About to deliver them a nice surprise package.
Posted on 02/25/2016 9:36:09 PM PST by Smittie
Dozens of Russian generals at a military base near the eastern Syrian city of Latakia were killed Sunday afternoon in a deadly car bomb attack committed by two opposition factions, Ahrar al-Sham and Bayan movement, Syrian opposition groups reported on Wednesday.
According to the media office of Ahrar al-Sham, the two factions, in coordination with local jihadists who were located at the Russian military base, decided to bomb the car after they observed a gathering of senior Russian generals at the military base.
Ahrar al-Sham claims that dozens of Russian generals were killed and injured in the explosion. According to the movement, the announcement of the terror attack was delayed until Wednesday to ensure that the jihadists who committed the attack returned safely to opposition territories.
The military base that was hit by the car bomb is considered one of the most important military centers of the Russian forces on the Syrian coast, located some 15 kilometers from Latakia.
The belated announcement of the car bombing came shortly before the Syrian truce was scheduled to start on Saturday. Russia and the US have already announced that the ceasefire will not apply to ISIS and al-Nusra Front, but in light of this terror attack, Russia might demand the exclusion of Ahrar al-Sham as well.
Dumb, Dumb, Dumb......
About to deliver them a nice surprise package.
This can’t be true. That many generals would never be together in a dangerous area.
Good one!
LOL!
Dozens of Russian generals were in a car? Like this?
Well, that seems like a breach of security, right there.
Hey, it ain’t MY theory. That’s what *they*, the Syrian rebels are claiming. They say they blew up a car bomb, killed a few dozen Russian generals, and then didn’t issue a news release so their bombers could escape the scene.
I have no theory on how and why they think the people they bombed kept it secret.
Dirty Dozen
My guess: They killed a 2LT and his driver. The only time I saw one dozen general in one place was at a conference in the Pentagon, and I’ve never seen more than that.
There’s a video over on LiveLeak purporting to show the explosion ... can see a line of empty cars parked across form some building that looks like a motel. Then the bomb goes off - end of vid.
I think the claim of the Russian generals is agitprop.
I worked at the Pentagon Comm Center for a couple years.
Worthless Officers, EVERYWHERE.
Oh man! Jim Brown! Kids! LOL.
“Generals” = “Russians in actual matching uniforms”
Correct
I doubt the story is true: Putin would have been foaming at the mouth and EVERYONE would have heard about it.
That is why I love Free Republic; thank you.
I like the scene in “Canadian Bacon” where the black guy complains about black actors dying first in movies; when he gets to Jim Brown, John Candy and the other guy ask him how Jim Brown was supposed to blend in with Germans...
Nicely done. That is what I was picturing when I read the post. So, is somebody punking the Russians or were there a bunch of generals killed? Russkies don’t like that kinda stuff.
Almost my thoughts! Maybe the generals got together to watch a movie THE DIRTY DOZEN!
Beat me to it!
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