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Syrian Showdown: Russia, Iran Rally Forces, US Rearms Rebels As "Promised" Battle For Aleppo Begins
On Friday, we previewed the battle for Aleppo, Syria’s largest city prior to the war.
It’s now run by a hodgepodge of rebels and militants including al-Qaeda, the Free Syrian Army, and ISIS and for the Assad regime, regaining control of the city is absolutely critical. As Reuters noted last week, "the assault means the army is now pressing insurgents on several fronts near Syria's main cities in the west, control of which would secure President Bashar al-Assad's hold on power even if the east of the country is still held by Islamic State."
In other words, if Assad can secure Aleppo, Iran and Russia will have successfully restored his grip on the country for all intents and purposes.
Here’s a look a map showing where Aleppo is in relation to Russia’s base at Latakia, along with the before and after images we highlighted last week which depict nighttime light emissions on the way to vividly demonstrating the effect the war has had on the city.
For reference, this is one of Syria's most war-torn areas. To give you an idea of what's taken place there since the war began, we present the following stark visuals from in and around the city ca. 2012 (as you might imagine, it's only gotten worse since):
And here's a short audio clip from NPR which explains why Aleppo matters (it's largely objective and thus worth the three minutes):
The offensive is also notable for the scale of Iran’s involvement.
Between Hezbollah and Iranian forces, the battle for Aleppo is shaping up to be the largest ground operation orchestrated by Tehran to date. Underscoring how deeply involved Iran truly is, Quds Commander Qasem Soleimani (who we profiled here) showed up near the frontlines late last week to rally the troops. Here’s GOP mouthpiece Fox News (who are most assuredly not Soleimani fans):
Iran's shadowy top military commander has been spotted in Syria addressing Iranian military officers and members of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, according to photos that emerged Thursday on social media.
Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani -- the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps or Qods Force -- was pictured rallying Iranian military and Hezbollah members in western Syria in photos that appeared on Twitter.
On Thursday, Reuters confirmed Soleimani's presence in the western province of Latakia in Syria. The news agency said Soleimani was seen addressing Iranian officers and Hezbollah fighters with a microphone while clad in dark-colored clothes.
Here are the images Fox references:
As WaPo, goes on to point out, some of the fighters called to Syria by Soleimani are from Iraq's Shiite militias, supporting our contention that as soon as Syria is "secure" (whatever that means in this context), Russia and Iran will take the fight across the border, where militiamen loyal to Tehran are already battling Sunni extremists:
Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds forces and the public face of Iran’s military intervention in the region, has ordered thousands of Shiite militiamen into Syria for an operation to recapture Aleppo, according to officials from three Iraqi militias. The militiamen are to join Iranian troops and forces from Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite militia, the officials said. The Iraqi Shiite militia Kitaeb Hezbollah has sent around 1,000 fighters from Iraq, one said.
The new arrivals shore up the position of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose beleaguered forces had been losing ground before Russia began launching airstrikes three weeks ago. Pro-government forces have claimed victory in a string of villages around the Aleppo in recent days, in a conflict that Shiite militias frame as a single regional struggle between Shiites and Sunni extremists from the Islamic State.
“It makes no difference whether we’re in Iraq or Syria, we consider it the same front line because we are fighting the same enemy,” said Bashar al-Saidi, a spokesman for Harakat al-Hezbollah al-Nujaba, an Iraqi Shiite militia that says it has fighters around Aleppo. “We are all the followers of Khamenei and will go and fight to defend the holy sites and Shiites everywhere," he said, referring to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Quds Force, which is part of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, have also sent reinforcements, he said. Last week, a U.S. defense official said hundreds of Iranian troops were near the city in preparation for an offensive.
“It’s not a secret. We are all fighting against the same enemy,” said Saidi.
His militia released a photo of Soleimani, the Quds Force commander, with its fighters near Aleppo on one of its social media accounts last week.
