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RedFox said:I like this tweet from the Russian MOD
mod_russia: #turkish president #erdogan would not resign if his face was smeared with stolen #syria oil

The Russians don't mince words--they get straight to the point.
RedFox said:I like this tweet from the Russian MOD
mod_russia: #turkish president #erdogan would not resign if his face was smeared with stolen #syria oil

Baghdad will immediately lodge a protest in the UN Security Council if claims that Turkey is involved in oil smuggling with Islamic State terrorists are confirmed, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
"If the Iraqi government receives enough evidence and details, without any hesitation it will file a protest at the UN Security Council and all other relevant international bodies," ministry's spokesman Naseer Nuri told Sputnik in a phone interview.
According to him, certain “general information about the smuggling of Iraqi oil by trucks to certain countries, including Turkey” is already available. “This oil is used to fund Daesh”, Nuri said.
“There is evidence, satellite photos and security services’ reports which confirm that Daesh smuggles oil to Turkey,” he said.
sToRmR1dR said:Iraq Will File Protest at UNSC if Turkey Confirmed to Be Buying Daesh Oil
_http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151202/1031131372/iraq-turkey-oil-trade.html
Baghdad will immediately lodge a protest in the UN Security Council if claims that Turkey is involved in oil smuggling with Islamic State terrorists are confirmed, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
"If the Iraqi government receives enough evidence and details, without any hesitation it will file a protest at the UN Security Council and all other relevant international bodies," ministry's spokesman Naseer Nuri told Sputnik in a phone interview.
According to him, certain “general information about the smuggling of Iraqi oil by trucks to certain countries, including Turkey” is already available. “This oil is used to fund Daesh”, Nuri said.
“There is evidence, satellite photos and security services’ reports which confirm that Daesh smuggles oil to Turkey,” he said.
Iraq Asks UNSC to Start Investigating Oil Smuggling Operations
Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry has provided evidence of the Turkish involvement into Daesh illegal oil trade at the briefing in Moscow.
Moscow also expects that members of the UN Security Council will quickly adopt a revised Russia-backed draft resolution on curbing financing of the Islamic State (IS or Daesh in the Arab world) militant group, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Wednesday.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia had received additional evidence that oil from fields controlled by ISIL were being transported to Turkey on an industrial scale.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Tuesday that he was ready to resign if it were proven that Ankara was purchasing oil from Daesh.
angelburst29 said:Not sure if this source is valid but it does give an alternative view?
Did the US and Saudis use AWACS to help target the SU-24?
http://regnum.ru/news/polit/2021108.html
A Russian military expert and columnist of the journal Arsenal of the Fatherland explains the details of the downing of the bomber and why not all went smoothly.
How did it all happen?
A U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS plane took off on 24 November from the Preveza airbase in Greece. A second E-3A of the Saudi Arabian air force took off from the Riyadh airbase. Both planes were executing a common task—determining the precise location of Russian aircraft. It is they that picked the “victim.”
The American E-3A was supposed to determine the activity of the Su-24M2’s onboard targeting radar, to determine if it was in search mode or if it had already locked on to a target and was processing launch data. It is known that the AWACS can direct the activity of aircraft in battle, conveying information to their avionics and flight computers.
That is, to determine how defenseless was our plane?
As it turns out, yes. As we know, the Su-24M2 was returning from its mission, and its flight computer was operating in “navigation” mode in tandem with the GLONASS [Russian GPS system.] It was returning to base and was not preparing for action.
The whole time, the E-3s were transferring detailed information about the Su-24M2 to a pair of Turkish F-16CJ’s. This plane [the F-16CJ] had been specifically built for Turkey. Its distinctive feature is a computer that controls a new, AN/APG-68 radar system, and which fulfills the role of a copilot-navigator.
But this information is obviously not enough to precision-strike a small target. Was something else used?
Indeed, the interception accuracy of the F-16CJ fighters was augmented by ground-based U.S. Patriot air defense systems, which are deployed in Turkey, or more precisely, their multirole AN/MPQ-53 radars. The Patriot can work with an E-3 or with MENTOR spy satellites, and it can’t be ruled out that the satellite assets involved the Geosat space system as well.
The flight trajectory of the F-16CJ indicates a precision interception of its target by means of triangulation: A pair of E-3s plus the Patriot’s air defense radar plus the geostationary MENTOR spy satellites plus, possibly, the Geosat space system.
Besides which, the E-3s provided guidance as to the location of our plane in the air; they determined its route, speed, and the status of its weapons control systems; and the Patriot’s air defense radar together with the MENTOR spy satellite provided telemetry on the SU-24M2’s movement relative to the ground surface—that is, it provided a precise prediction as to where our plane would be visible relative to the mountainous terrain.
So it turns out that the Turkish fighters knew with absolutely certainty where to wait in ambush for our plane?
Perhaps I am missing something, but it looks to me as if they will have trouble fitting in 10 of those exercises in a normal calendar year, if they have to have a minimum of 3 months apart.angelburst29 said:The large-scale and intensity of this week’s training is a type that will be limited to only 10 times per year, with each exercise lasting no more than three days. They must also be a minimum of three months apart.

