Levant crisis - III

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 28 Oct 2016 17:10

All this computer system getting hacked etc always happens , If RAW , NSA , SVR , Chinese Intelligence are not hacking each other computer and not out doing each other then they are not doing their job which is what they are paid to do in first place.

I would be surprised of NSA did not manage to hack many Russian computers or the Chinese did not do the same with Russians or vice verse , Its the most easiest and cheapest way to gather intelligence , How ever I expect all countries be it India , China , Russia US etc would keep critical system out of Internet Reach and Secure .......Its not hard to do this even for common man these days with basic knowledge and common sense but for professional organisation not to do this would be foolish.

Just today I read this

Major Hack By Chinese into Pentagon http://freebeacon.com/national-security ... n-secrets/

Am I surprised NO , It would be foolish and unwise for the Chinese not to try this all the time and be successful some time and be failed at other ........Does US does the same to Chinese , Ofcourse they do it after all that is what Snowden has reveled , They have extensive program to hack the Chinese.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 17:52

The hindu

Saudi Arabia says rebels in Yemen have fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca, their deepest strike yet into the kingdom.

The Saudi military said today the missile was “intercepted and destroyed” 65 kilometres from Mecca, which is home to the cube-shaped Kaaba .

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:06

Leith Abou Fadel ‏@leithfadel 17m17 minutes ago
Confirmed: Syrian Armed Forces withdrew from Dahiyat Al-Assad suburb in west Aleppo

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:08

ALEPPO, SYRIA (2:30 P.M.) - The Kurdish-led "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) continued their advance in the northern countryside of Aleppo on Friday, striking the Turkish-backed rebels near the recently captured village of Tal Madiq.

The Syrian Democratic Forces reportedly captured several farms at Tal Madiq's northern axis this afternoon, leaving a number of Jabhat Al-Shamiya and Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters dead in the process of their advance.

In addition to their progress near Tal Madiq, Kurdish social media activists reported on Friday that their forces have advanced towards the key village of Fafin near the Turkish border-crossing with the Aleppo Governorate.

With the jihadist rebels of Jaysh Al-Fateh targeting the Syrian Arab Army's defenses inside the provincial capital, it is the perfect time for the Kurdish-led forces to capitalize against the opposition

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:09

blue area lost of jihadis

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:11

tank vbied used to hit al-assad frontline

another svbied bomber today - nice use of injured cadre - send them off to 72 asap

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:12

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha 4m4 minutes ago
Reports of Jaish Fateh exploding its 4th VBIED at 1070 projects area - 3000 apartments area, clashes ongoing

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:14

expected attack vectors based on intel collected upto Oct25

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:14

SyrianMilitaryCap. ‏@syrianmilitary 4h4 hours ago
SAA destroyed so far :
4 VBIED
1 23mm technical
1 tank
0 replies 25 retweets 43 likes

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:17

syrian commanders with something like that map above. one of them is the military pro-consul of aleppo I think.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:25

Sky NewsVerified account ‏@SkyNews 1h1 hour ago
It has been confirmed that the Islamic State killed 232 people near Mosul on Wednesday

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:26

amriki SOF perhaps in qayarrah

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cv2qgHKXEAA9K1y.jpg:large

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:29

CNNVerified account ‏@CNN 5h5 hours ago
Witnesses in Mosul tell CNN that several hundred ISIS fighters have arrived in the past few days from Raqqa http://cnn.it/2eCechP

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:32

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:34

hoshyar zebariVerified account ‏@HoshyarZebari 21h21 hours ago
Today local resistance fighters from inside #Mosul attacked 2 bases of #ISIS in Nabi Sheet area & killed nearly 17 men & freed some detenees

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 19:48

a blogger inside mosul reports on situation inside the city ... a lot of it is in ruins per him/her ... bridges rigged with explosives ... ISIS stormtroops in every alley, lots of booby traps ...

https://mosuleye.wordpress.com/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 20:06

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 28 Oct 2016 20:57

Russian military asks Putin for permission to resume airstrikes on militants in east Aleppo

https://www.rt.com/news/364565-russia-p ... irstrikes/

"Due to the fact that there are still deaths among civilians and that the militants have resumed military activities against government forces, we’ve addressed Russia’s commander-in-chief, asking permission for the resumption of airstrikes targeting illegal armed groups in eastern Aleppo,” Lt. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy, head of operations in the Russian General Staff, said.

Earlier on Friday, militants “used the moratorium of Russian and Syrian combat flights” and attempted to break into eastern Aleppo, the General Staff representative said.

“The attack was carried out by three groups [of militants]… with support of 20 tanks and 15 APCs. All this was accompanied by heavy fire from rocket launchers and artillery," he said.

The offensive was repelled, with the terrorists losing six tanks and five armored personnel carriers, Rudskoy said.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 21:04

Before today the saa had control of half of 1070. Despite all intel they again prove unable to stand up to a concerted jihadi attack led by vbied due to need to preserve scarce manpower.....or lack of trained units or both...

