and these aren't burning hulks full of dead goathumpers BECAUSE???
Posted on 09/02/2017 7:08:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The US-led coalition says it will keep blocking a convoy of evacuated Islamic State militants in Syria from reaching IS-held territory on the Iraq border.
The hundreds of fighters recently surrendered an enclave on Syria's border with Lebanon.
They agreed with Hezbollah and the Syrian government that they would leave with their families and head eastwards.
But the coalition says it and Iraq were not part of the deal and on Tuesday bombed the road ahead of the convoy.
The buses are now stranded in an area of desert under Syrian government control between the towns of Humayma and al-Sukhnah.
However reports say the Syrian army and Hezbollah are seeking a new route for the convoy and a monitoring group says dozens of people have already left in cars heading for the IS-held province of Deir al-Zour.
"The coalition will not condone Isis [IS] fighters moving further east to the Iraqi border," the coalition said in a statement.
"Relocating terrorists from one place to another, for someone else to deal with, is not a lasting solution," it added.
There are some 300 IS militants on board the convoy, described by the coalition as "experienced fighters".
The coalition says it has not bombed them because about 300 women and children are also present, but it says a tank, armed vehicles and other vehicles facilitating the relocation have been targeted.
Food and water has been provided to the convoy, the statement says, and the coalition has also - via Russia - offered suggestions to Syria on possible ways of rescuing the women and children.
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Kill ‘em all.......
How about obliterating it?
“Relocating terrorists from one place to another, for someone else to deal with, is not a lasting solution,” it added.
So now we agree with Assad that they are actually TERRORISTS, and not ‘moderate opposition’.
I guess it’s a start.
From nits come lice.
This is not a good action by the US government. It will make it harder to deal with small ISIS pockets. It’s better to get them all in one place for final destruction.
Blocking this convoy is NOT anti-ISIS, it’s part of the larger FedGov/Deep State strategy of making it hard for the Syrian government to reestablish control over Syria.
And helping this convoy is anti-ISIS? It’s always hilarious to see the Assad/Putin bootlickers ignoring the Syria govt helping ISIS.
and these aren't burning hulks full of dead goathumpers BECAUSE???
Bombed the road in front of them? Why not just bomb the hell out of the bad guys.
Nits. Lice.
Stranded? WTF...They are bunched nicely so toast them all...
This is when you need lots of NAPALM! Too bad we quit using it. But what about the kids? As Chivington said, “Kill them all! Nits make lice!” Kill them all now or fight them in 15-20 years.
Let them know that the women, and kids 16 and under, can leave. Give them the choice. I’m pretty sure what they would choose, but at least we would have tried. War is not pretty and should always be fought to win.
After 24 hours loose a MOAB.
How is the Syrian government helping ISIS?
The front between ISIS and the SAA is the biggest front in the war.
My guess is that you have not been following the military aspects of the war and have no idea where the lines are, what the names of the major battles have been etc.
If you did, you would understand how absurd this stunt is. Many ISIS members have been released into the big ISIS controlled area that straddles Iraq and Syria from ISIS held pockets in both countries. This little addition of supporters is not going to make a difference to the strength of the big ISIS pocket, but being able to negotiate these evacuations of smaller pockets helps the Syrian government transfer more troops to the main front with ISIS. It’s absurd to start objecting to this longstanding practice now.
This is a psychological operation meant to mess with the Syrian government and slow down their advance in Deir Ezzor province.
Is this lord McCain’s army?
Those “women and children” are walking IEDs. If General Curtis LeMay were running that operation, he’d have the lot of them carpet bombed as he did to Tokyo in WWII.
That’s a real bummer - for them. They’ll have to shut the buses down to preserve gas and that means no airconditioned comfort.
Now, send Iraq in to arrest them. Or hang them, Either or.
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