veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Jacob Kedmi: Russia Will Force Lousy Erdogan to Leave Syria

Tel Aviv : Jacob Kadmi began by saying that this problem does not concern Israel .
Now in Idlib is the largest group of terrorists , and Turkey supports them .
Without the support of Erdogan , they would have long been destroyed .
Turkey has always had claims to the northern territories of Syria .
Turkey now has impudent rhetoric .
Turks deliver weapons to terrorists in Idlib , they protect their remains , Not only that , they also sent Turkish troops there .
Why is the Idlib region so important , because it is from there that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ troops are carried out and there can be no peace in Syria without the liquidation of this group .
Since Aleppo is nearby , it is constantly subjected to attacks by the Isis , moreover , attacks from terrorists launching drones at the Khmeimim base come from there , and this is a threat to the Russian military group .
Russia is tired of all this , the Turks are not doing anything to curb terrorists .
On the other hand , Inlib is Syrian territory and why Russia should restrain Syrian forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stability and order in Syria .
In this situation , Russia has only one way out to pacify this Turkish Sultan – this is the use of force , other options simply do not exist .
Aside , Russia can no longer sit .
Things can go so far that Russia can deliver an ultimatum to Turkey , if Turkey uses artillery when the Syrian forces attack terrorists , it will be suppressed by the airborne forces , and if Turkey takes off planes they will be shot down .
For Russia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the future there will be two Russian bases in this country , without which Russia will no longer be able to ensure security in the Black Sea .
So Russia will support the Syrian troops in Idlib so that the Turks do not speak and threaten there , Russia has no other choice .
Yakov Kadmi ( Hebrew יעקב קדמי ; genus Yakov Iosifovich Kazakow ; March 5 , 1947 , Moscow , RSFSR , USSR ) – Israeli statesman , diplomat , head of the Nativ service in 1992-1999 , specializing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means of special operations .
In 1969 he made aliyah to Israel .
He participated in the Doomsday War , where he served in the same tank battalion with the future Prime Minister of Israel , Ehud Barak .
He held senior positions in the “ Russian section ” of the Israeli Foreign Ministry .
Mikhail Falkov in his dossier dedicated to Kedmi notes the following significant facts of his biography : in 1996-1999 , Kedmi had significant political influence through personal acquaintance with key Israeli politicians , and was also a key @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Armed forces of Iran .
Kedmi has personally known Vladimir Putin since the early 1990s .
Kedmi “ significantly contributed to the mass repatriation of Jews , first from the USSR , and then from the CIS countries to Israel , and also made a significant contribution to the development of Israeli-Russian relations ” After retiring , he is a pensioner and receives a pension equal to the pension of a general [ 3 ] .
He is engaged in business , giving lectures on security and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In April 1999 , during the election campaign , Kedmi initiated a public discussion of his disagreements with Netanyahu .
He attacked the prime minister for “ betraying the interests of Aliyah from the CIS ” and “ the destruction of relations with Russia.
” Kedmi supported the candidacy of Ehud Barak and contributed to his support from the Russian-speaking community .
Jacob Kedmi published a book of memoirs “ Hopeless wars ” ( “ Hebrew מלחמות אבודות ” ) .
The translation of the book into Russian was published in 2011 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published by Jacob Kedmi in collaboration with E. Ya .
Satanovsky “ Dialogues ” .
Yakov Kedmi regularly acts as a political scientist on Russian television and radio , especially often on Vesti-FM radio station [ 25 ] , as well as on V. Solovyov ’ s program on Rossiya television channel .
In a discussion of the crash of an IL-20 aircraft shot down by Syrian air defense fire , he said : “ This is the result of a series of tragic mistakes .
Unfortunately , I have to admit that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part .
Starting from the decision to conduct an attack in the immediate vicinity of the bases of the Russian troops , and ending with the fact that it was not taken into account that there was , and this was known to be , a reconnaissance aircraft .
With regard to the statement that a special setup or special provocation was carried out in order to hide behind this aircraft – it does not withstand professional criticism .
“

by Yakov Kadmi with Gordon Duff
Tel Aviv: Jacob Kadmi began by saying that this problem does not concern Israel. Now in Idlib is the largest group of terrorists, and Turkey supports them. Without the support of Erdogan, they would have long been destroyed. Turkey has always had claims to the northern territories of Syria.
Turkey now has impudent rhetoric. Turks deliver weapons to terrorists in Idlib, they protect their remains, Not only that, but they also sent Turkish troops there.
Why is the Idlib region so important, because it is from there that the constant terrorist attacks on the Syrian troops are carried out and there can be no peace in Syria without the liquidation of this group.
Since Aleppo is nearby, it is constantly subjected to attacks by the Isis, moreover, attacks from terrorists launching drones at the Khmeimim base come from there, and this is a threat to the Russian military group.
Russia is tired of all this, the Turks are not doing anything to curb terrorists. On the other hand, Inlib is Syrian territory and why Russia should restrain Syrian forces. Turkey is preventing today from establishing stability and order in Syria.
In this situation, Russia has only one way out to pacify this Turkish Sultan – this is the use of force, other options simply do not exist. Aside, Russia can no longer sit.
Things can go so far that Russia can deliver an ultimatum to Turkey, if Turkey uses artillery when the Syrian forces attack terrorists, it will be suppressed by the airborne forces, and if Turkey takes off planes they will be shot down.
For Russia, peace in Syria is important, since in the future there will be two Russian bases in this country, without which Russia will no longer be able to ensure security in the Black Sea.
So Russia will support the Syrian troops in Idlib so that the Turks do not speak and threaten there, Russia has no other choice.
About Author: Yakov Kadmi (Hebrew יעקב קדמי; genus Yakov Iosifovich Kazakow; March 5, 1947, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) – Israeli statesman, diplomat, head of the Nativ service in 1992-1999, specializing in the export of Jews to Israel means of special operations.
In 1969 he made aliyah to Israel. He participated in the Doomsday War, where he served in the same tank battalion with the future Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak. He held senior positions in the “Russian Section” of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Mikhail Falkov in his dossier dedicated to Kedmi notes the following significant facts of his biography: in 1996-1999, Kedmi had a significant political influence through personal acquaintance with key Israeli politicians and was also a key member of the Israeli secret services committee under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Armed forces of Iran. Kedmi has personally known Vladimir Putin since the early 1990s. Kedmi “significantly contributed to the mass repatriation of Jews, first from the USSR, and then from the CIS countries to Israel, and also made a significant contribution to the development of Israeli-Russian relations”
After retiring, he is a pensioner and receives a pension equal to the pension of a general. He is engaged in business, giving lectures on security and speaking as an analyst in various media.
In April 1999, during the election campaign, Kedmi initiated a public discussion of his disagreements with Netanyahu. He attacked the prime minister for “betraying the interests of Aliyah from the CIS” and “the destruction of relations with Russia.” Kedmi supported the candidacy of Ehud Barak and contributed to his support from the Russian-speaking community.
Jacob Kedmi published a book of memoirs “Hopeless wars” (“Hebrew מלחמות אבודות”). The translation of the book into Russian was published in 2011. In 2017, the book was published by Jacob Kedmi in collaboration with E. Ya. Satanovsky “Dialogues”.
Yakov Kedmi regularly acts as a political scientist on Russian television and radio, especially often on Vesti-FM radio station, as well as on V. Solovyov’s program on Rossiya television channel.
In a discussion of the crash of an IL-20 aircraft shot down by Syrian air defense fire, he said: “This is the result of a series of tragic mistakes. Unfortunately, I have to admit that most of the mistakes were on our part. Starting from the decision to conduct an attack in the immediate vicinity of the bases of the Russian troops, and ending with the fact that it was not taken into account that there was, and this was known to be, a reconnaissance aircraft. With regard to the statement that a special setup or special provocation was carried out in order to hide behind this aircraft – it does not withstand professional criticism.”


veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Yemen releases video of Saudi ‘Tornado’ Shoot Down (strong warning, graphic unpleasantness)

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Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
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veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Aleppo is Free! Battle report – Feb.16, 2020

Kurdish fighters join SAA coalition to run jihadis out of W. Aleppo [ Editor ’ s Note : The SAA and its allies continued their offensive momentum today .
They are pushing the jihadis out of west Aleppo , clearing the flatland areas and looking toward building a strong defense line in the NW hills where maneuvering by attacking Turkish forces would be an ambush shooting gallery on narrow mountain roads .
The Turkish equipment supplies have encouraged some armored jihadi counterattacks further south on the M5 highway western flank , but the SAA forces seem well prepared .
Their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacks so they have the fire power ready to defeat them .
The jihadis are losing their experienced combat troops .
Once the Aleppo area is cleared the support troops can move in to conduct de-mining sweeps , perform local security and the civilian infrastructure people can begin getting utilities working to support the rebuilding that will be needed this Spring .
On the political side , the partial withdrawal of American troops from Iraq appears to just be a redeployment into Syria , surprise , surprise…so they are still in play to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oil .
Erdogan is juggling his failing campaign in Idlib and overextension in Libya .
The troops sent there are the “ disposable ” kind where if all are killed , that will not hurt his political base at home .
Trump will use the current situation to his advantage .
The US have been playing this game for years , using cheap third world Muslim extremists to do its dirty work , with no worries about veteran college education costs and lifetime medical and family support .
With an over populated world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowd feels it can keep wars like this running forever with minor US casualties , and the cash register constantly ringing .
Imagine that… Jim W. Dean ] Update : 16:10 EST – Western Aleppo area is fully cleared .
VT congratulates all those who contributed to this many years of struggle to free the city from mortar and rocket attack .
On February 16 , the remaining positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay ’ at Tahrir al-Sham ( HTS ) and Turkish-backed factions in northern and northwestern Aleppo began to collapse following a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SAA ) .
Advancing from several directions , the army and its allies managed to liberate the following areas : • The towns of Shweihna , Kfar Dael , Bashantra , Hayan and Bayanoun ; • The areas of Tell Musiybin , Hutah , Qaylun , Muhaynah and Bshqatin and al-Fanar ; • The housing complexes of al-Hadi , al-Itihad al-Arabi , al-Kahraba 2 , al-Muharibin , Azar , al-Rashidin 2 and 3 .
Earlier today , HTS and its allies launched a large-scale counter-attack against the SAA in western Aleppo in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ region .
However , the attack was repelled with the militants sustaining catastrophic losses .
The SAA will likely secure northern and northwestern Aleppo within a few days , if not hours .
The remaining militants in the region are reportedly fleeing .

