The Levant crisis.(Israel,SYRIA,Lebanon,etc) - II

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 22 Jan 2016 09:02

TSJones wrote:
UlanBatori wrote:Something to please TSJ

I hope they use the A-10s against the ISIS/ retreat/resupply routes through Turkey.
I don't know. best to read RU Today and get their explanation, eh?

UBC News Latest COuW Action Report:

1 ISIL Toyota suffered flat tire as a result of Copperhead Missile fired from F-15.
1 ISIL plastic water bottle damaged.
1 ISIL tactical unit wounded by spent bullets falling down on their heads after they fired at passing airplanes.
1 ISIL soldier lost a boot when he had to run in a hurry from the pakistan
1 ISIL oil truck suffered paint scratches when driver had to drive on the shoulder of the road, throwing up stones.
1 ISIL HUMVEE damaged by discarded champage cork popping out of a Rafale aircraft from the French aircraft carrier Marshal Le WineCellar de Flotacion.

All in all, a week of exceptionally effective air strikes.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 22 Jan 2016 09:15

1 ISIL solider reportedly died laughing after reading the reports posted on dephense.gov website

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 22 Jan 2016 09:20

UlanBatori wrote:...
1 ISIL Toyota suffered flat tire as a result of Copperhead Missile fired from F-15.
1 ISIL plastic water bottle damaged.
1 ISIL tactical unit wounded by spent bullets falling down on their heads after they fired at passing airplanes.
1 ISIL soldier lost a boot when he had to run in a hurry from the pakistan
1 ISIL oil truck suffered paint scratches when driver had to drive on the shoulder of the road, throwing up stones.
1 ISIL HUMVEE damaged by discarded champage cork popping out of a Rafale aircraft from the French aircraft carrier Marshal Le WineCellar de Flotacion.

All in all, a week of exceptionally effective air strikes.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 22 Jan 2016 09:28

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/j ... t-of-syria

Also, Russia builds airbase near ISIStan-Bull border

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 22 Jan 2016 09:32

le kurds are the wine of the season right now. Moderate and enlightened. Effective, brave, everybodys favorites. Except turkey. And may be qatar. And saudi arabia. But apart from that, also bakistan, and bahrain, and UAE, but apart from that, also ukraine.

It wont be too long before they too morph into the same hydra destroying more civilian lives. It is as if there were a grand plan underlying all this internecine warfare....

Kashi · Post by **Kashi** » 22 Jan 2016 11:46

Meanwhile the Khalifa bulldozes his way..

Turkish scientists rocked by accusations of supporting terrorism

Hundreds of Turkish academics are waiting to find out whether they will be prosecuted or sacked for spreading “terrorist propaganda”, after they signed a petition calling for violence to end in Turkey’s southeast, where government forces have been fighting Kurdish separatists.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 22 Jan 2016 13:24

Shreeman wrote:le kurds are the wine of the season right now. Moderate and enlightened. Effective, brave, everybodys favorites. Except turkey. And may be qatar. And saudi arabia. But apart from that, also bakistan, and bahrain, and UAE, but apart from that, also ukraine.

It wont be too long before they too morph into the same hydra destroying more civilian lives. It is as if there were a grand plan underlying all this internecine warfare....

May be neo Ottoman empire not happen and 21st century Salahuddin may happen. I do not see Russia allowing a neo Ottoman, but it may keep quite if the Kurds to grow into a powerful entity.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 22 Jan 2016 13:54

http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_ru ... 10190.html

The protracted Syrian conflict is destined to be a source of renewed friction between Turkey and Russia after a recent report suggests that Russia has deployed nearly 100 troops and military advisers in the northern Syrian town of Qamishli, located near the Turkish border -- a development that is bound to cause tension ahead of the Syria peace talks in Geneva.

The move to deploy military personnel in Qamishli, which is currently under the control of the Syrian regime and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), is likely to cause tension with Turkey, which has grown wary of outside powers' increasing cooperation with the PYD and its armed wing of Syrian Kurdish militia the People's Protection Units (YPG).

So, the Russians are aiming to build a military base in Kurd controlled area of North Syria. I am beginning to feel for Erdogan.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 22 Jan 2016 14:06

http://www.todayszaman.com/national_19- ... 10260.html

A 19-year-old man has been arrested in the southern province of Antalya for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a post on social media.

