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UN Ambassador: Trying to Avert WAR between U.S. and Russia

Hal Turner,

12 April, 2018

Russia's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says the "immediate priority is to avert the danger of war" following a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council concerning Syria.

Asked if he was referring to war between the US and Russia, he says: "We cannot exclude any possibilities unfortunately because we saw messages that are coming from Washington. They were very bellicose.

"They know we are there, I wish there was dialogue though the proper channels on this to avert any dangerous developments.

"The danger of escalation is higher than simply Syria because our military are there... so the situation is very dangerous."

UPDATE 3:49 PM -- These remarks came after there was an unannounced Security Council meeting at the UN here in New York City which was kept pretty much under wraps, seen as a last chance. It didn't go very well as you can see.

UPDATE 3:55 PM EDT -- I'm told some of the back channel talks with Russia have broken down and broken down badly, which rather ties in with what the Russian UN ambassador said a few mins ago.

UPDATE 3:59 PM -- President Trump has been meeting with his National Security Team at the White House, including Defense Secretary James Mattis "What's going on now is they're deciding on two things: The scope of the response by the U.S. and our coalition partners, And, number two: the timing of it."

 Earlier today UK Cabinet ministers gave Prime Minister Theresa May a green light for strikes on the Assad regime in Syria.

UPDATE 4:06 PM EDT -- Russia: We will protect our troops in Syria from US missiles

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, said the current situation with Donald Trump threatening to launch missiles at Syrian government forces is a "test for each and every country in the world to protect its people on the ground."

Russia and Iran are the Assad regime's allies in the Syrian civil war.

The Kremlin on Wednesday said the US and its allies - France, Germany and the UK - should "seriously consider" the consequences of their threats to launch military action.

RELATED CONTEXT: 

The Russian president and Israeli prime minister were at angry cross-purposes in their phone conversation on Wednesday, April 11.  Vladimir Putin warned Benjamin Netanyahu to discontinue Israeli strikes in Syria because they may rock the Assad regime [backed by Moscow] and insisted on Israel respecting Syrian sovereignty and security. By this warning, Russia clamped down on the freedom the Israeli air force had hitherto enjoyed in Syrian air space for striking hostile elements, primarily Iran and Hizballah.

Netanyahu shot back, according to our sources, that Israel cannot possibly desist from action over Syria, since this would leave Iran at liberty to establish a permanent, hostile military presence in that country. And so, said the prime minister, Israel would have to persevere in its efforts to stop this happening. The conversation between Putin and Netanyahu ended in total discord.

UPDATE 4:27 PM (COVERT INTEL) US bombing Syria will allegedly be met with terrorist attacks across US and EU.  Be prepared.

UPDATE 4:30 PM -- White House Meeting on Syria may have concluded. Joint chiefs of staff, Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and the UN Ambassador have left.

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UPDATE 5:16 PM EDT --

The US is amassing the largest air and naval strike force since the Iraq war in 2003 to be ready for attacks on Syria if the president gives the go-ahead.

UPDATE 5:18 PM EDT -- Secretary Mattis has cancelled his trip to New York tonight, per a Pentagon spokeswoman. He was scheduled to stay overnight and have a meeting with Henry Kissinger.

UPDATE 5:21 PM EDT  -- Reports that Russian/Turkey/U.S. talks have failed. Reportedly Erdogan had phone calls with both U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin in an attempt to simmer things down

***** BULLETIN *****

UPDATE 5:54 PM EDT --

National Command Assets are ALL Airborne:

"CobraBall" followed by a "RiverJoint." Also "Constant Phoenix" going up.

CobraBall: The RC-135S Cobra Ball is a rapidly deployable aircraft, which flies Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed missions of national priority to collect optical and electronic data on ballistic targets.RivetJoint: The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.Constant Phoenix: Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions.

UPDATE 6:10 PM EDT --

Mayor Yonah Yahav of Haifa, Israel’s third largest city, Thursday decided not to wait for an official alert, but to issue orders to the town’s residents to prepare for any fallout from a US military operation in Syria. The municipal authorities were instructed to open up public shelters and place emergency services on the ready. Yahav advised families to prepare shelters and fortified rooms for occupation and lay in supplies of essential items for the duration.

UPDATE 6:14 PM EDT --

UK says Prime Minister May and U.S. President Trump spoke on Thursday, agreed it was vital to deter further use of chemical weapons by Syrian government.

Russia Accuses US Of False Flag In Syrian Chemical Attack Via Western Trained Rebels

Info Wars

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzea addressed the UN Security Counsel on Sunday to refute claims that Syrian leader Bashar al Assad gassed his own people, and that the United States is imposing undue hostilities on Russia for defending its sovereignty