Middle Eastern Wars: SU-22 down

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Vintage AR-10

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Info chart vaguely detailing how the US is going to supplement YPG/SDF arsenals. I bet Turkey is piiiissed.

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grad tubes, along with smaller rocket tubes.

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I always thought the show-offy sniper rigs video was neat

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>>34295997

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>>34296008

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>>34296018

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>>34296031

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>>34296040

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wonder if this frenchfag is dead yet.

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I have a ridiculous amount of screenshots.

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#While US shot down a 50 years old warplane,SAA advanced and recaptured massive chunk of land from ISIS.

#SAA and allies have reportedly entered DeZ,T2 is in visual range and soon Syrian flag will fly high over it. Another advance on Al Qaim axis

Iran’s 1st use of ballistic missiles in decades
&
1st US air-air downing of [non-drone] aircraft in decades.

So which came first out of these two? one was retaliation for the other? Super quick tit-for-tat is the proved best retaliation strategy

>>34296585
unrelated

Iranian missiles launch was planned long before US downed syrian plane

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wtf I love george bush now

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Raqqa Op

Interesting videos from past few days.

>ISIS 34 min propaganda footage.
https://my.mail.ru/mail/fgfgt4/video/_myvideo/5.html

>Tour Of Lataia Airbase Pt 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZEqC6gax3M


>Tour of Latakia Airbase Pt 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDM2Vl0Qp8o

>Tour of Ruins of Aleppo with Military Police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwfbFcKPow

>On the frontlines with "Liwa al-Quds" | June 16th 2017 | Hama province
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsBI-D2BNAc

>>34296047
thats dope

>>34295959
>all those Soviet weapons

Why doesn't the US provide them weapons manufactured in the USA? At least then the money would be in the US economy rather than going to a post-Soviet state like Poland or Kazakhstan.

>>34299653
Because that shit is already in the region and cheap as hell

>>34295959
>17k for a fucking WW2 machine gun

how

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spetnaz vs us sf when?

>>34299653
These are the kinds of weapons they already have. It makes logistics and maintenance a lot smoother and easier. The Kurds already have large stocks of ammo for said weapons distributed through their lands.

Those are weapons they know well, trained with and can use with minimal new training. Weapons they trust.

They are also a LOT cheaper, are present in nearby countries so don't require much shipping costs or bureaucracy.

>>34299703
It probably has already been happening..

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>>34299703
Soon I hope so that we can kill all the Americans that support ISIS.

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Does the eternal towel head justify calling the terminator from the grave, which they sat on for a decade?

https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://bmpd.livejournal.com/&prev=search

>>34299657
NFA...

>>34299778
>Spetz wouldn't go in with suicide vests and blow up half their unit trying to kill a filthy capitalist
Weren't they at beslan?

>>34299657
Corruption probably, the Kurds "sell" machine guns to the US for 17k a piece and then the US gives them back to the Kurds to fight ISIS.

>>34299828
So I read the link you posted and it said that Russia only has around 10 of them in their inventory with plans to buy more in 2018.

If it gets sent down to Syria and BTFO wherever it goes Russia might back out from buying more in 2018. The eternal towel head might kill the terminator for good.

>>34299828
Isn't having exposed missile tubes like that dangerous? What if somebody throws a molotov cocktail at them? The heat will probably cause the explosives to detonate and destroy half the turret. An anti-material rifle could probably trigger the missile to detonate if you shoot the tube with one too.

Russian MoD : we will consider any flying objects in our operation areas a target

>>34295936
zesty

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>>34299918
no. As long as the hatches are closed the crew will just have ringing ears. Undirected explosives are bad at taking out armor, unless you get them below it.4

>>34300048
>>34299918
Just pointing out the turret is remote controlled and the entire crew is in the body. So even if all tubes go off and vaporise the turret conpletely, crew will still just have ringing ears.

Also there are way more designs with exposed tubes all over the globe and they've been around since we started to mount ATGMs on vehicles, so...

>>34299657
>>34299902
Doubt these are real costs. Either that or it's with ammunition and transportation costs included.

In weapon deals you don't actually have an exact price per piece. The deal total usually includes piece, ammo, maintenance equipment, space parts and training when necessary. Sometimes transportation is included.

Seems BS, what's the source?

>>34299653
>Poland or Kazakhstan
You mean Romania or Bulgaria, right?

>>34299653

Practical reasons, but also political. American voters were not happy to see American weapons in the hands of ISIS even if it was war booty. And when SDF gets into the next war and inevitably loses a battle or two, their enemies will be the ones brandishing the SDF weapons on prime time TV. It is probably also convenient for the US govt if people forget the govt was helping the kurds at all. Because by then it could be the Turks or Saudis who have the 'favored trading partner of USA' token.

