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The Pentagon's missile full of swords has likely struck again in Syria
Task and Purpose ^ | 17 Aug 2020 | JARED KELLER

Posted on 08/17/2020 5:55:03 PM PDT by BeauBo

The U.S.-led military coalition in Syria likely used a unique variant of the beloved Hellfire missile to kill a mercenary trainer who recently worked with an al Qaeda-affiliated militant group there, according to photos from the scene of the strike.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported last week that a drone strike likely affiliated with the U.S.-led international military coalition in the country was responsible for killing Abu Yahya al-Uzbeki, an independent "military trainer" recently affiliated with the al Qaeda-linked Hurras Al-Din organization, while he was traveling in Syria's Idlib province.

Photos of the aftermath of the strike on al-Uzbeki's vehicle show a relatively intact car rather than a fiery wreck, suggesting that, as with similar strikes in the region, the coalition employed the notorious R9X variant of the AGM-114 Hellfire missile, a non-explosive weapon that can best be described as a 100-pound flying switchblade.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Syria; War on Terror
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To: VanShuyten

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61 posted on 08/18/2020 2:37:48 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Viking2002
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But wait there's more!

62 posted on 08/18/2020 3:20:05 AM PDT by SERE_DOC ( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
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To: hanamizu

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63 posted on 08/18/2020 4:38:17 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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64 posted on 08/18/2020 5:41:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BeauBo

In the civilian hunting culture that is known as a Rage broadhead arrow. Makes big bleedy holes.

The Hellfire missile has established itself as a successful design. The psychological effects have got to be measurable.


65 posted on 08/18/2020 7:29:11 AM PDT by lurk
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To: farming pharmer; All
Let me take you down / 'Cuz I'm going [to anyway] . . .

Strawberry 'shields forever!

66 posted on 08/18/2020 1:30:30 PM PDT by goldbux (No sufficiently rich interpreted language can represent its own semantics. -- Alfred Tarski, 1936)
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To: BeauBo

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