A Syrian warplanes was shot down over the town of al-Eis today, just west of the major northern city of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the shootdown was likely done by al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front.
Details are still emerging, but the pilot was reportedly captured in the incident. A video was released by rebels claiming to show the capture of the pilot, but the authenticity of the video remains uncertain.
This is the second Syrian warplane shot down in the last month, with Islamist rebels previously downing one over the Hama Province. The Syrian military had previously claimed that the plane had gone down in a technical failure.
Rebel groups have acquired a growing array of anti-aircraft weaponry in Syria, mostly the result of CIA-backed Saudi shipments. Though these aren’t directly targeted at al-Qaeda, the group often gets a large portion of such shipments.
The US manufactured and very costly anti aircraft and tank weaponry. Is not being transported to various ME sites by ship so I do hope those ME customers pay at least the shipping cost.
That US Corporations are using american labor to build weapons for their government to give to people to people of Libya, Syrians, Yemen, Iraq Kurds and
Russians, and we are not at war with any of those we intend to kill.
Seems kinda sick, in a mental health sort of way.
That Russian and Iranians are aiding the legal government of Syria and being killed by US supplid arms to fn fanatics snd just plain outright guns for hire murdering S.O.B.’s and their political leadership smile and pretend they are not at war with US is even sicker and in fact about the most craven and cowardly act they can inflict upon their own people.
The UN has become the worlds largest institution for the mentaly and criminaly insane.