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| US General: Iran has fewer than 2,000 troops in Syria |
| 2015-10-28 |
| [Rudaw] The United States military believes that Iran has fewer than 2,000 troops in Syria fighting alongside government forces, said a top US general Tuesday. Rooters news agency quoted Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that in addition to its troops in Syria Iran also has more than 1,000 soldiers in Iraq. "I think there's more than 1,000 that are on the ground in Iraq," Dunford said. "In Syria, we think the numbers are probably something less than 2,000." Gen. Dunford said that the number of Iranian troops in Iraq has changed over time. Hussein Salami, deputy commander in chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards told the media on Monday that his country has four levels of military presence in Syria: leadership, tactical, technical and operational. According to Persian news reports, around 20 Iranian soldiers have been killed in Syria in less than a week, mainly near the city of Aleppo. Deputy commander in chief Salami said that the cause of the rising corpse count among his troops is their active participation in recent offensives. Hundreds of Iranian soldiers and voluntary fighters have traveled to Syria in the last four years, calling themselves Defenders of the Zainab Shrine, an important Shiite religious site in Damascus. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 IRAN is repor going to be increasing its regular military presence in Syria at the request of Baby Assad. * FYI WORLD NEWS > [Inquisitr] US PENTAGON ALTERS GROUND STRATEGY AGZ ISIS - MILITARILY AGGRESSIVE POLICY WILL INCLUDE ASSISTING LOCAL FORCES [training circa 15,000 Locals] TO RECLAIM THEIR LAND. * BIGNEWSNETWORK > WHITE HOUSE: NO [Long-Term or] "LARGE=SCALE" GROUND OPERATIONS IN STEPPED UP [Anti-]ISIS FIGHT, in Syria + Iraq. * FRASNEWS > US WILL REVISE ITS IRAQ PRESENCE IFF RUSSIA HELPS BAGHDAD TO FIGHT ISIL. New USJCS Chair Gen. Joseph Dunforth, USMC. TO US Senate Armed Services Cmte. VERSUS * FARSNEWS > MCCAIN: AFGHANISTAN ASKING RUSSIA FOR HELP DUE TO FAILED US [POTUS Obama] LEADERSHIP. Thats ridiculous, McCain, POTUS Obama is an Anti-US US OWG Globalist - HE'S FAILING INTENTIONALLY! * SPUTNIK NEWS > "FEAR", DESPERATION DRIVES OBAMA'S SCRAMBLE TO SAVE US CREDIBILITY IN SYRIA. As a Guamanian + Pacific Islander + Loyal Madonna fan, I'm more concerned about the Bammer saving US credibility in East Asia-Pacific agz Rising China, such that USN Pearl Harbor BB USS "Oklahoma" = Guam = Camel Rock + CNMI, Pacific Islands don't "capsize" as the Pert, MSM-Net verified "weak/declining" US [self?] retreats or falls back across the Pacific + World. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-10-28 23:42 |
| #5 Not counting all those already toes up? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-10-28 17:55 |
| #4 forgot hezboallah in above |
| Posted by: lord garth 2015-10-28 11:35 |
| #3 both sides have a polyglot of forces on assad's side there are Iranian special forces, iranian militia, Iraqi militia, Russians, some volunteers from various other shiite enclaves and some paleos all assisting the Syrian army on the other side is ISIS, several other Islamist groups, Kurds and, just maybe a secular nationalist or two |
| Posted by: lord garth 2015-10-28 11:33 |
| #2 So what! As long as they are not our troops. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-10-28 10:36 |
| #1 A general officer reduced to reporting numerical data on 'order of battle.' As General Tommy Franks used to say, "Ok, great info. Where is the so what?" |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-28 09:00 |