Any further advance will open gate deep into govt held side of aleppo

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha
Reports that Jaish Fateh now have full control over 1070 projects area

Hassan Ridha
2h
Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha
For the 1st time since the start of the conflict, Opp have captured the symbolic & strategic Dahiyet al-Assad west of Aleppo

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 21:06

An entire suburb was abandoned giving the jihadis a secure base in 1 day which will take weeks to root out

Saa is like our cricket team of pre ganguly era...quick to fold

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 28 Oct 2016 21:18

Singha wrote:

Remember similar pic during Beirut war.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 21:45

A daesh attack on kuweires apt repelled
Major loss of face for saa

Leith Abou Fadel ‏@leithfadel
1070 Housing Project likely to fall next. This means the 3000 Project will be in danger. Mass wave of civilians fled this district.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 21:48

As usual it seems the best 1st echelon fighters were the chechen elite of the turkistani liberation militias...

Behind them the motivated cannon fodder to swarm and exploit gains

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 21:50

Whenever saa attack in east aleppo they take a week to capture 1 block. now they lose a big suburb in one morning.

Pre ganguly team...pitch swings and seams when opposition bowls but is dead flat when we bowl

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 28 Oct 2016 22:22

Singha wrote:The hindu

Saudi Arabia says rebels in Yemen have fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca, their deepest strike yet into the kingdom.

The Saudi military said today the missile was “intercepted and destroyed” 65 kilometres from Mecca, which is home to the cube-shaped Kaaba .

Look at what the Houthis have accomplished with Tocshka SSBM's and ancient Sagger AT missiles. Now imagine them with Kornets and Iskanders.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 28 Oct 2016 22:24

https://mobile.twitter.com/sham2cntr/st ... 65/video/1

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 28 Oct 2016 22:31

BBC
Russia warships: Kuznetsov battle group 'refuels off North Africa'.
'The Admiral Kuznetsov is extremely heavily armed for an aircraft carrier. Along with various heavy guns and antisubmarine missiles, it is equipped with 12 launchers capable of firing nuclear-armed missiles.'

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 28 Oct 2016 22:46

Internet Twitter confirms that the IS anti tank weapon used against Abrams was not kornet but older konkurs.

Possibility that crew may survive but no confirmation yet .

sudeepj · Post by **sudeepj** » 29 Oct 2016 00:08

Singha wrote:The hindu

Saudi Arabia says rebels in Yemen have fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca, their deepest strike yet into the kingdom.

The Saudi military said today the missile was “intercepted and destroyed” 65 kilometres from Mecca, which is home to the cube-shaped Kaaba .

I like the phraseology. Like the elephant god Ganesha..

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 29 Oct 2016 01:46

12 launchers capable of firing nuclear-armed missiles.'

Experts, what is special about launchers capable of nuke-armed mijjiles?

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 29 Oct 2016 03:04

raise the bogey of putin being a reckless nuclear armed war monger...
don't forget the war in syria really has nothing to do with syrians per se...

TSJones · Post by **TSJones** » 29 Oct 2016 04:50

make a certain poster cream in his jeans about the thought of a nuclear ravaged NYC?

Y. Kanan · Post by **Y. Kanan** » 29 Oct 2016 04:55

Singha wrote:An entire suburb was abandoned giving the jihadis a secure base in 1 day which will take weeks to root out

Saa is like our cricket team of pre ganguly era...quick to fold

Maybe now Russia can finally resume those airstrikes. They'd know exactly which districts to target...

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Oct 2016 06:22

Strikes have resumed. They managed to contain day1 loss to this dahiyat al assad suburb but 1000s of civilians had to flee from there.

Some 6 vbied and 5000 jihadis led usual by nusra shock troops and seasoned chechens of the turkestan islami party whose pic is perhaps also that group poring over the map i posted.

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 29 Oct 2016 06:47

Paris
Recently Calais migrant camps were demolished by govt. Refugees put them on fire in the evening, now with them pouring all over into Paris and urban palaces dramatic pics have emerged.

IndraD · Post by **IndraD** » 29 Oct 2016 06:50

American and Russian military jets have been involved in a ‘near miss’ in Syria, officials announced. Such incidents are a near-weekly occurrence, according to the US military.
The closest call came on October 17, in the "middle of the night, probably somewhere around midnight," Lieutenant General Jeffrey Harrigian, commander of US Air Force Central Command, said on Friday, first reported by AFP.
A US aircraft “was generally in that same area” as a Russian fighter jet, and they had a “near miss,” Harrigian said, explaining that the Russian pilot probably didn’t see the US plane in the dark. The aircraft were “inside of half a mile” from each other.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Oct 2016 09:03

Western backed saudi destruction of yemen economy results in cases like this

https://mobile.twitter.com/IraqiSecurit ... 52/photo/1

TSJones · Post by **TSJones** » 29 Oct 2016 09:35

Singha wrote:Western backed saudi destruction of yemen economy results in cases like this

https://mobile.twitter.com/IraqiSecurit ... 52/photo/1

then they should sue for peace and take care of their people.

Rammpal · Post by **Rammpal** » 29 Oct 2016 09:39

"....then they should sue for peace and take care of their people...."

And the presiding authority is............"

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 29 Oct 2016 10:24

Alaa Ebrahim ‏@Alaa_Ebrahim_tv
One of the bloodiest days in #Aleppo ever, +40 killed +100wounded in rebel shelling of western parts of city.

In general saa seems better prepared this time. rebels have svbied and suicide squads on their side though.

Next week will be hard fighting all over.

Massive al qaeda flag parade in east aleppo streets to celebrate the attack