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ISIS battered by Assad's airstrikes: Air and ground weapons supplied by its ally Russia
Christian Today ^ | 09/19/2015 | Harry Farley

Posted on 09/19/2015 5:54:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

ISIS have received heavy bombardment in Palmyra for the second day in a row, a group monitoring the war has said.

The Islamic State-held city of Palmyra was bombed on Friday as Syrian army jets carried out at least 25 air strikes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was one of the most sustained government bombardments of Palmyra.

The air strikes killed at least 26 people, including 12 Islamic State fighters, the British-based Observatory said.

On Thursday, Syrian jets had carried out at least 12 air strikes on Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital in the north. Elsewhere airstrikes killed 17 people in Idlib, the Observatory said.

The city of Idlib is the base of an alliance of jihadist and Islamist groups calling itself the Army of Conquest.

Syrian forces had started using new types of "very accurate" air and ground weapons supplied by its ally Russia, a source told Reuters.

The possibility of greater military involvement by Russia has alarmed the United States, which is leading a coalition that has been bombing Islamic State strongholds in both Syria and Iraq.

The US government rejects the idea, advocated by Moscow, of cooperating with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight Islamic State, and has warned Syria not to interfere in its air campaign.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
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1 posted on 09/19/2015 5:54:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Good.


2 posted on 09/19/2015 5:56:43 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: SeekAndFind

So Assad and Putin are the ones defeating ISIS.

Obamafail.


3 posted on 09/19/2015 5:57:53 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SeekAndFind

Meanwhile Kerry is demanding Assad quit and turn Syria over to ISIS.


4 posted on 09/19/2015 5:58:16 PM PDT by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a fire"arm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: SeekAndFind

on the youtube video is shown a medium size spotter blimp for the Migs


5 posted on 09/19/2015 6:00:17 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 ((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))))))
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To: SeekAndFind
Sure is a mixed-up world. If anyone can beat ISIS, it now looks like it will be Assad, backed by Putin.

Meanwhile, America spends millions to train five anti-ISIS guys. That's not five divisions, or even five platoons. That's five guys.

6 posted on 09/19/2015 6:00:17 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
So Assad and Putin are the ones defeating ISIS.

And, by proxy, Obama...who created them.

7 posted on 09/19/2015 6:00:29 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republican Freed the Slaves" month.)
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To: Hugin

That’s probably more air strikes than Obama did
in his whole campaign against ISIL or S or what ever.


8 posted on 09/19/2015 6:01:31 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Leaning Right
RE: Meanwhile, America spends millions to train five anti-ISIS guys. That's not five divisions, or even five platoons. That's five guys.

And this is what we have all over New York State:


9 posted on 09/19/2015 6:02:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (What is the difference between Obama and government bonds? Government bonds will mature someday)
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To: SeekAndFind
US is clearly on the side of the ISIS terrorists,helping them depose the Syrian government led by Assad.

Russia is increasingly in the mix, supporting the Syrian government, and fighting back against the ISIS terrorists.

Obama is terribly upset by this.

10 posted on 09/19/2015 6:02:45 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I'm sure our radio stations will be putting Bette Midler's From A Distance into heavy rotation any day now.
11 posted on 09/19/2015 6:03:38 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Leaning Right

They remembered Di Fi standing in the senate chamber in CA waving an AK around and stating that, “I can kill everybody in this room in one minute with this rate of fire”.


12 posted on 09/19/2015 6:04:01 PM PDT by going hot
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To: SeekAndFind

Get some muzzy trash Ivan!


13 posted on 09/19/2015 6:04:04 PM PDT by soycd
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To: SeekAndFind

Tasty stuff. I give them high marks, even though they are Beltway based.


14 posted on 09/19/2015 6:04:04 PM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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To: SeekAndFind

In all the years I’ve worked and lived in the Middle East, I’ve learned that it absolute HATES a vacuum.


15 posted on 09/19/2015 6:04:13 PM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

The scary thing is our muslim loving leader, as cowardly as he is, might do battle with Russia to protect his caliphate.

I could be Very Wrong. Hope I am.


16 posted on 09/19/2015 6:07:45 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: SeekAndFind

And wait until one of Putin’s flyboys gets shot down and burned alive by ISIS on YouTube. Vlad will lead the Russki paratroops after that.


17 posted on 09/19/2015 6:08:07 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: SeekAndFind
LOL. The phrase “five guys” rang a bell with me, aside from Obama’s crack anti-ISIS team. I just couldn't place it. Thanks for solving that little mystery!
18 posted on 09/19/2015 6:08:12 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

RE: US is clearly on the side of the ISIS terrorists,helping them depose the Syrian government led by Assad.

So why are we helping the enemy of ISIS, Iran ( a friend of the Assad government ) ease their path towards:

1) Receiving over $100 Billion

2) Developing nukes


19 posted on 09/19/2015 6:09:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (What is the difference between Obama and government bonds? Government bonds will mature someday)
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To: SeekAndFind

Are those hamburgers and fries still legal in New York?


20 posted on 09/19/2015 6:09:17 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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