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| U.S. Strikes Killed Scores of Russia Fighters in Syria, Sources Say |
| 2018-02-13 |
| More on that battalion sized attack on SDF and US advisors near an oil field a few days ago. Salt to taste until confirmation. [Bloomberg] U.S. forces killed scores of Russian mercenaries in Syria last week in what may be the deadliest clash between citizens of the former foes since the Cold War, according to one U.S. official and three Russians familiar with the matter. More than 200 contract soldiers, mostly Russians fighting on behalf of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, died in a failed attack on a base held by U.S. and mainly Kurdish forces in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region, two of the Russians said. The U.S. official put the death toll at about 100, with 200 to 300 injured. The Russian assault may have been a rogue operation, underscoring the complexity of a conflict that started as a domestic crackdown only to morph into a proxy war involving Islamic extremists, stateless Kurds and regional powers Iran, Turkey and now Israel. Russia’s military said it had nothing to do with the attack and the U.S. accepted the claim. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called the whole thing "perplexing," but provided no further details. |
| Posted by:Theresing Elmimp1628 |
| #2 General Mattis, this is not perplexing at all. Turkey wants the US out of Syria. So does oyhers there. With ISIS out of the picture, the Kurds and the US presence is the next target. And Trump signalled yesterday that we no longer have a mission there if ISIS is toast. Let the Russians baby sit them. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-02-13 17:41 |
| #1 a proxy war involving Islamic extremists, stateless Kurds and regional powers Iran, Turkey and now Israel Calvinball. To the death. On LSD. Jim Mattis called the whole thing "perplexing," I bet he did! But maybe not in those exact words. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-02-13 13:08 |