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| Russian jets drop jaw-droppingly deadly bombs on Islamist rebels in Hama | |
| 2017-04-16 | |
A military source told al-Masdar News that the air raids were conducted by a total of five Russian warplanes and two choppers that continuously returned to pound the Islamist strongholds with barely minutes in-between. At least 50 Russian sorties were conducted beginning on Saturday morning, utilizing what appears to be a previously unused type of bomb, causing massive destruction in its wake. The Russian bombardment is supposedly retalition for a massacre commited by an unknown rebel faction that killed over 75 Shi’ite civilians whom were in the process of being evacuated from Fuah, a government enclave on the outskirts of Idlib city. Souran, Halfaya and Taibat al-Imam are expected to be the target of an upcoming Syrian Arab Army (SAA) ground offensive. Notably, Latamineh witnessed the most intense bombardment today; this town has long served as a gathering point for jihadist fighters to launch attacks on government-held areas of Hama province. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 BUT it does effect the type of pop-corn I'll choose to go with the beverage. Programs! Programs! Gitcher programs. Can't tell the victims du jour without a program |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-04-16 21:48 |
| #7 It's a crappy video, the camera person spend most of the video on the 'clouds' left by the explosions instead of the ground where the real damage is. Result is I have no idea if there was any real damage or if it was staged. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-04-16 20:01 |
| #6 expose my indifferent and uncaring nature. Sorry SteveS I didn't make it clear. That's a perfect description of myself BUT it does effect the type of pop-corn I'll choose to go with the beverage. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-16 16:12 |
| #5 Who is being bombed? I'm tempted to snark "At this point, what does it matter?", but that would only expose my indifferent and uncaring nature. The real question is whether these previously unused types of bombs are metal cylinders filled with explosives, because that would be all heinous and stuff. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-04-16 14:48 |
| #4 Likely al-Nusra. It's also a group that a significant number of 'Russians' have migrated to. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-04-16 13:01 |
| #3 Who is being bombed? Isis? al-Queda? People who don't like Assad? stray Turks or Iraqis? Anyone got a program? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-16 12:31 |
| #2 There are no dangerous weapons. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-04-16 11:52 |
| #1 When the bombs are dumb, you simply need more of them. |
| Posted by: NanookOfTheNorthish 2017-04-16 10:45 |