Aeneas said:Perhaps I am missing something, but it looks to me as if they will have trouble fitting in 10 of those exercises in a normal calendar year, if they have to have a minimum of 3 months apart.angelburst29 said:The large-scale and intensity of this week’s training is a type that will be limited to only 10 times per year, with each exercise lasting no more than three days. They must also be a minimum of three months apart.
Perhaps their 4D STS overlords will help them with a few timeloops so they can go back in time. :P

http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/12/ukrainian-wikileaks-cia-cant-control.htmlM. Zurab How you doing?
Man, you see what just happened?
A. Oh yeah! Everybody has, how Erdogan knocked down the Russians!
Mikhail Nicolayevich, where are we headed?
M. Gene! wait outside for a bit while I talk to Zurab. Then we'll go.
A. What's going on, Misha, is a big war gonna start?
M. A general with CIA told me the Turks elbowed the Russians, and they have their reasons. Putin bombed the ISIS oil bases and blocked the contraband oil flow to the Turks. The Americans have been arming the Kurds, and Russia is also helping them make a Kurdistan, and Iran is gearing up now. So they wanted to hit back, and the Turks were actually there in ambush.
With that downed aircraft, the Turks warned the Russians not to bomb Syrian Turkmen near the border and it's got the Kurds scared. No one expected the terrorist attack in Paris, there are too many factions in the Islamic State and the CIA can't control them all.

angelburst29 said:This article appeared in the Israel business news. One of the comments included a link to an SOTT article!
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http://www.sott.net/.../306651-UN-demands-Israel-annul...
Gawan said:Here is a small and great analysis of Joe Quinn again on press tv:
http://youtu.be/VV5Dhmxp9v8
Iran’s Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaie has said that Tehran was ready to provide the Turkish government with necessary information regarding Daesh and their oil trade, Iranian media reported.
"Iranian military advisors in Syria have taken photos and filmed all the routes used by ISIL's oil tankers to Turkey. If the Turkish authorities are unaware of the Daesh oil sales in their country, then we can provide them with such intelligence," Rezaie told reporters on Friday.
Rezaie also vowed that some important news would soon be released about the "destruction of Daesh terrorists and their defeat."
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry provided satellite images of oil trucks massing at the Turkish-Syrian border as evidence of illegal oil smuggling from Syria into Turkey.
Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of direct involvement in an illicit oil trade carried out by Daesh.
Sedat Peker, a fervent supporter of Erdogan, declared that he has sent hi-tech devices, including drones, which can be used in the war on Damascus, Turkish Odatv reported.
On his social network page, Peker has published photos of the technological equipment, including drones and laptops, that he has sent for the terrorists in Lattakia.
Meanwhile, renowned Turkish journalist Mardan Yanardag has called for bringing President Erdogan to trial for committing war crimes against the Syrian nation, and said, "Erdogan has sent thousands of trucks for the terrorist groups in Syria."
On Friday, leader of the Lebanese orthodox party Masarik Roderick Khoury said the fight against international terrorism should start with pressuring Turkey, now the main sponsor for militants groups in Syria.
"Turkey is the first and main power which funds and supplies weapons to terrorist groups. We believe the fight against terrorism should begin with pressuring Turkey. Now Turkey is the main sponsor of terrorism in the region," Khoury said at a press conference in Moscow.
"The name of the real leader of the terrorists is Tayyip Erdogan (Turkish President). The others like Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (ISIL leader) and al-Qaeda are just his servants. Al-Nusra Front also carries out orders from Turkey," he pointed out.
According to him, there is real evidence to the allegations. Khoury said that after the city of Kassab, near Lattakia, was liberated from terrorists Turkish ambulance vehicles, clothes and weapons were found there.
Khoury added that when the terrorists take Syrian or Lebanese hostages they only can be released after negotiations with Turkey.
Baghdad calls on Ankara to "immediately" withdraw forces, including tanks and artillery, which it has deployed in the country's northern Ninawa province, allegedly on a training mission, without Baghdad's consent, according to a full statement from the press service of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi obtained by RIA Novosti.
The Iraqi authorities called on Turkey to "respect good neighborly relations" and "immediately withdraw its military from the territory of Iraq."
"We have confirmed that Turkish forces, numbering about one armored regiment with a number of tanks and artillery, entered the Iraqi province of Ninawa… allegedly to train Iraqi groups, without a request or authorization from Iraqi federal authorities," the statement said, according to RIA Novosti.
The deployment "is considered a serious violation of Iraqi sovereignty," the statement added.
Turkish media earlier reported that around 150 Turkish soldiers backed by 20 to 25 tanks had been sent by road to the Bashiqa area northeast of Mosul, the city that is Daesh jihadist group's main hub in Iraq.
On Friday, various media reports said that Turkish military personnel had been deployed to the Mosul area allegedly to provide training to Kurdish Peshmerga (a military force of Iraqi Kurdistan).