Kurdish fighters join SAA coalition to run jihadis out of W. Aleppo
..from Southfront
[ Editor’s Note: The SAA and its allies continued their offensive momentum today. They are pushing the jihadis out of west Aleppo, clearing the flatland areas and looking toward building a strong defense line in the NW hills where maneuvering by attacking Turkish forces would be an ambush shooting gallery on narrow mountain roads.
The Turkish equipment supplies have encouraged some armored jihadi counterattacks further south on the M5 highway western flank, but the SAA forces seem well prepared. Their intelligence division is supplying notification of developing attacks so they have the fire power ready to defeat them. The jihadis are losing their experienced combat troops.
Once the Aleppo area is cleared the support troops can move in to conduct de-mining sweeps, perform local security and the civilian infrastructure people can begin getting utilities working to support the rebuilding that will be needed this Spring.
On the political side, the partial withdrawal of American troops from Iraq appears to just be a redeployment into Syria, surprise, surprise…so they are still in play to engage in Trump mischief of stealing Syrian oil.
Erdogan is juggling his failing campaign in Idlib and overextension in Libya. The troops sent there are the “disposable” kind where if all are killed, that will not hurt his political base at home. Trump will use the current situation to his advantage.
The US have been playing this game for years, using cheap third world Muslim extremists to do its dirty work, with no worries about veteran college education costs and lifetime medical and family support.
With an over populated world, we are told the Deep State crowd feels it can keep wars like this running forever with minor US casualties, and the cash register constantly ringing. Imagine that… Jim W. Dean ]
– First published … February 16, 2020 –
Update: 16:10 EST – Western Aleppo area is fully cleared. VT congratulates all those who contributed to this many years of struggle to free the city from mortar and rocket attack.
On February 16, the remaining positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed factions in northern and northwestern Aleppo began to collapse following a new push by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).
Advancing from several directions, the army and its allies managed to liberate the following areas:
The towns of Shweihna, Kfar Dael, Bashantra, Hayan and Bayanoun;
The areas of Tell Musiybin, Hutah, Qaylun, Muhaynah and Bshqatin and al-Fanar;
The housing complexes of al-Hadi, al-Itihad al-Arabi, al-Kahraba 2, al-Muharibin, Azar, al-Rashidin 2 and 3.
Earlier today, HTS and its allies launched a large-scale counter-attack against the SAA in western Aleppo in a last ditch effort to hold onto the region. However, the attack was repelled with the militants sustaining catastrophic losses.
The SAA will likely secure northern and northwestern Aleppo within a few days, if not hours. The remaining militants in the region are reportedly fleeing.


veteranstoday--2020-02-17--CoronaVirus SOS by Wuhan’s Student Girl in Italy: “My Family’s Tragedy Banned on Socials”

Tragedy , agony , despair , helplessness and finally censorship .
This is the tremendous experience that a young Chinese architecture student is facing in Milan due to the damned CoronaVirus .
From the Lombard capital he began writing his family ’ s drama diary in Wuhan , his place of origin and epicenter of the infection .
He did so torn by the doubt whether to take the plane to his hometown to be close to family members or to stay in the safest Italy , where he has lived for six years , as wisely suggested by his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Weboi recounted the delay in the rescue of his 90-year-old grandfather , who died a few days after an “ unknown pneumonia ” , the vicissitudes of his father who with fever had to travel kilometers on foot to the hospital for the viral test of 2019- nCoV , to which he finally tested positive until his serious aggravation with his lungs arrested , so as to induce doctors to hospitalize him in Intensive Therapy .
Her distressing and painful tale , however , broke a few days ago .
When the authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China “ warned ” his family members not to publish negative messages but only positive ones .
When his profiles on WeChat and Sina Weboi with which he mailed were suddenly blocked and his father , although in very serious conditions , would have been seized the cell phone .
Thanks to her Chinese friend Pei Lin Wu and a journalist from the British newspaper The Guardian , her story can be told to the whole world , despite the censorship imposed by the communist regime .
Beijing wants to avoid further panic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hubei reached a fatal budget of 1668 and the number of people infected has risen to 68,000 , as reported by the BBC , however , highlighting the statements of the Chinese Foreign Minister , Wang Yi , on which announced a drop in new cases for the third day in a row .
This slightly positive news clashes , however , with the fact that the cases abroad have doubled to about 500 , 355 of which only on the cruise ship Diamond Princess still in a port of Japan in quarantine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Ministry of Foreign is thinking of going to recover with an air flight to cure them in the National Institute of Infectious Diseases “ Lazzaro Spallanzani ” .
From there came good news for the couple of Chinese tourists who were always hospitalized in stable conditions and for the 17 year old Niccolò , taken from Wuhan on a special Air Force flight and tested negative .
In the meantime , however , the pandemic caused a first victim in Europe , an 80-year-old Chinese tourist , and recorded the first case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , thus becoming the nightmare of virologists for the rapid spread that it could have due to the precarious health conditions of many countries of the Black Continent from which hundreds of migrants leave every day on boats destined for Italy and Europe .
The specter of catastrophic forecasts by some epidemiologists about the possibility that two thirds of the world population risk contagion , fortunately lethal only in 2.29 % of cases , is approaching .
And while suspicions are growing that the contagions may have originated from an “ ethnic ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Center for the Study of Existential Risk ( CSER ) prediction that such a war instrument could be « extremely harmful and potentially unstoppable » .
LIU : « I CAN ’ T EVEN ASK HELP THROUGH SOCIAL » It is the story of 25-year-old student Liu Mengdi that describes better than any reportage the tragic situation of Wuhan and the drama suffered by his heart away from his relatives affected by the CoronaVirus .
She has lived in Milan for six years now where she first graduated from the IED ( European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Polytechnic Architecture and then continued in the prestigious Domus Academy where she is completing her degree course .
You can read it in his FB social profile updated in December , before the outbreak began .
Waiting to be able to contact the girl we rely on the exhaustive article written by Lily Kuo for The Guardian , published online on Saturday 15 February , reporting the most salient sentences of the story and starting right from the moment when her diary was censored by the authorities with warnings to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like threatening orders … « Liu is especially angry about being told not to post online .
“ I can ’ t even ask for help ?
” she wrote in one of her diary entries – highlighted The Guardian – Earlier this month , her WeChat account was blocked – she suspects because she was posting about the virus .
Her father ’ s phone seems to have been taken away and she can no longer call him » .
« The epidemic has changed how some in my family view the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past , my family always 100 % believed the domestic reports .
Even when I told them about overseas reports , they would never believe me , ” said Liu , who has lived in Italy for six years .
“ After the outbreak , they said would believe me in the future » .
But it is not only censorship that has put Liu Mengdi ’ s splendid smile to the test , who uses Lidia Liu as a nickname on social media in Italy .
« Today is the sixth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city has been under quarantine for the last three weeks ] .
I thought my family , prevented from going out , would at least be safe .
It never occurred to me they would not be able to escape this » she wrote on 29 January from Italy .
Her father , 54-year-old Liu Daoyu , after having had a sore throat and coughing five days earlier , had just tested positive for the virus .
Her 90-year-old grandfather , Lei Ruting , showed even more severe symptoms : a fever that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ « Everyone in the family is extremely worried » she posted adding however some hopeful words : « We believe everything will be okay .
Thank you to the frontline people fighting this .
Thank you to those who have helped us » .
GRANDFATHER DEAD AFTER REFUSAL OF THE HOSPITAL Three days later , however , the tragedy .
« On 2 February 2020 at 3:08pm Beijing time , my grandfather passed away from ‘ unknown pneumonia ’ .
He just turned 90 last month .
He was always healthy .
Far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and angry » she vented .
The reason is told by the journalist Lily Kuo : « A few days before her grandfather died , he had a fever all through the night and fell out of bed .
When her relatives called for an ambulance , they were told there was no use in sending him to the hospital » .
It was the hot days of the epidemic when health facilities were collapsing and beds were starting to run low in Wuhan before the new hospital was built in record time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he really is suffering from the virus there is nothing that can be done .
Going to the hospital where no one will take care of him may be even more difficult » Liu said , recounting the advice her family had been given .
Following instructions , the family contacted the local neighbourhood committee – which is charged with arranging tests , quarantines and transport to the hospitals – but were given no help .
Eventually , Liu posted her family ’ s story on Sina Weibo , Chinese microblog , pleading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media , which reported her account .
« Eventually , health workers came to their home , took a blood sample from her grandfather and advised him to find somewhere to do the full diagnostic test , kits for which are in short supply across the city .
But her family was advised to stop putting out online calls for help and to post only “ positive ” messages – reported The Guardian – A journalist and friend of the family helped find a hospital that had testing kits available .
Seeing photos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Liu felt relieved .
But the next day , Lei died before the diagnosis could come back .
His body was sent for immediate cremation after a short ceremony where staff set off firecrackers ( according to the Chinese ritual it should instead be a relative – ed ) .
The family was not allowed to go or collect » .
« Grandpa really is strong .
We knew he must have been in a lot of pain , but he still insisted and pretended he was fine » Liu added .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ adoption , did not even have time to cry for the mourning of her dear relative to whom she was very fond because immediately the drama also affected her father .
18 MILES ON FOOT WITH FEVER FOR A DIAGNOSIS Liu Daoyu has been in hospital since January 29th .
Many infected people are sent back to their home in self-quarantine with the risk of infecting other people , highlights the British newspaper reporter .
But a bed was found for him through family friends .
« To get a diagnosis , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back , covering almost 18 miles on foot while in the grip of a fever .
Liu spoke to him as he walked back until his phone ’ s battery gave out .
The doctors said her dad was the most cheerful person in the ward .
He told the family he would be better in three weeks at the most » The Guardian further added .
Her father is extremely active , doesn ’ t drink or smoke and plays badminton three times a week .
He always walks 10,000 steps a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was hospitalized he asked for a double ration for lunch .
« He is 54 years old , but everyone says he looks like he is in his 40s » Liu said .
Instead his condition has worsened dramatically .
On 10 February , his birthday , Liu made a video with friends from around the world wishing her father well and an early recovery .
But that day , the hospital asked her mother to sign a form confirming his critical state .
Later , Liu ’ s mother told her that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ father is now in an intensive-care unit connected to a machine that pumps and oxygenates his blood .
LIU ALONE IN MILAN VERY FAR FROM FAMILY « Her mother , now alone at home , has taken to staying with her sister .
She cries often .
Liu herself has trouble focusing on her education in Italy , where she studies architecture , and her internship .
She wants to go home to see her family , but her mother says it isn ’ t safe » added journalist Lily Kuo , leading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this young student , torn by the desire to embrace her loved ones and the rationality of staying away from the CoronaVirus nightmare .
He fondly remembers his grandfather Lei , proud to tell of having fought with Mao Zedong as a faithful member and volunteer of the party during the Cultural Revolution .
That same communist party that has now choked in his throat also the cry of pain and despair that Liu from Milan launched on social networks as a sign of affection and help to his distant family .

