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Old 1st Oct 2015, 17:58
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TEEEJ
 
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A_Van wrote

Who told you that? CNN? BBC? Were they flying wing-to-wing with Su-24M? BTW, looks like the propaganda you referred to was pushed through the Net before the planes took off.
The Russians have come clean and have admitted to bombing non-IS targets.

The Kremlin has admitted that air strikes in Syria are hitting a list of militant organisations opposed to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad – not only Islamic State (Isis) – bolstering Western fears that Vladimir Putin's real purpose in Syria is to help Assad reclaim lost territory.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the military operation in Syria was wider than initially framed. "These organisations [on the target list] are well-known and the targets are chosen in co-ordination with the armed forces of Syria."
Russia in Syria: Kremlin admits air strikes are bombing anti-Assad rebel groups and not just Isis
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