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Lest We ForgetSaudis Prince Bandar hinted at Chechen terrorist attacks on Russias Winter Olympics in Sochi if Putin does not abandon Syria
Saudi Arabia has secretly offered Russia a sweeping deal to control the global oil market and safeguard Russias gas contracts, if the Kremlin backs away from the Assad regime in Syria.
The revelations come amid high tension in the Middle East, with US, British, and French warship poised for missile strikes in Syria. Iran has threatened to retaliate.
The strategic jitters pushed Brent crude prices to a five-month high of $112 a barrel. We are only one incident away from a serious oil spike. The market is a lot tighter than people think, said Chris Skrebowski, editor of Petroleum Review.
Leaked transcripts of a closed-door meeting between Russias Vladimir Putin and Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan shed an extraordinary light on the hard-nosed Realpolitik of the two sides.
Prince Bandar, head of Saudi intelligence, allegedly confronted the Kremlin with a mix of inducements and threats in a bid to break the deadlock over Syria. Let us examine how to put together a unified Russian-Saudi strategy on the subject of oil. The aim is to agree on the price of oil and production quantities that keep the price stable in global oil markets, he said at the four-hour meeting with Mr Putin. They met at Mr Putins dacha outside Moscow three weeks ago.
We understand Russias great interest in the oil and gas in the Mediterranean from Israel to Cyprus. And we understand the importance of the Russian gas pipeline to Europe. We are not interested in competing with that. We can cooperate in this area, he said, purporting to speak with the full backing of the US.
The talks appear to offer an alliance between the OPEC cartel and Russia, which together produce over 40m barrels a day of oil, 45pc of global output. Such a move would alter the strategic landscape.
The details of the talks were first leaked to the Russian press. A more detailed version has since appeared in the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir, which has Hezbollah links and is hostile to the Saudis.
http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/lest-we-forget-saudis-prince-bandar-hinted-at-chechen-terrorist-attacks-on-russias-winter-olympics-in-sochi-if-putin-does-no-abandon-syria/#more-62019
As-Safir said Prince Bandar pledged to safeguard Russias naval base in Syria if the Assad regime is toppled, but he also hinted at Chechen terrorist attacks on Russias Winter Olympics in Sochi if there is no accord. I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics next year. The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us, he allegedly said.
Prince Bandar went on to say that Chechens operating in Syria were a pressure tool that could be switched on an off.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10266957/Saudis-offer-Russia-secret-oil-deal-if-it-drops-Syria.html
I mention terror threats to Britain here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024250984
Even though I posted the same story in my orginal as a reply to my own thread I thought it deserved its own to connect the dots on the other thread.
idwiyo
(5,113 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)H2O Man
(73,558 posts)Thank you for these examples of the type of OP/threads that should be on DU. If we had more things of this quality, and less of the petty nonsense, this forum could recapture the value it once had to offer.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)I try to do my part
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Strange bedfellows all over the stanking place. Is the Republicon BFEE somehow now making OCCULT sweetie-pie backdoor deals with the Gawdless Red Ruski Commies, too?
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Did you know that Prince Bandar's mother was a slave? He will never run the family but he has the most brains.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Thanks!