Posted on 02/08/2016 1:43:33 PM PST by Trumpinator
Syria Rebels Face Collapse as Thousands Flee North Aleppo (Video)
Posted on Feb 8, 2016
By Juan Cole
On Friday, the Syrian Arab Army and its Hizbullah and Iranian/ Afghan allies made further progress in taking the area just north of Aleppo. They were apparently mainly fighting al-Qaeda, which had a stronghold in the city of Ratyan. The Russians subjected it to intensive bombing and the SAA and allies ultimately took it. Al-Qaeda (the Nusrah Front) said it had killed 25 of its attackers.
In New York, as the Syrian peace talks collapsed, the Russian envoy asked out loud why even the opposition was not happy at the defeat and rollback of al-Qaeda.
The answer is, of course, that the Nusra Front has a long history of winning battles against the Baath regime of Bashar al-Assad, and so it is useful to the opposition, even if it is, like, al-Qaeda. Moreover, they don’t take its ties to Ayman al-Zawahiri, now the leader of the organization, very seriously.
Unfortunately for us, I think the US is more or less indirectly backing al-Qaeda in Syria (not ISIL but the Nusra Front).
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Thanks to the game changer of Raytheon ATGMs.
“After slaughtering al-Qaeda Russia asks Obama and the Syrian rebels - why you mad, bro?”
Ace McCain and John Kerry are deeply saddened.
2 thumbs up!
“Russia slaughters Al-Qaeda stronghold.”
This is the kind of headline I like to see. Did a little carpet-bombing I hope, among other things.
Americans ask:
Why would the Pentagon
arm, protect and defend al Qaeda after they
murdered 3000 Americans on 911 and bombed the
Pentagon?
Are you all stupid, stupid, stupid, or just
with the Moslem Brotherhood, Iran and al Qaeda?
Slaughtering al-Qaeda. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
"If you're a member of Spetsnaz, it's what you do."
Damn that Putin and his KGB, communist, anti-American schemes!!!!
Cheers for Russia!
Thumbs up!!!
Aleppo is where Syrian “rebels” kidnapped one of our Orthodox hierarchs!!!!
http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/61044.htm
Russia slaughters al-Qaeda stronghold................... Yeah, so? Its not like they are asking for our help. We can always send Hillary there to screw things up, she’s good at that. She can sit next to Putin and push her reset button while he continually laughs at her. I hope we all realize that this can boil over into Turkey, which will lead to even more problems. If Turkey starts it, NATO won’t support aggression on their part. Turkey will have to make it look like they were attacked. Gleiwitz comes to mind.
Doing the work that America no longer has the stomach to do. (sarcasm?)
For them , it must be horribly disappointing!
Clean, clean,clean, mother Russia, “cleanliness is Godliness.”
Al Qaeda threatens and has attacked us. Assad has not threatened or attacked us. He isn’t the kindest dictator but at least the Christians weren’t exterminated under his regime. Yet our leaders would rather stand with Al Qaeda.
yes they worked well on older T-72s. But no longer - the updated T-72s and newly fielded T-90s have explosive armor designed to specifically defeat ATGMs as well as rounds fired from Abrams and Leopards.
We get hit by a team composed mostly of Saudis, led by a Saudi who is a son of a wealthy Saudi family, well connected with the Saudi regime. We then use this attack as a reason to attack Saudi's enemy Iraq.
Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Al Quada IS a Saudi front group.. Obama does the Saudis bidding
That’s about it!
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