US airdrops military supplies to Syrian rebels

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US airdrops military supplies to Syrian rebels



DAMASCUS: -- US forces have airdropped small arms ammunition and supplies to Syrian Arab rebels as part of a revamped American strategy. It’s barely two weeks since Russia intervened in the Syrian conflict on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.

The US is also reportedly equipping rebels to help them launch a joint offensive with Kurdish allies on the city of Raqqa which ISIL has taken as a so-called capital.

With Russian air support, the Syrian Army has recently made major territorial gains including capturing towns in Latakia province which will put more rebel positions within range of the army’s artillery.

Until now Washington had refused to distribute weapons to the rebels, but Moscow’s intervention has forced an American re-think. Washington has been trying to defeat ISIL while still calling for Assad’s downfall.

Meanwhile the al-Qaeda offshoot, Nusra Front has issued an audio message urging insurgents to attack President Assad’s Alawite sect strongholds in retaliation for what it calls “the indiscriminate killing of Muslim Sunnis by invading Russia”.

Nusra Front is a radical Muslim Sunni fundamentalist group which is one of the most powerful forces fighting the Syrian government in an increasingly complex conflict that analysts say Russia’s intervention has made even more complicated.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-10-14

[Mr Creosote]

But...in the picture, they are holding AK-47's?

[Soutpeel]

But...in the picture, they are holding AK-47's?

Dont think the CIA gave Osama bin laden M-16's either

[Expat1]

The US drops goods to Syrian rebel terrorists, huh. By rebels do they mean the 6 rebels they actually trained and have now shut down the $500 million project that trained them. Good to know. So here it is 50 years later and the worm has turned. Now the US has taken the place of the old Soviet Union in violent terrorists creation and support and the Russians have taken the USA's old role of world peace maker. Well, to be expected one supposes when a country's media and leadership is usurped by khazars. The Russians seem to be making serious inroads on the destruction of the ISIS and rebels so I guess the US better drop those additional supplies quick while there are still "rebels" on the ground to collect them.

[shirtless]

Today they are moderate rebels tomorrow they will be well armed Isil fighter American government doesnt seem to learn ie they armed the muhjahadeen against the Russians they are now the taliban. Good one retards.

[TuskegeeBen]

There is nothing hegemonous about the Russian military assistance (by invitation) to a country that has a direct land border connection with Russia, is comprehensible. No BS platitudes about "democratizing" a Muslim society. Enough, is enough! America

Edited October 23, 2015 by TuskegeeBen

[uksomchai]

yet we have posters here that post about Assad being a major backer of terrorists as a reason to back regime change and yet here we have the Good Ol USA arming and supplying rebels fighting the legitimate Government of another country. The only person who has an legal mandate to be attacking anyone in Syria is Putin as he has been asked to do so by the legitimate Leader ie Assad. Something which a lot of people are having trouble understanding. Just who gives the US, UK or the EU the right to decide who has the right to be the Government in Syria ?

Assad assisting Palestinians fighting Israel BAD

USA / UK / EU assisting rebels fighting Assad GOOD

Both the UK and the USA have proved that they are not up to the job of destroying ISIS and they should now pull out and let Putin go in and do what they have shown they cannot.

As much as it is going to embarrass both leaders the only way to stabilize the country involves keeping Assad as leader.

In common speak they both backed the donkey in a horse race

[Soutpeel]

yet we have posters here that post about Assad being a major backer of terrorists as a reason to back regime change and yet here we have the Good Ol USA arming and supplying rebels fighting the legitimate Government of another country. The only person who has an legal mandate to be attacking anyone in Syria is Putin as he has been asked to do so by the legitimate Leader ie Assad. Something which a lot of people are having trouble understanding. Just who gives the US, UK or the EU the right to decide who has the right to be the Government in Syria ?

Assad assisting Palestinians fighting Israel BAD

USA / UK / EU assisting rebels fighting Assad GOOD

Both the UK and the USA have proved that they are not up to the job of destroying ISIS and they should now pull out and let Putin go in and do what they have shown they cannot.

As much as it is going to embarrass both leaders the only way to stabilize the country involves keeping Assad as leader.

In common speak they both backed the donkey in a horse race

Yes these are the same posters who believed Iraq had WMD's and Sadaam Hussien was behind 9/11, and the invasions of Afganistan and Iraq were to free the natives from tyranny and oil and gas had nothing to do with it

The same MO was followed here by the usual suspects, but backfired when Russia jumped into the mix, now i am not suggesting Assad is some sort of angel, he is not, no heads of govements are....but some times better the devil you know

Edited October 23, 2015 by Soutpeel

[uksomchai]

yet we have posters here that post about Assad being a major backer of terrorists as a reason to back regime change and yet here we have the Good Ol USA arming and supplying rebels fighting the legitimate Government of another country. The only person who has an legal mandate to be attacking anyone in Syria is Putin as he has been asked to do so by the legitimate Leader ie Assad. Something which a lot of people are having trouble understanding. Just who gives the US, UK or the EU the right to decide who has the right to be the Government in Syria ?

Assad assisting Palestinians fighting Israel BAD

USA / UK / EU assisting rebels fighting Assad GOOD

Both the UK and the USA have proved that they are not up to the job of destroying ISIS and they should now pull out and let Putin go in and do what they have shown they cannot.

As much as it is going to embarrass both leaders the only way to stabilize the country involves keeping Assad as leader.

In common speak they both backed the donkey in a horse race

Yes these are the same posters who believed Iraq had WMD's and Sadaam Hussien was behind 9/11, and the invasions of Afganistan and Iraq were to free the natives from tyranny and oil and gas had nothing to do with it

The same MO was followed here by the usual suspects, but backfired when Russia jumped into the mix, now i am not suggesting Assad is some sort of angel, he is not, no heads of govements are....but some times better the devil you know

I posted somewhere else but can't remember where saying that I am what you would class as a " Newsie " I read a lot and watch a lot of news and yet prior to the West deciding that it no longer wanted Assad in charge I couldn't recall any major news items of his monstrous behaviour which he is now accused of. Granted like most dictators he isn't a bastion of kindness to some of his people but the country was stable and peaceful. I certainly don't recall him barrel bombing his own people. now he s being portrayed as a ME Hitler. Just like Gaddafi.