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2017-04-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Nine planes ‘destroyed’ by US strike on Syria base

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Posted by Fred 2017-04-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Groovy. Destroy "Syrian" army and be responsible for the massacre of 4 million Alawis & Christians by Sunnis - "but we didn't me to!".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-08 02:56|| 2017-04-08 02:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Cake, eat it.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-08 05:56|| 2017-04-08 05:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Initial reports indicated there were many more planes damages. I suspect the nine were the ones they couldn't clean up before sunrise.

Posted by jvalentour 2017-04-08 08:04|| 2017-04-08 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 US cruise missile strikes target Syria's Su-22 fleet
The US Department of Defense lists targets for the 7 April strike as having included "aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters, petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers, air defence systems and radars".

Israeli sources indicate that 14 of the Syrian air force's approximately 40-strong fleet of Su-22s were destroyed in the attack, with additional assets including helicopters also having been struck. Significant damage was caused to the air base's two main runways, they add.

Posted by Marilyn Snath8125 2017-04-08 19:56|| 2017-04-08 19:56|| Front Page Top

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