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4 L-39's and 18 Su-24's left in Syrian Airforce
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Good morning
Bloomberg suspending campaign
Wednesday March 4th, 2020

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Fire, smoke, and tear gas fill
the air as Greek police fight back migrants
Ben Rhodes blames Jews for Iranian nuclear stockpile
Ghani: Forces Can ‘Survive
for Two Years’ With Current Resources
Afghan Forces, Taliban Face
Off in 17 Provinces after Peace Deal
US Gen. Miller Speaks on Taliban’s Resumed AttacksSyrian Army reaches agreement with Daraa militants
States Can Prosecute Illegal
Aliens For Identity Theft, SCOTUS Rules
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 14:31 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Posted by: Goober Tingle7365 || 03/04/2020 15:28 Comments || Top||

#2  At least 8% of Iran's parliament has tested positive for something besides showing their rear ends to Allah 5 times a day.
Posted by: jpal || 03/04/2020 17:06 Comments || Top||

#3  They must be running low on essential oil.
Posted by: The peanut gallery || 03/04/2020 18:47 Comments || Top||

#4  For such was the G-man's allure
That it opened the doors of l'amour
To J. Edgar Hoover!
And Dot, did he move 'er?
"I cannot deny it." No more.
But, over her shoulder... "Voyeur!"
Posted by: Don Vito Crereng5853 || 03/04/2020 19:56 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Afghan Forces, Taliban Face Off in 17 Provinces after Peace Deal
[ToloNews] A fresh spate of violence kicked off in at least seventeen Afghan provinces on Tuesday, a day after the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
announced they would resume military operations against the Afghan cops. The Afghan Ministry of Interior said there were 33 attacks by the Taliban and at least six non-combatants were killed in the past 24 hours.

The fighting between the two sides comes days after a weekslong Reduction in Violence (RIV) and a peace deal signed by the United States and the Taliban on Saturday. The peace deal outlined terms for the withdrawal of US and coalition forces from Afghanistan in exchange for a number of solid assurances by the Taliban, including that they cut ties to al-Qaeda and prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorist groups. The deal, signed in Doha, coincided with a joint Afghan-US declaration in Kabul that mirrored the Doha deal in laying out plans for intra-Afghan talks and an eventual ceasefire.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Whew! So glad this doesn't concern us any more!

The Afghan "government" was always a joke. They're an easy price to pay to get out of there. The whole of Afghanistan isn't worth a single more American's life. Not one more.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 03/04/2020 4:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Praise Allah Herb! It's not as if the plague of fundamentalist Muslims there tried to murder 50,000 human Americans on 9-11. Right?

On the other hand it was definitely the evil Christian West the inspired Muhammad's 610 AD call for global jihad. Right Herb?
Posted by: Woodrow || 03/04/2020 7:08 Comments || Top||

#3  #2, That and put a murderous, plundering Arab army in central France a century later. Where's The Hammer when we need him?
Posted by: Cesare || 03/04/2020 7:31 Comments || Top||

#4  It's peace deal bedlaaaaaaaaam!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/04/2020 10:12 Comments || Top||

#5  Afghanis on 9-11??? I thought it was Saudis that were at the controls.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 03/04/2020 15:12 Comments || Top||

#6  I thought it was Saudis that were at the controls.

Sure, but Al Qaeda had been sheltered in Afghanistan by the ruling Taliban ever since they fled Sudan.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/04/2020 15:29 Comments || Top||

#7  I don't want US troops there, but I wouldn't be opposed to a few B-52 strikes if opportunity presents itself on our way out.

Just a reminder that we can't nation build cultural failures into a real nation but we can slaughter better than anyone in history.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/04/2020 15:29 Comments || Top||

#8  Just a reminder that we can't nation build cultural failures into a real nation but we can slaughter better than anyone in history.

😂
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/04/2020 15:39 Comments || Top||


Five #Afghan policemen die in a #Taliban attack on a security checkpoint near a copper mine
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Tuesday’s “heavy clash” killing five Afghan officers took place at a checkpoint at the Mes Aynak copper mine in Logar province, said Deedar Lawang, a spokesman for Logar’s provincial governor.

Hasib Stanekzai, head of Logar provincial council, told Reuters the policemen were soft targets during the early morning attack as they had no heavy weapons.

A senior US official said the attack was being investigated.

A spokeswoman for Afghanistan’s interior ministry said that in 24 hours, the Taliban carried out 33 attacks against Afghan forces in 16 provinces, killing six civilians. She did not say how many Afghan security force members had died.
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Africa North
LNA special forces night hunting #GNA #terrorists around AbuGrian
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


LNA forces have fully liberated the apartment complex in Al-Sidra neighborhood #Tripoli
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  Under new management. Rent increase on the first of the month.
Posted by: Zenobia Spawn of the Texans7934 || 03/04/2020 15:57 Comments || Top||


Mitiga airbase has been evacuated by all surviving Turkish personnel
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


GNA is using commercial civilian flights to a military occupied airbase of Mitiga as a civilian shield.
[TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  wrong tweet - this is it:

M.LNA @LNA2019M
The #GNA is using commercial civilian flights to a military occupied airbase of Mitiga as a civilian shield.
Mitiga is ran by Turkish forces that the Libyan army must target 24/7.
But the #GNA insistent to endangered the lives of the people to protect their Erdogani mercenaries.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/04/2020 4:51 Comments || Top||

