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Exclusive: America’s Allies Almost Bombed in Syrian Airstrikes
Daily Beast ^ | 09/30/2014 | Josh Rogin

Posted on 09/30/2014 7:11:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The White House says it wants to work with Syria’s moderate rebels. But warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition came awfully close to striking one of their HQs.

Last week, an airstrike from the American-led coalition nearly hit a command-and-control facility affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, the moderate rebels the Obama administration says are America’s “boots on the ground,” according to two opposition leaders. They are asking the Obama administration to please coordinate with them in the future before America bombs its only allies in Syria.

Since U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in Syria began on Sept. 22, there has been no coordination between the U.S. military and its alleged partners on the ground, according to FSA leaders, civilian opposition leaders, and intelligence sources who have been briefed on the U.S. and allied military operation. It’s this lack of communication that led to an airstrike that hit only 200 meters from an FSA facility in the suburbs of Idlib. One source briefed on the incident said multiple FSA fighters were killed in the attack.

“Unfortunately, there is zero coordination with the Free Syrian Army. Because there is no coordination, we are seeing civilian casualties. Because there is no coordination, they are hitting empty buildings for ISIS,” Hussam Al Marie, the spokesman for the FSA in northern Syria, told The Daily Beast. “We have been getting promises that the coordination will be coming, but we have been getting promises since the beginning of this revolution and nothing has happened yet.”

The incident, which was not been previously reported, doesn’t just highlight the gap between the U.S. and its newly-endorsed allies in the moderate opposition, however. It also shows how complicated it can be to make alliances in the multi-factioned Syrian civil war.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; allies; fsa; moderaterebels; obamanewisisstrategy; syria; syriaairstrikes
In the meantime, Isis is just an hour away from Baghdad - with no sign of Iraq army being able to make a successful counter-attack

Where are the air strikes there?
1 posted on 09/30/2014 7:11:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind; tx_eggman

I guess Force Obama just missed their target!


2 posted on 09/30/2014 7:17:41 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: SeekAndFind

Iraq and Syria will both fall to ISIS. That’s the plan.


3 posted on 09/30/2014 7:18:48 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: SeekAndFind

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

4 posted on 09/30/2014 7:19:16 AM PDT by caligatrux (...some animals are more equal than others.)
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To: caligatrux

RE: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

So, the good Iraqi’s get destroyed together with the bad?


5 posted on 09/30/2014 7:21:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, the good Iraqi’s get destroyed together with the bad?

Yep. They had their chance and they blew it. Now we pave over their entire country, annex it as New Texas, and enjoy all the $1/gallon gas we can use.

6 posted on 09/30/2014 7:24:10 AM PDT by caligatrux (...some animals are more equal than others.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The number of ways this operation goes well versus the number of ways it goes badly is about 1 in 10, and with this POTUS, about 1 in 20.


7 posted on 09/30/2014 7:29:41 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: SeekAndFind

How do you tell the difference?


8 posted on 09/30/2014 7:35:28 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

RE: How do you tell the difference?

To ask the question is to ask ourselves the other question — since we can’t tell the difference, do we still drop it?


9 posted on 09/30/2014 7:43:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind
ISIS exists as a vehicle for removing Assad. We need to get rid of Assad, King Hussain of Jordan and at least threaten the Sauds before we can justify the launch of World War 3 in the Middle East. The so-called Free Syrian Army is a phony moderate beard for ISIS. This provides cover for us to remove Assad.

Russia is the wild card. When our proxies ISIS and the FSA get close to Damascus (with our help), what will Putin do?

10 posted on 09/30/2014 7:46:25 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course, there are no moderate rebels. All rebel groups that are supportd by the Sultan in Washington will contribute to ISIS’s cause. All weapons to any Moslem groups, outside of the Kurds for the time being, will go to the Caliphate project and to Islamization of all men.


11 posted on 09/30/2014 8:51:01 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: ClearCase_guy
Iraq and Syria will both fall to ISIS. That’s the plan.

The air strikes on empty silos just give O deniability. I don't know if they are organizing WW3 or just ratcheting up the pressure on Israel, as she wakes up to find the Caliphate on her doorstep. By design thanks to the Turks, the Sauds, and O's State Department.

12 posted on 09/30/2014 8:51:02 AM PDT by marron
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To: SeekAndFind

A great question: Where are the air strikes around Baghdad?

“Telegenic but meaningless pin pricks, meant for the U.S. audience. “Posted by Travis McGee”

ISIS Fighter Calls US Air Strikes Totally Ineffective
Business Insider ^ | 09/30/2014 | Jeremy Bender

Posted by SeekAndFind

In an exclusive interview with CNN, a Syrian fighter with the group known as the Islamic State or ISIS said they were prepared for US airstrikes within Syria and the damage done against the organization was ineffective.

A Syrian ISIS fighter operating under the pseudonym Abu Tahla told CNN through Skype that the US and coalition airstrikes within Syria were expected.

“We’ve been ready for this for some time,” Abu Talha said. “We know that our bases are known because they’re tracking us with radars and satellites, so we had backup locations.”

The ISIS headquarters that were targeted were emptied out, and ISIS fighters moved their supplies into civilian neighborhoods or buried them underground before the airstrikes came, the fighter said.

Abu Tahla taunted the interviewers about recent US strikes against ISIS oil refineries, noting that ISIS had other avenues of income besides oil sales. Abu Tahla also said that even if the US managed to push ISIS back in Iraq, it managed to advance in Syria.

Concerningly, Abu Tahla’s remarks are echoed by the situation on the ground. Despite airstrikes, ISIS has advanced almost completely to the Turkish border in northern Syria. Only the Kurdish city of Kobane remains defiant to ISIS aggression, although the Kurds defending the city are thoroughly outgunned by the recent jihadist advance.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3209437/posts


13 posted on 09/30/2014 10:47:25 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Our Sunni White house thugs aren't upset with the be-headings. They are upset @ the massive outcry!)
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