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2023-12-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Pro-Iran militia group targets US troops in northeast Syria
[Rudaw] A pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
militia group on Friday claimed it fired missiles at United States troops based in Hasaka province, northeast Syria (Rojava).

The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq, a network of shadow Iraqi militia groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said in a statement on its Telegram channel that it hit US troops at Kharab al-Jir base near the oil-rich town of Rmelan and Shadadi in Hasaka province with missiles.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said US troops tried to intercept "missiles and drones" launched by the group.

No casualties have been reported, according to the UK-based watchdog.

The militia group has carried out dozens of drone and missile attacks on US forces based in Syria and Iraq in response to American support for Israel in its war against Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip.

The US says the attacks have been "largely unsuccessful," but stressed that it will not hesitate to take action to ensure the safety of its forces if they are threatened.

"While we do not seek to escalate conflict in the region, we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities," US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement after an attack on Tuesday.

The US has carried out several retaliatory precision Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s against Iran-linked facilities or groups in Syria and Iraq since the attacks began in October.

Around 2,500 American troops in Iraq and 900 in Syria are leading an international coalition through Operation Inherent Resolve that has assisted Kurdish, Iraqi, and local Syrian forces in the fight against ISIS, which once held swathes of land in Iraq and Syria but was declared territorially defeated in 2019.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
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