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US, Russia set for surprise Syria meeting
YAHOO.com ^ | 12-06-12 | Bradley Klapper

Posted on 12/06/2012 8:43:47 PM PST by 444Flyer

DUBLIN (AP) — The top U.S. and Russian diplomats will hold a surprise meeting Thursday with the United Nations' peace envoy for Syria, signaling fresh hopes of an international breakthrough to end the Arab country's 21-month civil war.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will gather in Dublin on the sidelines of a human rights conference, a senior U.S. official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she wasn't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. She provided few details about the unscheduled get-together.

Ahead of the three-way meeting, Clinton and Lavrov met separately Thursday for about 25 minutes. They agreed to hear Brahimi out on a path forward, a senior U.S. official said. The two also discussed issues ranging from Egypt to North Korea, as well as new congressional action aimed at Russian officials accused of complicity in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: russia; syria; syriawar
oh boy...
1 posted on 12/06/2012 8:43:55 PM PST by 444Flyer
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To: 444Flyer

Obamugabe will give up names of our operatives in Russia if Putin leans on Assad for a few weeks.


2 posted on 12/06/2012 8:46:25 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

“Flexible.”


3 posted on 12/06/2012 8:46:57 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: 444Flyer

Collective goal? Satisfy the U.N. BEAST to further global government and Agenda 21. Egypt? Check! Libya? Check! ?...


4 posted on 12/06/2012 8:49:37 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: 444Flyer
This is the attempt to bribe Russia.

We'll just have to wait and see what happens.

5 posted on 12/06/2012 8:51:28 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Obamugabe will give up names of our operatives in Russia if Putin leans on Assad for a few weeks.

I really doubt that Obama would give up covert operative names in Russia under these circumstances, which are described above.

6 posted on 12/06/2012 9:14:53 PM PST by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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To: SoFloFreeper
Obamugabe will give up names of our operatives in Russia if Putin leans on Assad for a few weeks.

I really doubt that Obama would give up covert operative names in Russia under these circumstances, which are described above.

7 posted on 12/06/2012 9:16:42 PM PST by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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To: 444Flyer

Has the US agreed to station blue-helmeted sacrificial Americans in Syria?


8 posted on 12/06/2012 9:28:59 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: 444Flyer

We agree to dismantle our entire nuclear force in exchange for Russia allowing the formation of a mid-east Caliphate?
/sarc


9 posted on 12/06/2012 9:29:07 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: 444Flyer
They came. They saw. They failed.

Syria talks end without "sensational decisions"

10 posted on 12/06/2012 9:35:22 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: 444Flyer
BTW. Obama/Hillary have already shown flexibility in this issue. Earlier in the year they claimed the red line was any movement or activation of the weapons. So now that the red line was crossed, the way the Progresso's admit their failure, is by redrawing the red line. So when Obama was screaming here is the red line. Do not cross it. He was really saying, you crossed my last red line, so here is a new one. Please dont cross that one.

U.S. Shifting Its Warning on Syria’s Chemical Arms

11 posted on 12/06/2012 9:39:46 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: justa-hairyape

Well, that was fast.


12 posted on 12/06/2012 10:59:47 PM PST by 444Flyer
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To: 444Flyer
There is another thread on Freerepublic that is so odd I cannot figure out if it is satire or not. Link is below. If that report is not satire, then apparently just a couple of hours before meeting the Russians, Hillary was out there saying she was not going to allow the Soviet Union to reform through economic agreements. So you are going into a meeting concerned about Sarin Gas attacks on civilians and you are seeking help from the Russians to stop these attacks. And just before the meeting you are out there slamming the Russians about an old Empire ? Is everybody on this planet going insane ?

Clinton vows to thwart new Soviet Union

13 posted on 12/07/2012 12:43:53 AM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: 444Flyer

While a giggling SecState sits there and plays with herself, the other two will be carving up the middle east.


14 posted on 12/07/2012 3:40:58 AM PST by gotribe
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To: justa-hairyape; All

Now this from today.

12/7/12

“US ‘trying to start new Cold War’, says Russia”

Moscow furiously claimed that the new law, which also bars blacklisted Russians from owning US land and using the banking system, was evidence of a “vindictive desire” to damage Russia’s world standing.

“Apparently, Washington has forgotten what year this is and still thinks the Cold War is going on,” the Russian foreign ministry said on its official Twitter account. It added that the move would “adversely affect the prospects of bilateral cooperation” between the two powers...”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9728794/US-trying-to-start-new-Cold-War-says-Russia.html


15 posted on 12/07/2012 8:13:05 AM PST by 444Flyer
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To: 444Flyer

Looks like the Oligarchy is trying to take us back to the old Cold War days and eventually back to the old World War II days. Back when FDR could get away with whatever he wanted. That is there Plan A to get rid of their debt. Plan B is to destroy the worlds reserve currency through unregulated printing. And those are the best plans these Crony Oligarchy idiots can come up with.


16 posted on 12/07/2012 9:45:39 AM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

It’s been a continual escalation, and there’s some things to discuss, such as, when the US will be installing missile defense in eastern Europe.

Hey, did anyone seriously expect Zero to keep his word, when his jihadist brothers are in danger?

Thanks 444Flyer.

Russia Arms Syria With Powerful Ballistic Missiles
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2966842/posts


17 posted on 12/08/2012 8:26:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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