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
Tragedy, agony, despair, helplessness and finally censorship. This is the tremendous experience that a young Chinese architecture student is facing in Milan due to the damned CoronaVirus.
From the Lombard capital, he began writing his family’s drama diary in Wuhan, his place of origin and epicenter of the infection. He did so torn by the doubt whether to take the plane to his hometown to be close to family members or to stay in the safest Italy, where he has lived for six years, as wisely suggested by his mother.
In social posts WeChat and Weboi recounted the delay in the rescue of his 90-year-old grandfather, who died a few days after an “unknown pneumonia”, the vicissitudes of his father who with fever had to travel kilometers on foot to the hospital for the viral test of 2019- nCoV, to which he finally tested positive until his serious aggravation with his lungs arrested, so as to induce doctors to hospitalize him in Intensive Therapy.
68 THOUSAND INFECTIONS, FIRST CASE IN EGYPT
Her distressing and painful tale, however, broke a few days ago. When the authorities of the People’s Republic of China “warned” his family members not to publish negative messages but only positive ones. When his profiles on WeChat and Sina Weboi with which he mailed were suddenly blocked and his father, although in very serious conditions, would have been seized the cell phone.
Thanks to her Chinese friend Pei Lin Wu and a journalist from the British newspaper The Guardian, her story can be told to the whole world, despite the censorship imposed by the communist regime.
Beijing wants to avoid further panic after the deaths in the province of Hubei reached a fatal budget of 1668 and the number of people infected has risen to 68,000, as reported by the BBC, however, highlighting the statements of the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, on which announced a drop in new cases for the third day in a row.
This slightly positive news clashes, however, with the fact that the cases abroad have doubled to about 500, 355 of which only on the cruise ship Diamond Princess still in a port of Japan in quarantine where there are also 35 Italians who the Ministry of Foreign is thinking of going to recover with an air flight to cure them in the National Institute of Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”. From there came good news for the couple of Chinese tourists who were always hospitalized in stable conditions and for the 17-year-old Niccolò, taken from Wuhan on a special Air Force flight and tested negative.
In the meantime, however, the pandemic caused a first victim in Europe, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist, and recorded the first case in Africa, another Chinese in Egypt, thus becoming the nightmare of virologists for the rapid spread that it could have due to the precarious health conditions of many countries of the Black Continent from which hundreds of migrants leave every day on boats destined for Italy and Europe.
The specter of catastrophic forecasts by some epidemiologists about the possibility that two-thirds of the world population risk contagion, fortunately, lethal only in 2.29% of cases, is approaching. And while suspicions are growing that the contagions may have originated from an “ethnic” biological weapon, the University of Cambridge Center for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) prediction that such a war instrument could be «extremely harmful and potentially unstoppable.
LIU: I CAN’T EVEN ASK HELP THROUGH SOCIAL
It is the story of 25-year-old student Liu Mengdi that describes better than any reportage the tragic situation of Wuhan and the drama suffered by his heart away from his relatives affected by the CoronaVirus.
She has lived in Milan for six years now where she first graduated from the IED (European Institute of Design), then studied at the Polytechnic Architecture and then continued in the prestigious Domus Academy where she is completing her degree course. You can read it in his FB social profile updated in December before the outbreak began.
Waiting to be able to contact the girl we rely on the exhaustive article written by Lily Kuo for The Guardian, published online on Saturday 15 February, reporting the most salient sentences of the story and starting right from the moment when her diary was censored by the authorities with warnings to the family that in communist China obviously sound like threatening orders …
Liu is especially angry about being told not to post online. “I can’t even ask for help?” she wrote in one of her diary entries – highlighted The Guardian – Earlier this month, her WeChat account was blocked – she suspects because she was posting about the virus. Her father’s phone seems to have been taken away and she can no longer call him.
The epidemic has changed how some in my family view the news we get at home. In the past, my family always 100% believed the domestic reports. Even when I told them about overseas reports, they would never believe me,” said Liu, who has lived in Italy for six years. “After the outbreak, they said would believe me in the future.
But it is not only censorship that has put Liu Mengdi’s splendid smile to the test, who uses Lidia Liu as a nickname on social media in Italy.
Today is the sixth day of the Wuhan lockdown [the city has been under quarantine for the last three weeks]. I thought my family, prevented from going out, would at least be safe. It never occurred to me they would not be able to escape this» she wrote on 29 January from Italy.
Her father, 54-year-old Liu Daoyu, after having had a sore throat and coughing five days earlier, had just tested positive for the virus. Her 90-year-old grandfather, Lei Ruting, showed even more severe symptoms: a fever that did not subside and breathing difficulties.
«Everyone in the family is extremely worried» she posted adding however some hopeful words: «We believe everything will be okay. Thank you to the frontline people fighting this. Thank you to those who have helped us.
GRANDFATHER DEAD AFTER REFUSAL OF THE HOSPITAL
Three days later, however, the tragedy.
On 2 February 2020 at 3:08 pm Beijing time, my grandfather passed away from ‘unknown pneumonia’. He just turned 90 last month. He was always healthy. Far more than grief, I feel lost and angry she vented.
The reason is told by the journalist Lily Kuo: «A few days before her grandfather died, he had a fever all through the night and fell out of bed. When her relatives called for an ambulance, they were told there was no use in sending him to the hospital».
It was the hot days of the epidemic when health facilities were collapsing and beds were starting to run low in Wuhan before the new hospital was built in a record time of just ten days.
If he really is suffering from the virus there is nothing that can be done. Going to the hospital where no one will take care of him may be even more difficult» Liu said, recounting the advice her family had been given. Following instructions, the family contacted the local neighborhood committee – which is charged with arranging tests, quarantines and transport to the hospitals – but were given no help. Eventually, Liu posted her family’s story on Sina Weibo, Chinese microblog, pleading for help, and also contacted local media, which reported her account.
Eventually, health workers came to their home, took a blood sample from her grandfather and advised him to find somewhere to do the full diagnostic test, kits for which are in short supply across the city. But her family was advised to stop putting out online calls for help and to post only “positive” messages – reported The Guardian – A journalist and friend of the family helped find a hospital that had testing kits available.
Seeing photos and videos of him at the hospital, Liu felt relieved. But the next day, Lei died before the diagnosis could come back. His body was sent for immediate cremation after a short ceremony where staff set off firecrackers (according to the Chinese ritual it should instead be a relative – ed). The family was not allowed to go or collect.
«Grandpa really is strong. We knew he must have been in a lot of pain, but he still insisted and pretended he was fine» Liu added. The poor student, now Milanese by adoption, did not even have time to cry for the mourning of her dear relative to whom she was very fond because immediately the drama also affected her father.
18 MILES ON FOOT WITH FEVER FOR A DIAGNOSIS
Liu Daoyu has been in hospital since January 29th. Many infected people are sent back to their homes in self-quarantine with the risk of infecting other people, highlights the British newspaper reporter. But a bed was found for him through family friends.
To get a diagnosis, he had to walk to the hospital and back, covering almost 18 miles on foot while in the grip of a fever. Liu spoke to him as he walked back until his phone’s battery gave out. The doctors said her dad was the most cheerful person in the ward. He told the family he would be better in three weeks at the most The Guardian further added.
Her father is extremely active, doesn’t drink or smoke and plays badminton three times a week. He always walks 10,000 steps a day. And as soon as he was hospitalized he asked for a double ration for lunch.
He is 54 years old, but everyone says he looks like he is in his 40s Liu said. Instead, his condition has worsened dramatically. On 10 February, his birthday, Liu made a video with friends from around the world wishing her father well and early recovery.
But that day, the hospital asked her mother to sign a form confirming his critical state. Later, Liu’s mother told her that his lungs had stopped working. Her father is now in an intensive-care unit connected to a machine that pumps and oxygenates his blood.
LIU ALONE IN MILAN VERY FAR FROM FAMILY
Her mother, now alone at home, has taken to staying with her sister. She cries often. Liu herself has trouble focusing on her education in Italy, where she studies architecture, and her internship. She wants to go home to see her family, but her mother says it isn’t safe added journalist Lily Kuo, leading all of us to imagine the tragedy of this young student, torn by the desire to embrace her loved ones and the rationality of staying away from the CoronaVirus nightmare.
He fondly remembers his grandfather Lei, proud to tell of having fought with Mao Zedong as a faithful member and volunteer of the party during the Cultural Revolution. That same communist party that has now choked in his throat also the cry of pain and despair that Liu from Milan launched on social networks as a sign of affection and help to his distant family.
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veteranstoday--2020-02-16--Dmitri Khalezov:  Wikipedia (Israeli Intelligence) Cleansed of information tied to Covert Nuke Marke