A large number of people including high school students, activists and even a former Miss Turkey have been prosecuted in recent years for allegedly insulting Erdoğan. According to a human rights report released by Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu on Dec. 5, 2015, Erdoğan has sued more than 1,500 people on charges of libel, with 400 further investigations awaiting approval from the Justice Ministry.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 22 Jan 2016 14:11

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israe ... SKCN0UZ11P

Israel says will seize West Bank land; demolishes EU structures

TSJones · Post by **TSJones** » 22 Jan 2016 14:37

UlanBatori wrote: UBC News Latest COuW Action Report:
1 ISIL Toyota suffered flat tire as a result of Copperhead Missile fired from F-15.
1 ISIL plastic water bottle damaged.
1 ISIL tactical unit wounded by spent bullets falling down on their heads after they fired at passing airplanes.
1 ISIL soldier lost a boot when he had to run in a hurry from the pakistan
1 ISIL oil truck suffered paint scratches when driver had to drive on the shoulder of the road, throwing up stones.
1 ISIL HUMVEE damaged by discarded champage cork popping out of a Rafale aircraft from the French aircraft carrier Marshal Le WineCellar de Flotacion.

All in all, a week of exceptionally effective air strikes.

UBC news must gets its sources from Spudnick because ours guys win battles, Kobane, Tikrit, Ramadi, ......plus we be bombing in Syria hitting Syria water facilities, Syria Army depots, while the Russians commit no mistakes at all......

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 15:37

amid all the mayhem a nice article on a visit to baku, azerbaijan
http://www.natgeotraveller.in/magazine/ ... red-fires/

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 22 Jan 2016 15:54

plus we be bombing in Syria hitting Syria water facilities,

True, as UBCNews has reported: See

1 ISIL plastic water bottle damaged.

All the other bombs fell on civilian drinking water facilities as usual.
This Erdogan may be Al... 's gift to Defamation lawyers in Turkey. I presume that there is no Opposition Party in Turkey? I mean outside dungeons?

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 22 Jan 2016 15:55

TSJones wrote:UBC news must gets its sources from Spudnick because ours guys win battles, Kobane, Tikrit, Ramadi, ......plus we be bombing in Syria hitting Syria water facilities, Syria Army depots, while the Russians commit no mistakes at all......

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 22 Jan 2016 16:48

Hitesh wrote:I am not talking about Putin's miscalculation of Ukraine's desire for economic ties to Europe. I am talking about the miscalculation he made in which that he could have Crimea for little cost by using force. He paid a very huge cost. He turned Ukraine into a hostile neighbor and any brotherly feeling between them is now gone, only to be replaced by long lasting animosity and hostility by Ukrainians towards Russians. Now he has to watch his southern flank right on its border instead of using Ukraine as an useful strategic buffer. Russia's hold on Crimea is still gingerly tenable because there is no direct landlink between Russia and Crimea and all infrastructure support still runs through Ukraine and has to rely on expensive methods of resupply and support by sea. To build a direct landlink means that the costs of doing so would equal the cost of building up Novorussiyk's naval base which would be far better than what was at Sevastopol. He could have gotten Crimea for little gain had he been more patience and more cunning. Blunt force was not necessary on Russia's part. By not taking over Crimea and allowing the anti western Ukraine movement to fully develop and nurturing it to a full blown insurgency in Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk, Putin could have actually separated Ukraine in half without using any Russian forces and once that movement does that, he could have gotten Crimea for a dime and Putin and Russia would be able to maintain plausible deniability.

You are simply assuming not doing any thing was the best option , you would have seen NATO at the doorstep of Black Sea Fleet.

Once the Nuland tapes were out every one knows and it stands in Truth today what that US/West wanted to have a puppet President and Prime minister and get the EU deal signed followed by NATO accession and the fact that they signed the Peace Deal with Ukraine ex Government and agreed Election in December and then let the riots take place after signing the deal and make president flee means any promise by Europe/US was only on paper

Note how in Yemen they allowed the President who fleed the country to come back as the righful person.

Invading and taking Crimea was the best option to keep Black Sea Fleet free from NATO and also the population was overwhelming Russian , Donetsk and Luhank are the buffer for them and no you cant join NATO if you have disputes with your neighbour thats the added advantage.

Economic problem is always temporary but 25 years from now if there is no NATO deployed in Black Sea would be thanks to decision taken that day no matter the cost.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 16:50

forcibly married girl stands up for her father. she must be dead now, but hope she will find the peace in heaven the IS denied her in earth and be reunited with her father.

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha 18h18 hours ago
PT The wife, born in 1991 #Raqqa, shot Abo Omar 4 times in the head in revenge for the execution of her father

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha 18h18 hours ago
#IS commander "Abo Omar Al-Tunsi" was reportedly killed by his wife in #Raqqa #Syria

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 22 Jan 2016 17:02

Putin taking Crimea was a pre-emptive move aimed at correcting Khruschev's mistake in the 50s.

They got it back to Russia in a bloodless move....this is called securing national interest. As for Ukraine, it was coming, Crimea or not...

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 22 Jan 2016 17:10

Singha wrote:forcibly married girl stands up for her father. she must be dead now, but hope she will find the peace in heaven the IS denied her in earth and be reunited with her father.

