US Complicit in Terrorist Oil Trade with Turkey

Updated: 2015 Dec 03

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By: Stewart Brennan

How is it that the American Military cannot see the terrorist oil operations on the ground in Syria and Russia can? That’s the question US news media personnel should be asking themselves and then asking their government…but alas, there really isn’t a news media in the USA anymore unless you go online and look for the alternative media. The American mainstream media is nothing more than a military corporate propaganda mouth piece that is staffed by spineless washouts who’ve sold their souls and moral compass’s for 30 pieces of silver…the American Media is owned by special interests with deep pockets and they are in collusion with the US Pentagon and corporate America.

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No wonder the US population has no clue about what is going on in the world, and it also explains how special interests run the entire geopolitical show. Is there any doubt? 

The US Military is Protecting the Terrorists, not bombing them.

It has become quite obvious that the US military is not interested in destroying the terrorists they claim to be bombing. Especially when their targets are the Syrian infrastructure and not the terrorist oil pipeline that goes into Turkey via hundreds of trucks everyday.

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Source: Press TV

The US government does not care about the Syrian people, if it did, they would not be bombing the vital infrastructure that keeps the people alive…

The US & Turkish governments also deny having any knowledge about the illegal oil trade going on under their noses. Oh really? So, how is it that the Russians, who have one military base in the region, can provide all the evidence of the illegal terrorist oil truck pipeline in stark detail, and the Americans who have 100 plus military bases throughout the region, along with dozens of satellites, and a fleet of hi tech drones, cannot provide any intelligence on the terrorist practices? Come on, who are they kidding??…And how is it that Turkey doesn’t know about what is going on in its own country? Especially when they have an extravagant spying system in place throughout the country…just say the words “Kurdish Independence” or “Armenian genocide” and see how fast some state thug shows up at your door to arrest you…oblivious indeed…pfffft.

Russian military reveals details of ISIS-Turkey oil smuggling

Source: Russia Today

Can the Americans really claim that they didn't know about the illegal terrorist oil pipeline between Syria and Turkey where their so called moderate terrorists are, trained, supplied, and set upon the Syrian people?

The Americans back the terrorists and the Turkish government on a number of levels, from oil smuggling, military weapons supply to the looting of Syria’s cultural history and artifacts. The terrorist smuggling operations run all the way into Turkey from the terrorist positions in Syria!

However, Russia spoiled American, and Turkish regional plans when they began bombing terrorist positions and supply lines...this has really pissed off war mongering Senators like John McCain & Lindsey Graham. They have been seething in anger since the Russians seized the American "war on terror" away from the US Military in Syria where the Russians were doing what the Americans were never doing, "bombing the terrorists"…

US Senator John McCain: Arm Syrian Rebels to shoot down Russian planes

Source: YouTube

McCain reacted to Russia’s announcement that it had begun launching air strikes targeting ISIS militants in Syria by calling on the White House to arm Syrian rebels with weapons to shoot down Russian planes.

McCain initially responded to Fox News host Neil Cavuto’s question about whether he would shoot down Russian planes by saying no, but then went on to assert that he would arm Syrian rebels to carry out that very same task.

“I might do what we did in Afghanistan many years ago, to give those guys the ability to shoot down those planes, that equipment is available,” said McCain, adding that the Free Syrian Army would shoot down the planes, “just like the Afghans shot down Russian planes after Russia invaded Afghanistan.”

McCain is referring to how the United States armed Islamic militants in the 1970s, a policy that led to the rise of the Taliban, Al Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood and Osama Bin Laden.

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The Americans and Turks were caught red handed by the Russians. They cannot deny the evidence anymore, because its right in their faces…no wonder the American mainstream media is pouring all their viewers attention into another home grown violent episode instead of putting the focus on Turkey being caught in bed with the terrorists and the terrorist oil trade. Certainly this is a much bigger story…

Erdogan & his family involved in ISIS oil trade

Source: Russia Today

The Turkish government was also caught supplying the terrorists with weapons by one of the last remaining independent news mediums inside Turkey (Cumhuriyet). However, the journalists were arrested by Turkey’s government and thrown in Jail for treason…funny, whistle blowers in the USA such as Bradley Manning and Edward Snowdon get the same treatment so it is no wonder Turkey is a close friend and partner in crime with the US government, they’re exactly alike.