Dmitri Khalezov:  Wikipedia (Israeli Intelligence) Cleansed of information tied to Covert Nuke Market

By Dimitri Khalezov , former officer of the Soviet 12th Nuclear Chief Directorate ( May 2 , 2012 ) Editor ’ s note : This archival translation is the only one in existence and should be saved any way possible .
Recently , critical information has been scoured from the internet by illegal means , servers with information deemed “ inflammatory ” or released classified documents have been purged through use of sophisticated hacking programs .
Violators are many , the US , Russia , China , Israel and Britain are among the leaders .
This is one such document @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Special Control Service ( SCS , direct English transliteration – SSK ) is an autonomous intelligence organization within the main structure of the 12 Chief Directorate of the Defense Ministry of the USSR .
It is also known as a “ v/ch 46179 ” , or “ the Special Control Service of the Defense Ministry ” , ( in Russian : “ Служба Специального Контроля Министерства Обороны ” or , shortly , “ Служба Спец .
Контроля МО ” , or “ CCK ” – in English transliteration – “ SSK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ в/ч 46179 ” – which literary means “ military unit 46179 ” ) .
Sometimes it is also referred to as “ atomic intelligence ” or “ nuclear intelligence ” of the Russian ( ex Soviet ) Ministry of Defense .
The Special Control Service is tasked with gathering intelligence on nuclear weapons and particularly on nuclear testing of various adversaries of the former USSR by all means – ranging from six technical control methods to analyzing radio-intercepts and periodicals .
For later reason there is quite a big number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ English , Chinese , and French ) employed by this Service .
Technical methods of detection of nuclear explosions are these : seismic- , aerosol- , ionospheric- , spectrographic- , infra-sound- , hydro-acoustic- , and magneto-telluric- .
The Special Control Service has its own network of military units , named “ detection laboratories ” , each headed by a Colonel , which are situated in many spots inside and outside of the Soviet Union and are all linked to the Service headquarters and to its computation centres by its own secure communication network @ @ @ @ @ @ @ network of the 12 Chief Directorate itself ; this communication network also links the SSK headquarters directly to the Supreme Command headquarters , to the General Staff , to the Minister of Defence , to the GRU , to the 12 Chief Directorate Command Posts , to the Chemical Forces Command , and to Commands of all main branches of the Armed Forces .
In the Soviet times the chief of the Special Control Service had a duty to report detected nuclear explosions directly to the highest political leadership of the state – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ similar arrangement is made to report them directly to the Russian President .
Commanding and operation officers of the SSK – either in their direct capacity , or in disguise – are often included into various groups , commissions , etc .
representing Russia abroad when it comes to nuclear weapons/nuclear explosions control and other related matters .
Each SSK remote military unit ( “ detection laboratory ” ) is typically subdivided into : • several groups , each performing detection of nuclear explosions by one of available technical methods ; • SIGINTgroup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radio-intercepts analyse ; Locations of detection laboratories are carefully selected : normally all of them are situated on such spots of the Earth surface where it is easy to detect seismic signals coming from various parts of the worlds ( calculations as to exact locations of such spots are based on the actual structure of the Earth ’ s lithosphere ) .
The Special Control Service is especially effective when detecting underground nuclear explosions by seismic methods – it is capable of discriminating seismic signals of underground nuclear explosions as small as only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For example , the SSK specialists managed to detect a nuclear explosion of only 0.1 kiloton ( 100 ton of TNT ) under the 4th reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant only a second before an explosion of this reactor in 1986 , known as the “ Chernobyl disaster ” , to make necessary analyses , and so to establish that it was not actually an “ accident ” , but a meticulously planned act of sabotage where a 0.1 kiloton Special Atomic Demolition Munition ( SADM ) was used ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to an officially approved interpretation of events , it was restricted and shelved forever ) .
The SSK also boasts to be first and the only services to successfully detect the 2006 North Korean nuclear test , which claims to be less than 5 kiloton in TNT yield .
The following apparatuses are used for nuclear explosions detection : The Special Control Service was officially created as such only on 13 May 1958 , but even before that date this Service existed in various forms .
First it was created as the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2nd Department of the GRU .
Then it was elevated in status and re-created as the “ Department of Special Observation ” of the 6th Directorate of the GRU .
Then , in 1957 , together with the entire 6th Directorate , it was detached from the GRU subordinated directly to the Defense Ministry where it was re-named into “ Service of Special Observation of the Ministry of Defense ” .
Finally , on 13 of May , 1958 it was re-named into a Special Control Service , its current name .
Due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forces was re and re-subordinated first to the Directorate of the Commander of the Chemical Forces ( the then analogue of a standard ABC service in the Soviet Army ) , and then again – re-subordinated to the 12 Chief Directorate of the Defense Ministry .
Unlike servicemen of the 12 Chief Directorate who wear either gunnery uniforms or some other uniform , unrelated to their main duties for security reasons , all officers of the SSK wore only one kind of military uniform – an aviation one ( although a few of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of naval aviation ) .
This tradition of wearing aviation uniforms has survived in this Service from its beginning – first it was airplane-based flying laboratories used to collect various data from atmospheric atomic explosions of the 40s and 50s and since those times the Special Control Service had something to do with being airborne .
The SSK main headquarters is located on 10 , Matrosskaya Tishina st. , Moscow – within the same compound with headquarters of the military transportation aviation ( its former carrier ) and that of the Russian Airborne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VTA ” and “ VDV ” correspondingly ) .
In 1992 ( at the moment of the USSR dissolution ) the SSK was comprised of 11 separate and 3 radio-seismic laboratories , 4 automated and 3 automatic stations , 5 autonomous seismic posts and 10 remote groups .
Besides , it was used various control airborne and seaborne facilities , as well as space-based facilities .
4 laboratories created in 1954 .
In Russian Federation – 18 laboratories .
Position of the chief of the Special Control Service supposed to be occupied by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with one Major-General as his First Deputy and with one more Major-General as the Chief of the SSK ’ s main scientific research institute ; the rest of the SSK commanding officers are Colonels .
Altogether the Special Control Service has over 2 thousand commissioned officers and roughly 6 thousand of non-commissioned officers , soldiers , and civilians ( not counting over 1.000 commissioned officers of scientific profiles working in its research institute ) .
Known Chiefs of the Special Control Service : The main-profile SSK ’ s commissioned officers are officially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – supplied by a special “ nuclear detection ” faculty of the military college in Serpukhov and by a special faculty of the Dzerjinski Military Academy .
Military interpreters are supplied by Moscow Military Institute of Foreign Languages , sometimes – by civilian Universities and Institutes .
Non-essential specialists ( those commissioned and non-commissioned officers and soldiers who perform general tasks , unrelated to the main profile – such as computer specialists , communication engineers , cryptographers , administrative officers , etc . )
could be supplied by other military colleges and academies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Communist Party of the Soviet Union could be appointed to serve in the 12th GU MO or in any of its subordinated units , including its Special Control Service ( even young conscripts who served there only two years without actually knowing anything at all about nuclear weapons profile of their military units must obtain special security clearance and must necessarily be members of the Communist Union of Youth , aka “ Komsomol ” ) .
The Special Control Service consists of its Headquarters and remote Laboratories : • v/ch 46179 Moscow , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tishina street , 10 ) , created 13.05.1958 as a part of the GRU ; formal name : 170th Operational-Coordination Center ( 170th OKC ) of the Special Control Service of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR .
• v/ch 63679 Moscow , Matrosskaya Tishina street , 10 / Sergiev Posad p.Sharapovo – Command Post /Reserved Command Post SSK – detached from the main SSK headquarters ( v/ch 46179 ) into a separate operational unit in 1987 .
Composition : 844th Command Post if the 170th Operational-Coordination Center SSK , Reserve Command @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Signal Office Centres SSK , main and reserved computer centres SSK , and also a radio-transmitting centre , remote seismic post and remote group of universal time in p.Sharapovo ( three later formerly belonged to the Podolsk SSK Laboratory ) • v/ch 31650 Moscow Rubcovsko-Dvorcovaya street , 2 – NII SSK ( SSK scientific research institute ) .
Removed from the SSK headquarters ( v/ch 46179 ) subordination and re-subordinated directly to the 12th Chief Directorate ( v/ch 31600 ) in 1988 .
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Editor’s note: This archival translation is the only one in existence and should be saved in any way possible. Recently, critical information has been scoured from the internet by illegal means, servers with information deemed “inflammatory” or released classified documents have been purged through the use of sophisticated hacking programs. Violators are many, the US, Russia, China, Israel, and Britain are among the leaders. This is one such document we are restoring and hope to defend.
By Dimitri Khalezov, a former officer of the Soviet 12th Nuclear Chief Directorate (May 2, 2012)
The Special Control Service (SCS, direct English transliteration – SSK) is an autonomous intelligence organization within the main structure of the 12 Chief Directorate of the Defense Ministry of the USSR. It is also known as a “v/ch 46179”, or “the Special Control Service of the Defense Ministry”, (in Russian: “Служба Специального Контроля Министерства Обороны” or, shortly, “Служба Спец. Контроля МО”, or “CCK” – in English transliteration – “SSK”, or by its code name: “в/ч 46179” – which literary means “military unit 46179”).
Sometimes it is also referred to as “atomic intelligence” or “nuclear intelligence” of the Russian (ex-Soviet) Ministry of Defense.
Main structure and tasks
The Special Control Service is tasked with gathering intelligence on nuclear weapons and particularly on nuclear testing of various adversaries of the former USSR by all means – ranging from six technical control methods to analyzing radio-intercepts and periodicals.
For the latter reason, there is quite a big number of military interpreters of various languages (mainly English, Chinese, and French) employed by this Service. Technical methods of detection of nuclear explosions are these: seismic-, aerosol-, ionospheric-, spectrographic-, infra-sound-, hydro-acoustic-, and magneto-telluric-.
The Special Control Service has its own network of military units, named “detection laboratories”, each headed by a Colonel, which are situated in many spots inside and outside of the Soviet Union and are all linked to the Service headquarters and to its computation centers by its own secure communication network which is totally independent from the communication network of the 12 Chief Directorate itself; this communication network also links the SSK headquarters directly to the Supreme Command headquarters, to the General Staff, to the Minister of Defence, to the GRU, to the 12 Chief Directorate Command Posts, to the Chemical Forces Command, and to Commands of all main branches of the Armed Forces.
In the Soviet times, the chief of the Special Control Service had a duty to report detected nuclear explosions directly to the highest political leadership of the state – the then Soviet Politburo. Currently, a similar arrangement is made to report them directly to the Russian President.
Commanding and operation officers of the SSK – either in their direct capacity or in disguise – are often included in various groups, commissions, etc. representing Russia abroad when it comes to nuclear weapons/nuclear explosions control and other related matters.
Each SSK remote military unit (“detection laboratory”) is typically subdivided into:


veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Last Surviving Soviet Ace of Korean War Recounts Efforts Against USAF

Sputnik/Moscow : For nearly forty years , direct Soviet involvement in the air war over Korea from 1950-1953 remained a tightly-kept state secret , with US planners long left speculating about how the young and relatively inexperienced Chinese and North Korean air forces could manage to shoot down so many planes belonging to the powerful US Air Force .
On Saturday , Russia solemnly marked Warriors-Internationalists Day , a holiday dedicated to the thousands of Soviet soldiers who served in conflicts around the world during the Cold War .
In honour of the occasion , journalist Andrei Kots sat down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) Sergei Kramarenko , a decorated Soviet Air Force ace who served in the Second World War and earned the title ‘ Hero of the Soviet Union ’ for his exploits in Korea , and who , at 97 years old , is the last living Soviet ace of the Korean War .
Despite his age , the veteran ’ s mind was as sharp as ever , and he remembered that it was the experience he gained during World War II that prepared him for Korea .
Between 1942 and 1945 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , shooting down three Luftwaffe aircraft and assisting in the destruction of 13 more .
“ At the end of the war , we had surpassed the Germans in terms of combat tactics and piloting skill .
We entered the Korean conflict equipped with this knowledge , and it allowed us to successfully defeat the Americans , ” Kramarenko said .
“ US pilots seemed weaker to me than the German aces .
The Germans were more willing to get into a fight , while the Americans tried to avoid battle .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we were at least not inferior to them in terms of training and skill , and even surpassed them in terms of our aircraft , ” the pilot added .
Kramarenko said that getting into the cockpit of the new MiG-15 jet fighter jet after flying piston-engine fighters in WWII proved surprisingly easy , with the jet proving responsive , and capable of accelerating to up to 1,000 km per hour and climbing to heights of up to 15 km .
The latter capability proved superior to that of the American F-86 Sabre @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this to their advantage to attack the enemy from above .
In November 1950 , as China entered the war , Kramarenko and 31 other pilots from the 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment were quietly deployed to the country to train People ’ s Liberation Air Force pilots .
The clandestine nature of their operation meant that they were forbidden from revealing any details about the nature of their activities in letters to loved ones back home .
In the meantime , the pilots sought to piece together the few details they knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was more maneuverable than the MiG-15 , but with the aforementioned lower operating ceiling .
Direct limited Soviet Air Force involvement in Korea began in the spring of 1951 , with Kramarenko confirming that his first sortie took place on April 1 .
“ We scrambled to intercept a reconnaissance plane with a fighter escort , ” Kramarenko recalled .
“ We climbed , traveling along the Yalu River in the north .
After ascending to 7,000 meters , we saw the enemy aircraft dead ahead .
Out in front was a dual-engined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighters , two squadrons .
We had one squadron of four MiGs .
I gave the order to attack .
My wingman Ivan Lazutin approached the recon plane from below to try to destroy it .
Suddenly , one of the squadrons of Sabres swooped in over him .
‘ Roll to the right !
’ I shouted .
He turned quickly and the enemy planes chased after him .
I aimed at the straggler of the bunch , and shot it from the rear .
The plane fell into the sea .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ other wingman , Sergei Rodionov , was attacked by the other Sabre squadron .
I commanded him to swerve to the right , he turned and I managed to hit another enemy plane .
After that the Sabres and the recon plane left the battle and fled.
” Kramarenko was one of the Soviet pilots involved in the deadly April 12 , 1951 skirmish which US Air Force pilots would subsequenty dub ‘ Black Thursday ’ .
On that day , 30 MiG-15s attacked several dozen B-29 bombers escorted by as many as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down multiple B-29s without suffering a single loss .
US command was so shaken by the event that it halted all bombing operations over Korea for three months , and ended daylight raids for good .
“ In that battle , we knocked 25 of 48 B-29s out of service as they flew to bomb the bridge over the Yalu River , ” the veteran recalled , referring to the bridge connecting North Korea to China .
“ I still remember the image in my mind : an armada of planes is flying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during a parade .
Suddenly we swoop down on top of them .
I open fire on one of the bombers – immediately white smoke starts billowing out .
I had damaged the fuel tank .
And then my comrades arrived .
I ’ d say we thrashed the Americans pretty good .
All our fighters returned to the airfield , and the USAF declared a week-long period of mourning and didn ’ t get up the courage to send bombers to the area for a long time , ” Kramarenko recalled .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with American aces on several occasions , and recalled an encounter he had with Glenn Eagleston – commander of the USAF ’ s 334th squadron , and a veteran of WWII .
“ Eagleston flew in a formation of three planes , ” Kramarenko recalled .
“ The pair provided him with cover while he attacked from above .
He missed , and dipped below , bringing his plane out of a dive about 100 meters from me .
I immediately swerved left and rolled , diving .
I came out of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again .
We ‘ danced ’ with this ace for quite some time .
Finally I managed to get on top of him and began firing .
Pieces began to fall off his Sabre , and he began going down , his wing mates behind me .
I made another role and dropped sharply downward , heading toward the damn where North Korean anti-aircraft gunners were stationed .
I looked back , the two planes were tailing me at a distance of 800 meters .
Suddenly anti-aircraft shells begin bursting in front of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our own , I thought .
I went straight into the maw , but got lucky – they didn ’ t hit .
The Sabres stopped their pursuit and set off for home .
In the end , Eagleston sat his plane down at a US airfield .
Wounded , he was sent back to the United States and he didn ’ t fight anymore.
” On January 17 , 1952 , Kramarenko ’ s luck seemed to have run out .
In an engagement against a pair of Sabres , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planes flying above , with the fighters diving and opening fire , critically damaging his MiG .
Losing control , he jumped out and opened his parachute , only to get an unpleasant surprise .
“ I ’ m hanging from the parachute , and suddenly the American fighter swoops in and opens fire on me .
He ’ s firing from afar , and the rounds fly below me .
I pull up my legs automatically .
About 400-500 meters out , he turns around and comes in for another pass .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ caught in a cloud and the American lost me .
Descending further , I noticed a forest .
From the right is a clearing .
I pulled up the harness , turned around and fell into a bush .
I gave myself a once over – nope , no blood .
Then I touched my neck and felt a big bump .
I must have hit something .
I collected my parachute , reached a road , heading west…Suddenly in front of me I see a cart leaving the forest , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he grabbed his pitchfork , thinking I was an American .
I told him ‘ Kim Il Sung –ho , ’ ‘ Stalin –ho ’ , ‘ ho ’ meaning ‘ good ’ in Korean .
Realizing I was one of his own , he put me in his cart and took me to his village .
They fed me , and laid me down to sleep on the floor .
In the morning a vehicle came and picked me up , taking me to the airfield .
That was my final @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the pilot recalled .
According to Kramarenko , the incident with the USAF pilot strafing him from a parachute wasn ’ t unusual , and he lost one comrade and saw another wounded in this way .
In total , the 176th Guards Air Regiment lost eight pilots and 12 aircraft .
At the same time , they destroyed about 50 bombers , with fighters not counted .
According to Kramarenko , he personally shot down 21 enemy planes , but was recognized for only 13 of them as the rest fell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the showing of Soviet pilots in Korea helped prevent World War III .
“ The Americans planned to drop 300 atomic bombs on the USSR , ” he insisted .
“ But in Korea we proved to them that it ’ s better for B-29s not to stick their noses into our territory .
After we disabled 25 of 48 bombers in a single flight , the US abandoned its strategy to bomb Soviet territory , ” he said .
Kramarenko retired from the Soviet Air Force in 1981 , serving as commander @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as an advisor to friendly air forces abroad .
In February 1979 , he became deputy chief of staff of the 23rd Air Army .
He last flew in 1982 .
“ Today , of course , I can no longer fly .
I envy the young people taking their planes into the sky .
Modern combat planes are great pieces of equipment , powerful , well-armed .
It ’ s probably nice to ‘ cut through the clouds ’ in one….I still dream of the sky , ” he said .
Nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ War Over Korea Still Debated The details of the MiG vs. Sabre conflict of the Korean War remain hotly debated to this day , with US historians estimating that a total of 224 Sabres were lost during the war compared to 566 MiG-15s ( with most of the latter piloted by Chinese and North Korean pilots ) .
However , Russian estimates claim 1,106 total air victories , and 335 MiGs lost for all reasons , including both combat and non-combat sorties .
The Korean War proved to be the beginning of US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
During the war , Allied carpet bombing is estimated to have destroyed up to three quarters of North Korea ’ s population centers .
In all , the US dropped 635,000 tonnes of bombs , including 32,000 tonnes of napalm , on the peninsula , which is more than the total tonnage of bombs dropped on Japanese targets during the entirety of the US Pacific Campaign in World War II .

