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2023-03-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US says contractor killed, troops wounded in Iranian drone attack in Syria; US retaliates

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-03-24 03:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1 US retaliates with airstrikes in Syria after Iranian drone strike kills US contractor

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-24 05:15|| 2023-03-24 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 US contractor is killed in Iranian suicide drone strike in Syria - as Biden orders retaliation 'precision airstrikes' taking out eight militants tied to Revolutionary Guard

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-24 05:16|| 2023-03-24 05:16|| Front Page Top

#3 8:1... only 92 to go

Posted by Mercutio 2023-03-24 09:24|| 2023-03-24 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Retaliation didn't do much. DM reporting a second Iranian missile strike.

Posted by Bill Greans6336 2023-03-24 11:35|| 2023-03-24 11:35|| Front Page Top

#5 NYT March 4, 2023

..."America still has more than 900 troops, and hundreds more contractors, in Syria, working with Kurdish fighters to make sure there is no resurgence of the Islamic State, which was ostensibly defeated as a caliphate in 2019, after five years of wreaking havoc across Iraq and Syria."

Asking America troops to become targets of IRGC forces backing Syrians fighting Kurds because it helps the Iraqi's in repatriation efforts for former ISIS families. Seriously, this is the Use of Force authorized by Congress 20+ years ago?

"On Saturday, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made his first visit to Syria in that role, traveling to this Kurdish-controlled territory to assess the state of America’s nearly eight-year-old military mission. For General Milley, the unannounced trip was a chance, he said, to figure out firsthand what value the mission in Syria still holds for American security"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/us/politics/syria-milley-isis-kurds-troops.html

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-03-24 11:41|| 2023-03-24 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Missiles slam into ANOTHER US base in Syria: Iran-backed militants retaliate hours after Biden ordered deadly 'precision airstrikes' on their positions following suicide drone attack that killed American worker

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-24 11:57|| 2023-03-24 11:57|| Front Page Top

#7 US base in Syria attacked by Iranian proxy forces after retaliatory airstrikes

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-24 11:58|| 2023-03-24 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Make the rubble rubble.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-03-24 15:21|| 2023-03-24 15:21|| Front Page Top

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