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[Scorpion]

@Scorpion

Read the posts on this pro-regime page, it got hacked, go to the post 7 hours ago it's hilarious

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LoL the commenters got confused and lost they start shouting here and there. I can't stop laughing man.

 

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In a first, U.S. forces in Jordan have attacked ISIS in Syria
Andrew Tilghman, Military Times 5:42 p.m. EST March 11, 2016

(Photo: Sgt. Zach Sheely, Kansas Adjutant General's Depart)

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U.S. troops in Jordan launched a GPS-guided rocket artillery attack into Syria for the first time on March 4, defense officials said, revealing an new facet of the American-led coalition’s ground-based fight against Islamic State militants.

The rockets came from a small detachment of fewer than 100 troops deployed near Jordan’s border with Syria. They used an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which is a truck-mounted, guided-missile system with a range of up to 185 miles. Both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps operate HIMARS.

The strike was launched in support of Syrian rebels who seized an ISIS military base near the border city of al-Tanf, where the borders of Syria, Iraq and Jordan converge, according to Army Col. Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman in Baghdad.

The border town was held by ISIS since May 2015 and provided a key link between ISIS territories in Syria and Iraq and an alternative to the Euphrates Valley, where U.S. and Iraqi forces are gaining ground.

Those rebels crossed into Syria from Jordan, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor.

The HIMARS detachment was deployed to Jordan for the first time during the past several months, Warren said.

U.S. troops last year deployed HIMARS guided missiles to Iraq, specifically al Assad air base and al Taqaddum air base in Anbar province, and have fired several hundred missiles on ISIS targets in Iraq. Yet the March 4 strike marked the first time those weapons were launched from Jordan onto targets inside Syria, Warren said.

Virtually all other U.S. strikes on ISIS in Syria come from manned and unmanned aircraft, but Warren said there was no particular reason for the use of land-based artillery for the March 4 strike.

“That's what the weaponeers decide. There wasn't a big strategic reason or anything, it was just the system available. You know, that weapon system worked for that target set,” Warren said at a press briefing Friday.

The location near Palmyra, not far from the Syria capital Damascus, suggests it was within range of the Syrian regime’s formidable air defense system.

Yet Warren said the decision to use the HIMARS “had nothing to do with air defenses, nothing to do with any opposition situation. It was simply 'Hey, we've got this system, it's right here. We can use our aircraft somewhere else where the HIMARS can't reach.' So it was simply a practical decision.”

U.S. aid to Jordan has increased in recent years, topping $1 billion for the first time in 2014 when the Islamic State advanced across Iraq, according to the Congressional Research Service.
In a first, U.S. forces in Jordan have attacked ISIS in Syria

 

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[Falcon29]

Evidence has emerged that US gave green light to Saudi Arabia/Turkey to arm manapads to Syrian opposition factions. This specific opposition faction(Jaysh Al Islam) shows video of them using manpad to down Syrian jet, not Russian:


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@Bundeswehr @T-123456 @explorerx7 @Scorpion

This is big development because it was done during cease fire and is directed at Russia/warning to Russia. Also the cease fire broke, since these factions were included in the ceasefire. What do you think Russia will make out of this?

 

[Jaeger]

I believe Russia will pick up on the airstrikes, and keeping advising the Government forces of Syria. I also saw a North Korean made IGLA MANPAD in the hands of the group 'Al-Nusra Front'. but if you want honesty Russia won't do to much besides naval strikes and airstrikes, but of course it will worsen the situation but hey i kind of figured the ceasefire wouldn't last

 

[T-123456]

Evidence has emerged that US gave green light to Saudi Arabia/Turkey to arm manapads to Syrian opposition factions. This specific opposition faction(Jaysh Al Islam) shows video of them using manpad to down Syrian jet, not Russian:


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@Bundeswehr @T-123456 @explorerx7 @Scorpion

This is big development because it was done during cease fire and is directed at Russia/warning to Russia. Also the cease fire broke, since these factions were included in the ceasefire. What do you think Russia will make out of this?

Russia will find an exit,as soon as possible.

 

[Scorpion]

Evidence has emerged that US gave green light to Saudi Arabia/Turkey to arm manapads to Syrian opposition factions. This specific opposition faction(Jaysh Al Islam) shows video of them using manpad to down Syrian jet, not Russian:


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@Bundeswehr @T-123456 @explorerx7 @Scorpion

This is big development because it was done during cease fire and is directed at Russia/warning to Russia. Also the cease fire broke, since these factions were included in the ceasefire. What do you think Russia will make out of this?

Saudi Arabia and Turkey aren't in need of any permission from the US to provide anti-craft missiles to the opposition. Its just that they don't want to pour such sophisticated weapons that could later be used against any Saudi/Turkish intervention.

 

[Falcon29]

Russia will find an exit,as soon as possible.

I don't think so, there have been no new developments in regards to the talks or political transition. Wouldn't make sense at this time, even if there was legal text outlining plan. They will keep some assets in such an instance too.

Saudi Arabia and Turkey aren't in need of any permission from the US to provide anti-craft missiles to the opposition. Its just that they don't want to pour such sophisticated weapons that could later be used against any Saudi/Turkish intervention.

Do you really expect the people you're arming will turn against you? So they're being used as sacrificial lamb to weaken Assad then get everything back in control of pro-Israel states? Why are you people so insensitive to this loss of life, they died for nothing but global interests. The sad part is they don't realize it.

 

[Scorpion]

I don't think so, there have been no new developments in regards to the talks or political transition. Wouldn't make sense at this time, even if there was legal text outlining plan. They will keep some assets in such an instance too.



Do you really expect the people you're arming will turn against you? So they're being used as sacrificial lamb to weaken Assad then get everything back in control of pro-Israel states? Why are you people so insensitive to this loss of life, they died for nothing but global interests. The sad part is they don't realize it.

It used to be one faction and now you have many. We armed them before and there you go Al-Nusrah front took all the arms and announced alliance to Al-Qaeda.

 

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[UAE]

Guys what is your take on the recent withdrawer of Russian forces from Syria? The second batch has already left hours ago.

 

[Falcon29]

@T-123456 @Gabriel92 @WebMaster @Scorpion

I just checked newly update maps ...it looks as if Kurds have taken over half the country by now....

Very surprising. I find myself paying attention to domestic politics now more than current events. This is embarrassing for Turks and Arabs. For the Arab's, they are losing any influence on the opposition if Kurds will dominate it. For the Turks, it's self explanatory.

It seems the US and Israel want to hurt Assad by making eastern Syria a Kurdish colony. Once again, only the allies of Israel prevail. That should tell you something about the global power makeup. Until the people decide it's time for change, you will continue to only achieve minimal interests that they permit you to achieve. While they dominate.