Posted on 06/02/2018 7:48:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We do not know how many planes took part in the operation, but presume they all returned safely. Somehow, they evaded the vaunted Russian S-300 anti-aircraft (AA) system. Not many Western news services took note of this event, which occurred in the early morning hours of May 11. According to a report in Al Hayat, a London-based pan-Arab newspaper, Russia was not altogether unhappy about the operation.
Sure, it hurts Iranian interests in Syria, and makes it easier to market the S-400 upgrades. Thanks SeekAndFind.
Free Republic excerpting American Thinker quoting DEBKA does not improve DEBKA’s credibility.
Neither do snarky comments mean that the information is this article is necessarily incorrect. When dealing with DEBKA, just like any other media source, a little skepticism is okay, but the knee-jerk derision that has become endemic on Free Republic is unjustified.
No it is to. DEBKA has a terrible record.
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