This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Russia accuses Turkey of ‘beating up’ crew members on intercepted Syrian passenger plane
- Turkey says that intercepted Syrian passenger plane contained Russian munitions
- Tensions grow between Russia and Turkey
- Hizbollah chief Nasrallah admits to sending the mysterious drone over Israel
Russia accuses Turkey of ‘beating up’ crew members on intercepted Syrian passenger plane
Jasem Kaser, engineer on the intercepted Syrian Air passenger plane, showing where he was beaten. (AFP)
Passengers aboard the Syrian passenger plane that was diverted onWednesday while traveling from Moscow to Damascus said that Turkishsecurity forces forced the crew and passengers to sign fraudulentpapers about the incident. According to a hostess:
“Four people onboard have been beaten up, two crew andtwo passengers, as they tried to force them to sign documents. Wedon’t know what these papers are about. We are scared for the fateof the captain. He was taken away and threatened with arrest if hedoes not sign an emergency landing paper.”
The plane captain was quoted as saying, “either I sign the documentthat I made an emergency landing or they are taking me hostage.”Russia and Syria are denying that there was any military equipment onthe plane, and characterized Turkey’s actions as “piracy.” Russia Today
Turkey says that intercepted Syrian passenger plane contained Russian munitions
Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Syrian passengerplane that was diverted on Wednesday while traveling from Moscow to Damascuswas carrying Russian munitions, presumably intended for the army of Syria’spresident Bashar al-Assad:
“These were equipment and ammunitions that were beingsent from a Russian agency … to the Syrian DefenseMinistry. Their examination is continuing and the necessary(action) will follow. …
As you know, defense industry equipment or weapons, ammunitionsand such equipment cannot be carried on passenger planes. It isagainst international rules for such things to pass through ourair space.”
Erdogan refused to say where he got the intelligence tip that thepassenger plane was carrying military gear: “As you will appreciate,those who gave the tip, which establishments, these things cannot bedisclosed.” However, I heard one analyst on Thursday say that hebelieved the tip came from Nato or from American intelligence.AP
Tensions grow between Russia and Turkey
The conflict in Syria has already significantly raised tensionsbetween Russia and Turkey, as shown by Russian president VladimirPutin’s cancellation of a Monday visit to Turkey shows, but theintercepted Syrian plane incident is liable to threaten the entirerelationship. At the same time, Turkey and the U.S. have accused Iranof shipping weapons to the Bashar al-Assad regime, and have accusedIraq of allowing Iran’s weapons to reach Syria by traveling throughTurkey.
These events confirm the trend that Generational Dynamics has beenpredicting for seven or eight years that the Mideast is headed for amajor realignment as we approach the Clash of Civilizations world war.In that war, the West will be allied with India, Russia, Iran andIsrael, while China will be allied with Pakistan, Turkey and the Sunnicountries. Spiegel
Hizbollah chief Nasrallah admits to sending the mysterious drone over Israel
Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah of Lebanon’s terrorist group Hizbollahconfirmed Western suspicions by announcing, in a televised speech on Thursday,that Hizbollah had dispatched the drone that flew over Israel last week:
“First of all, regarding the drone, we witnessedunique operation in the history of Lebanon and the region. TheResistance claims responsibility for the operation. The Resistancein Lebanon sent a sophisticated reconnaissance drone from Lebanontoward the [Mediterranean] Sea, which it crossed for hundreds ofkilometers, before it entered [Israeli airspace] and hovered overmany important locations before it was discovered by the Israeliair force. Today, [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu heldHezbollah responsible for [sending] the drone.
The drone was not Russian made, but Iranian. It was [assembled] inLebanon. [It] took off in the specified trajectory for hundredskilometers and arrived in an area close to [Israel’s] Dimona[nuclear] plant. As for the Israeli [claims] that they discoveredit over the sea and [forced it over] land, I say they are lying totheir people. …
We named the operation after martyr Hussein Ayoub, who was thefirst [Hezbollah] expert in this field. We want to name the drone
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