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Russian jets take to Syrian skies to combat IS; Russia begins military intervention against IS
i24news.tv ^ | August 31st 2015 10:08pm | i24news

Posted on 09/01/2015 7:40:14 AM PDT by Trumpinator

i24news

Published August 31st 2015

10:08pm

Russian jets take to Syrian skies to combat IS

Russia begins military intervention against IS in Syria; IS closes in on Damascus

Russian fighter pilots, jets and helicopters will begin arriving in Syria in the coming days to join in the offensive against the Islamic State (IS) and rebel-aligned targets within the failing state Israeli news site Ynet News reported Monday.

According to Western diplomats, Russian expeditionary forces have already arrived in Syria to set up camp in an Assad-controlled airbase near Damascus, and will operate as a Russian forward operating base.

Thousands of Russian military personnel are set to arrive in Syria over the coming weeks, including instructors, advisors, logistics personnel, technical personnel, members of the aerial protection division, and the pilots who will operate the aircraft said Ynet.

While the exact make-up the expeditionary force is unconfirmed, past reports had stated that Russia was in talks to sell Syria a package of MiG-29 fighter jets, and Yak-130 trainer jets which can also operate as attack aircraft. The new presence of Russian pilots operating combat missions over Syria is expected to drastically challenge the dynamics of the region.

According to Ynet the Russians main goal is combating IS and preserving Assad's rule. They do not have offensive intentions towards Israel or other sovereign states in the area however, their presence will challenge the Israeli Air Force's previous freedom of operation in Middle East airspace.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; iran; israel; juniorvarsity; kgbputinfanclub; lebanon; obamalegacy; putinsbuttboys; putinstrollarmy; putinstrolls; russia; syria; vladtheimploder; waronterror
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To: ETL

I don’t get what you are getting at but your trolling is not appreciated.


41 posted on 09/01/2015 8:39:08 AM PDT by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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To: KC_Lion; GeronL

Pingsky.


42 posted on 09/01/2015 8:41:28 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Trumpinator

When IS has been destroyed...the Russians will just leave.....yeah right. Ezekiel 37-39 is being set up!


43 posted on 09/01/2015 8:42:37 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Thunder90
Don’t forget the Chinese. They are also allied with Assad and are sending assets.

From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170287,00.html
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Sept 11, 2014

China and Russia to build major seaport: report

China and Russia will build one of the largest ports in north-east Asia on Russia’s Sea of Japan coast, reports say, in a further sign of the powerhouses’ growing alliance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-11/china-and-russia-to-build-major-seaport-report/5738036
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Obama: "We Welcome China's Rise"
CBS News ^ | January 19, 2011 | Stephanie Condon

44 posted on 09/01/2015 8:44:50 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Nep Nep

http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Pg.-291-Pgs.-287-293-JW-v-DOD-and-State-14-812-DOD-Release-2015-04-10-final-version11.pdf


45 posted on 09/01/2015 8:46:33 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: jimjohn; All

The American media don’t want to have a bunch of conservative Christians to start yelling about Ezekiel 37-39 and using the story as proof that Jesus is coming back and we’d all better repent ...and stuff! (Hey...Jesus IS coming back/and stuff!)


46 posted on 09/01/2015 8:48:30 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Romulus
It’s their natural and proper function as the regional superpower and Orthodox big brother looking out for Christians in the Levant

I wonder who the Russians were looking out for when they were "settling hash" in the Balkans which contributed mightily to the disaster of the first world war? The idea that Russians are flying missions in Syria to protect Christians is about as fanciful as anything I have read lately.

The Russians are meddling there just as they medaled in Georgia, just as they meddled in Crimea, just as they have meddled in eastern Ukraine, just as they threaten to meddle in the Baltic states.

It is wonderful how they save Christians by selling arms to the Iranians?


47 posted on 09/01/2015 8:53:22 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: xzins
There is no doubt that Russia is aligned with Iran and Assad...and all their client Terrorist organizations.

They will eventually kill all of ISIS.

While this brings civil pacification, it also portends a much greater conflict in the future.

