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| In First, US Drops Weapons To Kurds In Syria's Kobani |
| 2014-10-20 |
| [IsraelTimes] The US military said Sunday it had airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish forces defending the Syrian city of Kobani against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... hard boys. Three C-130 cargo aircraft carried out what US Central Command called "multiple" successful airdrops of supplies in the vicinity of Kobani, including small-arms weapons, provided by Kurdish authorities in Iraq. The airdrops Sunday were the first of their kind and followed weeks of US and coalition In a statement Sunday night, US Central Command said the drops were intended to enable continued resistance to Islamic State efforts to take full control of Kobani. The aircraft faced no resistance from the air or the ground, were not accompanied by fighter jets and exited the area safely, a senior B.O. regime official said, refusing to rule out a repeat of the action if needed, possibly in the near future. The airdrops are almost certain to anger the Turkish government, which has said it would oppose any US arms transfers to the Kurdish rebels in Syria. Turkey views the main Kurdish group in Syria as an extension of the Turkish Kurd group known as the PKK, which has waged a 30-year insurgency in Turkey and is designated a terror group by the US and by NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... In a written statement, Central Command said its forces have conducted more than 135 Using an acronym for the Islamic State group, Central Command said, "Combined with continued resistance to ISIL on the ground, indications are that these strikes have slowed ISIL advances into the city, killed hundreds of their fighters and destroyed or damaged scores of pieces of ISIL combat equipment and fighting positions." "However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... the security situation in Kobane remains fragile as ISIL continues to threaten the city and Kurdish forces continue to resist," the statement continued. One senior B.O. regime official said that Kurdish fighters had put up an "impressive" effort in the face of the emboldened IS organization, but cautioned that Kobani could still fall to the IS and the security situation was "fluid." Nevertheless, "hundreds" of IS fighters had been killed in the escalating campaign in Kobani. Washington and its Western allies have been pressing Turkey to take a more direct role in taking on the IS group in Kobane, but Ankara is reluctant to arm Kurds and intervene militarily against the hard boys, fearing an effective fighting force from its historic foes on its border. On the prickly subject of whether the Turkish government has been informed beforehand of the resupply drop, a senior administration official in Washington said President Barack Obama Thatâs just how white folks will do you.... spoke to his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... on Saturday "and was able to notify him of our intent to do this and importance we put on it". The official added: "We understand the longstanding Turkish concern with the range of groups, including Kurdish groups, they have been engaged in conflict with and in peace talks with." However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... the official said, Islamic State was "a common enemy" for the United States and Turkey. Washington had been in contact with Ankara in recent days to stress the "urgency" of the need to resupply Kurdish fighters in Kobani. The airdrops were the fastest way to get supplies to Kurdish fighters, one senior administration official said, "and an opportunity to strike a blow against ISIL. When we see an opportunity to target ISIL we will take them". Separately, American-led warplanes launched 11 air strikes near Kobani on Saturday and Sunday, Central Command said, helping Kurdish fighters repulse a new IS attempt to cut their supply lines from Turkey. Kobani's Kurdish defenders have been under IS assault for more than a month. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 OOOOPPSSS, forgot to add that the ISIS/ISIL is also repor attacking the Mosul Dam again. * MANILA TIMES > TURKEY AGREES TO LET IRAQI KURDS CROSS BORDER TO FIGHT [agz ISIS] AT KOBANE. A compromise? move by Turkey which the Kurds will likely agree with given ... ... * BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Twitter = Reuters] KURDS CANNOT AFFORD TO SEND [all ofits] PESHMERGA FORCES TO FIGHT ISIS AT KOBANI. KURDS DEFENDING KOBANI ON THIER OWN AGZ ISIS WID KURD FORCES OVERSTERTCHED + UNDER PRESSURE. * SAME = KURDISH PESHMERGA Commanders are angrily reluctant or hesitant to send reinforcements to Kurds fighting in Kobani given already widespread, heavily porous Kurd-ISIS battlefront extending over 1000-kms in length. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-20 23:04 |
| #7 Meanwhile, NOT to be outdone by US CENTCOM + AIRLOGCOM, as per FREEREPUBLIC the ISIS/ISIL this AM repor struck the Kurds at 15 different points along their common battle front or battle-line. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-20 21:34 |
| #6 The airdrops are almost certain to anger the Turkish government, It may be small-minded and petty to take delight in this, but there you have it. I wonder how you say "Neener, neener!" in Turkish? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-10-20 16:32 |
| #5 It's a start. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-10-20 12:23 |
| #4 Just trying to get my cookie reset. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2014-10-20 08:59 |
| #3 With respect, 3dc, not ESad -- I suggest they eat it three meals a day, every day, and live ... forever. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-10-20 07:57 |
| #2 ex-Motoroleans and Nokians are still pissed at Turkey for contributing to the strangulation of those 2 firms buy supporting the defrauding of them. Turkey can ESaD! To make it easier for intel agents from Turkey, reading this, to understand - Eat S... And Die. Oh and the 4ID bit still stinks.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-10-20 06:58 |
| #1 The Turks will be seriously pissed about this. I wouldn't rule out 'accidentally' shooting down a US plane. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2014-10-20 06:24 |