Official:
Russia plotting to start war on Israel Plan includes shipping missiles to terrorist groups by Aaron
Klein, 12/20/14
TEL AVIV – Russia is preparing a contingency
plan to prompt Hezbollah and possibly the regime of Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad into a direct military conflict with Israel, according to a French
official who has been apprised of the situation.
The official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said the contingency was meant to be used as a card against the
West, particularly the U.S. and European Union, which has been engaged in
efforts to isolate Moscow.
This past week, the U.S. and E.U. adapted
tighter sanctions on the Russian economy, including restrictions on investments
in the Crimea, with emphasis on Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and
tourism.
The official said there is information Russia in
recent weeks successfully shipped to Hezbollah a large convoy of Iskandar
ballistic missiles and surface-to-air missiles. The missiles were received,
despite Israel’s alleged airstrikes in Syria targeting Russian-shipped weapons
earlier this month, the official said.
The official said Russia has not made any
decision about agitating a Hezbollah attack on Israel, but views a possible
conflict in the Mideast as a card it can play in its confrontation with the
West, particularly in Ukraine.
Earlier this month, Syrian Foreign Minister
Walid al-Moualem traveled to Russia to meet with the country’s president,
Vladimir Putin, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Russia’s Black
Sea resort of Sochi.
WND
reported at the time that according to a
source in Assad’s regime, Putin and Lavrov assured Moualem that Russia “won’t
stand for” any Western attack on Assad and that the Russians pledged “support”
and “protection” to the Assad regime.
That pledge came amid pressure from Turkey and
Saudi Arabia on the Obama administration to expand the fight against ISIS in
Syria to also target Assad’s forces.
Source:http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/official-russia-plotting-to-start-war-on-israel/
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