Posted on 10/01/2015 6:53:27 AM PDT by Trumpinator
Islamic State: Putin says claims Russian air strikes killed civilians are 'information warfare'
Updated 14 minutes ago
Vladimir Putin has dismissed claims that Russian air strikes have killed civilians in Syria, as his government faces criticism from the West that it bombed moderate rebel factions fighting Syria's president instead of Islamic State (IS) fighters.
Russia launched air strikes in war-torn Syria on Wednesday, its first overseas military engagement in nearly four decades, hours after the Russian parliament gave Mr Putin permission to use force abroad.
The head of Syria's main opposition group has accused Moscow of aiming to support Bashar al-Assad's regime and killing 36 civilians in the central province of Homs.
"When it comes to media reports regarding the suffering of the civilian population, we are ready for this information warfare," Mr Putin said.
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You can call it whatever you like. There’s no way that Putin didn’t kill one single civilian. So that’s a fallacy in itself.
I can still hear 0bama’s words ring clear when back in 2008 he was unaware of an open mic near him . He told Putin “I can do more once I’ve been reelected” . Now I see what these two commie dictators have in common ,,,, the dismantling of our once strong nation .
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