Posted on 01/17/2017 8:29:08 AM PST by RedWulf
The city of Deir Ezzor (Deir ez-Zur) in east-Syria is on the verge of falling into the hands of the Takfiris of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). More than 100,000 civilian inhabitants of Deir Ezzor and thousands of soldiers defending them are in immediate danger of being murdered by the savage ISIS forces. The current situation is a direct consequence of U.S. military action against the SAA and non-action against ISIS.
Deir Ezzor is besieged by ISIS since September 2015. But the city was well defended by its garrison of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and all further attacks by ISIS were repelled. Supply to the city was hauled in by air through the Deir Ezzor airport and through air drops by the Syrian and Russian airforces. Relief by ground forces and ground supplies are not possible as Deir Ezzor is more than 100 km away from the nearest SAA positions west of Palmyra and as the desert in between is under the control of ISIS.
Four days ago a new attack by ISIS on Deir Ezzor was launched and has since continued. ISIS reinforcements and resupplies had come over months despite air interdiction from the Russian and Syrian airforces. Yesterday ISIS managed to cut off the airport, where the local SAA command and its main supplies are hosted, from the city proper. It is now attacking in full force from all sides. Bad weather makes air support from the outside sporadic and difficult. Unless some unforeseen happens it is only a question of time until the airport and the city fall to ISIS.
The U.S. has condoned and/or even actively supported the imminent ISIS taking of Deir Ezzor by (at least) three measures:
a massive U.S. air attack on SAA forces in September 2016 enabled ISIS to take a controlling position and to cut off SAA resupplies a U.S. attack against a power station in January disabled the last electricity supplies to the city U.S. non-intervention enabled ISIS reinforcements from Mosul and west Iraq to Deir Ezzor in east-Syria
On September 16 2016 an hour long U.S. led air attack on SAA positions on the Tharda hills to the south of the airport killed over 100 SAA soldiers, destroyed a big SAA supply dump and several SAA tanks and artillery pieces. Immediately after the U.S. attack ISIS took the hills and has since held them. The positions allow for fire control over the airport of Deir Ezzor.
Read more: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/01/how-the-us-enabled-isis-to-take-deir-ezzor.html#more
Ahhh...our nutty US fiction that some rebels are anti-ISIS and so must be good guys.
Much like the nutty fiction that Russia is fighting ISIS. You know if ISIS backed Assad, the Russians would be in bed with them.
You link went to Radio free Europe? LOL, that’s an official US government radio station, basically CIA, that is saying Russia was being bad in Syria.
LOL, so basically, deep state radio reinforces the US government position. That’s fake news defined.
Not once did the corrupt “US” Congress
either STOP Obola’s support of ISIS and Islamic terrorism
or bring him to impeachment.
NOT ONCE.
The entire ISIS “army” is about 25,000. And its scattered all across Syria.
We are on the wrong side there. But yes, cowardice is rife in the Arab world. It just is. A million of them walking into Europe is exhibit A. And the arabs have a tactic of talk big, negotiate, and withdraw. Their military traditions, and traditions of individual self defense are very weak.
Assad is the only one there that SHOULD be backed up. Possibly excepting the Kurds.
On Friday, Big Media will suddenly begin caring about military deaths, the national debt and unemployment again.
That number of 25,000 is low
It is perhaps the number of foreigners fighting for ISIS based on Al Baghdadis call to all muslims to come fight for the caliphate
We are going to have to disagree that the civilian populations of besieged cities like Aleppo Mosul and now Deir Ezzor are cowards
But when we are supporting the barbarians atracking them, we have no stones to throw
Takfiris? This really is Iranian/Hezbollah propaganda. Everyone take note, anyone using words like this is pushing propaganda.
That face someone makes...
[John McCain's Reasons For Arming ISIL (ISIS)]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHNhx4N3fs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y
...when WWIII doesn't turn out as prophetable as they thought it should be.
I still can’t believe I voted for McCain.
Thought McCain was repulsive but kept my mouth shut on here and made it through without a timeout or zot, rationalized it as a vote for Sarah Palin.
Too bad our butthurt Cruz contingent can’t manage the same level of restraint.
Here’s a map of the military situation near Deir Ezzor last January:
https://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eUUh0XX.jpg
It’s not the Kursk Salient, but neither is it 500 guys with black headbands.
Here’s the situation a year later - there’s a helpful video.
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-january-17-2017-isis-developing-advance-in-deir-ezzor/
The position has basically collapsed.
The key breakthrough was back in September when ‘Uncle Sugar’ deliberately strafed outposts on and about Tharda mountain. Significantly: this air assault was immediately followed by an ISIS attack.
This breakthrough has led inexorably to Deir Ezzor airport being closely encircled.
If the new CIC repurposes the USAF so that it starts fighting ISIS, instead of acting as its airforce, then perhaps the legitimate government of Syria will have a chance.
So this thread really is about Cruz. I suspected, lol.
There’s an old saying that applies here. Speak of the devil and he appears.
Let me know when he appears, I’m curious. I’ve been on this thread for hours.
Oh, sorry, thought that idiom might be old enough that you’d have been exposed and would grasp it.
I’m the devil, now? Can we go back to your contention from yesterday that I want to be Irish? Are the two related?
Russia is bombing ISIS. You can go see the videos on line.
On the other hand: the USA created ISIS, has been re-arming ISIS and has been acting as ISIS’s airforce.
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