Earlier reports
that the US has now officially landed a Marine force in Israel as well
as an assault ship, in a visit that the US Navy promptly assured "is not
associated with, nor a reaction to, any world events." In a historic event, the Russian Pacific fleet, for the
first time in decades, crossed the Suez Canal and entered the
Mediterranean, direction Cyprus' port of Limasol (Cyprus new bailout deal with Communist Russia) in what is now the loudest
implied warning to the Moedjahidine in
Syria that Russia will not stand idly by. “The task
force has successfully passed through the Suez Channel and entered the
Mediterranean. It is the first time in decades that Pacific Fleet
warships enter this region,” Capt. First Rank Roman Martov said. This is what is also known as dropping hints, loud and clear.
The group, including the destroyer Admiral Panteleyev, the amphibious
warfare ships Peresvet and Admiral Nevelskoi, the tanker Pechenga and
the salvage/rescue tug Fotiy Krylov left the port of Vladivostok on
March 19 to join Russia’s Mediterranean task force.
