UK took part in strike that killed Syrian soldiers
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The problem I have is that if you watch Live Leak the Syrian section you will see the Syrian rebels / ISIS seem to have unlimited supplies of the latest US anti-tank missiles. I can't find them anywhere on eBay so where are they buying these from and what happens if a few turn up in the west, a lot more punch than a pressure cooker.
@DroneDog: I think we discussed this on this very forum a few years back when the Iraqi army ran away from a fight in north/central Iraq (Mosul area?) and left quite a bit of kit lying about for the Daesh sorts to pick up at their leisure. Won't comment on other sources in the region for black market military kit, but I don't doubt that there are numerous.
Bellingcat analysis of the Syrian Red Crescent Aid convoy attack.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena...-aid-analysis/
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena...-aid-analysis/
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Wander, saw one video, supposedly Russian monitoring an aid convoy and tracking an ISIS armoured vehicle. Fine but it doesn't follow that they then targeted it.
Russia's (alleged) targeting of the UN aid convoy in (alleged) response to mistaken coalition attack on Syrian forces may indicate that Russia may have taken casualties in this attack too (Russian SF?).
Did I read somewhere that the forces attacked were dressed as irregulars and driving technicals?
Did I read somewhere that the forces attacked were dressed as irregulars and driving technicals?
saw one video, supposedly Russian monitoring an aid convoy and tracking an ISIS armoured vehicle. Fine but it doesn't follow that they then targeted it.
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If that were the case it would indicate a self-destructive streak. The US claims to have informed Russian counterparts of the attack coordinates in advance and that they cynically delayed doing anything about it.
I am only going on what I see on the news, I guess if barrel bombs it would been more likely to be Assad's minions, if something more sophisticated themn I would suspect Russia, official or "deniable"
The US claims to have informed Russian counterparts of the attack coordinates in advance
More analysis on the Syrian Red Crescent aid convoy attack.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena...convoy-attack/
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena...convoy-attack/
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Shrapnel and bomb fin expose Kremlin?s lies | World | The Times & The Sunday Times
The Kremlin’s version of events surrounding the attack on an aid convoy in which 20 civilians died is demonstrably false, according to analysts in Russia and the UK (Tom Coghlan and Tom Parfitt write).
The Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), an independent, Russia-based group of analysts, used geo-location technology to analyse drone footage released by Moscow to support its claim that a rebel military vehicle towing a large mortar was travelling with the doomed convoy. After studying the position of the sun and satellite images of the location, they concluded that the footage was filmed five hours before the attack and almost four miles from where it took place.........
The Kremlin’s version of events surrounding the attack on an aid convoy in which 20 civilians died is demonstrably false, according to analysts in Russia and the UK (Tom Coghlan and Tom Parfitt write).
The Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), an independent, Russia-based group of analysts, used geo-location technology to analyse drone footage released by Moscow to support its claim that a rebel military vehicle towing a large mortar was travelling with the doomed convoy. After studying the position of the sun and satellite images of the location, they concluded that the footage was filmed five hours before the attack and almost four miles from where it took place.........
That Bellingcat report...
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena...convoy-attack/
How come the medicine packaging around the bomb (intentional explosive) is untouched.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena...convoy-attack/
How come the medicine packaging around the bomb (intentional explosive) is untouched.
Claims that the Russian UAV convoy footage shows that the hole in the roof was already there prior to the convoy being attacked.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtOMDCCWAAA_hzk.jpg:large
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Originally Posted by TBM -Legend
Some 15,000 French civilians killed on or about D-Day. Collateral damage was expected. They didn't cancel Operation Overlord because of this..
Regarding Syria, immediately after the US/UK strike, jihadists came out of their trenches to attack the bombed positions, which was also pure hasard (as the fact that the bombed hill was strategic in the defense of Deir Az Zor airport, a besieged isolated area in eastern Syria (where nobody from the mainstream media will be there to make a movie about those bombings) And you still want us to believe there was no coordination ?