Turkish weapons ‘heading to end in ISIS hands’: RT speaks to Cumhuriyet journalists

Source: Russia Today

Recently, a prominent Iraqi politician pleaded with the US military government to stop the Illegal oil trade but his plea fell on deaf ears.

“I have personally contacted US representatives asking them to target IS trucks transporting Iraqi and Syrian oil to Turkey, only to be told that they were civilian targets so they, the US Military could not attack them,” Mowaffak al-Rubaie, leader of the State of Law Coalition party in the Iraqi parliament.

ISIS sells the oil to Turkey on the black market for less than 50% of world prices – Iraqi MP

Source: Russia Today

Of course, the US Government rejects Russia’s evidence because it seriously damages not only the Turkish governments credibility, but also that of the US government and its corporate military industrial complex.

Erdogan promised to step down if proof was given...well, proof was given...I'm waiting...

Erdogan promises to resign if ISIS oil links to Turkey are confirmed

Source: Russia Today

TIME TO RESIGN

Hey Erdoguns, time to resign…and free those journalists you’ve locked up for telling the truth about your shady deals with ISIS / ISIL / Daesh terrorists…You, Erdogan, Davutoglu and the US Government are busted…

The routes of alleged oil smuggling from Syria and Iraq to Turkey © syria.mil.ru

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Terrorist Oil Trade and Weapons Via Turkey

Russian military reveals details of ISIS-Turkey oilsmuggling

Russia presents proof of Turkey’s role in ISIS oil trade

Erdogan & his family involved in ISIS oil trade -Russian MoD

Daesh routes black market oil via Turkey: Putin

Turkey arms Daesh in exchange for oil, antiquities'

Daesh made $800m from oil sales in Turkey: Iraqi MP

Russia has ‘more proof’ ISIS oil routed through Turkey,Erdogan says he’ll resign if it’s true

Turkish weapons ‘heading to end in ISIS hands’: RT speaks toCumhuriyet journalists

Turkish officers arrested for ‘treason’ after interceptingweapons destined for Syria

ISIS managed to sell oil to Turkey on black market at lessthan 50% of global prices – Iraqi MP

Erdogan promises to resign if ISIS oil links to Turkey areconfirmed

US-led coalition not striking ISIS oil trucks despiteevidence - Russia’s General Staff

Daesh trucks that sell oil are ‘civilian targets’ to US

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Military Build Up on the Turkey Syria Border

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By Stewart Brennan

There is a rapid military build up on the Turkey / Syrian border that poses an immediate threat to the region and possibly to the world as NATO member Turkey faces off against Russia in an escalating war of words, actions and reactions.

Considering that Turkey deliberately shot down a Russian Bomber inside Syrian air space, then refused to apologize for their actions, and then claimed it was their right to shoot the plane down, is of grave concern, especially when NATO backed up Turkey’s claim.

Turkey’s military build up on the Syrian border requires very close monitoring because it can spin off in a very dangerous way. Here are the probable scenarios that come with Turkey’s aggressive posture and military build up on their border with Syria.

1. A regional war or invasion force to take Syrian land that Turkey considers their protectorate.
2. A Military build up to provide the western backed terrorists with an endless supply of weapons and manpower required to overthrow the Syrian government.
3. A military build up to protect the illegal terrorist’s and their oil trade.
4. A defensive posture to shore up its porous border with Syria as per US President Obama’s official statement…
5. All of the above...

We all know that the US, their NATO Partners, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the Gulf State allies along with Israel still insist that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power. They also play a large role in funding equipping and training the mercenary armies on the ground in Syria, so it is no wonder that they do not want to join Russia’s coalition in eradicating the terrorists on the ground, since those terrorists belong to them…and how many times does it have to be said for thick skulled western leaders to get it, that only the Syrian people can decide through elections who will represent them?

The US coalition lacks a UN mandate to start a military campaign in Syria and when asked to join with the Russian and Syrian military to remove the terrorists, the US and its coalition of partners outright refused. The west’s concern is not about the terrorists in the region but the removal of Assad from power, mainly because President Assad claims his countries independence from US hegemony.

