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2015-05-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

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Posted by Fred 2015-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 boots were on the ground

in syria

Posted by lord garth 2015-05-17 07:54|| 2015-05-17 07:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Deep penetration 'prisoner snatch' missions may be successful a time or two, but an Extortion-17 scenario becomes an increasing risk. These people are not stupid. Evil bastards yes, but not stupid.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-17 08:01|| 2015-05-17 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 The question is - why didn't they just drone him?

Get Rommel?

Force them to keep a large bodyguard of loyal followers, which itself becomes a lucrative target?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-05-17 08:10|| 2015-05-17 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 I would have credited the elite forces of President Bashar al Assad Assad, and left JSOC the fok out of it.

Of course that would have provided Assad a political victory which actually belongs to the Champ. Regardless of future blow-back and retribution, we can't have that now can we ?

Types of infiltration platforms used, overhead surveillance, names of mission participants....Watch News at 11.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-17 08:25|| 2015-05-17 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 The USA and the West doesn't have a dog in the fight between Assad/Iran and ISIS.

Blowback seems inevitable. I wonder what genius decided on this.

Posted by phil_b 2015-05-17 08:44|| 2015-05-17 08:44|| Front Page Top

#6 The question is - why didn't they just drone him?

To get the names of his foreign financiers. Who will nave their property seized and meet mysterious deaths at the hands of the gulf emirate secret police.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2015-05-17 18:56|| 2015-05-17 18:56|| Front Page Top

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