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Fighting Between U.S. and Iran-Backed Militias Escalates in Syria
The NY Times ^ | Aug. 26, 2022 | Farnaz Fassihi, Raja Abdulrahim and Adam Entous

Posted on 08/26/2022 5:55:38 PM PDT by McGruff

Militias backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards force attacked a U.S. military base in southern Syria with drones recently and on the same day, a different base used by the U.S.-led coalition near Syria’s eastern border with Iraq came under rocket fire.

U.S. officials saw the back-to-back strikes on Aug. 15 as more sophisticated than previous attacks and feared that more were coming. That set off a string of tit-for-tat attacks this week — including U.S. airstrikes on three consecutive nights against Iran-linked targets in Syria. They amplified tensions between two powerful adversaries fighting on a foreign battlefield.

The Americans made clear to Iran, through private channels as well as publicly, that they were not trying to escalate hostilities but only sought to protect U.S. interests,

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; bidenvoters; brainlessjoe; classwarriors; iran; iraq; israel; kurdistan; lebanon; muqtadasadr; paleolibs; russia; syria; waronterror; yemen

1 posted on 08/26/2022 5:55:38 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Gee...wonder what kind of Russian Javilens, Stingers, Arty and rockets will find their way, all over the world, for opportunities to fook with the Americans?


2 posted on 08/26/2022 5:58:36 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: McGruff

How come the MSM doesn’t go into any detail on how American troops are killing babies and bombing aspirin factories in Syria?


3 posted on 08/26/2022 6:03:17 PM PDT by The Louiswu (If your child requires validation from Chuck E. Cheese you have failed as a parent. )
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To: McGruff

US military is acting as private security for Conoco gas fields in Syria.

Just so you know where American lives and money are going..


4 posted on 08/26/2022 6:03:26 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: McGruff

Get ready for a disaster in Syria.


5 posted on 08/26/2022 6:04:07 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: WMarshal
Look up

Hi There

The Russian advisers in Syria are still getting warnings. Unlike the US volunteers in Ukraine bombed with Kalibrs.

6 posted on 08/26/2022 6:20:18 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: McGruff

I am not surprised that the U.S. has bases in Syria. However, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln would have been very surprised by that.

“What the hell are we doing in Syria?”, they both would ask.


7 posted on 08/26/2022 6:24:49 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: jjotto

http://www.whenthenewsstops.org/2014/09/war-is-racket-by-major-general-smedley.html?m=1#!


8 posted on 08/26/2022 7:28:09 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Leaning Right

So did the last President. Whose idea was, get in, kill them, leave.


9 posted on 08/26/2022 7:29:23 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: WMarshal

*** Get ready for a disaster in Syria.***

We’ve made Syria a disaster for over a decade. Steal the oil, steal the wheat, train terrorists at our Al Tanf base, impose sanctions,starve the citizens. Attempt to divide the country, finance terrorists to overthrow the Government.

It is criminal. We are the bad guys.


10 posted on 08/26/2022 9:00:43 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: McGruff

“ The Americans made clear to Iran, through private channels as well as publicly, that they were not trying to escalate hostilities but only sought to protect U.S. interests,”

Trump would have said something like “See those guys we just turned into sushi, Mohammed? That’s nothing. Here’s a picture of you taking a shit in your shithole country. Harm one hair on one Americans head and you’re going to meet Allah covered in your own shit and guts. Harm two hairs and we’ll be taking your oil by drilling through glass, if you know what I mean”.


11 posted on 08/26/2022 9:32:34 PM PDT by jdsteel (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: 2banana

With so many captured Javelins and Stingers by the Russians I think the originals are going to work just fine.


12 posted on 08/27/2022 1:09:25 AM PDT by NorseViking
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13 posted on 08/29/2022 7:01:57 AM PDT by SJackson (nations that are barren of liberties are also barren of groceries, Louis Fisher)
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To: McGruff

Hi.

There are a lot of people shooting at each other in the world. Especially in Europe, Africa and the Mid East.

Things could get out of hand d quickly.

5.56mm


14 posted on 08/29/2022 8:57:36 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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