“The operation is an extension for our operations in Iraq because it’s the same enemy, and when we hit them there it means that it will get results in Iraqi lands,” the Kitaeb official said. Soleimani “specifically requested they go there for the launch of the operation for Aleppo,” he said.
And here's a look at an airstrike map which delineates bombing runs by date, thus giving you an idea of the extent to which the Russians targeted Aleppo last week to soften up the rebels ahead of the offensive:
Meanwhile, as Russia revved up the Sukhois and the shadow commander rallied the ground forces, the US rearmed the rebels. Here’s Reuters:
Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies south of Aleppo say they have received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states that oppose President Bashar al-Assad since a major government offensive began there on Friday.
Rebels from three Free Syrian Army-affiliated groups contacted by Reuters said new supplies had arrived since the start of the attack by the army backed by Iranian fighters and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
A number of rebel groups vetted by states opposed to Assad have been supplied with weapons via Turkey, part of a program supported by the United States and which has in some cases included military training by the Central Intelligence Agency.
And so, with the proxy war lines clearly drawn, the battle has begun. Via WSJ:
Syrian pro-regime forces backed by Russian airstrikes have expanded their ground offensive to the strategic city of Aleppo, one of the clearest signs yet of how Russia’s recent military intervention has emboldened President Bashar al-Assad and his loyalists.
In the bitterly fought multi-sided war, Aleppo is among the most coveted prizes. Losing partial control of the city, which was once Syria’s largest and its commercial capital, was an embarrassment to the regime. But with the backing of Russian warplanes, Iranian forces and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, Mr. Assad’s forces could now be in position to regain large parts of the city and the surrounding countryside.
“I suspect Assad always wanted to take back Aleppo because it is such an important city and retaking it has such strategic and symbolic importance,” said Emile Hokayem, a Middle East analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based military and security think tank. “And it would deny the rebels a foothold in any major city.”
Since Friday, the regime has netted a number of villages on the southern outskirts of the city and thousands of civilians are fleeing fighting in the area. On Sunday, the regime captured one additional village and U.S.-backed rebels destroyed two regime tanks using American-supplied weapons as they tried to stem the regime’s progress.
The regime appears to be advancing westward toward the strategic highway linking Aleppo with the capital Damascus, rebels said.
In a rare move, the offensive is being led by regime-allied Iranian fighters, according to Ahmad al-Ahmad, a spokesman for the moderate Islamist rebel group Faylaq al-Sham, which is involved in the battles.
The city of Aleppo is now divided in two, with an array of rebel factions controlling the eastern half and the regime holding the western half.
The regime’s ground offensives over the past two weeks have been led by fighters and military advisers from Iran and forces from Hezbollah, supplemented by Syrian security forces.
So far the battles in Aleppo are concentrated in the southern countryside on multiple fronts pushing toward the crucial highway that links the city with the coastal province of Latakia and the central provinces such as Hama, rebels said.
One of the goals of the offensive could be to prevent rebel reinforcements from Aleppo being sent to help fighters along other fronts. Rebels also report an amassing of pro-regime forces elsewhere in Aleppo province that could be aimed at cutting off the rebel supply route from Turkey.
Such moves could severely weaken the array of rebel forces in Aleppo, which include Islamist groups such as Ahrar al-Sham and al Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front as well as U.S.-backed rebels.
Note how shockingly close this is to an actual shooting war between the US/NATO and the Iran-Russia "nexus."
CIA-trained rebels are now using weapons supplied by the US to kill Iranian soldiers backed by Russian airstrikes. The fact that the ground invasion is now clearly run by Iran and Hezbollah means that one side of the "rebels vs. SAA" proxy label has been removed. This is now "rebels vs. Iran and Russia", meaning there's literally but one degree of separation from an outright NATO vs. Russia-Iran armed conflict. And don't forget: the nation through which the US is suppliying the rebels at Aleppo (i.e. Turkey) just shot down a Russian drone.
And so, as we wait to see whether the US will finally step in on behalf of its proxy armies before they are routed in the most critical battle yet in the war for Syria, we leave you with a few still shots taken over the weekend in Aleppo.