Turkey along with the US, Europe, and Saudi Arabia have all played a part in the mercenary armies on the ground inside Syria, no matter what their name or names are now, they are ALL terrorists, plain and simple, who have been tasked by their masters to remove the Assad government by any means necessary.

There has not been one sane mind among the western leaders when it comes to resolving the crisis they created in Syria. They all want Assad to go and continue to insist on it as they look for ways to get into Syria and bomb the country into dust to advance their combined agenda’s.

Thankfully there is a coalition of nations that adhere to International law and have made every effort to abide by those laws, which we citizens in the West believe in. Our governments on the other hand, are not listening to “we the people” or to common sense.

Terrorism needs to be eradicated, and the best way to do that is to stop funding them, stop arming them, and stop training them. Ending terrorism in the region will take the combined efforts of ALL nations working together in order to eradicate this plague of hate…but it is clearly obvious to everyone who has been following the events over the past four and a half years, that removing terrorism from the region is the furthest thing on the US coalitions mind.

Here are the Facts:

• The US, UK, France their allies, plus Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Israel continue to fund, arm and train terrorists to overthrow the Syrian government.
• NATO countries have begun joining the Americans false war on terror. (France and Germany are already there and the UK will vote on it Wednesday December 2^nd)
• The US war coalition does not have a mandate from the UN to conduct military operations in Syria, nor does it have the Syrian government’s permission.
• Russia was invited to help eradicate terrorism from Syria by the Syrian government.
• Russia asked all the NATO and US friendly Gulf State countries to join their initiative in Syria but they refused...including Turkey, the US, UK, Saudi Arabia, etc…
• France has stated they will work with Russia but continues to back away from the Russian coalition by siding with the independent and illegal US coalition.
• The Russian Air force is supporting the Syrian Government and eradicating foreign backed terrorists inside Syria.
• The Terrorists are running an oil truck pipeline from Syria into Turkey
• Russia bombed the terrorists oil smuggling truck pipeline and disrupted their revenue flow to Turkey.
• Turkey was angry and deliberately shot down a Russian Bomber over the Syrian region where the terrorist oil smuggling operation passed through.
• Turkey refuses to apologize to Russia for shooting down its plane.
• Russia responded by deploying their S-400 missile system in Syria to protect their air force from any further aggression.
• Turkey then responded by bringing a 1000 units of heavy equipment (Tanks etc) to the border and countered Russia’s S-400 missile defence system with the deployment of electronic jamming equipment.
• NATO backs Turkey’s aggression on shooting down of the Russian jet.
• The US makes up 90% of NATO.
• The US and NATO refuse to work with Russia on eradicating terrorism in Syria.
• US war machine is in full propaganda mode at home to confront Russia.

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Why is the US acting so much more irrational than usual?

The US bully was out manoeuvred in their global war on terror by a Russian side that said, “ok, lets do this together” and then proceeded to take the initiative in an International legal manner. The American’s found themselves outside the law as well as outside the Middle East theatre, with no legal way back into Syria except to join the Russian coalition against terrorism in Syria…American arrogance and their pursuit of global hegemony over all nations prevails and will not recede, therefore we can expect further escalation by the US and it’s coalition in Syria…and other places. (Possibly Ukraine.)

Getting back to Tukey…

Turkey’s fatal error of shooting down a Russian plane and refusing to apologize for their action will meet with a reply by Russia in the near future and could come in the form of partnering with the Syrian Kurds, much to Turkey’s alarm since Turkey has been bombing the Syrian & Iraqi Kurds without mercy. Turkey is also at war with the Kurdish people within their own Turkish borders.

A partnership between Russia and the Syrian Kurds might already have happened if the following news is confirmed to be true…

“Russia Allies With Kurds to Push Turkey out of Syria” – Russia Insider

“Russia hits back at Turkey by changing Syria 'game” – Al Jazeera

So, if Russia did indeed approach the Kurds and promised to protect them from Turkey’s bombers (unlike the Americans), then we will see a one up-manship by the US / NATO in response…

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The desire to bomb Syria by the Western coalition did not begin in 2015, but back in 2013 when the US, UK, France and others were convinced, without evidence, that Assad had used chemical weapons on his own people. These allegations turned out to be false as we all saw that the Western backed terrorists were the ones using chemical weapons.

