{"id":1064,"date":"2008-08-08T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2012-01-28T00:44:30","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T00:44:30","slug":"rusland-oorlog-ten-einde-continue-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/2008\/08\/08\/rusland-oorlog-ten-einde-continue-updates\/","title":{"rendered":">RUSLAND: &quot;OORLOG TEN EINDE&quot; (CONTINUE UPDATES)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><a href=\"http:\/\/app.feed.informer.com\/digest3\/ILHYVGWLEN.html\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/app.feed.informer.com\/digest3\/ILHYVGWLEN.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">KLIK VOOR DOORLOPENDE UPDATES OF ZIE HIERONDER<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p width=\"100%\" align=\"center\"><embed pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yourminis.com\/Dir\/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis\/yourminis\/mini:rsscontainer\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"appparam=http%3A%2F%2Fapp%2Efeed%2Einformer%2Ecom%2Fdigest3%2FILHYVGWLEN%2Eatom&amp;auth=&amp;numberlines=9&amp;subtext=1&amp;inline=0&amp;tooltips=1&amp;newwindow=1&amp;buildnumber=undefined&amp;mininame=undefined&amp;uri=yourminis%2Fyourminis%2Fmini%3Arsscontainer&amp;swfurl=%2Fwidget%5Frsscontainer%2Eswf&amp;width=400&amp;xwidth=410&amp;height=370&amp;xheight=380&amp;title=South%20Ossetia%20War&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"410\" height=\"380\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/russiatoday.ru\/news\/news\/28684\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XSC1K_dodQE\/SJ4zCH5BTrI\/AAAAAAAAAuc\/wzeeQdnhy8E\/s400\/NATOtroops.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232675928622059186\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/vs_en_polen_eens_over_anti_rakettenschild\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">VS EN POLEN EENS OVER RAKETSCHILD<\/span><\/a><br \/>Surprise surprise!<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.demorgen.be\/dm\/nl\/990\/Buitenland\/article\/detail\/377716\/2008\/08\/12\/Gorbatsjov-Washington-beging-grote-blunder-.dhtml\">GORBATSJOV: WASHINGTON BEGING GROTE BLUNDER<\/a><br \/><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/harryvanbommel.sp.nl\/weblog\/2008\/08\/13\/koude-oorlog-herleeft\/\"><br \/>KOUDE OORLOG HERLEEFT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indymedia.be\/nl\/node\/28948\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">GEORGI\u00cb STRIJDTONEEL TUSSEN WASHINGTON EN MOSKOU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nl.youtube.com\/watch?v=LhFPcNxybIs\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">GEORGIAN TROOPS FIRE AT REFUGEES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rtl.nl\/%28\/actueel\/rtlnieuws\/binnenland\/articleview\/%29\/components\/actueel\/rtlnieuws\/2008\/08_augustus\/12\/binnenland\/0812_0915_RTL-journalisten_slachtoffer_Gori.xml\">RTL CAMERAMAN OMGEKOMEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/Central_Asia\/JH12Ag02.html\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><strong>RUSSIA BIDS TO RID GEORGIA OF ITS FOLLY<\/strong><\/span><\/a><!-- Main Section -->         <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cominf.org\/english\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BLOG UIT ZUID-OSSETI\u00cb<\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ossetia-war.blogspot.com\/\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">NOG EEN BLOG MET UPDATES UIT ZUID-OSSETI\u00cb<\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rense.com\/general82\/studp.htm\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rense.com\/general82\/studp.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">DE ADVISEURS UIT VS EN ISRA\u00cbL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiraspoltimes.com\/news\/arms_build_up_as_georgia_prepares_war_on_abkhazia_south_ossetia.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 318px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XSC1K_dodQE\/SJ2SBNCmgPI\/AAAAAAAAAuM\/Je8lI-zSCFY\/s400\/preplannedwarOssetia.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232498891452481778\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiraspoltimes.com\/news\/arms_build_up_as_georgia_prepares_war_on_abkhazia_south_ossetia.html\">klik plaatje<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">De oorlog om <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cominf.org\/english\/\">Zuid-Osseti\u00eb<\/a> blijkt een lange Georgische<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/zapruder.nl\/portal\/artikel\/oorlog_in_de_kaukasus_russische_val_of_amerikaanse_afleiding\/\">voorbereiding<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span>te kennen.  En is betaald door Amerikaanse belastingbetalers&#8230;.