US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Thursday that it was involved in 37 operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria during the month of June.
The command said all of the operations were conducted with US partners, the Kurdish-led SDF in Syria, and the Baghdad-based government in Iraq. CENTCOM claimed 13 ISIS “operatives” were killed.
In Iraq, CENTCOM was involved in 30 operations where 12 alleged ISIS operatives were killed. Seven operations were conducted in Syria, where one alleged ISIS operative was killed.
CENTCOM did not offer an assessment of potential harm to civilians in the operations, and the Pentagon is notorious for undercounting civilian casualties. For example, CENTCOM claimed a drone strike it launched in northwest Syria on May 3 killed a “senior al-Qaeda leader.” But it soon became clear a civilian was killed in the strike, and it was revealed CENTCOM had no evidence to back up its initial claim.
While the US is active in operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the terror group no longer holds any significant territory in either country. The US uses the missions against ISIS to justify its continued presence in the region, including its occupation of eastern Syria.
The US occupation of Syria is part of its economic campaign against the country, which involves crippling economic sanctions that are specifically designed to prevent Syria’s reconstruction.
Wait! We are now only killing “ISIS Operatives?” What happened? Did we run out of “ISIS leaders” and “senior ISIS leaders” to kill? …What’s that? ISIS has “operatives” and not all of them are “leaders” or “senior leaders?” Okay. Well, that makes sense. BUT, I like it better when we kill “senior ISIS leaders.” Could you fudge a little bit? I mean, it’s not like you’re really checking how “operative” those “operatives” are before you kill them? Am I right? …Wait. You are? Seriously? (Sarcasm)
Great post!
Thanks, SIU1968. I thought so… It’s complicated.
Although I’m not really contributing or changing anything, I still prefer laughing to falling into deep depression–not that I’m not already depressed and trying to hide it. LOL
Europe (especially the Brits) needs to be in Syria protecting their oil fields not us.
How long will the scam last? There is no ISIS. Has not bern since 2017-18 when funding stopped. Noe fighting “ISIS” is fighting against sporadic uprising agaist US occupation. Or attack on clans that challenge Kurdish or HTS overlordship supported by US. Simply defending our mercenaries against locals. The location of such “fightingISIS” tells the tale. And why does US support Kurd militants in areas that have vast majority Arab population. Not doing Kurds a favor. Lical population hates them. But that is the idea — Kurds will depend on US to protect them.
The justification lie of month July…!
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that it was involved in 37 operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
also US = “Assad must go!”
US has propped up ISIS as a proxy to attack Assad so why would US conduct ops against ISIS when ISIS is Assad’s sworn enemy?
answer = they wouldn’t. so the US claim to have attacked ISIS must either be a lie or the US is actually attacking everybody in Syria in order to continue stealing Syria’s oil.
As always, but especially since Syria’s re-admittance to the Arab League, the point of US forces in theatre (Iraq & Syria) is to protect and expand the interests of … you guessed it, Israel.
If they’re going to feed us bullshit, shouldn’t it at least sound scary? I mean how big of a problem is a group when there was a total of 13 (12 “operatives” and one goat herder) killed across two countries? Hard to sell that nonsense as a threat even to our brain dead populace.
I agree, to you and I seems like a no brainer. But, it doesn’t seem too hard to “sell that nonsense as a threat even to our brain dead populace.” Our “brain dead populace” wants us to go to nuclear war because “the Russians defeated Killary in the 2016 Presidential elections!” And, no. I’m not kidding! Zelensky has pictures that confirm the Russians used their menacing Russian shovels. (Sarcasm alert)
Riiiiiight. I can hear the cheering in the boardrooms of the corporations making up the MIC. Cha – Ching!!!!!!!!!!! This is the most telling sentence in the article: “The US uses the missions against ISIS to justify its continued presence in the region, including its occupation of eastern Syria.” And, theft of oil, I might add.
Translation: We are occupying a foreign country, starving the country of its natural resources and still relevant.