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It was only the efforts of millions of concerned people all over the World that stopped their governments from committing another war crime in the middle east, a fact that UK Prime Minister David Cameron responded to, in humiliated acknowledgement of a Parliamentary defeat, by his words “the answer is no and, I get that”…

British parliament votes against military action in Syria (2013)

The original Video and the News channel of Press TV were victims of Western censorship and removed from YouTube to cover up western War Crimes in Syria. Where possible, I will insert a mirror video of the report.

Original Source: Press TV

It seems that Cameron and company didn’t get it…because here we are again, at a very dangerous point in time that demands the people of the West stand up and speak out against this determined coalition of war mongers.

Tell them to join Russia’s coalition to eradicate the terrorists and tell them to stop selling weapons to Belligerent Gulf States who arm the terrorists everyone claims to be fighting…and how hard can it be to track 1 Billion dollars a year in illegal Oil sales let alone thousands of trucks crossing the Syrian Border into Turkey…transactions have to show up in the financial system somewhere, because selling vast amounts of illegal oil and the purchase / sale of mass amounts of weapons has to be traced in the American Petro Dollar books…don’t tell me they can’t trace it…

Stand UP, Speak OUT, and tell them to work with Russia’s “legal coalition” if they want to stomp out terrorism…and while you’re at it, tell your leaders to properly address their belligerent partner "Turkey" for its arrogant posture and deliberate military escalation. We don’t need another major War.

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Russia warns NATO about missile shield

Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193067.html

Russia has warned the United States and its NATO allies against plans to extend the deployment of missile defense systems in the north European waters, calling them provocative.

At a Tuesday press conference in Norway, Russia's ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin slammed the alliance's failure to guarantee that American warships equipped with anti-missile systems would not be deployed in the waters of north Europe, AFP reported.

"The very fact of deploying US military missile defense infrastructure in the northern seas is a real provocation with regard to the process of nuclear disarmament," said Rogozin.

Moscow fears that the anti-missile system would undermine its nuclear deterrent, and thus has been seeking legally binding guarantees to check it.

"Why is no one giving guarantees that a US fleet equipped with Aegis interceptor systems won't be deployed in the northern seas?" he added.

The Russian government has long opposed NATO's disputed plan of deploying an anti-missile shield in Europe, arguing that the would-be system in its "back yard” is not to secure Washington's European allies but is effectively aimed at Russia.

"I'm sure that if there were no such plans in reality, then I would have been given a very definite negative answer. I didn't get any firm answer to this question," the Russian envoy pointed out.

Moscow has also called for sharing control of any anti-missile shield, saying the aim of the so-called defense shield is to encircle Russia. Washington refuses to share the responsibility for protecting NATO member states with any third party.

NATO officials estimate that the missile shield project will not be completed before 2018.

NATO rejects Russian missile proposal

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/183607.html

NATO has flatly turned down a Russian proposal on the Western military alliance's plans to deploy a disputed missile system in Eastern Europe.

Moscow has indicated its willingness to drop its opposition to the installation of the missile system if NATO provides legal guarantees that the missiles would not be used against Russia.

"The most promising path towards greater trust is more discussion, more political debate and exchange,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with Interfax news agency released on Tuesday, AFP reported.

Rasmussen ruled out “complicated legal formulas which would be difficult to agree on and ratify” between the NATO member states and the Kremlin.

The refusal comes ahead of a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels on Wednesday where Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov will seek to convince his Western counterparts to sign a legally binding cooperation treaty.

Moscow wants details about the maximum amount and types of interceptor missiles, their speed as well as locations for missiles and radars to be specified in the treaty.

In 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev talked with NATO leaders at a summit in Lisbon, Portugal, in a landmark meeting held to end long-standing hostilities between the two sides.

But the Western bloc rejected Medvedev's idea of dividing the European continent into sectors of military responsibility, insisting the two sides should keep their systems separate.

In his Interfax interview, Rasmussen reiterated that the two sides should not merge their systems.

