The US is sure out to cover their as*, so far it is Australia, Denmark and now the UK that were flying the planes. Total bullsh*t and even if other Nations were involved it is the US alone that calls the shots. They had the people under surveillance for 2 days before the attack so if they are that bad at determining who is who they should pack up and leave the are completely which is what will happen eventually. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Nice to see which members are giving the US a pass on this, it shows how uninformed some are and that the only lives they deem as important are members of their own (sick) country.
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The British Defence Ministry confirmed on Monday that the UK participated in the US-led coalition's airstrike in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, when the country's army was bombed.
London said it "would not intentionally target Syrian military units".
Read more:
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160919/1045464920/britain-airstrikes-syrian-army.html
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On Saturday, the US-led coalition targeted the Syrian Army battling Daesh in Deir-ez-Zor.
"Increased state support for terrorists hostile to Syria has recently presented itself in the form of naked American aggression against one of the Syrian army positions in Deir ez-Zor in favor of the interests of the [Daesh jihadist group]," Assad said, as quoted by the Syrian presidency’s Twitter account, hosting a senior Iranian diplomat. He added that "countries hostile to Syria increase their support for terrorism as Syria succeeds in liberating territories and signing ceasefire agreements."
Read more:
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160919/1045467437/assad-us-airstrike-terrorism.html
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The Russian General Staff said Monday that US-backed Syrian rebels have not separated from terrorists, but united with al-Nusra Front and are preparing for an offensive.
The only parties adhering to the truce are Moscow and the Syrian government forces, while the United States and opposition groups it controls have not fulfilled a single obligation according to the Russia-US agreement, the General Staff said.
"The United States and so-called moderate opposition groups under its control have not fulfilled a single commitment taken on under the Geneva agreements. Above all, the moderate opposition has not been separated from al-Nusra Front [also known as Jabhat Fatah al Sham]," Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said at a briefing. Syrian rebels have taken advantage of the ceasefire observed by the Syrian army and currently are preparing to advance in the Aleppo and Hama provinces, the Russian reconciliation center said. "In the provinces of Aleppo and Hama, opposition units used the ceasefire to regroup, get more ammunition and prepare for an offensive to capture more territories, while the Syrian troops have ceased combat operations," Lt. Gen. Vladimir Savchenko said. "The joint US-Russian statement on the cessation of hostilities in Syria reached on February 22, 2016 says that our states 'will also work together…to delineate the territory held by Daesh, al-Nusra Front and other terrorist organizations designated by the UN Security Council.' Unfortunately, our US colleagues still have not made any real steps in this direction," the Russian Defense Ministry said. Syrian opposition forces violated the truce more than 300 times since the ceasefire came into force, killing 153 Syrian personnel and 63 civilians, the Russian General Staff said.
Read more:
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160919/1045466238/syria-rebels-nusra-front.html
Last but not least it seems that all the Rebels are acting as a single unit. They could not hold the territory the US gave them access to so now they are just bunching up and that is never good with bombers overhead. Perhaps the withdrawal of US Special Forces was not an event but a tactic to remove them from harms way due to the upcoming slaughter of the Rebels.
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Shelling of residential areas and Syrian Army positions by militants is intensifying, spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
"We still don’t have contacts with representatives of the moderate opposition for the ceasefire. We have asked the United States to give us contacts of moderate opposition groups or pressure them, but there is still no result. Moreover, shelling of residential areas and positions of the Syrian Army by militants is intensifying," Konashenkov said.
According to him, the most complicated situation is now in Aleppo. "Militants are using the ceasefire and the fact that the army is not responding to shelling. In areas they control militants move personnel and equipment at daytime and nighttime," he added. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the US failed to fulfill obligations of the deal.
Read more:
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160918/1045440232/syria-ceasefire-violations-militants.html
Here are some more 'facts' that the collective can ignore.
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"ISIS launched attacks on the Syrian army positions in Deir Ezzor only 7 minutes after the US-led coalition's airstrikes on Saturday, a military source said, adding that the air and ground assault were highly coordinated, According to FNA report." This seriously cuts against any US claims about this being an accident. additional information, in the below, also corroborates this.
