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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US, Russian Troops Brawl In Northeast Syria - Report
2019-12-27
[Jpost] American and Russian troops brawled in Tell Tamer in northeast Syria on Wednesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Russian forces were present in the area at the same time as US troops and when the two parties met it devolved into a fist fight, "due to their presence in the same area," according to SOHR.

The American troops were in the area with an interpreter to get to know the opinions of local residents. According to SOHR, all the people described the US forces as traitors.

Tell Tamer was one of the cities that US troops withdrew from after a decision by President Donald Trump
...the Nailer of NAFTA...
. Syrian troops entered the town after the Syrian government reached an agreement with the Kurdish-led forces controlling the region to deploy into the area to counter an attack by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
. Residents of the Christian community in Tell Tamer are threatened by Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian militias who caused many Christians to flee towns near the Ottoman Turkish border after the US withdrawal.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#14  US, Russian Troops Brawl In Northeast Syria

...someone had to do it.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-12-27 12:15  

#13  Am I a bad person because all I care about is who won?
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-12-27 11:46  

#12  Sounds like fake news.
Posted by: Unager Johnson6603   2019-12-27 11:05  

#11  I'm with besoeker, this ain't our fight.
Posted by: Chris   2019-12-27 09:27  

#10  American troops were in the area with an interpreter to get to know the opinions of local residents

Seriously, you can't play selfless saviour as well as stone cold business shark in the same damn place. Let them live or die on their own, and move on. We've been through similar things with Baloch rebels.

It's an unfortunate situation, but they won't understand that you had your orders. They are a militia, while you are run by disconnected policy from Washington, by people who don't give a shit about bonds formed on the field. Of course they'll call you traitors.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-27 08:45  

#9  Course they're calling us traitors. They want to shame us into coming back.
Posted by: Charles   2019-12-27 08:31  

#8  How about we just ruck-up and GTF outta there before something really dreadful happens ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-27 08:29  

#7  Russian forces were present in the area at the same time as US troops at Camel Joe's Happy Hour tent.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-12-27 08:26  

#6  "Traitors"? Eff them.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2019-12-27 04:58  

#5  ^ Herb needs to see this. Might rock his world.
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-27 03:07  

#4  Couldn't find the video, but something close: American Soldier training for head to head combat with Goats.


Posted by: Goober Tingle7365   2019-12-27 02:46  

#3  
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-27 02:30  

#2  Good thing it was a fist fight.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-27 02:25  

#1  два медведя в одной берлоге
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-27 01:46  

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