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Attack hits Syria base that houses US troops; no US injuries
APnews ^ | 10-20-21 | LOLITA C. BALDOR

Posted on 10/20/2021 3:36:26 PM PDT by dynachrome

A military outpost in southern Syria was hit by a coordinated attack on Wednesday, but a U.S. official said no American troops stationed there were injured or killed.

The official said the attack appeared to include at least one drone strike and possibly groundfire. It was not yet clear who carried out the attack.

U.S. and coalition troops are based at the al-Tanf garrison to train local Syrian opposition forces on patrols to counter Islamic State militants.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
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Did we train the attackers, too?
1 posted on 10/20/2021 3:36:26 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome
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2 posted on 10/20/2021 3:37:23 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: dynachrome
This appears to be one of those scenarios where we invited ourselves into a foreign country and then express outrage when someone doesn't like it; it's chutzpah to the nth degree, but we're good at it.

(It's an American thing; most people outside of this country wouldn't understand it.)

3 posted on 10/20/2021 3:44:18 PM PDT by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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To: dynachrome

Why the F##k do we have troops in Syria?


4 posted on 10/20/2021 4:01:51 PM PDT by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TV)
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To: dynachrome

Well, sure we did. And all that military equipment should have gone to the Kurds. They would take the appropriate actions and bring peace to the living.


5 posted on 10/20/2021 6:23:26 PM PDT by mcshot (OMG! Really? WTF! I don't think we're OK. Is that the drain I see? Oh noes!)
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To: Kozak

Special Operators. A few years ago they killed as many as 150 Russian Wagner Spetznaz, when they crossed an agreed upon demarcation/deconfliction line.

There are encrypted comms from the Russians, they were annihilated.


6 posted on 10/20/2021 9:15:52 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: Kozak

Killing the remnants of ISIS in Syria.


7 posted on 10/20/2021 9:18:41 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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That's interesting; I'm surprised we haven't heard more about this.

The Russians are in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government; we are in Syria at the invitation of, well, us (which has always been okay to us).

If we are in the country illegally and we killed 150 people who are there legally, how did this not create an international stir?

8 posted on 10/21/2021 3:26:31 PM PDT by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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9 posted on 10/22/2021 6:45:04 AM PDT by SJackson (blow in a dog’s face he gets mad, on a car ride he sticks his head out the window)
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To: Captain Walker

Wagner Russians are covert/mercenary mostly former spetznaz. They go at the will of Putin and or his oligarchs in Russia.

That was highly humiliating for Russia, so they write it off as the cost of business. They don’t give a left chit about those guys, they are expendable.


10 posted on 10/24/2021 10:07:55 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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