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I would love to be around to greet everyone as they get off the gravy train.
American reporter Serena Shim had video proof of Islamic State in Turkey using UN World Food Program vehicles. She was killed one year ago on Oct 19. The Turkish government called her a spy and 2 days later, they said she was killed in a strange car accident. The White House has been covering up her murder. Share her story.
http://wtfrly.com/2015/02/27/anonymous-op-white-house-ignores-serena-shi...
Yes. This is what the NWO does to those who expose it. The UN is notoriously full of CIA assets, MI-6 and Mossad. Same for Red Cross and other aid organizations.
A year ago an international aid worker was kidnapped by ISIS in Syria. When the truth came out, this American Aid Worker with a food for Syrians aid group was shown to be an ex-US Special Forces soldier. His family said, "After the military he just wanted to do some good, so he went to Syria to give aid".
Do any of you at ZH believe that ex-US Speical forces troops become food aid workers in Syria out of a kind heart?
And, Serena Shim was hot! You can't have hot women who KNOW things, and can PROVE IT, on the 'wrong' side, now can you!
Silly, but true. Attractive Lebanese women make it much harder to dehumanize the "enemy". Not too many people are going to want to bomb a woman who looks like that.
Yep, this is why its so important that Americans THINK Iranians LOOK like Saudis, burka and all! Niqab, preferably!
Speaking of suspicious dead female reporters:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/oct/19/british-journalist-jacky-su...
seems to be a George Patton type of death
I see you over there at G&M, TMWSAS, or one of you is a plagiarist.
Fiat money is very tough to beat on the battle field. It simply bleads out all the honest people trapped within its reach.
This is not how fiat will be defeated. This is how fiat wins every time. By owning both sides cash flows and the resulting debts that they stick on the poor souls lucky enough to servive.
This is well known by all the players.
So what about all the wars when it was "gold"-smith backed by the bankers?
https://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-difference-between-d...
That is another form of fake money. No way can a global war happen on a real value coin. Unless its funded by pillaging.
So it's really gonna come down to this? Resisting the Russians as they push east? They're crazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNw6J9g5ahw
They're pickin up the prisoners and Putin 'em in a pen;
All Vlad wants to do is dance
Rebels been rebels since I don't know when;
All Vlad wants to do is dance
Molotov cocktail the local drink;
All Vlad wants to do is dance;
mix 'em right in the kitchen sink;
All Vlad wants to do is dance;
I wonder if the radiation from Chernobyl has permanently destroyed Ukie brains. Even by the pathetic standards of Ukie trolls, your post really sucks. No wonder the EU won't issue Visas to Ukies. They are afraid theywill contaminate the EU gene pool with insanity.
Best he could manage while picking his potatos and of course his nose..
They have been brainwashed by the Khazars.
It happens sometimes, though, that when you have a powerful neighbor, you think you can beat him by making friends with a bully who lives far away. Because you imagine the bully will help you, but is too far away to exert as much influence as your powerful neighbor (so this is a strategy that appeals to your avg young budding sociopath).
In Ukraine's case, they ally with NATO to escape Russian influence. It doesn't work, as they have found out. They were much better off co-operating with Russians (not I did not say Bolsheviks, or Soviets, who caused the Holodomor).
EU issues Ukrainins lots of visas. They just will not allow them visa free travel.
... oh and to be precise, the EU does not issue any visas. The individual member countries do that.
that's true - I wonder why would anyone downvote what you said
Probably because of this:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/eu-visa-slams-ukrainians-after-february-201...
You mean like Afghanistan circa 1979-1989?
A US F-16 was shot down by Talibanis today in Afghanistan. Circa coming back to haunt you muritard.morons like you hardly know anything about Afghanistan war except feeling proud on how you created first terror organization to fight your war. Expend your reading base .
I doubt shot down - do you have link?
