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2020-03-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Dutch FM calls for no-fly-zone over Idlib

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Posted by 2020-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-06 06:07|| 2020-03-06 06:07|| Front Page Top

#2 The Dutch have F-16s. Crank em up, Hans...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-06 10:26|| 2020-03-06 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Along with the Belgian Airstrikes...

Posted by Frank G 2020-03-06 10:32|| 2020-03-06 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 ...And what sort of Rules of Engagement will they fly under?
"If Syrian you may shoot if they look hostile (assuming your legal officer can decide if self-defense is okay before you have to eject. Note: this assumes said legal officer let you take off with live ordnance.);
If Turkish you should ignore any aerial bombing of Kurdish civilians,
If Israeli you should call for the ICC and stay overhead with a camera, and
If Russian ... Run Away!" (/sarc)

Posted by magpie 2020-03-06 14:31|| 2020-03-06 14:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Magpie, right now Hezbollah supplementing Syrian regulars in Idlib, and the Turks are killing them. We're all for it.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-06 14:35|| 2020-03-06 14:35|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ I meant what the typical EU-member pilot would be told to do if encountering... I can see that Idlib, from the Israeli viewpoint, is a place where enemies and potential enemies are destroying each other -- time to sit back with a bag of popcorn lest you distract them from mutual slaughter.

Posted by magpie 2020-03-06 16:47|| 2020-03-06 16:47|| Front Page Top

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