human Rights
Watch, and the NPR.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for Amnesty
International, the Human Rights
Watch, and the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace (think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a friend of
Michael Douglas, was a benefactor
for the Human Rights Watch, a
benefactor for the NPR, and the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Amnesty International, the Human
Rights Watch, the NPR, Media Matters, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Media Matters
monitors Fox News.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and married to the U.S. Department of State secretary John F. Kerry.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, is a
director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United States in war)
Igor
S. Ivanov was a board member for the International Crisis Group, a minister
of foreign affairs for Russia, is a
director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a director at the United Nations Foundation.
Ted
Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, the founder of CNN, and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
James F. Collins
is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank), was a U.S. ambassador for Russia, and a senior advisor for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
William J. Burns
is the president of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador
for Russia.
Robert S. Strauss
was a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a U.S. ambassador for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
KGB
was a security agency for the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Vladimir Putin
was a lieutenant colonel for the KGB,
and is the president of Russia.
Mikhail Gorbachev
was the president of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
the founder of Green Cross International,
and an advisory board member for the Global
Security Institute.
Green Cross International
Ted
Turner is an honorary board member for Green
Cross International, the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, the founder of CNN, and a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
David A. Hamburg
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), an advisory board member for the Global Security Institute, and the president
emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of
New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
Edward P.
Djerejian is a trustee at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, was a U.S. ambassador for Syria, and a U.S. ambassador for Israel.
Newton
N. Minow is an honorary trustee at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.
Shimon
Peres is the president of Israel,
and a friend of Haim Saban.
Haim
Saban is a friend of Shimon Peres,
a benefactor for the Saban Center for
Middle East Policy, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
Saban
Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and married to the U.S. Department of State secretary John F. Kerry.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, is a
director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United States in war)
Thomas R.
Pickering is a distinguished
fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a co-chair for the International Crisis Group, was a U.S.
ambassador for Israel, a U.S.
ambassador for Russia, and a chairman
of review board that investigated the 2012
attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2013.
Yegor Gaidar was
a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and the prime minister for Russia.
Carla A. Hills
was a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and is a director at the Financial
Services Volunteer Corps.
Allan
J. Hirst is a director at the Financial
Services Volunteer Corps, and was the president of the Citigroup Russia.
William H.
Donaldson is a director at the Financial
Services Volunteer Corps, and was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Igor
S. Ivanov was a board member for the International Crisis Group, a minister
of foreign affairs for Russia, is a
director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a director at the United Nations Foundation.
Ted
Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, the founder of CNN, and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Michael
Douglas is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
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