If down suspect mech trouble.
boo hoo if shot down
It could be agitprop trouble
wow, it seems to be true, one F-16 downed by Taliban. I already said here that Talibs are getting bolder and that many American soldiers will die there yet. Well, this time the pilot escaped, but the F-16 is destroyed.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/975475/us-f-16-struck-by-enemy-fire-in-afgha...
Performance will get better with the manpads from Syria.
You make a great point Max, it could be payback time there.
(Ruskies) They know how to do this shit too.
Perhaps the real reason for the non withdrawal.
The drone shot down by Turkey was a Russian manufactured drone, but not operated by Russian forces. See Milatorov post near bottom of page. Most of the people on that forum know what they're talking about:
http://www.russiadefence.net/t4401p870-syrian-civil-war-news-2
there is the Russian involvement in Syria thread there also...
good site with some real knowledge guys
but also a couple post like 14 year old
"was a Russian manufactured drone"
That isn't what he said.
What he said was "could have been manufactured in Russia"
The word "could" means "might have" in this case. Then again... Might not. All AK47s come from Russia?
Then goes on "but it belonged to the Assad forces, Kurdish troops or maybe another side"
Which basically means "I have no fucking idea who's drone it was but it's definitely not ours".
Incorrectski, "could have been produced in Russia" was a quote from the sputniknews.com article. Then he added "can't read Cyrillic boys ?" which I took to mean he thinks it was made in Russia. The Cyrillic comment was the only thing he added to his post, everything else was quoted from article.
Posted already this comment on drone downed article but somehow here bears to repeat.
UAV looks like EWG-2 model from China.
http://ewatt.en.alibaba.com/product/60010112603-218980805/EWATT_Unmanned...
This link in comments found Colonel Cassad article on Turks shot down UAV.
http://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/2434046.html?page=3
Interesting web site. I signed up to try it out.
+1 Jack. The irony is delicious, as now America is the Jihadist...
Wake up little sheepie, our government has been telling you we have fighting terrorism against the Jihadist, when now we find out, it's the only CIA...again.
It still blows my mind the USG- not our citizens- are now the "Axis of Evil."
I guess that means Russia, Iran, and China are now the "Allies."
Of course, I never thought I would see the Berlin Wall collapse in my lifetime either, and I'm over 60.
The United States of America allied with the head chopping, baby killing, anyone not muslim killing, most dangerous creatures on the planet.
usa usa usa
Pathetic...
In Caen, France following DDay the UK and US bombed the town to pieces and the defenders still held because they were being resupplied. Unless resupply routes are cut off first in Aleppo it will be a mostly pointless attritional bloodbath.
That's what the close air support is for.
Anything that tries to get in or out gets destroyed by air power.
Anything that sits tight and doesn't move gets destroyed by MLRS.
Pity those who are on the receiving ends of TOS-1 Solnetsepek and Buratino just because they chose the wrong side to collaborate with.
Don't pity any of these shit heads other than the children - fuck the rest.
They would all slice your neck given the opportunity.
At least they will never have to worry about having their own necks sliced!
+10! CAS (Close Air Support) will be the key to wining the battle. The supply routes from (I guess) the Turk side must be interdicted.
I would not want to be 11Bravo in this cage match.
I thought it was "all intensive purposes". Who knew.
The Russians can use whatever munitions they want to, I don't see a lot of reports about Syria on TV. Collateral damage isn't an issue in this war.
Beyond the NG pipeline issues (EURO NG supply from ME via Syria versus from Russia via Ukraine) the other issue is US control of ME Oil resources.
The "Export Land Model" describes how Oil exports drop off as Oil exporting countries domestic industrial production increases.
One way the US counteracted this was in Iraq, where the US 1) bombed the country back to the stone age destroying all infrastructure with the exception of Oil (recall the Oil Ministry survived somehow) and by 2) sowing the seeds of sectarian violence (blow up Sunni mosques on even days, Shiite mosques on odd days) to ensure that the rebuilding process would difficult.