<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fneirolog.livejournal.com%2F421759.html&amp;hl=nl&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;sl=ru&amp;tl=nl\">met dit als gevolg<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" >. <\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_1Xpvj979qg\">Video: VS achter oorlog Georgi\u00eb-Rusland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nl.youtube.com\/watch?v=LhFPcNxybIs\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Georgian troops fire at refugees&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LhFPcNxybIs&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LhFPcNxybIs&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_1Xpvj979qg&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_1Xpvj979qg&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/nl.youtube.com\/watch?v=cRl3qArJO-o\">Video: Amerikaan in Zuid-Osseti\u00eb houdt VS en Georgi\u00eb verantwoordelijk voor geweld tegen onschuldige burgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cRl3qArJO-o&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cRl3qArJO-o&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nl.youtube.com\/watch?v=eqoc2fdeTUY\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">RUSSIA TODAY&#8217;S VERSIE VAN DE ACHTERGRONDEN VAN DE OORLOG <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eqoc2fdeTUY&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eqoc2fdeTUY&amp;hl=nl&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\">13 augustus 2008 &#8211;<\/span> Aangezien de ontwikkelingen in en rond de <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/zapruder.nl\/portal\/artikel\/oorlog_in_de_kaukasus_russische_val_of_amerikaanse_afleiding\/\">Kaukasus<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> elkaar bijzonder snel opvolgen, heb ik een thematische <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/app.feed.informer.com\/digest3\/ILHYVGWLEN.atom\">feed<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> samengesteld uit zeer veel wereldwijde bronnen. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Laatste goede nieuws is dat Rusland de strijd gestaakt heeft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lang niet alle berichten in de feed vertegenwoordigen <a href=\"http:\/\/johnito.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/alert-kruitvaten-zuid-osseti-en-iran.html\">mijn kijk<\/a> op de zaak. Zie het dus als een poging en een mogelijkheid om het conflict vanuit diverse standpunten te benaderen. De waarheid ligt z\u00e9ker niet bij <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/vineyardsaker.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/cnn-use-footage-of-tskhinvali-ruins-to.html\">CNN<\/a>, niet bij de NOS, niet bij de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volkskrantblog.nl\/bericht\/215347\">Volkskrant<\/a> en vast ook niet geheel bij <a href=\"http:\/\/nl.youtube.com\/user\/RussiaToday\">Russia Today<\/a>, maar ergens tussen alle, voornamelijk westerse, <a href=\"http:\/\/lataan.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/reality-behind-western-propaganda-and.html\">propaganda<\/a> in.<\/p>\n<p>Wat in ieder geval waar is, is dat er een cameraman van RTL Nieuws is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.depers.nl\/buitenland\/232731\/Nederlandse-cameraman-komt-om.html\">omgekomen<\/a>, naar verluidt bij een Russisch bombardement op Gori. Tragisch. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.depers.nl\/buitenland\/232762\/Rusland-ontkent-bombardement-Gori.html\">Rusland ontkent<\/a> echter de stad te hebben gebombardeerd&#8230;Getuigen in Gori <a href=\"http:\/\/nl.youtube.com\/watch?v=ztF1eJCyJ00\">ontkennen<\/a> zelfs een bombardement te hebben gezien. Mysterie.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hoe dan ook: het lijkt me dat de Georgische president <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=9774\"><span class=\"annotation\">M<\/span><span class=\"annotation\">ikhail Saakashvili<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> zich behoorlijk in de steek gelaten zal voelen, door zijn <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/kennysideshow.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/war-in-caucasus-towards-broader-russia.html\">NATO<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">-vrienden, de <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiraspoltimes.com\/news\/arms_build_up_as_georgia_prepares_war_on_abkhazia_south_ossetia.html\">VS<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> en <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/oorlog_in_georgie_de_israelische_connectie#rss\">Isra\u00ebl<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vooral omdat hij dit gevaarlijke avontuur <a href=\"http:\/\/emptywheel.firedoglake.com\/2008\/08\/13\/did-karl-rove-chat-to-saakashvili-about-south-ossetia-too\/\">nooit had kunnen starten<\/a> zonder<a href=\"http:\/\/globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=9791\"> toestemming uit Washington<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hij heeft duidelijk zijn hand overspeeld, door te<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/category\/story.cfm?c_id=359&amp;objectid=10526482\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> gokken<\/span><\/a> dat de westerse wereld(de NATO) wel zou komen helpen als hij het opstandige <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unobserver.com\/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&amp;id=5035&amp;blz=1\">Zuid-Osseti\u00eb<\/a> zou aanvallen. Kennelijk dacht hij dat de Russen niet zo snel zouden reageren. Een feit waar ook de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/article.php?id=080811222408.40e5p19r&amp;show_article=1\">Amerikaanse legertop door verrast was.