Posted on 09/01/2016 7:43:19 AM PDT by onona
The bodies of the three soldiers killed last week were transferred to the US Consulate in the Iraqi city of Erbil to be flown to the US at a later time, the source said late on Tuesday.
The source named the slain servicemen as Levi Johnson, Jordan Andrew and Will Savage adding that they had been assisting Kurdish forces for around a year in northern Syria.
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The source named the slain servicemen as Levi Johnson, Jordan Andrew and Will Savage adding that they had been assisting Kurdish forces for around a year in northern Syria.
"Authorities at the Faysh Khabur border crossing between Syria and Iraq received the three bodies under the supervision of staff members from the US Consulate in Erbil," a Peshmerga officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.
"Kurdish-Syrian fighters delivered the bodies after they were taken to a field hospital when they fell in battle."
The director of Faysh Khabur border crossing, Shaukat Barbharri, confirmed the report adding that the soldiers had died while fighting with the Kurdish People's Protection Units [YPG].
The US has been relying on the Kurdish YPG militia backed by support from the US-led coalition and 200 US special operations forces to fight the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group.
The YPG is also a key component of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF], which groups diverse factions battling the terrorists.
Last week, Turkey launched a two-pronged operation inside Syria against Kurdish forces and Daesh.
After a weekend of Turkish clashes with YPG-allied forces, Washington has expressed alarm and urged both sides to stop fighting each other and concentrate on combatting Daesh.
Turkey on Wednesday said it did "not accept" US claims that it had agreed on a truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria.
The strikes against the YPG are hugely sensitive as the outfit - seen as a terror group by Ankara - is allied with Turkey's NATO partner the United States.
Turkey sees the YPG as an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party [PKK] which has waged a bloody war against the Turkish state since 1984.
Sounds like a fairy tale. You have another source for this news?
So, does this mean there will not be a RED III?
What ever happened to, “Mr. Assad must go!”?
Not sure how to get pentagon verification, but I'll look.
This does look suspicious, google yields two musicians and one basketball player for the three names.
I’m gonna take a stab at it. We’re responsible for their deaths. They shouldn’t have been there in the first place. The kurds have always been the best of the best in Iraq. Somehow, they are now our enemy
Obama sucks?
How dare you insult America’s FIRST Muslim President!
Hussein Obama promised to fundamentally change America. He is. Doing a great job
By flooding America with Muslims, Hussein is single handedly defeating the warring Christian nation so that peaceful Muslims under Sharia law can stop the violence in the world
Sure at first many are going to die getting the western world under control but once Sharia law is implemented, the world will be very, very peaceful
Now get in line and support Muslim Obama as he sets up the west for Muslim control. Libya, Iran and Syria need strong Islamic governments to defeat the west. As Hussein Obama arms his patriotic Muslim terrorists, he is doing it right in front of Americans. Most don’t even have a clue what he is doing and why Hussein is supporting terrorism. But when your children bow to Mecca in a few years, Hussein efforts will be rewarded.
It was a DDvideo /s
Killed by our ally Turkey?
Surprised their names and status were ever released to the public since the US war in Syria is undeclared and unauthorized
so sorry for their families to lose these brave men to such depraved policy
American volunteers? Kinda like the Abraham Lincoln Bde.? Hmmmm? History repeating again?
Check for Obama's fingerprints, you will find his, Kerry's and Clinton's.
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