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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US soldier allegedly killed in ambush in eastern #Syria
2020-04-07
[TWITTER]

A U.S. soldier and several SDF personnel were allegedly killed in an ambush in eastern Syria this evening, Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
’s al-Mayadeen TV claimed.

"An American officer and several SDF soldiers were killed in an ambush targeting a patrol in Wasiy’ah in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor," al-Mayadeen reported.

No further details have been released.

A similar claim was also made on some pro-opposition media channels; however, they provided the same details as al-Mayadeen.
Posted by:Fred

#2  It's called 1,400 year old global jihad. And we have been at war with your buddies since Jefferson. Where are your condemnations of Islam Herb?
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-04-07 08:33  

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Posted by: Herb McCoy    2020-04-07 00:43  

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