Posted on 10/11/2019 12:47:38 PM PDT by mplc51
Edited on 10/11/2019 1:18:45 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A contingent of U.S. Special Forces has been caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria, days after President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart he would withdraw U.S. troops from certain positions in the area.
Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official and senior Pentagon official that Special Forces operating on Mashtenour hill in the majority-Kurdish city of Kobani fell under artillery fire from Turkish forces conducting their so-called "Operation Peace Spring" against Kurdish fighters backed by the U.S. but considered terrorist organizations by Turkey.
The senior Pentagon official said that Turkish forces should be aware of U.S. positions "down to the grid." The official could not specify the exact number of personnel present, but indicated they were "small numbers below company level," so somewhere between 15 and 100 troops.
Newsweek has reached out to the Pentagon for comment on the situation.
Our troops don’t belong there in the first place. Bring all of the troops out of Syria, full stop.
Oh yeah the pedovore luciferian globalists need war conflict to cover their invasion of the globe with satanallahs murder muppets.
You will notice that none of those you mentioned are volunteering to be in the first wave to fight. They are all for the unnecessary shedding of American blood for nothing as long as it is not their blood that is being shed.
“But we only had 25 to 50 there in total. “
Not true. We “pulled back” 25 to 50 of the forces we have there, which altogether is about 1,000 I think, not counting air force forces stationed in the region who have flown air support for our special forces working with the Kurds.
Yeah, while I've not held a very good opinion of the "news" media in the past, the Obama years to the present have made me realize that virtually none of their reporting is actual news as opposed to their version of the news.
Why should they go out to fight? They leave that all to the poor.
Mistake?
I doubt it.
Bingo! I have no love for Erdogan.
You got that right.
I saw President Trump’s rally last night, he’s on a roll.
Turkey is too stupid to realize he’s ready to hand them their asses in a sling.
Waiting for Trump's response!
Well, 5 handguns, 7 rifles and 5,000 rounds of ammo is an “arsenal” to them. What’d ya expect?
Istanbul?
you mean Ankara which is the capital
Nuke that Turkey.
Dear Potus
It would be a shame if you were to pull our nukes out of Turkey and drop one “accidentally on Ankara on the way out.
That’s what I was thinking as well.
Perhaps we should “mistakenly” return the favor. Aim for Istanbul and “accidentally” hit Ankara … or vice-versa. We owe them one!
beware of the military industrial complex
That Peace Spring is raining down DANGER CLOSE asshole!
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