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha 18h18 hours ago
PT The wife, born in 1991 #Raqqa, shot Abo Omar 4 times in the head in revenge for the execution of her father

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha 18h18 hours ago
#IS commander "Abo Omar Al-Tunsi" was reportedly killed by his wife in #Raqqa #Syria

Even in these tragic times the women seems to be not losing their heart and capable to take right steps. Death is better than life of that kind. I do hope she is now dead. Hope men there also take her example.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 22 Jan 2016 17:20

Here is some IS advise for women

Terrormonitor.org ‏@Terror_Monitor now60 seconds ago
More Gold From American Woman With The #IslamicState: "Are You A #Hijabi Or A Hoejabi?" Via @AmarAmarasingam.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 18:30

I can understand her thought process...having a young girl myself who is fiercely protective and attached to me. salute lady.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 22 Jan 2016 19:05

It appears that Turkish troops fired at white flag waving Kurds. A series of short videos have surfaced.

https://www.rt.com/news/329793-alleged- ... -shooting/

Shooting of Kurds waving white flag caught on camera (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Published time: 22 Jan, 2016 10:37
Edited time: 22 Jan, 2016 14:15

An incident in which several civilians with a white flag came under fire has been caught on camera. The victims are reported to be Kurds in the town of Cizre, where they were allegedly shot at by Turkish troops.
The series of short video clips published on social media shows a procession of people going along a street, pushing a cart with what appears to be two covered bodies. The walls of the buildings are dotted with holes, possibly from bullets. A tank is shown in the distance.

Then, gunfire can be heard as the people hunker down and run for cover.

Other footage shows several people lying motionless on the ground with blood spilling from them, as gasps and screams of horror come from the background.

The stated location is the Kurdish city of Cizre, which appears consistent with the Turkish-language graffiti shown in the video and the ice cream shop of the ‘Algida’ brand - which is only sold in Italy, Eastern Europe and Turkey.

RT could not immediately verify the circumstances of the shooting. One version claims that the Kurdish civilians were shot at by Turkish troops involved in a crackdown that Ankara is currently conducting in the south and south-east of the country.

Another version suggests that Kurdish militants were among the ranks of the civilians and opened fire at the Turks, provoking a response. The footage doesn't appear to show any armed people in the crowd.

The Turkish government in August launched a military operation in Kurd-majority areas, imposing curfews and clashing with fighters of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organization in Turkey. At least 150 civilians and hundreds of fighters on both sides are thought to have died in the conflict.

The crackdown was criticized by international human rights organizations as disproportionate and a form of collective punishment against the Kurds. This week Amnesty International said Ankara is imperiling 200,000 people living in the areas affected by disrupting basic services, blocking their freedom of movement, and conducting firefights in residential areas.

The videos are embedded with the news report linked above. Disturbing visuals to say the least.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:22

and all have a gopro and selfie sticks plus 3g to record and upload into instagram twitter and fbook instantly.
even houthis.

another eg of tighter agile media cycle

each side has their army on twitter also. jounos have abandoned blogs to use twitter to push updates way faster

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:30

good article on home made weapons seen in syria

2013:
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/0 ... ls/100461/

Nearly two years after the start of Syria's popular uprising, the conflict has evolved into a slow-moving, brutal civil war with many players and no clear end in sight. Multiple rebel groups across the country continue to fight President Bashar al-Assad's forces, using any weapons they can get their hands on. While the rebels are using many modern tools, they've also come up with their own makeshift solutions. In these weapons workshops, anti-aircraft guns are welded to pickup trucks and armor shields are attached to machine guns and cars. Mortar shell nose cones are turned on lathes and explosives are mixed by hand. Homemade grenades are launched by jury-rigged shotguns or giant slingshots in the urban battlefields of Aleppo and Damascus. Gathered here are a few examples of the hand-built munitions of the Syrian rebels.

click link for the photos

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:30

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:32

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:33

this shows that naxals/IS sleepers/"indian mujahideen" can also use the metal working shops of western UP and TN to manufacture deadly weapons. few yes back 100s ofimprovised rockets were seized in TN

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:34

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:34

a catapult from the middle ages

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:36

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:38

using electronic compass on a smartphone to orient a crude katyushaski

TSJones · Post by **TSJones** » 22 Jan 2016 19:48

Karan M wrote:
TSJones wrote:UBC news must gets its sources from Spudnick because ours guys win battles, Kobane, Tikrit, Ramadi, ......plus we be bombing in Syria hitting Syria water facilities, Syria Army depots, while the Russians commit no mistakes at all......

that would be the russians who never make a mistake or do any wrong............

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 22 Jan 2016 19:56

so turkey is doing exactly the same thing which allegedly Qadhafi was doing(and invaded) and Assad (IS and FSA attack dogs let loose on this head). using tanks and military boots on his own citizens.

the 'world community' hypocrisy stands exposed.

perhaps his plan is to implement a armenian solution and expel lakhs of kurds into northern iraq and syria.