<\/a> Maar de Russen waren<a href=\"http:\/\/eurorus4en.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/04\/russia-says-threat-of-war-between-georgia-south-ossetia-real-2\/\"> voorbereid<\/a> op de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indymedia.be\/nl\/node\/28949\">geplande<\/a> Georgische <a href=\"http:\/\/noworldsystem.com\/2008\/08\/11\/georgia-started-war-by-shelling-south-ossetian-capital\/\">agressie<\/a>. En alle training en bewapening door VS, Nato en Isra\u00ebl heeft geen deuk in een pakje boter geslagen. Maar wel tot gruwelijke <a href=\"http:\/\/eurorus4en.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/12\/civilians-perish-as-georgian-troops-torch-church\/\">oorlogsmisdaden<\/a> geleid.<\/p>\n<p>Mijn eerste indruk is dat <a href=\"http:\/\/globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=9790\">de wereld van geluk mag spreken<\/a> dat er kennelijk toch enkele verstandige adviseurs rondlopen in Washington en Moskou, die het hoofd koel hebben gehouden<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">En dat <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.depers.nl\/buitenland\/232749\/Rusland-beeindigt-oorlog-Georgie.html\">Medvedev<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> niet doordrukt en Rusland de strijd lijkt te hebben <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/freeandindependent.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/12\/russia-ends-counter-offensive\/\">be\u00ebindigd<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">, nu, naar eigen zeggen, de veiligheid van Russische peacekeepers en burgers in Zuid Osseti\u00eb weer <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/7555858.stm\">hersteld<\/a> is.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Medvedev heeft inmiddels een voorstel tot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/europe\/article4516025.ece\">staakt-het-vuren aanvaard<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wellicht een min of meer positieve uitkomst van dit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=viewArticle&amp;code=20080812&amp;articleId=9804\"> onaanvaardbaar risicovolle<\/a> conflict: Moge<span>lijk zal een<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metimes.com\/Security\/2008\/08\/11\/analysis_is_war_in_the_gulf_air\/ca8a\/\"> oorlog tussen de VS\/Isra\u00ebl en Iran<\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metimes.com\/Security\/2008\/08\/11\/analysis_is_war_in_the_gulf_air\/ca8a\/\"> <\/a>nu  minder waarschijnlijk worden, aangezien<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> <\/span><span>Rusland heeft laten zien zich niet zomaar opzij te laten zetten in oorlogssituaties, en er IS geen reden om aan te nemen dat Iran, in geval van <a href=\"http:\/\/johnito.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/corporate-pers-isral-overweegt-aanval.html\">Amerikaans\/Isra\u00eblische agressie<\/a>, geen <a href=\"http:\/\/onemansviewpoint.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/is-georgia-distraction-for-russia-while.html\">hulp geboden <\/a>kan worden vanuit Rusland.<\/span><span> Dat is: <a href=\"http:\/\/johnito.zaplog.nl\/site\/article\/vs_weigert_israelisch_verzoek_voor_wapens_tbv_iran_aanval\">als Isra\u00ebl zich inhoudt.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span> De huidige situatie rond Georgi\u00eb zal gevolgen moeten hebben voor een eventuele Georgische toetreding tot de Navo, en er zal internationaal onderhandeld moeten worden over een<a href=\"http:\/\/worldpressnetwork.net\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=402\"> eerlijke verdeling<\/a> van de<a href=\"http:\/\/prairiepundit.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/russias-pipeline-policy-by-other-means.html\"> energie-infrastructuur<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">. <\/span><span>Er loopt, namelijk een belangrijke <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptogon.com\/?p=3390\">pijplijnroute<\/a> door Georgi\u00eb. Hoe belangrijk deze is blijkt <a href=\"http:\/\/sos-at.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/israel-backs-georgia-in-caspian-oil.html\">hieruit<\/a>.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sos-at.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/israel-backs-georgia-in-caspian-oil.html\"><span> <\/span><\/a><span>BP heeft vandaag als &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/british_petrol_doet_mee_baku_supsa_pijplijn_afgesloten_door_bp\">voorzorgsmaatregel<\/a>&#8221; een van de leidingen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/posts\/view\/56585\/BP-closes-Georgia-oil-pipeline\">afgesloten<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Voorlopig lijkt het erop dat de<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indymedia.be\/nl\/node\/28948\"> Koude Oorlog<\/a>, met opnieuw olie als inzet, geheel in ere is hersteld.