January 05, 2017
Dangerous crossroads: Is Obama intent upon waging a military operation on Russia’s border prior to the end of his presidential mandate? This military onslaught could potentially create a fait accompli.
Are these deployments of US tanks and troops part of Obama’s “act of retribution” against Russia in response to Moscow’s alleged hacking of the US elections, which according to the director of National Intelligence James Clapper constitute an “Existential Threat” to the Security of the US. As we recall Obama on December 29th “ordered a series of retaliatory steps against Russia”. Is this a “fast-track” procedure on the part of the outgoing president, with the support of US intelligence to create chaos prior to the inception of the Trump administration on January 20th?
According to Donbass International News Agency Service, “A Massive US military deployment should be ready by January 20.” Political Insanity prevails. And insanity could potentially unleash World War III. Meanwhile none of this is front page news. The mainstream media is not covering it.
Below is the report of the Donbass International News Agency report.
The NATO war preparation against Russia, ‘Operation Atlantic Resolve’, is in full swing. 2,000 US tanks will be sent in coming days from Germany to Eastern Europe, and 1,600 US tanks is deployed to storage facilities in the Netherlands. At the same time, NATO countries are sending thousands of soldiers in to Russian borders.
According to US Army Europe, 4,000 troops and 2,000 tanks will arrive in three US transport ships to Germany next weekend. From Bremerhaven, US troops and huge amount of military material, will be transported to Poland and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
USA is sending to Russian borders 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. Overall, more than 2,500 pieces of cargo are shipped to Germany, where those will be unloaded in the period January 6-8. US military material and troops will continue to Poland by rail and military convoy’s. Massive US military deployment should be ready by January 20.
“Some 900 cars with military materiel will be transported by train from Bremerhaven to Poland. There are also about 600 pieces of freight that will be transported by train to Poland from the military training ground at Bergen-Hohne. Nearly 40 vehicles will travel directly by road from Bremerhaven to Poland,” told Bundeswehr press office.
“Three years after the last American tanks left the continent, we need to get them back,” said Lieutenant General Frederick “Ben” Hodges, commander of US forces in Europe.
He made the statement during a visit to the Logistics School of the Bundeswehr in Garlstedt, Lower Saxony. He told journalists that the measures were a “response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea.”
While NATO is preparing for war against Russia, Hodges turned everything upside down and accused Russia of preparing for war. “This does not mean that there necessarily has to be a war, none of this is inevitable, but Moscow is preparing for the possibility,” Hodges said.
In the dangerous escalation against nuclear-armed Russia, which poses the danger of a third world war, the German Bundeswehr is playing a central role. “Without the support of the [German] Army, we can go nowhere,” Hodges said during an appearance at the Joint Support Service of the Bundeswehr.
Germany, which rolled over Eastern Europe in its war of extermination 75 years ago, is preparing to send combat troops to the Baltics. In January, 26 tanks, 100 other vehicles and 120 containers will be transported by train to Lithuania. Germany will send the 122nd Infantry Battalion.
At the same time total of 1,600 US fighting vehicles are due to be stored at a six-warehouse complex in the southeastern village of Eygelshoven, near the Belgian and German borders. The Eygelshoven facility was originally opened in 1985 during the Cold War, when it was used by US troops to practice drills in case of a possible Soviet attack, wrote RT News.
Abrams Tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Paladin artillery have already started arriving in what is part of a $3.4 billion Congress-approved scheme to increase NATO military capability in Europe. Storage sites are also planned to be reopened in Poland, Belgium and Germany.
The original source of this article is Donbass International News Agency
Update: Jan 10, 2017
THOUSANDS of US troops arrived in Poland today to defend NATO borders amid growing aggression from Russia.
The soldiers were deployed under a planned NATO operation to reassure the alliance’s Eastern European allies following mounting Russian aggression. Around 4,500 American soldiers landed in Wrocław, home to Polish air base in the south-west of the country. And they have been followed by around 2,800 tanks and other pieces of military equipment, which have been transported by land from Germany. The deployment is being hailed at the largest movement of an armed US military brigade to Europe since the end of the Cold War.
Lt Gen Tim Ray, deputy commander of US European Command, said: “Let me be very clear, this is one part of our efforts to deter Russian aggression, ensure territorial integrity of our allies and maintain a Europe that is whole, free, prosperous and at peace.”
The US troops were initially stationed at two training sites in western Poland but are likely to be sent to sites at six other countries across the region. Maj Gen Timothy McGuire, deputy commanding general of the US Army Europe, added: “This is a tangible sign of the United States' commitment to maintaining peace on this continent. "It is a sign of the US commitment to this alliance and to peace and prosperity in Europe."
On Friday, US warships started unloading the military hardware including 87 tanks and 144 Bradley fighting vehicles in the northern German port of Bremerhaven, where they were then transported by rail and road to Poland. Troops arriving in Wroclaw this week will be posted on rotation for between four and six months while the US undertakes joint military exercises with Poland, which will kick off at the end of the month.
This latest NATO deployment along Russia’s western border falls under Operation Atlantic Resolve, a mission designed to demonstrate to prove to Moscow that Washington is committed to defending allies in Europe. The operation was launched following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which sparked fears in the Baltic nations that Vladimir Putin was planning a similar land grab there.
Along with military action, the European Union, the US and some other Western countries have also imposed several rounds of sanctions against Russia. But the new arrivals have been met with anger from German politicians, who warned relations with Moscow could detoriorate even further. Brandenburg’s leader and SPD party member Dietmar Woidke said: “It does not help us if tanks will be going up and down on both sides of the border. “I hope everyone will keep calm. I believe that despite all the difficulties, we should seek dialogue with Russia.” Christian Görke, of Germany’s Die Linke party, added: “Tanks do not create peace, anywhere.” And Moscow has already lambasted the move as “truly aggressive.”
In response to the operation, Russia has beefed up its southwestern military capacity, deploying nuclear-capable Iskander-M missiles to its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad - on the border of Poland and Lithuania.