Sputnik/Moscow: For nearly forty years, direct Soviet involvement in the air war over Korea from 1950-1953 remained a tightly-kept state secret, with US planners long left speculating about how the young and relatively inexperienced Chinese and North Korean air forces could manage to shoot down so many planes belonging to the powerful US Air Force.
On Saturday, Russia solemnly marked Warriors-Internationalists Day, a holiday dedicated to the thousands of Soviet soldiers who served in conflicts around the world during the Cold War. In honor of the occasion, journalist Andrei Kots sat down with Maj. Gen. (ret.) Sergei Kramarenko, a decorated Soviet Air Force ace who served in the Second World War and earned the title ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’ for his exploits in Korea, and who, at 97 years old, is the last living Soviet ace of the Korean War.
Despite his age, the veteran’s mind was as sharp as ever, and he remembered that it was the experience he gained during World War II that prepared him for Korea. Between 1942 and 1945, he flew the LaGG-3 and La-5 fighters, shooting down three Luftwaffe aircraft and assisting in the destruction of 13 more.
“At the end of the war, we had surpassed the Germans in terms of combat tactics and piloting skills. We entered the Korean conflict equipped with this knowledge, and it allowed us to successfully defeat the Americans,” Kramarenko said.
“US pilots seemed weaker to me than the German aces. The Germans were more willing to get into a fight, while the Americans tried to avoid battle. In Korea, we proved to them that we were at least not inferior to them in terms of training and skill, and even surpassed them in terms of our aircraft,” the pilot added.
Kramarenko said that getting into the cockpit of the new MiG-15 jet fighter jet after flying piston-engine fighters in WWII proved surprisingly easy, with the jet proving responsive, and capable of accelerating to up to 1,000 km per hour and climbing to heights of up to 15 km. The latter capability proved superior to that of the American F-86 Sabre, and Soviet pilots would often use this to their advantage to attack the enemy from above.
In November 1950, as China entered the war, Kramarenko and 31 other pilots from the 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment were quietly deployed to the country to train the People’s Liberation Air Force pilots. The clandestine nature of their operation meant that they were forbidden from revealing any details about the nature of their activities in letters to loved ones back home. In the meantime, the pilots sought to piece together the few details they knew about the Sabre – learning that it was more maneuverable than the MiG-15, but with the aforementioned lower operating ceiling.
Baptism by Fire
Direct limited Soviet Air Force involvement in Korea began in the spring of 1951, with Kramarenko confirming that his first sortie took place on April 1.
“We scrambled to intercept a reconnaissance plane with a fighter escort,” Kramarenko recalled. “We climbed, traveling along the Yalu River in the north. After ascending to 7,000 meters, we saw the enemy aircraft dead ahead. Out in front was a dual-engined recon plane, behind it were eight fighters, two squadrons. We had one squadron of four MiGs.
I gave the order to attack. My wingman Ivan Lazutin approached the recon plane from below to try to destroy it. Suddenly, one of the squadrons of Sabres swooped in over him. ‘Roll to the right!’ I shouted. He turned quickly and the enemy planes chased after him. I aimed at the straggler of the bunch and shot it from the rear. The plane fell into the sea. The others immediately pulled upward.
My other wingman, Sergei Rodionov, was attacked by the other Sabre squadron. I commanded him to swerve to the right, he turned and I managed to hit another enemy plane. After that, the Sabres and the recon plane left the battle and fled.”
‘Black Thursday’
Kramarenko was one of the Soviet pilots involved in the deadly April 12, 1951 skirmish which US Air Force pilots would subsequently dub ‘Black Thursday’. On that day, 30 MiG-15s attacked several dozen B-29 bombers escorted by as many as 100 F-80s and F-84 fighters, shooting down multiple B-29s without suffering a single loss. US command was so shaken by the event that it halted all bombing operations over Korea for three months, and ended daylight raids for good.
“In that battle, we knocked 25 of 48 B-29s out of service as they flew to bomb the bridge over the Yalu River,” the veteran recalled, referring to the bridge connecting North Korea to China. “I still remember the image in my mind: an armada of planes is flying in combat formation, beautiful, like during a parade. Suddenly we swoop down on top of them. I open fire on one of the bombers – immediately white smoke starts billowing out. I had damaged the fuel tank. And then my comrades arrived. I’d say we thrashed the Americans pretty well. All our fighters returned to the airfield, and the USAF declared a week-long period of mourning and didn’t get up the courage to send bombers to the area for a long time,” Kramarenko recalled.
Battle With a US Ace
During the campaign, Kramarenko butted heads with American aces on several occasions and recalled an encounter he had with Glenn Eagleston – commander of the USAF’s 334th squadron, and a veteran of WWII.
“Eagleston flew in a formation of three planes,” Kramarenko recalled. “The pair provided him with cover while he attacked from above. He missed and dipped below, bringing his plane out of a dive about 100 meters from me. I immediately swerved left and rolled, diving. I came out of the dive and he opened fire on me again. We ‘danced’ with this ace for quite some time. Finally, I managed to get on top of him and began firing.
Pieces began to fall off his Sabre, and he began going down, his wingmates behind me. I made another role and dropped sharply downward, heading toward the damn where North Korean anti-aircraft gunners were stationed. I looked back, the two planes were tailing me at a distance of 800 meters. Suddenly anti-aircraft shells begin bursting in front of me. Better to die from one of our own, I thought.
I went straight into the maw, but got lucky – they didn’t hit. The Sabres stopped their pursuit and set off for home. In the end, Eagleston sat his plane down at a US airfield. Wounded, he was sent back to the United States and he didn’t fight anymore.”
Nearly Pitchforked
On January 17, 1952, Kramarenko’s luck seemed to have run out. In an engagement against a pair of Sabres, the pilot didn’t notice additional US planes flying above, with the fighters diving and opening fire, critically damaging his MiG. Losing control, he jumped out and opened his parachute, only to get an unpleasant surprise.
“I’m hanging from the parachute, and suddenly the American fighter swoops in and opens fire on me. He’s firing from afar, and the rounds fly below me. I pull up my legs automatically. About 400-500 meters out, he turns around and comes in for another pass. But I got lucky, I got caught in a cloud and the American lost me. Descending further, I noticed a forest. From the right is a clearing.
I pulled up the harness, turned around and fell into a bush. I gave myself a once over – nope, no blood. Then I touched my neck and felt a big bump. I must have hit something. I collected my parachute, reached a road, heading west…Suddenly in front of me, I see a cart leaving the forest, it was Korean gathering wood. Seeing me, he grabbed his pitchfork, thinking I was an American. I told him ‘Kim Il Sung-ho,’ ‘Stalin –ho’, ‘ho’ meaning ‘good’ in Korean.
Realizing I was one of his own, he put me in his cart and took me to his village. They fed me and laid me down to sleep on the floor. In the morning a vehicle came and picked me up, taking me to the airfield. That was my final flight before returning to the USSR,” the pilot recalled.
According to Kramarenko, the incident with the USAF pilot strafing him from a parachute wasn’t unusual, and he lost one comrade and saw another wounded in this way.
In total, the 176th Guards Air Regiment lost eight pilots and 12 aircraft. At the same time, they destroyed about 50 bombers, with fighters not counted. According to Kramarenko, he personally shot down 21 enemy planes but was recognized for only 13 of them as the rest fell into the sea. The veteran believes the showing of Soviet pilots in Korea helped prevent World War III.
“The Americans planned to drop 300 atomic bombs on the USSR,” he insisted. “But in Korea, we proved to them that it’s better for B-29s not to stick their noses into our territory. After we disabled 25 of 48 bombers in a single flight, the US abandoned its strategy to bomb Soviet territory,” he said.
Kramarenko retired from the Soviet Air Force in 1981, serving as commander of fighter regiments, divisions, and as an advisor to friendly air forces abroad. In February 1979, he became deputy chief of staff of the 23rd Air Army.
He last flew in 1982. “Today, of course, I can no longer fly. I envy the young people taking their planes into the sky. Modern combat planes are great pieces of equipment, powerful, well-armed. It’s probably nice to ‘cut through the clouds’ in one….I still dream of the sky,” he said.
Nearly 70 Years On, Details of Air War Over Korea Still Debated
The details of the MiG vs. Sabre conflict of the Korean War remain hotly debated to this day, with US historians estimating that a total of 224 Sabres were lost during the war compared to 566 MiG-15s (with most of the latter piloted by Chinese and North Korean pilots). However, Russian estimates claim 1,106 total air victories, and 335 MiGs lost for all reasons, including both combat and non-combat sorties.
The Korean War proved to be the beginning of the US military’s air power-heavy post-WWII doctrine. During the war, Allied carpet bombing is estimated to have destroyed up to three-quarters of North Korea’s population centers.
In all, the US dropped 635,000 tonnes of bombs, including 32,000 tonnes of napalm, on the peninsula, which is more than the total tonnage of bombs dropped on Japanese targets during the entirety of the US Pacific Campaign in World War II.


