Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Mon 04/09/2018 View Sun 04/08/2018 View Sat 04/07/2018 View Fri 04/06/2018 View Thu 04/05/2018 View Wed 04/04/2018 View Tue 04/03/2018
1
2018-04-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
AP: Breaking the US is not attacking Syrian AFBs. Somebody else is.
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by 3dc 2018-04-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Syria 

#1 Always My Faithful Israel doing the jobs that nobody else will do.
Posted by newc 2018-04-09 00:16||   2018-04-09 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Quite a few tweets state this too:
Iranian Air Force fighters are based at T4.....in Syria.
Posted by 3dc 2018-04-09 00:24||   2018-04-09 00:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Armageddon 'Lite'.
Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-04-09 00:38||   2018-04-09 00:38|| Front Page Top

#4 maccabee : not just a good beer
Posted by 746 2018-04-09 00:59||   2018-04-09 00:59|| Front Page Top

#5 "Russia, Iran succeed in Syria settlement thanks to mutual trust" - Volodin

Uh huh. They purged interfax and put that snippet there just in time after their denial of CBRN use.

And here is the gem "U.S. trying to hinder Russia's development with sanctions, just like it did in case of Iran - Volodin"

I see right through you rat thugs in Moscow.
I will pummel your shit.
Posted by newc 2018-04-09 02:45||   2018-04-09 02:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Syria: Air strike kills 14 - including Iranian soldiers
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-09 03:08||   2018-04-09 03:08|| Front Page Top

#7 We appear to be entering fimbulvetr where I live so I assume Midgard and the Æsir will soon make their appearance also, so fine, sit back with some mead and enjoy the play.
Posted by 3dc 2018-04-09 08:37||   2018-04-09 08:37|| Front Page Top

#8 
Posted by 3dc 2018-04-09 08:40||   2018-04-09 08:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Both the US and Israel could take turns hitting bases and go, "We aren't doing it. Must be the other guy."
Posted by DarthVader 2018-04-09 09:04||   2018-04-09 09:04|| Front Page Top

#10 follow up to Darth

if the US really wants to make an impression, it will hit the Al-Nasiriya base - it is close enough to Damascus that Assad would see the smoke
Posted by lord garth 2018-04-09 09:20||   2018-04-09 09:20|| Front Page Top

#11 So Syria has (and can operate) missile defense capable of shooting down 30% or so of these presumed-Israeli air-to-ground missiles? Is this the S-400 system? What would the success rate be against actual aircraft - - especially non-stealth ones like the F15?
Posted by Peter Carroll 2018-04-09 09:22||   2018-04-09 09:22|| Front Page Top

#12 It is suggested they were Israeli F15s, Peter.
Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-09 10:04||   2018-04-09 10:04|| Front Page Top

#13 Russia, Iran, rebels, Assad, or other?
Posted by JohnQC 2018-04-09 10:41||   2018-04-09 10:41|| Front Page Top

#14 LBJ bombed bridges in Vietnam, Clinton launched cruise missiles at tents, "Someone" bombed Assad... Did any of these actions amount to more than Kabuki theater?
Posted by magpie 2018-04-09 11:02||   2018-04-09 11:02|| Front Page Top

#15 Wasn't me.
Posted by SteveS 2018-04-09 11:08||   2018-04-09 11:08|| Front Page Top

#16 Okay, then just for an excuse to drink up!
Bring on an ArcLight?
Yes, I said it so drink up ya'll!
Posted by 3dc 2018-04-09 13:38||   2018-04-09 13:38|| Front Page Top

#17 I talked with the aliens as a matter of fact we had lunch so it was not them!
Posted by Jack Chaiter7913 2018-04-09 15:16||   2018-04-09 15:16|| Front Page Top

#18 if the US really wants to make an impression, it will hit the Al-Nasiriya base - it is close enough to Damascus that Assad would see the smoke

I was thinking... exterminate a Russian Chef's little private army in the east of Syria? That would be a multi-dimensional message on so many levels. He just maneuvered to get a black sea port owned by a competitor to him and a Caspian Sea one given to the Iranians. He's an ally of Putin and Pencil Neck. Karma on lots of levels...
Posted by 3dc 2018-04-09 15:27||   2018-04-09 15:27|| Front Page Top

#19 Someone had the IFF codes? Cause in certain airspaces without it - if it flies, it dies.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-04-09 18:05||   2018-04-09 18:05|| Front Page Top

23:05 ruprecht
23:04 ruprecht
21:11 Skidmark
20:22 Anomalous Sources
19:35 3dc
19:16 Glenmore
19:05 Omeger Gray6606
19:04 NoMoreBS
18:51 Besoeker
18:39 charger
18:33 Zhang Fei
18:31 Zhang Fei
18:19 DarthVader
18:11 JohnQC
18:08 trailing wife
18:08 Procopius2k
18:07 Procopius2k
18:05 Procopius2k
17:51 Omeger Gray6606
17:38 rjschwarz
17:24 magpie
17:21 Besoeker
17:18 M. Murcek
17:16 magpie
Merry-Go-Blog










Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com