Posted on 10/21/2008 7:00:38 AM PDT by kronos77
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - A U.S. Embassy official says American and Russian military leaders are meeting for unannounced talks in Finland, the highest-level military meeting between the two countries since Russia's war with U.S. ally Georgia in August.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Kim Hargan says the participants include Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Nikolai Makarov, who was appointed the Russian Armed Forces' Chief of General Staff in June.
Hargan declined to give any details on Tuesday's talks, which had not been previously announced in Finland.
The Finnish Defense Ministry said the head of the Finnish defense forces, Admiral Juhani Kaskeala organized the meeting at an isolated manor house outside Helsinki. It gave no other details.
Why meet in “secret” and then tell everybody about it? Seems silly................
Admiral Mullen went to Srbia yesterday. First time since 1957 US top general visited Belgrade...
Serbian TV said today that agreement of purchase of US weapons under same condition as for US army was given to Serbia...
Interesting....
What’s going on? Something’s up. There’s another military staff meeting going on with other countries in VA.
1 hour ago
US, Russian military chiefs hold talks in Finland
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — U.S. and Russian military leaders met Tuesday for unannounced talks in Finland, the highest-level military meeting between the two countries since Russia’s war with U.S. ally Georgia in August, a U.S. Embassy official said.
The participants included Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his Russian counterpart, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, said Kim Hargan, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki.
Hargan declined to give any details on the talks, which had not been previously announced in Finland.
“They didn’t want it to be high-profile or anything,’’ Hargan said.
The Finnish Defense Ministry said the head of the Finnish defense forces, Admiral Juhani Kaskeala organized the meeting at an isolated manor house outside Helsinki. It gave no other details.
http://www.dailymail.com/News/200810210138
Were there any pre-conditions associated with this meeting?
“Strategically, I think it is important to have a dialogue with Russia and that we sustain a meaningful relationship over a long period of time,” a senior military official told reporters before the session.
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n156800
Not just VA... Wierd phog rollin’ in...
Top international military officials meet in Adirondacks
http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/503035.html?nav=5008&showlayout=0
POSTED: October 18, 2008
SARANAC LAKE - Powerful generals and admirals from some of the most powerful nations on Earth are reportedly meeting somewhere in the local area this weekend after flying into the Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear on Friday.
Among the passengers of a large Boeing 757 airplane with “United States of America” printed on its fuselage were top members of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and their counterparts from France, Germany and another country, possibly Great Britain, according to Barry DeFuria, a town of Harrietstown councilman and Airport Committee member who was there when the plane landed. A top military delegation from Italy flew in on a separate Falcon airplane, DeFuria said.
Town Supervisor Larry Miller, also on the Airport Committee, was also there and confirmed which nations’ officials were on which planes, but he said he did not know what kind of officials they were or where they were going from the airport. He said he and DeFuria had to get security clearances to be present and that soldiers were guarding the 757 around the clock at the airport.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is the leadership council of the U.S. military, comprised of the top general or admiral of each branch of the armed services. Its current chairman is Admiral Michael Mullen.
Ruskie oligarchs not happy with Putin’s adventurism in Georgia. Costs them a bunch of money as oil prices and their stock market tank.
Heads up on Iran?
from this thread:”American and Russian military leaders are meeting for unannounced talks in Finland, the highest-level military meeting between the two countries since Russia's war with U.S. ally Georgia in August.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Kim Hargan says the participants include Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the...”
put that together with this:
http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/503035.html?nav=5008&showlayout=0
and the panic button that “Joe the gaffer” hit yesterday with his strange ‘we're gonna be hit” -
Something big is stirring...
We MUST make sure McC gets in...
Geeze,,isn’t our top secret bunker somewhere around there.
This is all a bit unnerving,,like something is about to happen.
Why are these meeting stories in the news at all. Or is it a subtle message to worry Iran.
Terror attack?
Would explain Obama’s hotfooting it to Hawaii.
Something big is going on. Iran?
IMO, an off the shelf answer.
You think the military is planning a coup in Russia?
I believe you’re speaking of Mount Weather, and I am not sure it is still the official bunker at this point. I may be, I just don’t know.
Yes, something’s up, that’s for certain.
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