From: "George Sherwood" 

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:05:10 +0100, Adam wrote:

> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/06/02/syrianbase.shtml
>
> Y'know wot I woz saying wrt sailing AD warships in for a port visit when
> the Israelis were bombing Lebanon....welll..... seems like the Russians
> have twigged the idea...
>
> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/06/02/syrianbase.shtml
>
> "Russia has begun works in the Syrian port of Tartus seeking to built a
> full-scale naval base for the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, currently
> based in Ukraineƒ’s Sevastopol, the Kommersant newspaper reported on
> Friday, quoting unnamed sources in the Defense Ministry and the General
> Staff of the Russian Navy.

Actually pretty old news.  Nothing to do with the present conflict in the
Middle East.

George

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