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Iran quietly deepens involvement in Syria's war
BBC News ^ | 20 October 2015 | Hossein Bastani

Posted on 10/21/2015 6:48:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The new offensive launched by Syrian government forces in the countryside south of Aleppo has shed light on Iran's growing role in Syria's civil war.

Officially Iran denies it has deployed any combat troops in Syria, but a week before the offensive began, it was reported that hundreds of Iranian troops had arrived in Syria in preparation for an imminent assault on rebel-held areas.

Iran also announced the deaths of four high-ranking officers from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Syria.

At least one of them, Brig Gen Hossein Hamedani - the most senior Iranian military officer to have been so far killed in the Syrian conflict - lost his life near Aleppo.

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


TOPICS: Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: astroturf; iran; israel; lebanon; putinsbuttboys; russianstooges; syria; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 10/21/2015 6:48:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I wonder if Obama would be annoyed if they nuked his rebels.


2 posted on 10/21/2015 6:50:37 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
We ought to set up some IEDs for Iranian troops.
3 posted on 10/21/2015 6:53:12 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Iranians, Iraqis, Syrians, Hezbollah, Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba.....

Where are those lazy Vietnamese?

How about all our college professors? They should be over there.


4 posted on 10/21/2015 6:59:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: MinorityRepublican

I see Saudi Arabia agreed to buy four U.S. made warships.

Wonder if that will be enough to pay the Democrats to deploy an Armored Cavalry Regiment to Saudi Arabia?


5 posted on 10/21/2015 7:01:39 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: MinorityRepublican
"Iran quietly deepens involvement in Syria's war"

Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2006.


6 posted on 10/21/2015 7:30:48 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Officially Iran denies it has deployed any combat troops in Syria...
...even though Iran sent 19,000 troops to Syria four years ago, and has been sending press-ganged Afghan nationals, plus any jihadist idiot in Hizbollah, into the melee.
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7 posted on 10/22/2015 11:06:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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