"The reason is simple -- NATO cannot outsource to non-members collective defense obligations which bind its members," he argued.

Rasmussen, however, stressed that NATO's eastward expansion did not threaten Russia's interests, but on the contrary "the process itself has been beneficial to Euro-Atlantic security, including that of the Russian Federation."

"I can also assure you -- and I have said it publicly on many occasions -- that NATO will never attack Russia and we are convinced that Russia sees the alliance in the same light," he said.

Russia warns west of new Cold War

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/180571.html

Russia has warned the West of another Cold War if it fails to acknowledge the country's concerns regarding a planned missile system based in Europe.

On Wednesday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that his country would take “retaliatory measures” if the United States would continue with the construction of the so-called missile defense system, AFP reported.

“We [Russia] would then be talking about developing the offensive potential of our nuclear capabilities; this would be a very bad scenario. It would be a scenario that throws us back into the Cold War era,” the Russian president said during a press conference.

Medvedev warned of an early pull out from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), if the deployment of the missile shield would go forward in the absence of Russia.

Moscow's primary concern is that the missile system would be used against Russia rather than countering incoming missiles, as claimed by the US.

"We would like to see missile defense develop under clear rules," said Medvedev.

Moscow has long opposed the deployment of NATO missile facilities, calling it, a security threat.

Despite asking Russia to express its concerns regarding the missile shield at the meeting, NATO has denied Russia's formal role in the operation of the missile plans.

Even though Russia considers the US missile plans as a potential threat to its security, it has agreed to consider NATO's proposal to cooperate on the missile shield but insists that the system should be run jointly. NATO has rejected the Russian proposal.

The START has helped improve relations between Moscow and Washington, but Russia continues to view US missile plans with suspicion.

Russia warns US over missile system

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/180228.html

Russia has warned that it reserves the right to pull out of the new START arms reduction treaty as the US has not provided guarantees over its missile shield in Europe.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday that Russia was concerned about the US refusal to provide legally binding guarantees that its missile system would not threaten Russia's security.

"The Americans are insisting on the importance of launching practical cooperation without any preconditions," he was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.

He added that Russia "cannot start cooperation on specific projects without legal guarantees that a future system will not be directed against our security interests."

"The new START [Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty] may become hostage to the US approach," Ryabkov told lawmakers during parliamentary hearings.

He said that Moscow was disappointed by a negative US reaction to its demand.

Russia, which considers the US missile plans as a potential threat to its security, has agreed to consider NATO's proposal to cooperate on the missile shield, but insisted that the system should be run jointly. NATO has rejected Russia's demand.

A landmark arms control treaty called new START has helped improve relations between Moscow and Washington, but Russia continues to view US missile plans with suspicion.

Russia warns US, Romania over base

Romania has agreed to host US missile interceptors on Romanian territory

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/178355.html

Russia has issued a warning after Romania agreed to host the US missile system site at a Soviet-built base in the country's southern town of Deveselu.

Moscow warned that the deployment of US interceptor missiles on Romanian territory comes without considering the talks between Moscow and Washington on the issue.

Earlier in the week, the US and Romania announced that elements of US missile system would be stationed at the former Romanian airbase of Deveselu.

Russia said that the planned missile system "may pose risks for Russian strategic nuclear deterrence forces in the future," Russia Today reported on Wednesday.

“We regret to say that practical steps on building the European segment of the US global missile defense system are being made regardless of the Russian-US dialogue on missile-defense issues, which was launched under the initiative of President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.

It said Washington continues to implement “the phased adaptive approach” toward building a segment of the US global missile system in Europe.

Washington announced these plans back on September 17, 2009.

Russia had warned earlier that it would take “adequate measures” if the US and NATO choose to build the European missile system without Moscow's participation.

US Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher, however, said on Wednesday that the missile system posed no threat to Russia.

“It is a system that will defend NATO and, if Russia chooses to work with us in a cooperative manner, the system will defend Russia, too," she said.

"We have good relations with Russia. We have just ratified the New START treaty, we are working together on various other issues," she told Romanian lawmakers.

Tauscher is scheduled to meet with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Thursday.