48 posted on 09/01/2015 8:56:07 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Trumpinator

They are both bad. It’s the Shea hezbolla that want to wipe off Israel. I say let them all just kill each other and stand by Israel.


49 posted on 09/01/2015 8:58:29 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Genoa
Also from this article which I almost missed - Benghazi news: Fighting rages near Benghazi Fresh fighting with Islamist groups in the eastern city of Benghazi has left Four Libyan soldiers dead and six wounded on Sunday, medics and military officials reported. According to Arabic news site Al Arabiya News, forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognized government have spent the better part of a year fighting Islamist groups in the country's second-largest city Benghazi. A tank battalion reportedly met Islamist brigades, which had been attempting to advance into western Benghazi, military officials said, with fighting continuing late into the night.
50 posted on 09/01/2015 9:01:25 AM PDT by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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To: Thunder90

The Chinese and Russians see how weak Obama is, especially after the Iran deal.


51 posted on 09/01/2015 9:01:27 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: jimjohn

MSM news tonight will be about GW in Alaska, more shark attacks and western wild fires.


52 posted on 09/01/2015 9:06:10 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Bender2

Hey Bender I don’t if you hear if Israel decided take on Russia they going meet your Cowboys following weekend LOL!


53 posted on 09/01/2015 9:12:25 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: nathanbedford

Everyone meddles. And religion and ethnic ties between the Serbs / Russians is well attested. What were the Austrian Germans doing in lands populated by Orthodox Christians can be another reply back (of course there were Catholics in the Balkans also).

You brought up WW1 but we forget that the Crimean war was the Protestant and Catholic European powers joining up with Muslim Ottoman Turks to attack Orthodox Russia because she was expanding into the middle east - the old domain of the eastern (Orthodox) Roman empire.


54 posted on 09/01/2015 9:19:28 AM PDT by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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To: Rusty0604
They are both bad. It’s the Shea hezbolla that want to wipe off Israel. I say let them all just kill each other and stand by Israel.

You know, as bad as that is - it is the Sunni al-Qaeda funded by Sunni Gulf Arabs that are actively beheading Jews and Christians and moderates and secularists.

I am sorry, as bad as all Muslims are - it is the Sunnis that have attacked "us" (Christians/Americans) more than the Shia have.

55 posted on 09/01/2015 9:19:28 AM PDT by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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To: mdmathis6
The American media don’t want to have a bunch of conservative Christians to start yelling about Ezekiel 37-39 and using the story as proof that Jesus is coming back and we’d all better repent ...and stuff! (Hey...Jesus IS coming back/and stuff!)

Only a small branch of American Protestantism believes that interpretation of the end times scenario. More than likely is the American press is protecting Obama by ignoring is monumental over seas failures in policy and vision. Case in point, this same article mentions Benghazi's Islamists that Obama helped install by ignorance/incompetence or on purpose (who knows at this point) are defeating the Libyan govt.

56 posted on 09/01/2015 9:19:28 AM PDT by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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To: ETL

ETL, I’m puzzled. How does the OP appear to be trolling for Putin? It’s a report about Russian military involvement in Syria. I didn’t take it to be pro-Putin. I think Putin knows what he is doing and Obama is either (1) incompetent, or (2) helping him. Am I pro-Putin too?


57 posted on 09/01/2015 10:00:26 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Trumpinator; mdmathis6
But ..... Jesus is coming back, and we'd all better repent. Plenty of us here on FR will tell you this.
58 posted on 09/01/2015 10:03:09 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Trumpinator
I am sorry, as bad as all Muslims are - it is the Sunnis that have attacked "us" (Christians/Americans) more than the Shia have.

The Sunni/Shiite distinction is overdrawn, except with regard to how they distrust and compete with each other. Both hate Israel and the US, and neither can be trusted. Israel is our friend in the region. Forget the rest.

59 posted on 09/01/2015 10:06:42 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: nathanbedford

They can’t do any worse than we’ve done.


60 posted on 09/01/2015 10:12:00 AM PDT by Romulus
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