What's big is not just the bombing action on the part of the US itself, but Russia's now public and irreversible statements, all to be understood in the context of recent events.
Israel bombed the SAA earlier in the week and as a response from the SAA, had several of their crafts shot down. Of course the Obama administration is going to be pressured by its 'only democratic ally in the region' to take direct action against the SAA, diplomacy be damned. So of course the US had to do something.
Things need to be set up so that the course of events and the dependent relationships have the effect of pushing Clinton and/or her successor into the White House.
Samantha Power's statements at the UN were deplorable, a real 'low point' in the history of US diplomacy. Of course the US has long been an imperialist power, only before it was able to couch this as the fight against communism. But this total lack of refinement, tact, comportment, sophistication, composure, and basic diplomacy on the part of the US's Foreign Ministry and Press Secretary represents a new low in US history.
It's the Israelification of US diplomacy.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: Russia affirms the US works with ISIS - Fort Russ
Is the UK now flying A-10's??
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Two Danish F-16 fighter jets took part in the coalition attack that reportedly killed scores of Syrian soldiers by mistake on Saturday.
The Danish Defence wouldn’t comment on the issue beyond stating that the event took place and that the Danes were co-operating fully in a coalition investigation of the attack.
“The international coalition against IS [Islamic State] completed a number of attacks on a presumed IS position in the area around Dayr Az Zawr in Syria on September 17,” the Danish Defence wrote.
“Two Danish F-16s took part along with the aircraft of other nations in these attacks. The attack was stopped immediately following Russian reports that a Syrian military position had been hit. Obviously, it is regrettable if the coalition has mistakenly hit anything other than IS forces.”
Danish fighters took part in friendly-fire attack in Syria | The Post
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London, SANA – Britain admitted that it participated in the aggression launched on a site for the Syrian Arab Army in Deir Ezzor province.
The British Ministry of Defence confirmed on Monday that its aircrafts participated in the aggression carried out by the US alliance on sites for the Syrian army in Deir Ezzor which took place on Saturday.
The General Command of the Army and Armed Forces had said in a statement on Saturday that US alliance aircrafts targeted a Syrian Arab Army position in al-Tharda Mountain in the surroundings of Deir Ezzor Airport, causing losses in lives and equipment and clearly pavomg the way for ISIS terrorists to attack the position and take control of it.
UK admits to participating in US alliance aggression on Syrian Army sites in Deir Ezzor – Syrian Arab News Agency
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A long list of blunders by the U.S. administration is jeopardizing the fight against DAESH while alienating countries that are striving to end the five-year civil war in Syria. The latest blunder, the attack by U.S. jets that killed at least 90 regime soldiers, has put the ceasefire negotiated between Washington D.C. and Moscow in jeopardy.
This follows the Obama administration's confusing handi-off approach in the beginning of the civil war that allowed the violence to escalate, allowing the creation of DAESH, continuing with openly supporting the PKK terrorist group's Syrian affiliate People's Protection Units (YPG) to fight the extremist group.
The U.S. has succeeded in alienating the moderate Free Syrian Army (FSA), Russia and Turkey over the years in a perplexing strategy that has snowballed into the current lack of policy. While the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) advances toward the strategic city of al-Bab as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, Ankara fears the U.S.'s recent feckless moves in Syria could hurt the fight against DAESH. On Saturday, at least 90 Syrian regime soldiers were killed in a U.S.-led coalition airstrike at an army position near Deir al-Zour airport while fighting DAESH. Russia called an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting late Saturday to demand an explanation from the U.S., accusing the U.S. of violating agreements that it would not target Syrian army positions.
U.S. Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook said the pilots believed they were striking DAESH targets. After the strike, Russia said that it could jeopardize the Russia and the U.S.- brokered cease-fire in Syria that took effect on Monday.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, three Syrian opposition groups announced that they are withdrawing from Operation Euphrates Shield as they refuse to work with American Special Operations Forces (SOF) due to their support for the People's Protection Units (YPG) terrorists, the armed wing of the PKK terrorist organization's Syrian offshoot the Democratic Union Party (PYD), as they aim to create a separatist area in the northern Syria.
Turkey concerned US's reckless actions will disrupt anti-DAESH fight - Daily Sabah