Russia was not the only one caught off-guard by the surprise announcement of the US-Romanian decision. Reports say that Romanian officials were also unaware of the decision and the Romanian media kept mum on the issue until President Traian Basescu announced it on Tuesday night.

'Russia against NATO missile proposal'

Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/166590.html

Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin says Moscow is against the alliance's proposal to set up two different missile systems, the NATO system and the Russian system.

The United States and Russia have been at loggerheads over a new anti-ballistic missile system for Europe, with Moscow calling for a shared control of the system, and Washington refusing to share the responsibility for protecting its member-states with any third party, a Press TV correspondent in Moscow reported Tuesday.

NATO favors two separate but coordinated missile defense systems, which include the NATO and Russian systems. However, Moscow insists on a European system together with the alliance, with joint centers for detecting threats and a joint decision-making procedure.

Meanwhile, Rogozin, who has recently been appointed as the Kremlin's special representative for missile defense talks with NATO member-states, frowned upon the idea on Tuesday.

"Russia should either join the European missile defense system, or receive guarantees that this system will be no threat to its strategic interests," he stated.

The Russian envoy further noted that Moscow sees no missile threats in northern Europe, and the two sides regard each other as potential threats, and that would prevent the cooperation from going forward.

"NATO and Russia must negotiate and agree to give up military planning against each other. This fundamental deal will lift all other problems," Rogozin added.

US President Barack Obama, on the other hand, has vehemently rejected shared control of the missile system on the grounds that it would give Russia responsibility for protecting NATO from nuclear missile threats.

The two sides have agreed to formulate terms for cooperation by June as a special group under Rogozin is set to be formed to coordinate missile defense talks with NATO.

Moscow is fiercely opposed to the deployment of the alliance's missile systems near its borders, saying it would threaten its national security and destroy the strategic balance of forces in Europe.

Kremlin has warned if NATO ploughs ahead with its plans and no agreement is reached with Moscow, it would develop its own missile systems.

Russia threatens NATO with nukes

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/161778.html

The Russian president has called on NATO to clarify Moscow's role in a European missile system, warning if no agreement is reached, Russia will be forced to deploy “offensive” nuclear weapons.

"So this is not a joking matter. We expect from our NATO partners a direct and unambiguous answer," Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with Russia's NATO envoy Dmitry Rogozin.

"In either case, we are either together with NATO, or we separately find an adequate response to the existing problem," he said.

Under former US President George W. Bush the United States proposed a plan to deploy a missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic -- a plan which was fiercely opposed to by Russia. Moscow said it would deem such a deployment a threat to its sovereignty and would properly respond to it.

US President Barack Obama later scrapped the plan proposing Russia to join the missile system.

Russia and NATO agreed to cooperate on a joint missile system plan in Europe during a NATO-Russia Council meeting in Lisbon in November last year.

The parties agreed to formulate terms for cooperation on the missile system by June 2011.

"Either we agree to certain principles with NATO, or we fail to agree, and then in the future we are forced to adopt an entire series of unpleasant decisions concerning the deployment of an offensive nuclear missile group," Medvedev was quoted by AFP as saying.

Russia warns US on altering missile shield plans

Source: PressTV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122602&sectionid=351020602

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has underlined Moscow's right to walk out of a nuclear disarmament treaty with the US should Washington alter its so-called missile shield defense system.

"Russia has the right to withdraw from the strategic nuclear weapons treaty if a quantitative and qualitative increase in US strategic missile defense significantly influences the effectiveness of Russian strategic nuclear forces," Lavrov stressed on Tuesday.

Earlier, the foreign minister said that the revised US plans, which comprise of sea-based interceptors and shorter range land-based missiles, pose no threat to the country's strategic interests or nuclear forces in their current form.

Lavrov's comments come ahead of the signing of a successor to the START I strategic arms reduction treaty that expired on December 5.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama will meet on Thursday to pen the new accord in the Czech capital, Prague.

The missile shield system, introduced under former US president George W. Bush, came at a time when diplomatic relations between the two nuclear powers were at their post-Cold War record low.

However, amid bilateral efforts to rebuild trust, the Obama administration shelved the former plans that envisaged land-based missile systems in ex-Soviet states.