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https://twitter.com/a_obada1/status/876783238492114944

>>34299018

Regarding the last of those vids. Many of the guys are carrying backpack where the loads are placed low on the back. I thought at first that this was to balance the ammo pouches in front but many of those guys did not seem to have front ammo at all. So what is the idea? These are not improvised bags. Is there some other type of gear they are meant to coexist with?

https://twitter.com/AP/status/876772237730349057

Heppening?

>>34300443
>all that anti trump tardposting on the comments
truly disgusting

>>34299828
Wondering how effective this would be, we’ve seen the trouble that Syrian armor faces in fights in build up areas, yet they also seem to be a mainstay when spearheading assault and basically neutralizing entire buildings full of jihadis. The most interesting is probably the elevation of the autocannons, rate of fire and the thermobaric munitions it could probably launch, couple that with the AGL and you can fuck up a building/city block good and proper; the stream of fire you could poor out from that thing would surely keep a lot of heads down.

>>34300443
I doubt it, we'll probably just give the Russians a little wider berth. Neither country can afford to go to war each ither right now.

>>34300456

Lots of fire. Sure. But for how many seconds total, and how much infantry would be needed to defends it from rpgs and portable recoilless cannons like the Carl Gustav?

>>34300478
Wikipedia puts it in the ballpark of 850 rounds autocannon rounds ready to fire and a RoF of 600 Rounds a minute, so you can do the math. I’m definitely under the impression this thing can lock down an area with that autocannon and the mixed ammunition, if they have a definitive fix on the enemy position that can just smoke them with the thermobarics.

I'd say its terrifying on paper, infantry support shouldn't be much more intensive than with normal armor.

>>34301526
That's some old ordinance. That was from the Aid to Yugoslavia if I'm correct.

>>34300456
But then again, no amount of armor or firepower will save you when your urban tactic can be summed up as "Grozny, but worse"

>>34301541
Probably. Serbia, at least last year, was selling more munitions that went to Syria than they could produce. Arms factories were making a killing.

>>34301595
isn't "grozny, but worse" exactly the type of turban tactic that benefits greatly from more firepower? If in doubt, just level the building, advance over compacted rubble

>>34295938
These guys YPG? The camo looks right for them but I could be off.

>>34301643
correct

>>34295922
I want that cute booster!

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>Boy Oh Boy

>>34302170
why does that look so fucking big? I'm confused.

>>34295922

Dirty motherfucker, that's MY gun!

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>>34300443
>look into precise details of hotline
>the emergency backup in case of hotline disconnection is a gmail account

>>34299918
The explosives used in modern missiles don't detonate from heat, they require quite a bit of pressure to detonate, the worst thing that could happen with heat is the explosive compound catches on fire and burns up

>>34295922
Could be a Sudanese contract AR-10

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http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.796480

>>34303109
>http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.796480

I read it. In what way does this newsstory support your picture claiming that Israel and ISIS cooperates in any way?

Direct quote from article: "Israel has been secretly providing aid to Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights for years with the goal of maintaining a buffer zone of friendly forces to keep ISIS and forces aligned with Iran at bay, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal."

>>34303277

Dear gods. Never mind the empty shells. Did the guy to the right lose a bet about what to put on his gun?

>>34295936
They never were friends to begin with. Uae are the most unliked muslim country among Turkish.
t. roach

>>34303406

Ah, a chance to inquire. In the ME, who DO Turkey consider to be their friends?

Russian reving up that old propaganda machine.
http://aranews.net/2017/06/russia-upset-with-us-backed-sdf-operation-in-raqqa-launches-propaganda-campaign/

>>34303497
>http://aranews.net/2017/06/russia-upset-with-us-backed-sdf-operation-in-raqqa-launches-propaganda-campaign/

if US/west does it they have to counter it ,its effective

No1 will top western anti-russian anti-syrian propaganda during last months of liberation of eastern aleppo tho

that was hysterical

>>34303183
It's the typical Addadist mindset

>Assad bombs Kurds who are fighitng ISIS
>The Kurds must be aiding ISIS and Assad just BTFO of them!!!!

>Israel aids rebels that fight ISIS
>Israel aids ISIS!!!!!

They have been shitting up /pol/ for years now, I just hope Assad gets defeated so that those guys will fuck back to whatever place they came from.

>>34303466
Oman

>>34302227
Why is that bad?

