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Turkey sends tanks into northern Syria
BBC ^ | 8/24/16

Posted on 08/24/2016 8:16:33 AM PDT by Lera

urkish tanks and other vehicles have rolled across the Syrian border after heavy shelling of an area held by so-called Islamic State (IS).

Military sources told Turkish media 70 targets in the Jarablus area had been destroyed by artillery and rocket strikes, and 12 by air strikes.

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels who are following the advance say they have entered the town of Jarablus itself.

The operation is aimed against both IS and Kurdish fighters.

Turkey shelled Syrian Kurdish forces in the region this week, determined not to let them fill the vacuum if IS leaves.

US Vice-President Joe Biden warned Kurdish forces in Syria they would lose US support if they advanced west of the River Euphrates.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kurds; middleeast; syria; syriawar; turkey; turkeysyria; war
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1 posted on 08/24/2016 8:16:33 AM PDT by Lera
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To: Lera

Luckily, we have capable leadership in the White House.

Oh look, I made a funny.


2 posted on 08/24/2016 8:17:47 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: Lera; jbb247; monkeywrench; PROCON; Bulldaddy; Mrs.Z; Aragon; RobinOfKingston; Mom MD; ...

Pinging the End Times ping list

Turkey just invaded Syria.


3 posted on 08/24/2016 8:17:58 AM PDT by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Lera

Gog is on the move.


4 posted on 08/24/2016 8:18:56 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Lera

If Turkey’s invasion of Syria stems the tide of these so-called Syrian refugees to the US, then I am 100% for it.


5 posted on 08/24/2016 8:19:06 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

I think this entire operation is designed to exterminate the Kurds. Wasn’t it Obama who delayed shipments of arms to the Kurds?


6 posted on 08/24/2016 8:22:29 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (It appears as if Trump is our Yeltsin.)
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To: Lera

Did they get UN approval? /sarc


7 posted on 08/24/2016 8:23:13 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Lera

So... what is Assad (and his puppet-master Putin) gonna do about it?


8 posted on 08/24/2016 8:23:17 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: Lera

Check out Jeremiah 51:63; Revelation 9:14 and Revelation 16:12.


9 posted on 08/24/2016 8:23:42 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I don’t really know, frankly. What I really want is the complete stoppage of ‘refugees’ to this country.


10 posted on 08/24/2016 8:23:49 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

It will probably escalate the refugee crisis which makes 0dungheap happy anyway. Notice he NEVER proposes safe zones because this would hinder the expansion of the Muslim Caliphate.


11 posted on 08/24/2016 8:23:50 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: Lera
It's a mess........... (US scrambles jets to protect Kurdish allies from Syrian warplanes)

(U.S.-Allied Kurds Advance in Northeast Syria) (Video)

12 posted on 08/24/2016 8:25:58 AM PDT by yoe (BLM = Benghazi Lives Mattered!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

That is a complete danger, too, but this problem is not the US’ problem in my opinion. It is not worth one more US soldier’s life, period.

All we can do now is to pester our agents in that country club Congress to stop Obama and elect a President other than that bitch Clinton.


13 posted on 08/24/2016 8:26:55 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Lera

Anyone else gettin’ that Wag the Dog vibe here ?


14 posted on 08/24/2016 8:29:42 AM PDT by tomkat (.gov is freedom's greatest enemy)
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To: Lera

A Prophecy Against Damascus Isaiah 17: 1-3

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted
and left to flocks, which will lie down,
with no one to make them afraid.
3 The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus


15 posted on 08/24/2016 8:39:18 AM PDT by JohnT416
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To: tomkat

Anyone else gettin’ that Wag the Dog vibe here ? ............................ Are you worried? Come on, president Hillary will bring peace to the area with her reset buttons. All will be well, the boys are coming home. LOL!!!


16 posted on 08/24/2016 8:40:36 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Hillary 2016? ...................... What are they thinking? Another Evita, Melba??)
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To: yoe

So we’re allied with the Kurds who are killing ISIS and we’re allied with the Turks who think a fine way to spend a Wednesday is to kill a bunch of Kurds?

And somehow this is already Trump’s fault, right?


17 posted on 08/24/2016 8:42:51 AM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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To: SpinnerWebb
So... what is Assad (and his puppet-master Putin) gonna do about it?

Since I expect that Turkey is mostly after the Kurds, probably nothing.

18 posted on 08/24/2016 8:45:10 AM PDT by Ingtar
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To: Lera
Was someone saying something about Damascus?

Please put me on your ping list.

19 posted on 08/24/2016 8:50:14 AM PDT by OKSooner (Can you say "catheter bag"? Yes, I knew you could.)
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To: Lera

Just a coincidence that Biden was just there. Look for some quid pro quo deal with Turkey whereby they go after ISIS in Syria and the US extradites Muhammed Fethullah Gülen to Turkey.


20 posted on 08/24/2016 8:53:19 AM PDT by kabar
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