As for the rest of the ME, since a region wide bombing campaign is not possible, why not have a bunch of sociopathic bandits roaming and pillaging?
So the propagation of ISIS isn't a US failure, but could be a strategic plan.
Assholes.
Yup, Order from Chaos.
More coming for sure.
Regarding supplies, check this pic, the guy in the middle, presumably holding a copy of the Quaran, with shiny new M4 carabine hanging from his neck.
https://i0.wp.com/cdn01.am.infobae.com/adjuntos/163/imagenes/013/504/001...
Yep, courtesy of the USSA taxpayers. Sure look like moderate rebels to me, LOL>
I wonder if we also supplied the swords and knives for chopping off heads.
I wonder if they know their salad days are behind them?
I bet they have already shaved off their beards and hauled ass.
They are moving to Europe. Once established there, they will regrow their beards. Unfortunately for European authorities, these fighters have all lost their passports, so the European authorities will just have to say yes to them. The picture of bombed out Aleppo reminded me of Northern Europe in 2025.
So, i saw somebody waiting for Israel and Russia showdown. This probably it.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4712443,00.html
See what happen when western made hw faces real russian hw?? Israel has domestic US hw.
Russian air to air will be based on BVR missiles. Here are the details.
http://ausairpower.net/APA-Rus-BVR-AAM.html
Nice shots of the US building democracy in Syria.....the fun will start when Allepo is encircled and the arms supply cut off...then it will be up to air drops with US F16s going up against Migs as a no fly zone will be declared with SS 400s in abundance....then the US great warriors will come home in body bags.....war is never risk or cost free.
Building Democracy, one body bag at a time.
If it comes to that wild weasels will squash the S400's from miles away - but it will not go that far
Know the facts and don't give out your fantasies for reality.
You mean the wild weasel on Trump´s head?
Wild Weasels. Who whould that represent?
The Annunaki?
HEIO definitely has a new spokesman...
'Stay under the radar, my friends'...
"Russia aims to increase its aerial missions over Syria to 300 a day, sources close to the country’s operations have reportedly said."
This looks like Russia is going to back the ground offensive with the big guns of a full on air campaign. Every vehicle trying to get into Aleppo with be vaporized. And yes, they can move at night, but this is 2015. Ask the Iraq army how moving at night worked a decade ago!
300 a day, that will give the Islamic cunts just what they need. Those fuckers need to feel the pain. I am glad Russia is prepared to give it to them.
Even in the very conservative United Kingdom, home of Cameron. The polling is running 70% favor Russia's War in Syria. Only about 25% against. With a few Don't knows.
Now, imagine that if you will. I read UK media daily. Their anti Russian stance is almost endless. YET, people see through it!
The Syrian Army, with RuAF support should continue to the Golan right through the oil rigs and then stop. After all it is Syrian "Occupied" territory. Boy ven tings go wrong.
I read the German media. They are welcoming Russia's help in resolving the Syrian Crisis. The comments are also pro-Russia.
I am impressed by this Ruskie "expeditionary" force.
They are preparing airport 2 in Syria, and one to follow in Iraq.
Read somewhere (the site don't remember) that Latakia civil airport and civil airport non-military air traffic is suspended. Gives more runways, more missions daily then can fly.
What the West has reduced itself to... Playing kamakazi with a plane full of diplomats from Russia!
Lavrov should be bold enough to ask the French government if they were contemplating another "MH-17" incident until they realized their were no BUK missile batteries in Switzerland or France!!!
How fucking pathetic and insane does NATO get?!!!
NATO gurlz doing what they know best - threatening civilian targets.
It was a Swiss F-18 operating in Swiss airspace identifying the aircraft. This happens about twice a week apparently (mind you the Swiss Air Force only operates part time).
They are not in NATO.
de facto
That is really damn pathetic.
"Captain, there are no current countermeasures against the Romulan Cloaking device."
"Spock, set a course for that Romulan Diplomatic shuttle. They're defenseless."
"Captain Kirk, it is illogical to fire upon an unarmed Diplomatic ship."