As a backup Gmail seems good.

Ubiquitous, super reliable, super accessible.

>>34304424

Provided we are talking about the same thing; if Associated Press are unable to run their own email server there is no reason to be impressed. Gmail, while reliable as a rock in functionality, is probably continously under surveillance by every large secret service on the planet.

>>34304637
>it's unsecure

It's secure enough. The state actors that would have the ability to hack it (without retardation like getting the user and pass), would not care to.

The line is about not having secrets, and letting the other guy know what's going on. Who cares if Germany also knows, as if they can't get official access anyways.

>>34304774

The fuckers can FLY?

>>34300267
That double roundel still triggers my inner autism.

Explain this shit, Bulgaria!

>>34295959
Lol. That chart fucked up the 60mm and 82mm mortars. Needs to swap them

New details on #Syria jet shoot down: US F18 fired 2 missiles at range of .6 miles; 1st missed, 2nd blew rear SU-22 off; chute spotted

https://twitter.com/CBSWalsh/status/876830551050776576

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AShkM3FAM0o

>>34305337
Syrian Army' using UR-77 in al-Qaboun operation | May 2017 | Damascus

awesome footage from drone of UR-77 in action

worth watching , 3:55 UR-77 action

>>34299778
>edgy

>>34305337

Those T-72s are true war machines.

>>34304059
>those guys getting shrecked by the engine block

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T-90A reportedly scuttled in Syria

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>>34296107
>Syria STR000NK! We WANTED Zio-Imperialist pigs to shoot down our airplanes

Lmao, can't make this shit up

>>34305316
In other words the Hornet fired two missiles per doctrine and the first hit the Su-22.

>retards will think this means a 50% hit rate

>>34296107
>While US shot down a 50 years old warplane bombing SDF forces,SAA advanced and recaptured massive chunk of land from ISIS.

Fixed that for you.

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>Russia's Not Joking Around: US Reshuffles Forces After Pentagon Expresses Concern for 'Aircrew Safety' in Syria
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/russias-not-joking-around-us-reshuffles-forces-after-pentagon-expresses-concern-aircrew

>BREAKING: Russia Cuts Military Communication Line With US in Syria
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/breaking-russia-cuts-military-communication-line-us-syria/ri20145

>The Wheels Are Coming off the US-Driven Globalism Wagon
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/wheels-are-coming-us-driven-globalism-wagon/ri20144

>After Courting WW3 in Syria, US Navy to Relax Under Israel's Air Defense Umbrella
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/after-courting-ww3-syria-us-navy-relax-under-israels-air-defense-umbrella/ri20149

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>>34308429
>All Russia-insider

really makes me think

>>34308429
>Russia Cuts Military Communication Line With US in Syria
That's happened almost as many times as the last hospital in Aleppo has been bombed now.

>>34307100
>cold weather clothing
>Syria in summer

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So why did certain individuals create lies about Tiger Forces rescuing the pilot while he's in SDF hands and they're negotiating with Assad for his release? What's the point when the truth will come out anyway? God, really makes me cringe desu fampalmopalompa.

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>>34304996
and the roundels are not even correct, but what can we expect from our retarded government.
The roundels were supossed to be a stop-gap measure in the early 1990 to cover the old commie star on them and they just stuck since.

>>34295899
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=074GikYLERQ

Does anyone know who the 2 western guys giving the aid worker cover fire are?

Are they volunteers, special forces, or just pmc bodyguards or whatever?

Apparently this is in Mosul, and I'm thinking its one of the western guys volunteering with a christian militia. But at the same time they are working with at least one regular Iraqi army unit, hence the abrams.

>>34309194
This is staged as fuck, so to answer your question: Actors

>>34309236
Why would it be staged though?

Anyways, I am just curious what kinda outfit these guys are in. One's a brit or an aussie for sure, who looks like he can handle that ak well.

>>34309236
idiot

>>34305337
Are these usually used for clearing mine fields? Seems to be pretty effective for urban combat

>>34304816

No. Merely jump good.

>>34301618
Grozny 1.0 was worse than what the SAA did in the early years of the war, Russians drove the tanks in tight streets and got taken out point blank.
They did level the city eventually but it was always just dumping conscripts into hellfire that didnt want to live, let alone fight a war they didnt ask for in the most vile part of the country that died not 4 years ago.
Also, im not trying to downgrade the chechen resolve or their fighters skill at the time.
Grozny 2.0 was done good and proper, no fucking around and no sticking ones head up the ass. Its why they won it.
I think its different in Syria, since anywhere the SAA conquers, they can take the local population into the ranks. Even the ones that surrender can join and do. Except for ISIS and Al Nusra, they murder them.
As you said, the thermobaic ordinance when used chokes everyone in the building one above and one floor beneath then ignites.
They have russians to thank for that. The terminator would perform excellent but i wouldnt let it near the arab hand.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVwWRAht7Qo

>>34296052
hopefully, I don't want him back

>>34299018
can you sum up the isis vid? It got deleted

How does this all end seriously?

