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Friday, March 03, 2006 9:33:48 PM
Turkey, Russia Oppose to NATO Presence in Black Sea
The United States and Europe want control of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, one of the major reasons they installed puppet governments in the countries surrounding these two pertinent bodies of water.
Bruce Jackson -- a former U.S. Army officer and a former vice president with Lockheed Martin -- has worked with various pro-American lobbies in Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine in order to facilitate their future admission into N.A.T.O. and to open the way for a "Pax Americana" extending from the Adriatic Sea to the Caspian region.
Another significant U.S. move was the nominee of Jack Dyer Crouch II, an advisor to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, as American ambassador in Bucharest. In fact, Romania is considered to be a key state necessary to increase American influence in the region. On March 9, one day before Romanian president Basescu visited Washington, Bruce Jackson explained to the press that the Black Sea is already vital for European energy acquisition, and that it will be even more so in the future. E.U. countries import around 50 percent of their energy, and they are projected to import 70 percent of it in 2020. The Black Sea will be the vital link to transport the Caspian resources to the West. #msg-6421713
On April 11, John J Fialka of the Wall Street Journal revealed that the US Department of Defense will spend $100 million over the next few years to establish the "Caspian Guard", a network of police forces and special operations units "that can respond to various emergencies, including attacks on oil facilities". Russia is also expanding its Caspian Fleet, as it too presses its claims to offshore fields in the region. Under such circumstances, it is all too easy to imagine how a minor confrontation could erupt into something much more serious, involving the US, Russia, Iran, and other countries.
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-Am
Turkey, Russia Oppose to NATO Presence in Black Sea
03.03.2006 Friday - ISTANBUL 00:23
By Zaman, Ankara
Published: Thursday, March 02, 2006
zaman.com
Ankara and Moscow opposed the demand made by the United States to extend the mission area of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) “Active Effort” operation, to combat terrorism and crime in the Mediterranean region, to include the Black Sea.
Secretary of State Commissioner for Europe and Euro-Asia Kurt Volker cited, “We do not wish to use NATO against NATO allies such as Turkey; henceforth, we talked about whether or not and how we can do the job together with these countries.”
Turkey defended that the Black Sea “does not need” to be the focus of a NATO operation, while the country continues its sea operations in the region at a national level.
The information gathered during the operation is shared with NATO member countries. The countries neighboring the Black Sea conduct similar activities as part of the Blackseafor. Having joined the Blackseafor, both Romania and Bulgaria, as NATO members, support the US attempt. The Velvet revolution countries, Ukraine and Georgia, also favor the American view; however, Russia opposes the operation since it is unwilling to help the US gain greater strength.
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=30409
The United States and Europe want control of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, one of the major reasons they installed puppet governments in the countries surrounding these two pertinent bodies of water.
Bruce Jackson -- a former U.S. Army officer and a former vice president with Lockheed Martin -- has worked with various pro-American lobbies in Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine in order to facilitate their future admission into N.A.T.O. and to open the way for a "Pax Americana" extending from the Adriatic Sea to the Caspian region.
Another significant U.S. move was the nominee of Jack Dyer Crouch II, an advisor to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, as American ambassador in Bucharest. In fact, Romania is considered to be a key state necessary to increase American influence in the region. On March 9, one day before Romanian president Basescu visited Washington, Bruce Jackson explained to the press that the Black Sea is already vital for European energy acquisition, and that it will be even more so in the future. E.U. countries import around 50 percent of their energy, and they are projected to import 70 percent of it in 2020. The Black Sea will be the vital link to transport the Caspian resources to the West. #msg-6421713
On April 11, John J Fialka of the Wall Street Journal revealed that the US Department of Defense will spend $100 million over the next few years to establish the "Caspian Guard", a network of police forces and special operations units "that can respond to various emergencies, including attacks on oil facilities". Russia is also expanding its Caspian Fleet, as it too presses its claims to offshore fields in the region. Under such circumstances, it is all too easy to imagine how a minor confrontation could erupt into something much more serious, involving the US, Russia, Iran, and other countries.
#msg-6368606
-Am
Turkey, Russia Oppose to NATO Presence in Black Sea
03.03.2006 Friday - ISTANBUL 00:23
By Zaman, Ankara
Published: Thursday, March 02, 2006
zaman.com
Ankara and Moscow opposed the demand made by the United States to extend the mission area of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) “Active Effort” operation, to combat terrorism and crime in the Mediterranean region, to include the Black Sea.
Secretary of State Commissioner for Europe and Euro-Asia Kurt Volker cited, “We do not wish to use NATO against NATO allies such as Turkey; henceforth, we talked about whether or not and how we can do the job together with these countries.”
Turkey defended that the Black Sea “does not need” to be the focus of a NATO operation, while the country continues its sea operations in the region at a national level.
The information gathered during the operation is shared with NATO member countries. The countries neighboring the Black Sea conduct similar activities as part of the Blackseafor. Having joined the Blackseafor, both Romania and Bulgaria, as NATO members, support the US attempt. The Velvet revolution countries, Ukraine and Georgia, also favor the American view; however, Russia opposes the operation since it is unwilling to help the US gain greater strength.
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=30409
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