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veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Turkey to Russia: “We’ll Make Skyscrapers of Skulls Out of the Russian Army” (we wish them good luck

Turkey to Russia: “We’ll Make Skyscrapers of Skulls Out of the Russian Army” (we wish them good luck with that)

On a personal note , Turkey is a fine country with wonderful people , lots of cool ruins and great food .
VT loves Turkey and VT staffers have many good friends in Turkey , some run their army , their navy and their intelligence services .
Sputnik/Moscow : Earlier this week , the ambassador revealed that the recent rise in tensions between Moscow and Ankara over Russian support for Syria in Idlib had led to threats being made against his life , recalling that the last crisis in relations between the two countries led to the assassination of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ambassador to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov has expanded on his earlier comments about the threats he and embassy staff have had to deal with in recent days , stressing that while he does not take them to heart , they ’ re unacceptable because he is a representative of Russia .
“ As far as the threats are concerned , we ’ ve discussed them at length , and even publicized the most odious ones .
Among the last which we ’ ve received last night and this morning are comments such as ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the skulls of your army ’ , and ‘ You ’ ll pay the price for every drop of blood you shed ’ , and so on , ” Yerkhov said , speaking to Zvezda on Sunday .
The ambassador noted that he could not help but treat this subject with the utmost seriousness , since it ’ s not simply a matter of threats against himself .
“ Someone may say that this is a case of people letting off some steam and moving on , someone else may say this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disagree with these viewpoints .
But at the same time such actions are unacceptable , because we ’ re not talking about the embassy or the ambassador , but about Russia and all of its representatives , ” Yerkhov stressed .
“ Why are the threats unacceptable ?
Because threats against Russia in themselves are a factor in the radicalization of public sentiment – they are read and accepted .
Those who write them may not be fully aware of it , but they are starting a chain reaction of xenophobia , anger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manifestation .
Many experts have recalled that the information and propaganda situation emerging in recent days is reminiscent of the one which reigned five years ago , and we all remember how that ended , ” the ambassador warned , referring to the 2015 murder of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara in late 2016 in the wake of the crisis in Russian-Turkish relations following the 2015 Turkish shootdown of a Russian aircraft over Syria .
According to Yerkhov , he is worried least of all about his personal security .
Praising Turkish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown in protecting him , he stressed that everything possible must be done to prevent inciting anger , hate and hostility between Turks and Russians , because it ’ s impossible to protect all employees of foreign organizations or to isolate all Russian nationals in Turkey .
On Saturday , the Russian Foreign Ministry said it expected Turkey to do everything in its power to ensure the safety of Russian diplomats and tourists in the country .
Earlier , Turkish media reported that a group of teen vandals had desecrated twenty Christian graves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the graves of Russian immigrants .
Relations between Russia and Turkey cooled this week following the deaths of over half a dozen Turkish troops in a Syrian artillery strike in Idlib , Syria .
The attack escalated into a shooting war between Syrian and Turkish forces , with Ankara threatening a full-scale offensive if Syrian troops didn ’ t withdraw from the de-escalation zone .
Moscow has accused Ankara of failing to live up to its commitments to separate moderate opposition fighters from terrorist militants , and has warned against further escalations .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in December following repeated attacks on its forces , has said that it will continue to conduct anti-terrorist operations in Idlib and elsewhere in Syrian territory regardless of Turkish threats to intervene .

VT wishes Turkey “good luck with that”
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Sputnik/Moscow: Earlier this week, the ambassador revealed that the recent rise in tensions between Moscow and Ankara over Russian support for Syria in Idlib had led to threats being made against his life, recalling that the last crisis in relations between the two countries led to the assassination of his predecessor by a Turkish radical.
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov has expanded on his earlier comments about the threats he and embassy staff have had to deal with in recent days, stressing that while he does not take them to heart, they’re unacceptable because he is a representative of Russia.
“As far as the threats are concerned, we’ve discussed them at length, and even publicized the most odious ones. Among the last which we’ve received last night and this morning are comments such as ‘We’ll build skyscrapers out of the skulls of your army’, and ‘You’ll pay the price for every drop of blood you shed’, and so on,” Yerkhov said, speaking to Zvezda on Sunday.
The ambassador noted that he could not help but treat this subject with the utmost seriousness since it’s not simply a matter of threats against himself.
“Someone may say that this is a case of people letting off some steam and moving on, someone else may say this is democratic. It’s hard to disagree with these viewpoints. But at the same time such actions are unacceptable because we’re not talking about the embassy or the ambassador, but about Russia and all of its representatives,” Yerkhov stressed.
“Why are the threats unacceptable? Because threats against Russia in themselves are a factor in the radicalization of public sentiment – they are read and accepted. Those who write them may not be fully aware of it, but they are starting a chain reaction of xenophobia, anger, and hatred which can find a real-world manifestation. Many experts have recalled that the information and propaganda situation emerging in recent days is reminiscent of the one which reigned five years ago, and we all remember how that ended,” the ambassador warned, referring to the 2015 murder of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara in late 2016 in the wake of the crisis in Russian-Turkish relations following the 2015 Turkish shootdown of a Russian aircraft over Syria.
According to Yerkhov, he is worried at least of all about his personal security. Praising Turkish authorities for the professionalism they’ve shown in protecting him, he stressed that everything possible must be done to prevent inciting anger, hate, and hostility between Turks and Russians because it’s impossible to protect all employees of foreign organizations or to isolate all Russian nationals in Turkey.
At the same time, the diplomat suggested that the current tensions “could threaten the entire complex of Russian-Turkish relations…which was painstakingly constructed by the efforts of tens of thousands of people, starting with our countries’ presidents, who made a considerable personal contribution to the development of these bilateral relations.”
On Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it expected Turkey to do everything in its power to ensure the safety of Russian diplomats and tourists in the country. Earlier, Turkish media reported that a group of teen vandals had desecrated twenty Christian graves at Ortakoy cemetery in Ankara, including the graves of Russian immigrants.
Relations between Russia and Turkey cooled this week following the deaths of over half a dozen Turkish troops in a Syrian artillery strike in Idlib, Syria. The attack escalated into a shooting war between Syrian and Turkish forces, with Ankara threatening a full-scale offensive if Syrian troops didn’t withdraw from the de-escalation zone.
Moscow has accused Ankara of failing to live up to its commitments to separate moderate opposition fighters from terrorist militants and has warned against further escalations. Syria, which launched its Idlib operation in December following repeated attacks on its forces, has said that it will continue to conduct anti-terrorist operations in Idlib and elsewhere in Syrian territory regardless of Turkish threats to intervene.


veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Vital/Exclusive: Erdogan prematurely revealed his true intentions