Viv S · Post by **Viv S** » 22 Jan 2016 20:19

Austin wrote:You are simply assuming not doing any thing was the best option , you would have seen NATO at the doorstep of Black Sea Fleet.
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Replied on the India-Russia thread.

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 22 Jan 2016 20:19

TSJones wrote:that would be the russians who never make a mistake or do any wrong............

the russians dont go around giving pious platitudes about democracy, rights and acting holier than thou.. guess who does that?

member_29325 · Post by **member_29325** » 22 Jan 2016 20:25

The world community only needs to get its useful idiots who believe in the fiction called "international law" to swallow their hypocritical BS -- that is sufficient to spin their central part in genocides and war as being for the "good of humanity" unlike the evil russians and the dark lord Putin. If there was actually any such thing like international law, there would be several american presidents and NSAs convicted for crimes against humanity in the past few decades. Laws that are unenforceable like this so-called International Law end up being another tool of the trade for countries that pretend to be the world's policeman and release annual report cards on "hyoomen rights in the rest of the planet (not including us)".

Barack Obama and the Americans not only allowed the rise of ISIS, they also provided them space to grow using american weapons and earn 100s of millions of $s from captured oil wells for 2-3 years, and now that Russia is working on stopping that, they make a show of taking down ISIS without actually doing nothing other than destroy some tin cans and throw bombs at random spots in the desert (as UBC news reveals with its usual high degree of accuracy).

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 22 Jan 2016 20:30

In fact for long there was a debate on the point whether the international law is in fact a law in the first place. Last decade proved it is not a law. Any rule or set of rules are there for only the weak. The only law that is there is law of Jungle. We all now see it plain site.

member_29325 · Post by **member_29325** » 22 Jan 2016 20:33

Laws that are not enforceable are just tools for power politics, and that is exactly the case with power politics -- the countries with the larges militaries and economies can "enforce international law" without following said laws themselves...but just in the interest of not destroying the credibility of this fictitious "international law" in the eyes of morons in the "intellectual" and "academic" sectors all over the world, the subvert these laws in deniable ways. Create wars that can sustain themselves without any over involvement of the governments.

habal · Post by **habal** » 22 Jan 2016 20:39

international law:
jiski lathi uski bhains

The Russians are airlifting food & medicine to besieged town of Deir al-Zour. The sign says "To our Syrian Friends"

18h18 hours ago
Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha
#SAA soldiers from #Tartous province martyred fighting #IS in #DeirEzzor

embankments around DeZ Military AB
RuAF and Syrian air force continues to fly reconnaissance over rat positions exposing their every movement. Russian satellite Intel is also shared generously with the SAA General Staff.

as a result SAAF destroyed a reported 11 pickups with 23mm cannons.

habal · Post by **habal** » 22 Jan 2016 20:55

Russian Marines expand into east #Aleppo
Looks like the Russian Marines have entered Kuweires Military Airport after all. Less than 50 operating there: http://bit.ly/1QoOR7i #Russia #Syria

Syrian Army captures Tal Barouk in Deir Ezzor.http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syr ... -captured/
Day 6 of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham’s (ISIS) massive offensive in the Deir Ezzor Governorate did not have the same kind of success for the aforementioned terrorist group as their previous attacks did, thanks in large part to the influx of Russian airstrikes around the vast Euphrates River that separates the provincial capital.

In fact, for the first time since Saturday of last week, ISIS was unable to progress along any front near the provincial capital; this drastic change occurred in conjunction with the dissipation of firefights in the Al-Baghayliyah District in Deir Ezzor’s northwestern countryside.

ISIS’ inability to advance at the Deir Ezzor Military Airport paid dividends for the Syrian Arab Army soldiers fighting the terrorist group at the 137th Artillery Brigade’s headquarters near the international highway.
around noon on Thursday, the Syrian Arab Army’s 137th Brigade of the 17th Reserve Division – in close coordination with the National Defense Forces (NDF) – launched their own counter-assault from the strategic hilltop of Tal Kroum, attacking ISIS’ defensive positions at Tal Barouk, which is located to the west of the 137th Brigade’s headquarters.

Following a violent battle that lasted almost two hours, the Syrian Armed Forces were able to impose full control over Tal Barouk, resulting in the withdrawal of all ISIS terrorists from this hilltop.

According to a military source from the Syrian Arab Army’s 1o4th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Armed Forces reportedly lost 11 soldiers on Thursday – he was unable to confirm the number of ISIS terrorist killed.http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syr ... -captured/

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 23 Jan 2016 06:14

CNN cheers ISIS on in Deir Ez Zor

Sounds very bad, even with attention from RUAF.