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American fighter jet shoots down armed Assad drone that was 'threatening' US troops - as tensions
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 6/20/17 | Reuters

Posted on 06/20/2017 12:28:36 PM PDT by ColdOne

Full Title.............................American fighter jet shoots down armed Assad drone that was 'threatening' US troops - as tensions escalate days after Russia threatened to shoot back after F-18 shot down Syrian fighter jet................................CNN reports the drone dropped several weapons it was carrying near a position where coalition personnel are training and advising partner ground forces in the fight against ISIS.

The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 UAV was shot down by a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle at approximately 12:30 a.m. after it displayed hostile intent and advanced on Coalition forces,' according to a statement issued by Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS.

The incident comes one day after a Russian warplane came within five feet of a US Air Force reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea on Monday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: russiasyria; searchworks; syria; syriawar; ussyriawar
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To: Parley Baer

wrong

we are now ISIS very own air force


21 posted on 06/20/2017 2:38:25 PM PDT by vooch (America First)
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To: vooch

“wrong
we are now ISIS very own air force”

Say what?


22 posted on 06/20/2017 2:58:16 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

So you actually buy into the lies about us being in Syria to defeat is is?


23 posted on 06/20/2017 4:11:20 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: dp0622

A nuclear war is guaranteed to happen eventually. No other future is possible now.


24 posted on 06/20/2017 4:11:27 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: MarMema

“So you actually buy into the lies about us being in Syria to defeat is is?”

You tell me. Why are we there?


25 posted on 06/20/2017 4:12:36 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: silverleaf

Bravo. Said something similar recently.its all lies and possibly about pipelines.


26 posted on 06/20/2017 4:14:17 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: Parley Baer
pipelines and WikiLeaks
27 posted on 06/20/2017 4:21:48 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema

I am sure that is a small part of it. But I can guarantee you defeating ISIS is the major part.

Lot’s of tinfoil hats in this thread.


28 posted on 06/20/2017 4:26:18 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer
another pipeline story
29 posted on 06/20/2017 4:30:25 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: Parley Baer

Every war is sold to the public with lies, often developed by marketing companies. The demonizing of Russia is yet another prelude to war. You are incredibly naive if you believe what you are being told. A book I recommend is called The Ruses of War by John Quigley.


30 posted on 06/20/2017 4:38:05 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema

You must have bought two tinfoil hats. I do agree that there are other things on the table. ISIS was controlling a lot of the oil production and Syria was buying some of it. So was Turkey. However for now I believe President Trump is concentrating on defeating ISIS.


31 posted on 06/20/2017 4:43:44 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

http://m.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html


32 posted on 06/20/2017 4:59:01 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: Parley Baer

Dude — ISIS didn’t even exist until the U.S. went over there and toppled the brutal dictators who kept those mutants under control.


33 posted on 06/20/2017 5:24:49 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: justa-hairyape

You know, very few weapons were made not to be used.

It’s scary.


34 posted on 06/20/2017 5:28:12 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: McGruff

post this in every discussion of the Syria quagmire


35 posted on 06/21/2017 1:16:47 AM PDT by vooch (America First)
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