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Update on Russian Air Strikes: Mosque destroyed, Rebel leader killed, Rebels vow mass beheadings
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 7:28PM BST 01 Oct 2015 | Raziye Akkoc, and Roland Oliphant in Moscow

Posted on 10/01/2015 1:09:54 PM PDT by Trumpinator

The Liwa Suqour al-Jabal, one of the CIA-backed groups, said it had been hit by 20 missiles in its base in Idlib province.

Among the dead from Wednesday’s strikes was said to be a prominent rebel leader in north Homs province, Captain Iyad al-Deek, a former regime officer who defected early in the uprising.

The rebels have promised to take the fight to the Russians, some in blood-curdling comments online.

“Is it not time for the knight to mount his steed? Is it not time to cut off the heads? What are we waiting for? What remains?” said one man, Mohammad al-Maghaweer, who claimed to be a front-line fighter with Jaish al-Fatah.

Another fighter, Mukhlif Hussein al-Tamer, from Idlib, said: “My message to the Russian bear - no matter how much you gather your force in Syria, do not think we are afraid of your failing forces.”

The rebels also claimed there were a number of civilians among the dead. "The mosque was virtually destroyed, and there was a body under the ruins, and there were eight wounded, among them a child,” said Tareq Abdul-Haq, a media activist who visited Jisr al-Shughour after the Russian bombing.

He said a “poor, civilian” neighbourhood had been hit.

“We've seen many bombings by the Syrian air force, but people told me the whole town shook when the Russians struck, and the damage and the rubble left behind by their weapons was very big. It was out of the ordinary. Syrian air force bombs can't do this.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: astroturf; isis; paidrussiantrolls; putin; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooges; syria; vladtheimploder
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To: 2banana
Putin's ROE is one word: "WIN!"

Obama's is, "avoid civilian casualties at all cost"

Which military do you think is going to win?

81 posted on 10/01/2015 2:02:29 PM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (I have no idea why anyone, in their right mind, would go into Portland, ME.)
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To: 2banana

“I guess the Russian ROE are mucho different than the American ROE...”

Russian General: “We don’t have no stinkin’ ROE’s. We win”.


82 posted on 10/01/2015 2:05:50 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

From Red Heat: “Do you know Miranda?”


83 posted on 10/01/2015 2:09:48 PM PDT by wrench
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To: the_individual2014

“Our artillery could hit a brick $hit house at 20 miles during World War I. We’re much better now”.

General Patton


84 posted on 10/01/2015 2:10:25 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: wrench

LOL


85 posted on 10/01/2015 2:14:18 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Trumpinator

no such thing as a good mussie...or one thats on “our” side...


86 posted on 10/01/2015 2:14:36 PM PDT by rrrod (Just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine
 
 
Putin's ROE is one word: "WIN!"

Obama's is, "avoid civilian jihadi casualties at all cost"

 
 
Minor correction.
 
 

87 posted on 10/01/2015 2:16:05 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Trumpinator

Well the comments confirm what the Russian guy said. They certainly talk like terrorists.


88 posted on 10/01/2015 2:21:30 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Trumpinator

“Is it not time for the knight to mount his steed? Is it not time to cut off the heads? What are we waiting for? What remains?” It’s just a flesh wound.


89 posted on 10/01/2015 2:24:15 PM PDT by HonorInPa
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To: Trumpinator

We must have some planes that either are, or look like Russian ones... we could make things rather warm for Mr. Putin....


90 posted on 10/01/2015 2:26:14 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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To: PaForBush

” knight to mount his steed”

Has a whole different meaning in the muslim world........


91 posted on 10/01/2015 2:26:27 PM PDT by wrench
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To: ConservativeMind

I think McCain ought to get over there quickly to console his good buddies!


92 posted on 10/01/2015 2:31:06 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Arrogance + stupidity + Muslims refugees = an 8th century 3rd world European Union utopia!)
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To: dp0622

The Russian military does not go to war with one hand tied behind its back. These rebels are going to get massacred.


93 posted on 10/01/2015 2:34:39 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Trumpinator

“My message to the Russian bear - no matter how much you gather your force in Syria, do not think we are afraid of your failing forces.”


Yeah. Right.

I know that the US could whoop up on Russia pretty well. But, if I were the rag heads in ISIL, I would be careful about poking the bear too much. They are not tops in the Varsity teams, but I think they would do OK in a JV game.


94 posted on 10/01/2015 2:36:17 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Grams A

I will make it easy for you Grams...

They are ALL bad guys.

When they stop shooting...we can begin to tell who is whom?


95 posted on 10/01/2015 2:39:08 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I’m sure we have lots of our own soldiers who are in harm’s way. Wish they would evac all of them now and let all the others have at it.


96 posted on 10/01/2015 2:49:14 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Russia is the only country where Islam hasn’t increased it’s presence. Putin hates them.


97 posted on 10/01/2015 3:09:11 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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To: Grams A

No, there are not very many. I doubt if the Russians will ever see them.

We never should have been there in the first place.

The country used to be about fighting “just” wars.

That ended 70 years ago.

I sympathize with those who are sent to do our dirty work. They are the best of us, and they are treated like shit.


98 posted on 10/01/2015 3:18:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Trumpinator

“..The mosque was virtually destroyed”.......

Its a start, so many to go and so little time.


99 posted on 10/01/2015 3:20:26 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: jimjohn

That’s the one!


100 posted on 10/01/2015 3:21:16 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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