Syria Military Review: Studying the Russian Military Operation
Published on Global Research.ca, by South Front, Oct 2, 2015 – Video Report (also on YouTube, 2.14 min).
On Wednesday morning, the Federation Council upper house of parliament granted permission to the Russian president to use the country’s troops in Syria. Kremlin chief of staff Sergey Ivanov said that Russia will use only its Air Force in Syria and it does this on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s request.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Russian Air Force began to conduct air raids against the Islamist rebels of Jabhat Al-Nusra inside the Latakia and Hama Governorates in the western part of Syria … //
… Earlier, SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence reported that Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria have made an agreement to set in Bagdad a joint information center to coordinate their operations against ISIS.
The positioning of Russian aircraft in Syria gives the Kremlin an ability to shape and control the battlespace in both Syria and Iraq out of all proportion to the size of the Russian force. It could impact the U.S. to accept a combined coalition with Russia, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Lebanese Hezbollah in support of operations against ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra … //
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Links:
Reflections on Violence and Security, Chicago and Iraq, on ZNet, by Vincent Emanuele, Oct 8, 2015;
Yes, there is a Ruling Class, on ZNet, by Paul Street, Oct 7, 2015;
The Truth about Poverty and How to Address It, on Dissident Voice, by Rajesh Makwana, Oct 6th, 2015: (see The Global Goals.org);
Marxian Economics vs Capitalism – with Economist Prof. Richard D. Wolff, 37.31 min, uploaded by Breanna Latoria, Sept 8, 2015.