Posted on 09/23/2015 12:47:10 PM PDT by 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.
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And Syria is not Afghanistan.
“You’re a daisy if you do.”
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in the movie TOMBSTONE.
Dude! Have you never watched Rambo III?
You mean when Rambo joined the Taliban?
Raqqa would be a good place to use a Russian battlefield nuke.
He probably means Afghanistan. They fought a long hard ground war there and would probably do it from the air these days.
I doubt we will see Russian ground forces move beyond defensive positions securing their airfields.
And honestly, Syrian troops need to do the ground fighting to save their own country.
Sorry ISIS, the Russians don’t play by “rules of engagement” like we do.
This might be fun to watch. Syria isn’t Afghanistan.
Are you trying to say that the Russians won’t worry about whether their ROE (if they even have any) are fay-er or not when they go to war? I certainly hope so.
My attitude is similar to when Iran and Iraq went at each other in the 1980s. Hope they both lose.
The Russian ROE under Putin are “Kill.”
Putin was not in charge in Afghanistan.
The Russians are going to kick some Islamic ASS.
Bet the rent on that.
I love the Toyota HiLux.
I own the civilized equivalent.
The fall out from ISIS is destabilizing a vast area, while the fanatics massacre & torture innocents, even as they go about destroying irreplaceable treasures.
The booze store near my house sells bacon cheddar popcorn.
I need to stock up before this Gog/Magog stuff happens.
We need to back the Russians up on this. ISIS is our common enemy.
o I’m still talking about the shellacking the Russians took in Afghanistan, you see I’m still on the same subject.
I still see it as a win win.
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