<span> Belangrijk is ook dat er door de internationale gemeenschap naar de wensen van de inwoners van <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hln.be\/hln\/nl\/960\/Buitenland\/article\/detail\/378129\/2008\/08\/12\/Zuid-Ossetie-zoekt-aansluiting-bij-Rusland.dhtml\">Noord-en Zuid-Osseti\u00eb<\/a> wordt geluisterd<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">, <\/span>alsmede die van <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nos.nl\/nos\/artikelen\/2008\/08\/art000001C8FCB9F278CB67.html\">Abchazi\u00eb<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span>WAT VOORAF GING:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">De kwestie <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/johnito.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Iran\">Iran<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> (of eigenlijk Isra\u00ebl\/VS-haviken op <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/johnito.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/corporate-pers-isral-overweegt-aanval.html\">rooftocht<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">) krijgt een nieuwe dimensie, in de vorm van de <a href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/vs_en_eu_maken_zich_op_voor_blokkade_iran_enorme_zeemacht_richting_perzisch\">opmars<\/a> van een enorme Amerikaanse zeemacht richting de Perzische Golf.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tegelijkertijd dreigen Rusland en Zuid-Ossetische militanten in een full blown war te raken met door <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/georgia\/2531026\/Georgia-US-training-gives-Georgia-military-advantage.html\">Amerikanen<\/a> getrainde <a href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/georgie_kondigt_algemene_mobilisatie_af\">Georgische<\/a>, en wellicht <a href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/strijd_tussen_georgie_en_zuid_ossetie_laait_weer_op#n37607\">Amerikaanse<\/a> troepen. En wie <a href=\"http:\/\/nl.youtube.com\/watch?v=QhhyZjNApBg\">startte de oorlog<\/a> eigenlijk?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">In het onrustige Kaukasusgebied hebben afgelopen maand aan de ene kant Russische troepen en aan de andere kant Georgische en Amerikaanse eenheden elk meerdaagse militaire manoeuvres uitgevoerd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">In Georgi\u00eb namen ongeveer 1.000 Amerikaanse soldaten aan de geplande militaire oefening &#8216;Immediate Response 2008&#8217; (Snelle Reactie) deel, aldus het ministerie van Defensie in Tbilisi. In de Russische Noord-Kaukasus oefenden 8.000 soldaten onder andere voor een mogelijke inval in Georgi\u00eb, indien het daar in de afvallige gebieden Abchazi\u00eb of Zuid-Osseti\u00eb tot oorlog komt.<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/strijd_tussen_georgie_en_zuid_ossetie_laait_weer_op#n37607\"> Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">We mogen echt hopen dat er een aantal mensen aan de knoppen hun hoofd koel houden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dit conflict, samen met de regionale onrust rond <a href=\"http:\/\/johnito.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/corporate-pers-isral-overweegt-aanval.html\">Iran<\/a> en <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/johnito.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/corporate-pers-isral-overweegt-aanval.html\">Pakistan<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">, kan potentieel uitgroeien<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/article-1043090\/The-war-South-Ossetia-dangerous-flashpoint-Cuban-crisis-says-historian.html\"> tot v\u00e9\u00e9l meer<\/a> dan een Amerikaans-Russisch proxy-oorlogje. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Waarom? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurasianet.org\/departments\/insight\/articles\/eav041603a.shtml\">Hierom!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Helaas ziet het er niet best uit, gezien de<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7549879.stm\"> Europese<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> en <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/lataan.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/condoleeza-rice-gives-nod-to-israeli.html\">Amerikaanse houding<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> ten opzichte van de Isra\u00eblische dreiging richting Iran, en gezien de <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/zaplog.nl\/zaplog\/article\/georgie_kondigt_algemene_mobilisatie_af\">algehele mobilisatie in Georgi\u00eb<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">. En omdat Georgi\u00eb een<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/us-attacks-russia-through-client-state-georgia.html\"> vazalstaat<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> van de neocons in Washington is. Pikant detail: Georgi\u00eb maakt gebruik van Isra\u00eblische adviseurs, aldus het pro-Isra\u00eblische <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/israel-backs-georgia-in-caspian-oil-pipeline-battle-with-russia.html\">DebkaFiles<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">. Maar ook van Amerikaanse hulp, en dan is er meestal wel een (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan-)<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/cryptogon.com\/?p=3390\"> pijplijn<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> in de buurt:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Georgian forces, trained and equipped by the Pentagon and the U.S. government, killed 10 Russian peacekeepers early this morning in a provocation attack that has escalated into military conflict, but the subsequent corporate media coverage would have us believe that the U.S. and NATO-backed client state Georgia is a helpless victim, when in actual fact a far more nuanced geopolitical strategy is being played out.