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Russian troops are building a base at Crusader Castle Krak des Chevaliers west of Homs
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Posted on 10/12/2015 10:16:47 AM PDT by Trumpinator
إبراهيم الحسيني @homsian
Many reports indicate that #Russia|n troops are building a base in the well known Krak des Chevaliers west of #Homs
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: astroturf; iran; iraq; israel; jihad; kgb; kurdistan; lebanon; patricelumumbaschool; putin; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooges; syria; vladtheimploder; waronterror
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This guy is a Syrian rebel guy. He also is publishing the names of the Russian pilots - probably to get their families killed.
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:22:01 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: Trumpinator
Love the symbolism. I thought the castle had been destroyed though? I guess just vandalized.
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:23:49 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(NATO and ISIS sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G)
To: Trumpinator
Any muzzies going after Russian pilot families will be shipped back to ISIS C.O.D. inside a bomb.
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:31:56 AM PDT
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: Trumpinator
Wait... so the Russian base is a Krak house? Things that make you go ....Hom.
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:40:50 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:43:22 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Trumpinator
Many reports indicate that #Russia|n troops are building a base in the well known Krak des Chevaliers Good, they can protect if from vandalism by the thug rebels.
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:46:44 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Trumpinator
Crusaders? Isn’t Putin worried it might be viewed as ‘racist’? (sarc)
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:51:55 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Psalm 144
Couple of guns could control the countryside for miles around it.
Which is why it was built there, in the first place.
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posted on
10/12/2015 10:55:54 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: tcrlaf
Good use for that old pile—a base for new Crusaders.
To: Trumpinator
Well, that is going to one VERY secure base!
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:02:22 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Trumpinator
This place? Krak des Chevaliers (French pronunciation: [kʁak de ʃəvaˈlje]) (Arabic: حصن الفرسان), also Crac des Chevaliers, is a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by a settlement of Kurds; as a result it was known as Hisn al Akrad, meaning the "Castle of the Kurds". In 1142 it was given by Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, to the Knights Hospitaller. It remained in their possession until it fell in 1271. It became known as Crac de l'Ospital; the name Krak des Chevaliers was coined in the 19th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak_des_Chevaliers
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:02:47 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
To: Trumpinator
Sounds like a good idea if true. The russians can protect it and keep the barbarians from blowing it up.
Lucky it has survived this long.
There are no innocent citizens of Syria. If there are it is too complicated to find them.
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:03:31 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:04:11 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:11:03 AM PDT
by
Califreak
(Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireallysupportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
To: JoeProBono
Who’d ever think a former KGB officer would be seen as the Crusader savior of Christianity?
Bet that Valdmir likes that picture of him.
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:12:44 AM PDT
by
MarchonDC09122009
(When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
To: Psalm 144
The tower apparently was hit some time ago...2011 I think but not much ifo about any further destruction..
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:20:48 AM PDT
by
caww
To: MarchonDC09122009
Why is it so difficult?
The Soviet Union fell over two decades ago, maybe its time to update your rhetoric.
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:21:05 AM PDT
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: McGruff
It was struck at the tower....don't know further if hit again...this was done some time ago......Putin knows how significant this location is to Muslims so he's rubbing it in their faces if true he's setting up there.
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:23:58 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
It’s one of the last remnants of the short-lived Crusader (or French) Kingdom of Jerusalem. Tremendous symbolism.
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posted on
10/12/2015 11:25:44 AM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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