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Report: Russia Sends Warships To Syrian Coast
Ynet News ^ | May 17, 2013 | Reuters

Posted on 05/17/2013 4:48:36 AM PDT by Fennie

Russia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base in Syria, a buildup that US and European officials see as a newly aggressive stance meant partly to warn the West and Israel not to intervene in Syria's bloody civil war, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

On Thursday, Syria's official news agency SANA reported that five Russian warships had crossed the Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean Sea. A Russian Navy spokesperson said this was the first time in decades that Pacific Ocean Russian warships sail in the area.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; military; missiles; obama; russia; s300; submarines; syria; waronterror; wot

1 posted on 05/17/2013 4:48:36 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

Their Islamic-Communist PATSY is in the White Hut
to give them what he could not before the Election by Fraud.


2 posted on 05/17/2013 4:56:49 AM PDT by Diogenesis (De Oppresso Liber)
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To: Fennie

Makes you wonder why the Black Sea fleet didn’t sortie. They already sent an aircraft carrier last year for a brief appearance.


3 posted on 05/17/2013 4:59:16 AM PDT by meatloaf (Support Senate S 1863 & House Bill 1380 to eliminate oil slavery.)
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To: Diogenesis

"...if I can get enough scandals going, the media won't cover your shipment of missiles to Syria"

4 posted on 05/17/2013 5:01:07 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Fennie
Report: Russia Sends Warships To Syrian Coast

Obama: "After my election I have more flexibility..."

Putin: "Fine. Bend over..."

5 posted on 05/17/2013 5:02:08 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Russia will NOT give up it’s warm water port!


6 posted on 05/17/2013 5:09:27 AM PDT by G Larry (Darkness Hates the Light)
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Hmmm? Ships around a naval base. What could be going on there?


7 posted on 05/17/2013 5:14:11 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Diogenesis
Their Islamic-Communist PATSY is in the White Hut to give them what he could not before the Election by Fraud.

Look at the bright side. American women can get free birth control.

8 posted on 05/17/2013 5:16:18 AM PDT by oyez
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> Hmmm? Ships around a naval base. What could be going on there?

Yeah.... is this really news? Aren't ships expected to be around naval bases?

9 posted on 05/17/2013 5:34:37 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: Fennie

C’mon, if both sides don’t escalate this thing, it will take decades to completely eradicate the Syrians.


10 posted on 05/17/2013 5:40:18 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATs! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: Fennie

The ships are going to repossess the unpaid for weapons before Syria falls


11 posted on 05/17/2013 5:43:49 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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Read earlier that we were not going to get involved there and that the White House was leaving it up to the Russians.


12 posted on 05/17/2013 6:04:30 AM PDT by huldah1776
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“A Russian Navy spokesperson said this was the first time in decades that Pacific Ocean Russian warships sail in the area.”

I’m surprised they got their anchors out of the mud to “sail” anywhere.


13 posted on 05/17/2013 6:52:08 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Second American Revolution)
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To: Fennie

The Russians get it — Assad is the lesser of two evils — the other being AlQaeda in the form of the “rebels”


14 posted on 05/17/2013 7:34:27 AM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros->Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
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If there is any possible way for the Syrian revolutionaries to send an anti-ship missile at these ships, it would be worth it. Especially if it was a Russian made missile.


15 posted on 05/17/2013 8:18:15 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Fennie.


16 posted on 05/18/2013 1:14:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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