Posted on 09/30/2015 1:04:26 PM PDT by Trumpinator
Syrians living in rebel-held areas of Homs province have seen a lot of destruction in four years of war, but say the Russian air force unleashed a whole new level of devastation in air strikes on their towns on Wednesday.
Jets flying at higher altitudes than the Syrian air force emitted no noise to alert the people below to raids reported to have killed at least 33 civilians, including children.
"We have been exposed to a wide range of weapons over the last five years, but what happened today was absolutely the most violent and ferocious, and the most comprehensive in the northern Homs countryside," said a doctor in the town of Rastan, speaking from one of the areas targeted by the jets.
"As I speak to you now the mosque minarets are warning of planes in the sky and warning that gatherings of people should disperse," he told Reuters, declining to be named out of fear for his safety.
He said the 11 people killed in the town, some 12 miles north of the city of Homs, included three children and their father who died along with two visitors when their home was hit. "It was as if the house never was," said the doctor, who helped treat casualties from the attack.
He and others on the ground had no way of knowing for sure the jets were Russian when they struck in the morning. But their altitude, the way they manoeuvred, and later reports that Russia had started air strikes, with Rastan among the targets, left them in little doubt.
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Amateur video posted on the internet appears to confirm reports of Russian air strikes in Syria, as aftermath footage emerged from Homs and Hama provinces showing alleged air strikes carried out by Russian forces. One clip appears to show a thick plume of smoke rising from an area near a mosque in Talbiseh in Homs -- said to have been targeted by Russian air strikes. Lattamna in Hama was also targeted by Russian air strikes, according to a clip that purports to show footage of Russian planes flying overhead. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
33 deaths is hardly ‘mass devastation’.
Right or wrong, Putie is showing leadership while our boy plays golf.
Lets hope they’re compassionate like the U.S. and don’t hit any Mosques.
Putie is bombing the guys our boy supports...
Empty Vodka bottles everywhere ?
{”Right or wrong, Putie is showing leadership while our boy plays golf.”}
No, our president has been busy making sure LGBT have a
secure place to pee in the White House.
Mosques being targeted per ISIS tweets. Warning the “faithful” from going to Mosques.
We shall see how the Russians fare but this half baked McCain-Obama-Al Quaeda and others coalition has achieved very little in their ‘war’.
Maybe the Russians will show them how to really wage a war?
War is not a good thing, but sometimes the last and only option.
Oh, FFS.
Obama is truly a POS.
“Best damn chicken in the state!”
I keep hearing Shock and Awe....
What really tragic is you’re not even joking.
That Putin guy knows his shock and awe,
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