"Nah, I just wanna see 'em shit their pants, Spock. We'd get waxed by that Romulan Bird of Prey. Bullying is the only choice we have."
The agenda has been set out by the UN and is clear!
More here......
http://beforeitsnews.com/global-unrest/2015/10/the-un-2030-agenda-a-blue...
Qassem Soleimani is the new Saladin.
Well,Obama entertained one the biggest financiers in worldwide terrorism financing recently in Washington,who is The King of Saudi Arabia.Low life scum like John McCain who Jimmy Carter called a war monger,worships assholes like the King.Besides financing Sunni terrorists who are friends of the regime in Washington,Saudi Arabia is one the biggest human rights abusers in recent history.I would maybe put Saudi only second to Adolph Hitler.Those are the types of idiots that Washington supports.
"President Bath House, whose buttocks are those popping out of the curtains?"
"McCain's, your Majesty. Wanna have a go? I hear he's pretty tight."
"Perhaps after tea. Have him hold his position."
Napoleon and after him Hitler thought they were great military strategists too, until they dealt with the reality of a long-line of supply and a dogged Russian enemy in its own territory. Does Putin think the Syrian Sunnis fighting for Allah are any less determined than his Russian countrymen were fighting for the Tsar and Stalin? Putin is going to get his answer soon. Meanwhile he has achived the impossible. Uniting Sunnis everywhere against Russia and the Shites who have temporaily put aside their differences to confront the common foe. And a Russian Orthodox priest just blesssed the Russian armies as fighting a holy war. Perfect recruitment material for Islamic fanatics.
ignorant post
SAA is many Sunni also
those attacking Syria mostly fight for pay, not Allah
and most are not Syrian nationals, maybe 10% resided Syria before
Yup, it's a merc army - they'll bug out if given a choice between that or dying for the CIA. Where did their backers go, anyway? Barry? Barry, where is our air support??
Yes, Syrian Sunnis are fighting on the side of Syrian government.
The Freedom Fighters© are bipedal apes from foreign countries employed by Saudi regime apes.
Some of the mercs are white guys.
Lucas Kinnet, 26 year old son of a Hollywood director who has worked with Spielberg, has joined one of the al Nusra franchises. I'm sure his Hollywood connections were very useful. The guy was originally Catholic and converted to Islam.
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF...
Yes, he 'dropped out' after one year of 'Islamic studies'. Not recruited by three letter agencies, no no, just 'radicalized'.
Do you see the Russian army in Syria???? There is only air force there. The army that is fighting is that of Syria with the help of Iran and Lebanon.
Russia is in friendly territory. Those trying to overthrow Assad are the ones on foreign soil.
Now run away and suck a hog's cock.
The whole Russian army is in Ukraine and is thrown back again and again by the real heroes of this planet.
Can't you think of a better lie than that?
He has Chernoybl on the brain..
Comment is probable sarcastic as he almost blatantly pours "glory to the heroes!" and anthem to Bander-log sings.
Got it. Sarcasm. Please votechange. Love my green arrows.
And your mother was Marie Antoinette.
Sure she was.
Well, if you go over there to fight for ISIL and they want you to chop a few heads off on youtube, will you wink a couple of times so we know you're not getting any pleasure working for your Sunni overlords.
I changed my mind: you are not embarrassing but clowns.
Am I alone or have others noted the same bigot posters spewing anti-Jewish hatred at any and every opportunity, regardless of context? Hey, 'The Indelicate' I'm talking to you shithead.
Lots of Jew haters on ZH these days
I once told my wonderful wife that I had had more Jewish GFs than a Jewish friend who had labeled me as an anti-Semite because I was also arguing that Israel was not good for Jews.
She said "See!".
I think it was a joke.
Actually, of course, it was a joke. My wife has a great sense of humor or I wouldn't have married her, even as wonderful as she is in every other way.
A natural response to all the goy haters
According to your resume, you did well in Trolling 101.
