One day after Turkey shot down a Russian bomber over the Latakia Province in northwestern Syria, Russian warplanes were back in force, pounding rebel targets along the border region, in particular al-Qaeda sites near where the plane was downed.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported at least 12 airstrikes in the area, and Syrian Turkmen rebels, from the faction which killed Russia’s pilot yesterday, reported taking heavy artillery shelling along with fire from Russian warships.
US and Turkish officials have complained that the Russian airstrikes are not exclusively targeting ISIS, but are also hitting other rebel factions, some of which they support. The Turkmen are backed heavily by the Turkish government, and US weapons were turned on Russian rescue helicopters yesterday trying to recover the lost pilots.
Though Russia has also targeted ISIS heavily, much of their early focus in the air war is in securing the Syrian coast, where a Russian naval base is, from advancing rebels that are part of al-Qaeda’s coalition.
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Do we need another Palestine? — Empire USA surely thinks so
Turkey wants to turn Syria into another Palestine, so it violates the air space of Syria a full two miles and proceeds to murder a Russian pilot. Comes now a rich man's puppet named Obama and all of Western mainstream media, all owned by the corporate rich, to turn fact into fiction by demanding that Russia stop violating Turkey air space.
Time to rip the viel off the charade; ISIS is baloney. The Russia is fighting U.S.G. proxy forces in Syria.
Essentially, Putin is defending his precious naval base. If fighting ISIS does that, he'll fight ISIS. If propping up Assad does that, he'll prop him up. If ditching Assad keeps the naval bas, he'll ditch Assad. And so on.
… and? does he need the moral high ground to protect Russia's interests? at least Vitalyi Churkin is not trying to pretend everything they do is for the good of humanity, like Samantha Power does.
Why not just say: Putin is defending his interests in Syria and Iran against the US's PNAC plans to take both?
Or: Russia and China have drawn a line in the sand and told the US, no more wars in the ME. No more countries for free like you took Iraq.
pretty much, as simple as that.
Russia protecting Russian interests; US protecting Israel. What makes more sense? At least Putin is not fighting for the interests of a foreign country the way the US is.
In this endeavor I am 100% behind you Mr. Putin. Keep exposing the Zionist warmongers for what they really are, lying duplicitous scum.
November 25th, 2015 Putin in Tehran
On Monday, Putin attended the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit in Tehran – an important visit showing bilateral cooperation on major geopolitical issues between both countries, notably the Syria conflict.
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/20…
It is hard to understand how can we all be taken in by the salami tactics of our neocons Ever since the sexy ISIS showed up on the scene, suddenly, all other groups became absolved from all their crimes. Forget their name, forget label of moderate or immoderate, or Turkmen or Saudimen, or Bagdadimen, ISIS, ISIL. Nusra, Al-Qaeda — they are all SALAFIS, that is an insane CULT that we still defend even though they are by the virtue of their cultish definition of Islam justified in their minds to kill all infidels, and the list of infidels is very long. This is why Obama is not telling the truth that the regime killed more people, but that all these Salafi cults are killing other Sunni simply because they support their Syrian Sunni authority, not their caliphate. They are killing anyone of any faith, but especially Christians and Shia Moslems, as well as any other Sunni denomination. __Thus — ask yourself if any of the groups is following Salafi religion, and you have a terrorist. Their cult is the cult of death, and they practice it everywhere they go. So, we need to ask our politicians if they support Salafizm, caliphate instead of states with borders and secular government, if they support idea that Salafis have the right to kill infidels, and if Salafism is recognized as a religion instead of dangerous CULT of death. When we get that cleared up, then we need to ask them WHERE is there ONE group that is NOT SALAFI.? Can they identify ONE? And last but not the least, why is US propaganda vehicle, Radio Free Europe / /Radio Liberty DEFENDING SALAFISM IN UZBEKISTAN, AND IS PROTESTING BECAUSE THE GOVERMENT HAS ARRESTED A NUMBER BELONGING TO ONE SALAFI GROUP. Our taxpayer money goes to DEFENDING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF THE DEATH CULT THAT DOES NOT RECOFNIZE ANY CIVILIZATIONAL STANDARD. What kind of fight against terrorism is it, when we give them warm and fuzzy, respecting their ideology and cult, that passes as Islam. Enough equating Salafism with religion. It is a cult, and as such will have to be treated, as well as those that are attracted to it.
"so, we need to ask our politicians if they support Salafizm, caliphate [one kind of murderous death cult] instead of states with borders and secular government [another kind of murderous death cult]"
There, fixed that for ya.