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Forget Raqqa: Deir Ezzor is where US-Russia should coordinate against ISIS |
2016-05-28 |
[RUDAW.NET] The United States has once again turned down a Russian suggestion to coordinate counter-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.... (ISIS) operations. Washington declined to coordinate with Moscow before, too, due to its indiscriminate bombing across Syria, which has killed hundreds of civilians, as well as its continued support for the Syrian regime of ![]() Pencilneckal-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... As part of Russia’s latest proposal for military cooperation the country’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that American and Russian air power synchronize their support of the Syrian Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is currently mounting an offensive against the ISIS-occupied province of Raqqa. |
Posted by:Fred |
#5 Yep, I agree with Besoeker on this one |
Posted by: Bill Clinton 2016-05-28 19:11 |
#4 Seems, a bit, too rational & pragmatic for this bunch, Besoeker. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-28 12:30 |
#3 Call me cynical, but I've developed a 6th sense with regard to gov't denials. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2016-05-28 08:02 |
#2 Which would indicate By which sort of logical process? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-28 07:50 |
#1 The United States has once again turned down a Russian suggestion to coordinate counter-Islamic State Which would indicate we now have U.S. advisors embedded in Russian targeting teams, probably also provided Search & Rescue. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2016-05-28 07:40 |