Maybe you can tell me why those trolls who hate jew haters also hate Putin? Do they get paid more by hating both?
Or is Putin a closet jew hater and all trolls know it?
No, Anti-Zionists, not "Jew-Haters."
Grow up.
Definition of an "anti-semite": Someone Jews don't like.
danetroll, no one has mentioned Jews in this thread. Nice hijack attempt.
d...p, -- truth is hate to those who hate the truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDWOP_McMHA
Hopefully Russian forces are busy watching out for arms drops and arms convoys from Turkey being supplied by the US to the terrorists and will take them out.
So, when does the oil infrastructure get hit? All parties involved now need higher oil prices. Putin, Iran, and now Wall Street with it's Shale Patch dilemma.
They will take them - no reason to destroy them
unless Saudi oil reserves are slightly overestimated like the Fed's gold reserve.
Hence the real reason for the Saudi war against Yemen, to steal their resources.
I think, when Aleppo gets in Soleimani's hands, the US will have no chance to win this proxy war.
It's like Putein saying: you have been the world police force now, you did a terrible job, thank you for your service, we take it from here.
1st the role of the world leader/police gone, 2nd petrodollar gone, 3rd dollar empire gone :-)
US gives anti-tank weapons to these shit bags and not so much as a stick of dynamite when Georgia was invaded.
Wrong religion I guess.
USA armed Georgia twice in 2008 - once before and then again after the August war. Cheney even came with the second shipment in person to try and stiffen Pres. Saakashvili's backbone a little.
But we knew we would not attack Russia - they had already killed some of our "advisors" who were too enthusiastic and got involved in the shooting. Voters back home would ignore a proxy war but would not tolerate dozens of American body bags on the nightly news. So Cheney was stuck with just "encouraging" the Georgians and inviting them to war games.
re: Saakashvili, that guy is a real piece of work. After he became an ex President of Georgia, he got a new job as Governor of Odessa state, giving up his Georgian citizenship, becoming a citizen of Ukraine
Georgia, with its half Georgian half Israeli government did the invading. And got their ass handed to them.
Georgian President gave order to attack. Civilian homes were targeted.
He is now mayor of Odessa. How ridiculous is that?
"the extent to which the Russians targeted Aleppo last week to soften up the rebels ahead of the offensive"
Take another look at that map. Russian jets have been pounding the dark green spots in the northwest. That is Al Nusra territory. Not very nice people.
Once they gain the west, ISIS will get the Mallachi crunch from the east and west.
Selfies with the dearly departed...new fad?
I see some posters on this thread were suicided.
Isn't that awesome?
Yep, they wiped out my post as well. This selective censorship follows a pattern.
I used the "Z" ist term. It's getting more blantant. Have had postes wiped before and been banned once. And I did not break the rules.
What, ZioSIS?
Xionist from now on gentlemen.
Is it just me or does Soleimani look like a whaling ship captain???
Thar she blows.
Thar she blows.
Fer chrissakes, leave the Wookie out of this.
Is it just me or does Soleimani look like a whaling ship captain???
Thar she blows.
Iran's Earnest Hemmingway?
For Alan Greenspan,
the last of the great white whaleboat captains.
http://www.hoalantrangallery.com/turnoutlights.htm
This is how we were treated by our parents back in good old times in USSR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUaiSO5Iyt8
Babies are 40 years old now and ready to face all challanges the NATO/US will bring.
Butt I thought the terrorists all shaved their beards and ran away.
So we're supplying the terrorist who were supposed to be the US enemy after 911. I'm glad that we don't need that money to meet the needs at Home.
I do not understand what connection do you see between the events 911 and terrorists? One building fell without any external influence. What role of terrorists do you see in this fact?
WTC7 was brought down by box-cutters. Duh.
Truthful headline we'll never see in the US : "Washington supplies missiles to AlQuaida terrorists."
They are just following orders from their zionist masters.
Listen up presstitutes--you are now complicit in sponsoring war crimes and crimes against humanity. What embarrassing cowards you truly are. Karma.
