ISIS Supporters: Syria Will Be A "Graveyard For Russians"

vocativ.com/ ^ | Sep 21, 2015 at 11:39 AM | Gilad Shiloach and Vladi Vovcuk

[Trumpinator]

ISIS Supporters: Syria Will Be A "Graveyard For Russians"

Islamic State supporters and Syrian rebel groups are spewing anti-Russia propaganda

By Gilad Shiloach and Vladi Vovcuk on Sep 21, 2015 at 11:39 AM

ISIS supporters and Syrian rebel groups are vowing to turn Syria into a “graveyard for Russians,” launching what collectively amounts to an anti-Russia propaganda campaign that in part is calling on fighters to prepare for war against the major world power.

Jaish al-Islam, a coalition of Islamist units battling the Syrian regime, is especially contributing to the online fight. It published a video to YouTube claiming that the group prepared explosives and mines to be used against Russian soldiers. Another video circulating allegedly shows Jaish al-Islam firing rockets on a Russian base in Latakia, a Syrian port city.

Verbal attacks targeting Russian soldiers are simmering across social media platforms. Posts from accounts affiliated with the Islamic State and Syrian rebel groups are threatening Russia with the hashtag “Syria is the graveyard of Russians and Shiites” (#سوريا_مقبرة_الروس_والمجوس). One ISIS forum also posted a “warning to ISIS soldiers,” saying “war between ISIS lions and the Iranian-Russian coalition is near.”

Other social media accounts, particularly those operated by Syrian rebel groups, shared photos and a video showing what they claim are Russian jets maneuvering in Syria’s skies, although the authenticity of the video could not be verified.

Syria’s foreign minister said last week his country was considering asking for Russian troops to join the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. On Monday, two U.S. officials told Reuters that Russia has started drone surveillance missions in the country. The drone operations seem to be based out of Latakia, where fighter jets, helicopter gunships and naval infantry forces have arrived in recent days, the officials told Reuters.

[Trumpinator]

We don't have to get stuck on the question of which civilization Orthodox Russia belongs to. I'm just proposing to you that the United States and her allies shouldn't blindly follow Russia's foreign policy proscriptions and prescriptions, especially when Russia and China are partnering against them.

No duh. I don't even believe in civilization influences that much. Napoleon said show me a map and I will tell you what a nation's priorities are (or words to that affect).

[Sawdring]

I'm thinking that your major mistakes around here, if you want to keep your job, is making everything personal. You seem like a fine fellow though, but just to be clear, without any inside knowledge, my speculation is Russian know how is responsible for the Ayatollah's nuclear weapon program and the means to deliver them.

Sometimes we all have to step back and remember who has nuclear weapons pointed at the good old USA.

[Trumpinator]

I did not mean to sound or make it personal. It may read that way but not my intention.

[Trumpinator]

You seem like a fine fellow though, but just to be clear, without any inside knowledge, my speculation is Russian know how is responsible for the Ayatollah's nuclear weapon program and the means to deliver them.

And I posted several article links showing where the program actually came from - Pakistan not Russia and the Pakis were busted by George Bush's CIA team. I don't know what else to do. You are speculating and I am posting links to actual real world facts.

[Lil Flower]

I’m assuming that now at least the pristine road running from Syria to Iraq that we’ve all seen with Isis fighters driving back and forth in Toyota trucks will at least get bombed.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

ISIS IS the JV as compared to the Russians.

They might be surprised at the Russians' rules of engagement.

[Joe 6-pack]

"They might be surprised at the Russians' rules of engagement.'

To be more precise, I think they will be surprised at the Russians' absence of rules of engagement :-)