Breaking - Saudis offer Russia secret oil deal if it drops Syria

If the story is true, the most important piece of information would be what currency these gas and oil deals were guaranteed in.

It was said that any deal between Russia and the Saudis would also be a deal with the USA, so that says petrodollars.

The most interesting part to me was the veiled threat of using terrorism if Putin didn't capitulate.

What's apparent is Putin said no deal; he ordered the leak; he's a chess player and disciplined Judo master. I hope he's got a plan to stop WWIII.
 
As-Safir said Prince Bandar pledged to safeguard Russia’s naval base in Syria if the Assad regime is toppled, but he also hinted at Chechen terrorist attacks on Russia’s 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. “These groups do not scare us. We use them in the face of the Syrian regime but they will have no role in Syria’s political future.”"

really !!?? threatening Russia with unleashing destruction in Olympics ?
oh...but they must be the good Ts, right ? all Ts working for us are good, by definition !
 
If the groups that would "threaten the security of the games" are controlled by the Saudis, then we will all know whose door to come knocking when said groups carry out their terrorist activities. Oh, but then of course that's when they cue the plausible deniability speech and we all reach for our vomit bags.
 
Meet Saudi Arabia's Bandar bin Sultan: The Puppetmaster Behind The Syrian War
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-...dar-bin-sultan-puppetmaster-behind-syrian-war
Yesterday the Telegraph's Evans-Pritchard dug up a note that we had posted almost a month ago, relating to the "secret" meeting between Saudi Arabia and Russia, in which Saudi's influential intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan met with Putin and regaled him with gifts, including a multi-billion arms deal and a promise that Saudi is "ready to help Moscow play a bigger role in the Middle East at a time when the United States is disengaging from the region", if only Putin would agree to give up his alliance with Syria's al-Assad and let Syria take over, ostensibly including control of the country's all important natgas transit infrastructure. What was not emphasized by the Telegraph is that Putin laughed at the proposal and brushed aside the Saudi desperation by simply saying "nyet." However, what neither the Telegraph, nor we three weeks ago, picked up on, is what happened after Putin put Syria in its place. We now know, and it's a doozy.

Courtesy of As-Safir (translated here), we learn all the gritty details about what really happened at the meeting, instead of just the Syrian motives and the Russian conclusion, and most importantly what happened just as the meeting ended, unsuccessfully (at least to the Saudi). And by that we mean Saudi Arabia's threats toward Russia and Syria.
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It is good of the Saudis to admit they control a terrorist organization that "threatens the security" of the Sochi 2014 Olympic games, and that house of Saud uses "in the face of the Syrian regime." Perhaps the next time there is a bombing in Boston by some Chechen-related terrorists, someone can inquire Saudi Arabia what, if anything, they knew about that.

But the piece de resistance is what happened at the end of the dialogue between the two leaders. It was, in not so many words, a threat by Saudi Arabia aimed squarely at Russia:
As soon as Putin finished his speech, Prince Bandar warned that in light of the course of the talks, things were likely to intensify, especially in the Syrian arena, although he appreciated the Russians’ understanding of Saudi Arabia’s position on Egypt and their readiness to support the Egyptian army despite their fears for Egypt's future.

The head of the Saudi intelligence services said that the dispute over the approach to the Syrian issue leads to the conclusion that “there is no escape from the military option, because it is the only currently available choice given that the political settlement ended in stalemate. We believe that the Geneva II Conference will be very difficult in light of this raging situation.”

At the end of the meeting, the Russian and Saudi sides agreed to continue talks, provided that the current meeting remained under wraps. This was before one of the two sides leaked it via the Russian press.

Since we know all about this, it means no more talks, an implicit warning that the Chechens operating in proximity to Sochi may just become a loose cannon (with Saudi's blessing of course), and that about a month ago "there is no escape from the military option, because it is the only currently available choice given that the political settlement ended in stalemate." Four weeks later, we are on the edge of all out war, which may involve not only the US and Europe, but most certainly Saudi Arabia and Russia which automatically means China as well. Or, as some may call it, the world.

And all of it as preordained by a Saudi prince, and all in the name of perpetuating the hegemony of the petrodollar.
 
Russia has plenty of oil of its own, I don't think they need any deals from Saudi Arabia and I don't think they intend to abandon their ally Syria. They need a presence in the Middle East to help keep Israel in check and to have a port to refuel their ships.
 
Why are we NOT allied with Russia? :confused:

Were the 911 terrorists NOT Saudi?
 
Putin has more balls than obama. Purin is so much cooler in terms of them both being part of an oligarchy.
 
Putin has more balls than obama. Purin is so much cooler in terms of them both being part of an oligarchy.

Hilarious comparison of Putin to Obama: Macho Man vs. Sissy-Boy

http://www.tomatobubble.com/putin_obama.html

example

Putin's mom was a good Christian lady. ..................Obama's teen-mom was promiscuous and did soft porn.*That's really her!



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Who names their daughter Stanley?

Putin rides horses.............................................Obama rides girlie bicycle with helmet.

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Hilarious comparison of Putin to Obama: Macho Man vs. Sissy-Boy

http://www.tomatobubble.com/putin_obama.html

example

Putin's mom was a good Christian lady. ..................Obama's teen-mom was promiscuous and did soft porn.*That's really her!



img70053.jpg
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ostimages.jpg


Who names their daughter Stanley?

Putin rides horses.............................................Obama rides girlie bicycle with helmet.

Putin_Horse.jpg.w300h298.jpg
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Bobama_bike.jpg.w300h221.jpg

Funny really funny....what pussies we have become. Helmet heads
 
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