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/18/sen-king-participating-in-event-at...
This planet sucks rotten ass. The entire universe, all humans can do is fuck each other over and kill each other. And the species that aren't at war are killing and eating each other. LOL. No wonder there's a big demand for prozac.
Don't be so glum, homo sapiens is evolving into two different species, predator and prey. Eventually these wars will make sense and be worth fighting.
Attacking water treatment plants will unleash an epidemic of cholera.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/10/18/secret-us-attack-cited-by-putin-...
God bles Russia and Iran.
Go watch Assad and Putin speak in interviews....then watch Obama....you can sense the rational and honesty of dialogue from the former and the bullshit and constant propganda from Obama.
Really, it comes down to this for me ----? go fck yourself USA USA USA BABY......you sick sick bastard Govt of zionist ass lickers and murderers (anyone else see that official US report claiming 80/90% of drones strikes hit the wrong targets? SERIOUSLY, WTF.
For that final allahu allakbah moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkRk9sv1tps
From the condition of Aleppo, just what have the rebels brought to better the situation in Syria? And how is any of this better than life under Assad? Were things really that bad under Assad? The before and after satellite images suggest otherwise.
This is what Israel brings to all its neighbors. Its goal is to destabilize the region, very much like how they are destabilizing America and Europe.
Now there is some typical jew-hating reasoning: Alawites, Russians, Persians, and Lebanese shiites are killing Sunnis, Islamic fundamentalists, and Kurds. Whose fault is it? Israel's of course!
And here these people wonder why the Jews go so much further than they do in the world. It's that old Elders-of_Zion secret: learn how think straight.
yomutti, -- you is just so comic.
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War crimes
If memory serves, Aleppo has religeous significance to Muslims. Something to do with the last battle will be fought there. If I'm correct, Muslims will, likely, fight harder for Aleppo than other towns.
The USAF bombed Aleppo today...estimated death toll 57 civilians... 0 jihadists. The US armed the jihadosts in Aleppo today the same folks that apparently brought you 9/11/20001 ! How odd it must seem to the families of the 9/11 dead ? The US declaraed itself as a war agressor today under Nuremberg Code....Carter, McCain, Obama, Kerry and other assorted s like Nuland and Powers all now considered wanted war criminals with a price on their heads....
Confused! You mean 57 Jihadists and 0 civilians, right?
Guess there were no Doctors Without Borders hospitals in Aleppo.
The Western media controlled by Obama's admin clearly wants to incite sectarian violence, by constantly portraying the civil wars in the middle east between shia and suni, instead of extremists vs. none extremists muslims.
Obama is bringing nothing, but bad Karma to US.
Unrelated by why isnt Zerohedge publishing anymore articles about Greece? Greece got fixed or what?
You people only get angry about the problems that are shown to you on a daily basis. Otherwise they are forgotten. You are fixated on the last 10 news items you read, which are always about the most important topics in the world.
I have some news, most of Africa is still a shithole in far worse conditions than Greece but nobody talks about an "african economic crisis". Crime rates in Honduras match any violence out of Syria in terms of sheer killings but when was the last time you read an article about the "Honduran Crisis". Why arent liberals proposing airstrikes to save Honduras? Its just so random the way some issues are rated as important while others never mattered.
P.S. The bleeding syrian women on the pic put on some fake halloween blood. Dry blood is brown, and wounds do not bleed in immaculate straight lines. Notice how the "blood" starts at a random not injured point on her forehead and under her eye.
It's because Mr. Pooty doesn't care about Greece anymore. He's obsessed about Syria now.
And of course all of the little propaganda dogs go yapping along at their master's heel.
As for the fake-blood chick in the picture, why would you be surprised? The Palis got this kind of fakery down to fine art 30 years ago.
Gotta say you've gotta point about the Glamour Shot with the blood.
As for Greece it's a pretty small chip on the gambling table.
Ditto for Puerto Rico
http://www.internationalman.com/articles/the-next-greece