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2018-03-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

100 vehicle Turkish military convoy and a company of Turkish soldiers deploy just north of Aleppo city

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Posted by Fred 2018-03-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 anadan is about 8 miles NNW of Aleppo

furthest south Turkish troops have gone

Posted by lord garth 2018-03-20 02:15|| 2018-03-20 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 The Turkish Lira is getting weaker as erdogan's operation goes on.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-lira-weakens-to-record-low-against-euro-as-economy-worries-mount-128976

Posted by lord garth 2018-03-20 08:36|| 2018-03-20 08:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, I would expect SOMEONE to paint that whole thing with lasers and light them up

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-20 15:07|| 2018-03-20 15:07|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 - A good way to see this graphically in on x-rates.com. Select EURO as the numerator and Turk Lira as the denominator, select Graph, and extend it out to 1-year. I've also found this useful to track the effect of the Russian sanctions, post Ukraine.

Posted by Fairbanks 2018-03-20 22:45|| 2018-03-20 22:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember how the Uncle Sam opened up a can of Raid on the Russian unit near Manbij without any statements from Trump, meaning he had delegated responsibility for force protection to the local commander? Gotta wonder if the Turks will overstep and get something similar inflicted upon themselves. Except the Turks will lose a lot more than a few hundred guys, given the amount of hardware and personnel they've massed.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-03-20 23:42|| 2018-03-20 23:42|| Front Page Top

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