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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Deadly explosion in Syria's Manbij kills four US soldiers, injures three
2019-01-16
[yenisafak.com] A large explosion in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday killed at least 14, including three American soldiers, according to reports.

The explosion, thought to be a suicide attack, took place at the Kasr al-Umara restaurant in the town's city, and targeted at least 15 American soldiers who were patrolling the city.

Four U.S. soldiers were killed and three wounded in the blast, a U.S. official said.

The wounded soldiers are reportedly receiving treatment for the injuries, the seriousness of which remains unclear.

An Daesh-affiliated web site, Amaq, said an attacker with an explosive vest had struck a foreign military patrol in a suicide attack.

An unspecified number of civilians were also wounded.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  2,000 US Troops in a country of 19 million people is not going to stop anything.
Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365   2019-01-16 22:16  

#5  Islamists have been murdering people for over 1,400 years. To send our youngsters over there to completely stop 1400 years of Islam's tradition in Syria is deadly ignorance. ISIS came into existence in Iraq after our military had been in Iraq for years.
Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365   2019-01-16 22:05  

#4  Guess Trump was right when he wanted to immediately pull the troops out.

I'd say he's completely wrong. He said ISIS was dead so we could pull out. This incident shows ISIS is very much alive. And capable.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2019-01-16 16:54  

#3  Part of the appropriations document, for anyone interested.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2019-01-16 16:52  

#2  ISIS is obviously not dead. Time to halt the withdrawal. The real drain on our resources is Afghanistan. $5b to local Afghan security forces for equipment purchases (to rebuild their equipment inventory lost through the Taliban era via attrition and wear and tear), supplies and payroll and $40b to support GI's in providing training and air support in Afghanistan. A big chunk of that $40b is probably to route supplies, with the associated payoffs to local clan chiefs, through Pakistan.

Things would be a lot easier and cheaper if we could just go through the area, Roman-style, slaughtering anyone who got in the way, along with their entire clans. There'd be tens of millions of Pakistani and Afghan carcasses for the local vultures to dine on, but we'd be done already.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2019-01-16 16:51  

#1  Guess Trump was right when he wanted to immediately pull the troops out.
Posted by: Chris   2019-01-16 14:27  

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