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: normal;\">DEBKAfile\u2019s geopolitical experts note that on the surface level, the Russians are backing the separatists of S. Ossetia and neighboring Abkhazia as payback for the strengthening of American influence in tiny Georgia and its 4.5 million inhabitants. <span>However, more immediately, the conflict has been sparked by the race for control over the pipelines carrying oil and gas out of the Caspian region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Russians may just bear with the pro-US Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili\u2019s ambition to bring his country into NATO. But they draw a heavy line against his plans and those of Western oil companies, including Israeli firms, to route the oil routes from Azerbaijan and the gas lines from Turkmenistan, which transit Georgia, through Turkey instead of hooking them up to Russian pipelines.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/us-attacks-russia-through-client-state-georgia.html\">More<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XSC1K_dodQE\/SJw08vsRReI\/AAAAAAAAAuE\/lUasIwqTS28\/s1600-h\/iranossetie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XSC1K_dodQE\/SJw08vsRReI\/AAAAAAAAAuE\/lUasIwqTS28\/s400\/iranossetie.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232115085296616930\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Volgens sommigen is de oorlog mede <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/?p=3860\">gecre\u00eberd<\/a> om een blokkade op te werpen tegen eventuele Russische hulp aan Iran, mocht Iran worden aangevallen. Bijvoorbeeld <a href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/taxonomy\/term\/95\">Michael Rivero<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/whatreallyhappened.com\/taxonomy\/term\/95\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 114px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_XSC1K_dodQE\/SJ3rQjGqRFI\/AAAAAAAAAuU\/bosuzgw6U_4\/s320\/OssetiawartoblockIran.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232597011607995474\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/node\/35407\">Koeweit<\/a> worden in ieder geval serieuze voorbereidingen getroffen voor een komende Iran-oorlog.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Het onderstaande artikel heb ik, ter verduidelijking, integraal overgenomen (i.p.v. doorgezonden) van <a href=\"http:\/\/europebusines.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html\">Lord Sterling<\/a>, en gaat in op de situatie ronde de Amerikaanse armada, Iran en Zuid-Osseti\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Let ook op de <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/img131.imageshack.us\/img131\/7875\/biofarems4.jpg\">laatste alinea<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, welke een beeld geeft op welke manier Iran terug zou kunnen slaan, in geval van een Isra\u00eblisch\/Amerikaanse provocatie. Namelijk met <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/online.sfsu.edu\/%7Erone\/GEessays\/Iranians%20Bioweapons%20ExSoviet%20Scientists.htm\">bio-wapens<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">. Hoewel de geloofwaardigheid daarvan beslist <\/span><a style=\"font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iranaffairs.com\/iran_affairs\/2008\/07\/iran-bioweapons.html\">niet vaststaat<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">. Ik zou zeggen,<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nti.org\/e_research\/profiles\/Israel\/Biological\/3652.html\"> INTEGENDEEL.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-align: left;\" class=\"post-title entry-title\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/europebusines.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html\">Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran<\/a> <\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">   <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint US\/UK\/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area. The massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US Navy expeditionary carrier battle group, a Royal Navy carrier battle group, a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine plus a large number of US Navy cruisers, destroyers and frigates playing the &#8220;enemy force&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">The lead American ship in these war games, the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) and its Carrier Strike Group Two (CCSG-2) are now headed towards Iran along with the USS Ronald Reagon (CVN76) and its Carrier Strike Group Seven (CCSG-7) coming from Japan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">They are joining two existing USN battle groups in the Gulf area: the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) with its Carrier Strike Group Nine (CCSG-9); and the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) with its expeditionary strike group.