Posted on 08/03/2017 9:25:47 AM PDT by McGruff
Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are attempting to entice US-backed rebels based at the At Tanf garrison in southern Syria to switch sides, US officials tell CNN, in an apparent bid to oust the coalition from a strategic piece of real estate that is seen as crucial to Syria and Iran's long-term interests in the region.
It's just the latest gambit in a months-long tug of war between the US and Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers in the Syrian desert.
One official said the recruitment campaign, which appears to have had very limited, if any, success to date, is aimed at mid-level commanders of the groups being trained and equipped by the US-led coalition at the At Tanf base which sits in near the tri-border area of Syria, Jordan and Iraq.
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I suspect most of these are mercs, pirates, assassins, thieves and black marketeers with loyalties shorter than a solar eclipse, except to cash.
I also suspect they will find the Russians a little harder to fool.
"Our rebel friends will end up killing our guys. One more reason to get the h*ll out of there. Let them kill each other not our troops."
Chieu Hoi Program?
Who would of thought POTUS Trump would be fighting the Obama/Clinton/McCain War as we are absolutely clueless in Afghanistan and on the brink of deadly war on the Korean Peninsula?
Good grief, CNN is a mess.
First, the base referred to is named Al-Tanf, not At Tanf.
Second, CNN didn’t get the memo: About 150 US trained FSA fighters are being flown to NE Syria to join the Kurds.
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