One of Erdogan ’ s previously proclaimed principles – “ zero problems with neighbors ” is suffering a terrible collapse .
Turkey ’ s problems are growing from all sides , both from Iran and from Syria , but most importantly , the position of the United States and its “ NATO allies ” in the form of France is completely incomprehensible .
France is the “ Rothschild Sword ” .
And the Rothschilds are not happy with Erdogan .
They need control over the Israel-Egypt-Greece-EU gas pipeline , and the rest of Libya ’ s hydrocarbon wealth is very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for whom he worked at “ the bank ” ( he almost wrote “ on the premises ” ) .
Add to this that , despite all the bravura statements about the “ victories ” of the rebels , their losses are growing , and panic is emerging in the ranks .
Moreover , in the speeches of Erdogan , the word “ hopeless ” is always there to be heard , perhaps through the silence and deception .
The situation itself can not be regulated by force of arms .
Obviously , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to win a decisive military victory , even if Turkey will stand at their side .
Neither the US nor the EU or NATO will support the Turks and never allow the Mujahideen Erdogan to power in Damascus .
Israel will never allow the Turkish army to go to its borders .
This is a dead end .
In Libya , the situation is even worse , Erdogan does not seem to understand with whom he contracted , Sarraj and his PNS , these are just puppets who do not control the situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inter-tribal war in the country , and the main violin is played by Misurata fighters , which are essentially crypto-Jewish tribes , at one time formally converted to Islam .
In fact , they pursue only their goals and those of Israel , through its puppet Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt who supports Haftar .
The Israelis operate in Libya through their fellow tribesmen from Misurata , who run a gangster enclave turned to by various dark forces in the Middle East .
They solve problems , starting from drug trafficking , ending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is completely unclear how Erdogan , who knocks on the door of the EU and wants to become a member of the EU , wants to combine the challenge of all the “ great powers ” with the desire to join the EU ?
Erdogan is clearly brewing an open conflict with one of the pillars of old Europe , France .
His list , as not just Ottoman inheritor but Byzantine as well , he may have others on his list , Greece certainly , Italy , perhaps .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well as reflecting ( as yet ) Italy , put together an anti-Turkish coalition .
But what if Russia joins this coalition ?
Of course , Russia absolutely does not need an alliance against Turkey , but it has its own interests in Libya and Syria .
Moreover , no one in Europe as a whole is ready to see the new Ottoman Empire at their borders .
It is quite obvious that Erdogan prematurely revealed his plans for the construction of a new Ottoman Empire , but he has no other choice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defeat of the ruling party last summer , in the elections in Istanbul , where the candidate from the Kemalist opposition won , showed the precarious position of the current government .
Do not forget that , in Turkey , dissatisfaction with Erdogan ’ s policies is ripening in the elite of society .
The elite wants to be in the EU .
And neo – Ottomanism in Turkey is not compatible with joining the EU , as well as Islamism .
Erdogan is and always has been Muslim Brotherhood , and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chavushoglu , the other day with irritation , spoke about not understanding why Turkey can not join the EU .
He said that Turkey ’ s patience is running out .
And then what ?
Military operation against the EU ?
But this is for the sake of “ joke – humor.
” Chavushoglu promised the Europeans rapid economic growth and generally prosperity under the Ottoman flag , but he did not begin to link the actual military confrontation with Greece , Cyprus and now France with the entry into the European Union @ @ @ @ @ @ @ times , and the appearance of neo – Ottomans in its ranks will mean that the two Vienna battles were in vain .
Turkey will begin to crush the Bulgarians and Macedonians and Bosnians , and even the Greeks themselves , moreover , by purely economic methods and economic expansion .
And the events of recent months , when Erdogan not only disclosed his plans but also confirmed his determination to implement specific actions , suggest that in the event of a conflict of interests in Europe , the Turks will not stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recklessly as they are doing it now in Libya and Syria .
The Turkish economy is not in the best condition , while the EU and the US are only thinking about imposing sanctions against Turkey , but even if the shadow of such sanctions rises above Erdogan ’ s head , then the Turkish currency could plunge into the abyss .
And the population before the election may not withstand another fall of the Turkish lira .
Erdogan prematurely revealed his plans .
Turkey has not even reached the level of macrostability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Military operations , in Syria and especially in Libya , can overturn this unsteady hope for the economy to come out of the crisis .
Erdogan mistakenly believes that Europe will calmly observe neo-Ottoman revenge in the Middle East .
But he has no choice .
Either successes in foreign policy , supported by pro-Islamic slogans , or defeat in the elections .
Moreover , it is clear that , in addition to militant rhetoric , Turkey has neither the strength nor the means to conduct full-scale military operations in the Middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down to point strikes and threatening statements .
To one degree or another , the whole foreign policy of Turkey somehow or another plays along with Russia .

by Nana Lancaster and Gordon Duff
One of Erdogan’s previously proclaimed principles – “zero problems with neighbors” is suffering a terrible collapse. Turkey’s problems are growing from all sides, both from Iran and from Syria, but most importantly, the position of the United States and its “NATO allies” in the form of France is completely incomprehensible.
France is the “Rothschild Sword”. And the Rothschilds are not happy with Erdogan.
They need control over the Israel-Egypt-Greece-EU gas pipeline, and the rest of Libya’s hydrocarbon wealth is very necessary for the owners of Macron, for whom he worked at “the bank” (he almost wrote “on the premises”).
Add to this that, despite all the bravura statements about the “victories” of the rebels, their losses are growing, and panic is emerging in the ranks. Moreover, in the speeches of Erdogan, the word “hopeless” is always there to be heard, perhaps through the silence and deception.
In Syria, Erdogan faces a political impasse.
The situation itself cannot be regulated by the force of arms. Obviously, the Turkish Mujahideen will not be able to win a decisive military victory, even if Turkey will stand at their side. Neither the US nor the EU or NATO will support the Turks and never allow the Mujahideen Erdogan to power in Damascus.
Israel will never allow the Turkish army to go to its borders. This is a dead-end.
In Libya, the situation is even worse, Erdogan does not seem to understand with whom he contracted, Sarraj and his PNS, these are just puppets who do not control the situation in the country.
There is an inter-tribal war in the country, and the main violin is played by Misurata fighters, which are essentially crypto-Jewish tribes, at one time formally converted to Islam. In fact, they pursue only their goals and those of Israel, through its puppet Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt who supports Haftar.
The Israelis operate in Libya through their fellow tribesmen from Misurata, who run a gangster enclave turned to by various dark forces in the Middle East. They solve problems, starting from drug trafficking, ending with trafficking in people and human organs.
It is completely unclear how Erdogan, who knocks on the door of the EU and wants to become a member of the EU, wants to combine the challenge of all the “great powers” with the desire to join the EU?
Erdogan is clearly brewing an open conflict with one of the pillars of old Europe, France. His list, as not just Ottoman inheritor but Byzantine as well, he may have others on his list, Greece certainly, Italy, perhaps.
In Europe, France and Greece, as well as reflecting (as yet) Italy, put together an anti-Turkish coalition. But what if Russia joins this coalition? Of course, Russia absolutely does not need an alliance against Turkey, but it has its own interests in Libya and Syria. Moreover, no one in Europe as a whole is ready to see the new Ottoman Empire at its borders.
It is quite obvious that Erdogan prematurely revealed his plans for the construction of a new Ottoman Empire, but he has no other choice. And that is why. The defeat of the ruling party last summer, in the elections in Istanbul, where the candidate from the Kemalist opposition won, showed the precarious position of the current government.
Do not forget that, in Turkey, dissatisfaction with Erdogan’s policies is ripening in the elite of society. The elite wants to be in the EU. And neo – Ottomanism in Turkey is not compatible with joining the EU, as well as Islamism.
Erdogan is and always has been the Muslim Brotherhood, and that will never be allowed in Europe. Chavushoglu, the other day with irritation, spoke about not understanding why Turkey cannot join the EU. He said that Turkey’s patience is running out. And then what? The military operation against the EU?
But this is for the sake of “joke – humor.” Chavushoglu promised the Europeans rapid economic growth and general prosperity under the Ottoman flag, but he did not begin to link the actual military confrontation with Greece, Cyprus and now France with the entry into the European Union.
The EU is already experiencing hard times, and the appearance of neo – Ottomans in its ranks will mean that the two Vienna battles were in vain. Turkey will begin to crush the Bulgarians and Macedonians and Bosnians, and even the Greeks themselves, moreover, by purely economic methods and economic expansion.
And the events of recent months, when Erdogan not only disclosed his plans but also confirmed his determination to implement specific actions, suggest that in the event of a conflict of interests in Europe, the Turks will not stop using military force. And just as recklessly as they are doing it now in Libya and Syria.
The Turkish economy is not in the best condition, while the EU and the US are only thinking about imposing sanctions against Turkey, but even if the shadow of such sanctions rises above Erdogan’s head, then the Turkish currency could plunge into the abyss. And the population before the election may not withstand another fall of the Turkish lira.
Erdogan prematurely revealed his plans. Turkey has not even reached the level of macro stability, which allows achieving sustainable economic growth. Military operations, in Syria and especially in Libya, can overturn this unsteady hope for the economy to come out of the crisis.
Erdogan mistakenly believes that Europe will calmly observe neo-Ottoman revenge in the Middle East. But he has no choice. Either success in foreign policy, supported by pro-Islamic slogans, or defeat in the elections.
Moreover, it is clear that, in addition to militant rhetoric, Turkey has neither the strength nor the means to conduct full-scale military operations in the Middle East. So far, it comes down to point strikes and threatening statements.
To one degree or another, the whole foreign policy of Turkey somehow or another plays along with Russia.