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Likely also under way towards the Persian Gulf is the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and its expeditionary strike group, the UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal (R07) carrier battle group, assorted French naval assets including the nuclear hunter-killer submarine Amethyste and French Naval Rafale fighter jets on-board the USS Theodore Roosevelt. These ships took part in the just completed Operation Brimstone.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">The build up of naval forces in the Gulf will be one of the largest multi-national naval armadas since the First and Second Gulf Wars. The intent is to create a US\/EU naval blockade (which is an Act of War under international law) around Iran (with supporting air and land elements) to prevent the shipment of benzene and certain other refined oil products headed to Iranian ports. Iran has limited domestic oil refining capacity and imports 40% of its benzene. Cutting off benzene and other key products would cripple the Iranian economy. The neo-cons are counting on such a blockade launching a war with Iran.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">The US Naval forces being assembled include the following:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Carrier Strike Group Nine<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) nuclear powered supercarrier<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">with its Carrier Air Wing Two<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Destroyer Squadron Nine:<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Mobile Bay (CG53) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Russell (DDG59) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Momsen (DDG92) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Shoup    (DDG86) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Ford (FFG54) guided missile frigate<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Ingraham (FFG61) guided missile frigate<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG60) guided missile frigate<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Curts (FFG38) guided missile frigate<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Plus one or more nuclear hunter-killer submarines<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Peleliu (LHA-5) a Tarawa-class amphibious assault carrier<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Pearl Harbor (LSD52) assult ship<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Dubuque (LPD8) assult ship\/landing dock<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Cape St. George (CG71) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Halsey (DDG97) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Benfold (DDG65) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Carrier Strike Group Two<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Theodore Roosevelt (DVN71) nuclear powered supercarrier<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">with its Carrier Air Wing Eight<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Destroyer Squadron 22<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Monterey (CG61) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Mason (DDG87) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Nitze (DDG94) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Sullivans (DDG68) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Springfield (SSN761) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">IWO ESG ~ Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) amphibious assault carrier<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">with its Amphibious Squadron Four<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">and with its 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS San Antonio (LPD17) assault ship<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Velia Gulf (CG72) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Ramage (DDG61) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Carter Hall (LSD50) assault ship<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Roosevelt (DDG80) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Hartfore (SSN768) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Carrier Strike Group Seven<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) nuclear powered supercarrier<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">with its Carrier Air Wing 14<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Destroyer Squadron 7<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Chancellorsville (CG62) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Howard (DDG83) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Gridley (DDG101) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Decatur (DDG73) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Thach (FFG43) guided missile frigate<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) fast combat support ship<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Also likely to join the battle armada:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal Carrier Strike Group with assorted guided missile destroyers and frigates, nuclear hunter-killer submarines and support ships<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">French Navy nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines (likely the Amethyste and perhaps others), plus French Naval Rafale fighter jets operating off of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as the French Carrier Charles de Gaulle is in dry dock, and assorted surface warships<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Various other US Navy warships and submarines and support ships. The following USN ships took part (as the &#8220;enemy&#8221; forces) in Operation Brimstone and several may join in:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS San Jacinto (CG56) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Anzio (CG68) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Normandy (CG60) guided missile cruiser<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Carney (DDG64) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Oscar Austin (DDG79) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG81) guided missile destroyer<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">USS Carr (FFG52) guided missile frigate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">The USS Iwo Jima and USS Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Groups have USMC Harrier jump jets and an assortment of assault and attack helicopters. The Expeditionary Strike Groups have powerful USMC Expeditionary Units with amphibious armor and ground forces trained for operating in shallow waters and in seizures of land assets, such as Qeshm Island (a 50 mile long island off of Bandar Abbas in the Gulf of Hormuz and headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">The large and very advanced nature of the US Naval warships is not only directed at Iran. There is a great fear that Russia and China may oppose the naval and air\/land blockade of Iran. If Russian and perhaps Chinese naval warships escort commercial tankers to Iran in violation of the blockade it could be the most dangerous at-sea confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The US and allied Navies, by front loading a Naval blockade force with very powerful guided missile warships and strike carriers is attempting to have a force so powerful that Russia and China will not be tempted to mess with. This is a most serious game of military brinkmanship with major nuclear armed powers that have profound objections to the neo-con grand strategy and to western control of all of the Middle East&#8217;s oil supply.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">The Russian Navy this spring sent a major battle fleet into the Mediterranean headed by the modern aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov and the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, the Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser Moskva. This powerful fleet has at least 11 surface ships and unknown numbers of subs and can use the Russian naval facility at Syria&#8217;s Tartous port for resupply. The Admiral Kuznetsov carries approximately 47 warplanes and 10 helicopters. The warplanes are mostly the powerful Su-33, a naval version (with mid-air refueling capability) of the Su-27 family. While the Su-33 is a very powerful warplane it lacks the power of the stealth USAF F-22. However, the Russians insist that they have developed a plasma based system that allows them to stealth any aircraft and a recent incident where Russian fighters were able to appear unannounced over a US Navy carrier battle group tends to confirm their claims. The Su-33 can be armed with the 3M82 Moskit sea-skimming missile (NATO code name SS-N-22 Sunburn) and the even more powerful P-800 Oniks (also named Yakhonts; NATO code name SS-N-26 Onyx). Both missiles are designed to kill US Navy supercarriers by getting past the cruiser\/destroyer screen and the USN point-defense Phalanx system by using high supersonic speeds and violent end maneuvers. Russian subs currently use the underwater rocket VA-111 Shkval (Squall), which is fired from standard 533mm torpedo tubes and reaches a speed of 360kph (230mph) underwater. There is no effective countermeasures to this system and no western counterpart.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A strategic diversion has been created for Russia. The Republic of Georgia, with US backing, is actively preparing for war on South Ossetia. The South Ossetia capital has been shelled and a large Georgian tank force has been heading towards the border. Russia has stated that it will not sit by and allow the Georgians to attack South Ossetia. The Russians are great chess players and this game may not turn out so well for the neo-cons.<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> (vetgedrukt door mij-J.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">Kuwait has activated its &#8220;Emergency War Plan&#8221; as it and other Gulf nations prepare for the likelihood of a major regional war in the Middle East involving weapons of mass destruction.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/europebusines.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">LEES VERDER<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"RSS\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Johnito\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>> KLIK VOOR DOORLOPENDE UPDATES OF ZIE HIERONDER VS EN POLEN EENS OVER RAKETSCHILDSurprise surprise! 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