Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Regarding the story of the "heroic operation to eliminate Al-Quraishi."
1. In January, for a long time, one could observe a visual disgrace of the United States and the Kurds in Hasakah, who first allowed the seizure of the prison with ISIS militants, and then for a long time tried to return the captured prison to control. even after some of the militants safely slipped away from the captured object.
2. The large number of casualties, the scattered militants and the timing of the suppression of the riot caused serious accusations in the American press about the American strategy in Rojava in general and the effectiveness of the US-sponsored Kurds in particular.
3. After some time, in order to prove the "effectiveness of the occupation", the liquidation of Al-Qurayshi is carried out, which they try to furnish in the same unique style as the liquidation of Bin Laden (about which there were also many questions) or the liquidation of Al-Baghdadi (again However, she also had questions).
4. Of the 13 people killed, 10 were civilians (4 women, 6 children, including minors), and according to the US, it was not even they who killed, but Quraishi blew up the suicide belt and the US had nothing to do with the deaths of women and children. Along the way, during the operation, they lost a helicopter, which they finished off with drones.
5. At the same time, Quraishi lived quite calmly on the territory of the Turkish zone of occupation, in the "security square" next to the police station, the HTS checkpoint and the checkpoint on the border. Lived for 11 months. How other ISIS leaders lived quietly before him. This is to the question of what the US-covered "free Idlib" zone represents, where the leaders of ISIS and Al-Qaeda live quietly for the time being. For some reason, ISIS leaders prefer not to live in the territory controlled by Assad.
6. According to Biden, the operation was planned just a few days ago (from receiving information to the operation - 3 days), that is, after the events in Hasaka were over. And Al-Quraishi was allegedly involved in organizing the attack, although the militants who attacked the prison did not come from Idlib, but from Anbar province (in Iraq). No evidence has been presented that Quraishi had anything to do with the Hasaka attack.
7. In general, it looks like the United States urgently needed to show success in the "fight against terrorism" (it is difficult to pass off the storming of the prison as it), therefore, quite by accident, one of the leaders of ISIS is found on the territory of the Turkish zone of occupation (who has been officially wanted for many years), who lives quite calmly with his family in a "security square" 2 km from the Turkish border (Baghdadi lived 5 km from the Turkish border) I would not even rule out that the Americans have long known where he is hiding, for example, from colleagues by Turkish military intelligence.
What is happening is sharply reminded of the "retaliation strikes" in the last days before the US flight from Afghanistan, when ISIS leaders were also "killed" in retaliation for their attack on the Kabul airport. In general, it is difficult to get rid of the impression that there is a certain pattern.
8. Opinion polls show that Biden's rating after the announcement of the liquidation of Al-Qurayshi increased by 1%.
| A whole one percent? Golly. |