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2018-03-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rantburg Exclusive: SDF Battlefield Combat 3/4/2018 - U.S. Embassy Ankara, Turkey Closed - Warns Americans Keep Low Profile
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Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-03-05 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 The following is a map that shows

It’s perfect! Thank you, Ulaigum Ebbineng7056.
Posted by trailing wife 2018-03-05 00:45||   2018-03-05 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Does the "security threat" mean that little dictator is getting ready to attack the American forces?
Posted by 3dc 2018-03-05 01:40||   2018-03-05 01:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Two separate protests have drawn the attention of Turkey's riot police today. One regarding women's rights, the other, much larger regarding the war on the Kurds.
Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-03-05 01:53||   2018-03-05 01:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Anit-War protests in Istanbul, Turkey.

Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-03-05 02:17||   2018-03-05 02:17|| Front Page Top

#5 From DoS:

Security Alert – U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Turkey
Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-05 05:45||   2018-03-05 05:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056, thanks for current info.

For a neophyte about Syria and the warring groups: To what extent are terrorist groups Da’esh, PKK, DHKP/C and AQ united with Turkish forces against SDF? Are these groups disparate groups or do they have some unity and share such things as ideology, communications and resources against SDF?
Posted by JohnQC 2018-03-05 07:30||   2018-03-05 07:30|| Front Page Top

#7 NEO
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-05 08:01||   2018-03-05 08:01|| Front Page Top

#8 ISIS suspects arrested after US Embassy in Turkey closed due to 'security threat'
Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-05 08:37||   2018-03-05 08:37|| Front Page Top

#9 If he follows the Khomeini pattern we're due for a "Rioters attack embassy, overwhelm security, and take hostages" episode.

Hope the Marines are well armed and ROE allow open fire
Posted by Frank G 2018-03-05 11:43||   2018-03-05 11:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Never mind the embassy, what about the nukes in Incirlik?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-05 13:17||   2018-03-05 13:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Well yeah, there's that.
Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-05 13:34||   2018-03-05 13:34|| Front Page Top

#12 someone a couple weeks ago said the nukes had been transferred out on orders of someone with a sense of foreboding
Posted by Frank G 2018-03-05 13:53||   2018-03-05 13:53|| Front Page Top

#13 JohnQC,

PKK=Kurd seperatism from Turkey. All others are in w/Turkey and receive substantial Turk support as long as radical Islam is their ideology.
Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-03-05 14:54||   2018-03-05 14:54|| Front Page Top

#14  If he follows the Khomeini pattern we're due for a "Rioters attack embassy, overwhelm security, and take hostages" episode.

Terrible. Just think what could happen if 'Kurds' in the US the did the same to the Turkish embassy.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-05 15:16||   2018-03-05 15:16|| Front Page Top

#15 Terrible. Just think what could happen if 'Kurds' in the US the did the same to the Turkish embassy.

I recall something similar having to do with tea
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-05 15:33||   2018-03-05 15:33|| Front Page Top

#16 Will not be posting a report tomorrow. Essentially, the Turkish invasion consists of bombing communities, structures via air and artillery. Behind the lines the Turks are systematically burning down buildings in communities they have taken. The Kurds continue to adjust and continue to take out Turk armor and as a result, Turkey has sent in another 100 armored vehicles this past weekend, this is the third time they have had to do this. The only thing that would be reported tomorrow is that the Turks are leveling entire communities in Afrin. However, as I stated, the YPG/SDF are adjusting their methods of survival accordingly.
Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-03-05 19:49||   2018-03-05 19:49|| Front Page Top

#17 Thank you for the update, Ulaigum Ebbineng7056.

Let us hope for effective extraction of the civilians with enough supplies to live in the hills in some amount of comfort, and wish happy hunting to the fighters, including the Syrian irregulars.
Posted by trailing wife 2018-03-05 20:52||   2018-03-05 20:52|| Front Page Top

#18 Thank you TW. Unfortunately as can be seen at this link, due to massive, massive bombs being dropped on the civilians, the human toll is unbelievable.

Link of to pictures of unimaginable human suffering.

Massive bombs strike civilians:

Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-03-05 22:14||   2018-03-05 22:14|| Front Page Top

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