#2  I say here, my good man, I believe you may be breaking the rules. Quite uncivilized.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/04/2020 14:52 Comments || Top||

#3  wrong tweet - this is it:

Thank you, Frank G. Fixed. I clicked on the headline to open the proper tweet, clicked on the drop down menu in the upper right corner of the tweet, which gave me Embed Tweet to click on, then clicked on the offer to Copy Code — which I then pasted into the post. Easy peasy, once one knows how! ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/04/2020 15:40 Comments || Top||


Libya’s eastern-based government linked to Libyan National Army led by military commander Khalifa Haftar opens an embassy in #Syria
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Iraq
Pro-Sadr militias assault activist Hussein Rahem by knives in Tahrir Square
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]





Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Iraqi intelligence arrested five key figures affiliated to Kataib #Hezbollah #terrorist militias
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian Army reaches agreement with Daraa militants
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has reached an agreement with the remaining bully boyz in the Daraa Governorate town of Sanamayn after 48hours of intense festivities.

According to a military source in Damascus, approximately 50 bully boyz that were part of a Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) sleeper cell will be transported to northern Syria as part of the peace agreement.

The peace agreement was brokered by the Russian Armed Forces, who stepped in to mediate between the bully boyz and Syrian Army.

On Sunday, the Syrian Arab Army began an operation in Sanamayn clear out the remaining bully boyz that were holed up inside the town.

Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Turkey bombs Syrian military convoy in southern #Idlib
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  https://twitter.com/AY38667463/status/1235228445497528320?s=20
Posted by: 3dc || 03/04/2020 11:45 Comments || Top||

#2  short of that link:
Turkish troops are not withdrawing. Syrian army lost 3400 soldiers and those equipments only in certain place in 4 days. Turkish Army deployed 30000 soldier and ready spread the war all over the border.Syrian Army is not going to be handle when its spread and will loose much more
Posted by: 3dc || 03/04/2020 11:46 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm told that the US Government assesses these #Turkey claims to be accurate:

- 3 jets
- 3 UAVs
- 8 helicopters
- 135 tanks
- 86 artillery & MRLs
- 77 APCs
- 9 arms depots
- 5 AD systems
- 16 ATGM/mortars

That amounts to a HUGE loss for pro-#Assad forces; the effects will show.


Turkish Embassy Tweet
Posted by: 3dc || 03/04/2020 11:49 Comments || Top||

#4  if this kind of beating keeps going on Assad's forces will be too weak to keep ISIS from coming back
Posted by: lord garth || 03/04/2020 17:05 Comments || Top||


Russian military enters #Saraqib to block Turkish attacks
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


4 L-39's and 18 Su-24's left in Syrian Airforce
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkish #UAVs destroyed a Russian-made BUK-M2 (SA-17) medium-range air defense missile system
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Hezbollah seems to be filling gaps in western Aleppo due to SAA losses to drone strikes
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Five Turkish UAVS currently over Hatay
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Turkey says #Syrian government warplane shot down
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


One Turkish soldier has been killed and nine others wounded in an attack by Syrian government forces
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Russian, regime strikes kill 12 civilians in Idlib
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] At least 12 non-combatants were killed when the Assad regime and Russian assaults targeted Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northern Syria, local sources said on Tuesday.

Russian and regime fighter jets hit Idlib city center, Binnish town and Sahil Roj region, the White Helmets, a civil defense agency, said.

It also said four children were among nine fatalities in rocket attack hitting Idlib.

According to Syrian opposition groups' aircraft monitors, the attacks killed a civilian in Binnish.

Idlib is currently home to 4 million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces throughout the war-torn country.

In recent months, nearly 1.7 million Syrians have moved near the Ottoman Turkish border due to intense attacks by forces of the Assad regime and its allies.
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria



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Two weeks of WOT
Wed 2020-03-04
  4 L-39's and 18 Su-24's left in Syrian Airforce
Tue 2020-03-03
  Taliban Orders Resumed Attacks on Govt Forces
Mon 2020-03-02
  Turkey shoots down two Syrian fighter jets over Idlib
Sun 2020-03-01
  Iraq's PM-designate Allawi withdraws, prolonging deadlock
Sat 2020-02-29
  U.S. and Taliban sign troop withdrawal deal
Fri 2020-02-28
  Rouhani and his VP both reported to have coronavirus
Thu 2020-02-27
  Hezbollah operative killed in drone strike in southern Syria
Wed 2020-02-26
  Gulf Cartel Border City Turf War Kills at Least 20 Gunmen, Innocents in Week
Tue 2020-02-25
  Hosni Mubarak sleeps with the pharaohs
Mon 2020-02-24
  Car drives into German carnival parade, around 30 injured
Sun 2020-02-23
  Last year Hezbollah received ~$700 million in funding
Sat 2020-02-22
   Erdogan confirms the presence of pro-Turkish Syrian fighters in Libya
Fri 2020-02-21
  Missile intercept by #Saudi forces in #Yanbu
Thu 2020-02-20
  Turkey asks NATO to provide air support for the operation in Idlib
Wed 2020-02-19
  Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll, Abdullah rejects results


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