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Drones armed with explosives attack US military base in Syria
Fox News ^ | August 15, 2022 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 08/15/2022 9:52:16 AM PDT by McGruff

Multiple drones strapped with explosive devices attacked an American-run compound in Syria on Monday.

The U.S. military says American and allied forces at the compound suffered no injuries or damage. No group has claimed responsibility yet for the attack which hit the al-Tanf base in south-central Syria.

U.S. forces are deployed to the area to assist Syrian opposition forces. The military says troops stationed at the base shot down one of the drones before it could enter the base. Another one flew inside a building and detonated but caused no injuries.

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"The U.S. garrison at al-Tanf conducts frequent patrols alongside coalition forces against Islamic State militants"
1 posted on 08/15/2022 9:52:16 AM PDT by McGruff
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Drones from the US military in Afghanistan that Joe gave to the Taliban


2 posted on 08/15/2022 9:54:56 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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So the CIA goes into a country, stirs up a bunch of shit, we send in troops and then take the citizens of that country into ours as ‘refugees’. Have I got that right?


3 posted on 08/15/2022 9:56:29 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: McGruff

Whoever did it is certainly a proxy for Iran, likely Hamas, Hezbollah or the Islamic Jihad. The Jihad has been the most active recently.


4 posted on 08/15/2022 9:57:44 AM PDT by Spok (Ask a liberal to explain the rule of law as applied to DJT, then Hunter Biden.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

IRAN has drones.... they hacked one and landed it in Iran...................


5 posted on 08/15/2022 9:59:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Or they could be from that Iranian drone factory in Syria that Israel blew up a week or two ago.


6 posted on 08/15/2022 9:59:59 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Tennessee Nana

Drones from the US military in Afghanistan that Joe gave to the Taliban


Why? There are a plentiful supply available everywhere online for US$18K or less. There were no drones in the $85B abandoned in Afghan - and a lot of that money was on stacked on pallets.


7 posted on 08/15/2022 10:05:01 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: McGruff

obama and biden handing out coordinate locations of our military


8 posted on 08/15/2022 10:06:14 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
While our so called "Commander in Chief" is busy showing the press he can stay on his bike at the beach...


9 posted on 08/15/2022 10:06:16 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: McGruff

Iran’s Thank You Note to Biden the Traitor.


10 posted on 08/15/2022 10:07:01 AM PDT by Chgogal (Uncle Brandon wants your money.)
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Why are we **still** in Syria?


11 posted on 08/15/2022 10:11:56 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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Well maybe we shouldn’t be there


12 posted on 08/15/2022 10:13:58 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: McGruff

From Russia with Love, via Iran.


13 posted on 08/15/2022 10:14:22 AM PDT by JonPreston
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Why are we **still** in Syria?

To keep ISIS on the back foot, keep the Assad regime allied with Russia from getting access to the only major oil field in the country, allowing the Kurds to sell the oil and using the proceeds to fund their militias and our own operations.

It's about the only "self-funding" military operation we have.

14 posted on 08/15/2022 10:35:02 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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they hacked one and landed it in Iran

Yeah. Sure they did. That drone was a gift from Odumbo.

15 posted on 08/15/2022 10:59:39 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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An Iranian sales demo, to sell their drones to Russia, for use in he Ukraine?


16 posted on 08/15/2022 11:04:28 AM PDT by BeauBo ( )
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Six of one, half dozen of the other. Either way the end is the same................


17 posted on 08/15/2022 11:08:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: pierrem15
To keep ISIS on the back foot, keep the Assad regime allied with Russia from getting access to the only major oil field in the country, allowing the Kurds to sell the oil and using the proceeds to fund their militias and our own operations.

And when was this ongoing use of military force authorized by Congress? When was war declared against Assad?

I don't recall such formal authorization ever being declared.

18 posted on 08/15/2022 11:17:26 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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*** Why are we **still** in Syria? ***

To keep our terrorist training camp at Al Tanf open, steal oil, steal wheat, and bring freedom and democracy to Syria, of course.


19 posted on 08/15/2022 11:44:02 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: pierrem15

So, it isn’t the pipeline war Obama started?


20 posted on 08/15/2022 2:04:11 PM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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