Will Assad still be in power? How will Rus/U.S relations end up?

>>34310032
brb lemme call Trump and Putin for ya

>>34309246
>>34309487
Not the same guy, but why would you not drive the tank to cover these people ?And why would you expose yourself when the tank has a m240 and m2 ?

>>34304637
NSA sure but fucking as if they'd give other countries access, the back doors are probably American only

>>34300252
>>34300141
>>34299902
>>34299653
It's easy to get them from Eastern Europe countries who in exchange buy US/NATO equipment. Some of it is also stuff seized in customs.

Most of the costs associated with are for the contracting/shipping/inspection/flights.

>>34307474
>1st missed
>2nd hit
>Not a 50% success rate
Where do Americans learn these kind of mental gymnastics?

>>34307416

why would they want their plane gets shut down ?

stated objective results of actions of both side ,thats all

>>34304059
So if no-one is looking for drones, and no-one is manning even a simple checkpoint/doing security....what do they spend their time doing?

>>34308564

Not to mention the anchor badge and the rubber boots.

>>34310096

I am not sure of how 'easy' old Soviet weapons are to get hold of in bulk any more. In good conditions, that is. The US military recently started to look for US manufacturers to make Soviet light weaponry, specifically to arm guerrilla units.

This morning(?) the biggest American base in Afghanistan was hit by Taliban. Few details, but 8 Afghan security personnel were killed and 2 wounded.

Australia has stopped flying sorties in Syria. This to avoid provoking the Russians who are mad because of the plane the US shot down.

>>34310416
Source? There's many eastern countries that still produce these arms and have stocks. In concerns to supplying arms in Syria it's been: Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, to name a few.

>>34310098
First hit, plane explodes, the 2nd missile is irrelevant.

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Breaking of another USAF F-15 shooting something down, this time of a Iranian drone. For those wondering I still lurk but don't have time for full posts for another couple of weeks which is good since half of you were tried of me anyway.

https://twitter.com/rabrowne75/status/877156469308784642

On another note pro SAA combat footage has been awesome recently. Pic is of Raqqa today.

>>34310679
Was it west of the euphrates?

>>34310531

I am afraid I have to pass on finding the link to the story, it is several weeks ago at least. But the link was shown and discussed on this forum so maybe someone else can locate it.

>>34310006
Nice video with a large array of hardware. I am still amazed at the sight of T-55s fighting, these are half a century old.
I cannot tell what are those rocket-launching 4x4s though.

>>34310716
Couldn't agree with you more, love seeing these old beasts still on a battlefield.
>>34310694
CNN guy says it was near Al Tanf which is west of the Euphrates but it was Iranian. Russia gives no fucks about that. If they did IAF wouldn't have free reign to bomb whatever they see fit either.

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>>34310716

The jeeps I could identify were Iranian-made Safir cars. They come in a number of official versions with various rockets and guns and are exported to Syria.

>>34310794
Oh okay, thanks!

>>34310144
Molesting young boys and smoking opium

>>34310836

>mfw I will never flare across the desert in 130 km/hour with a dozen rocket tubes peeking over my shoulder going lalalalalala

Well, speaking of drones. Today US/Coa shot down a drone belonging to 'regime friendly forces' in Syria. Source is AFP.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPDqDDFNUBw

>>34310970

I can't tell. Are all the units by that flat hilltop hostiles, and if so - why are they turning the broadside of their vehicles against the attackers? I can't see any return fire whatsoever.

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>BREAKING NEWS: US jets shoot down ‘Iranian drone’ in Syria - coalition

An Iranian-made drone was shot down by a US F-15 fighter jet in southern Syria, near At Tanf, the US-led coalition said. It is the fifth time in the past month the US has struck at forces allied with the Syrian government in the area.

The coalition “does not seek to fight Syrian regime, Russian, or pro-regime forces partnered with them, but will not hesitate to defend Coalition or partner forces from any threat,” the statement said.

>.rt.com/usa/393219-us-aircraft-drone-syria/

>"Provocative" Russian Jet Comes Within 5 Feet Of US Recon Aircraft

Just two days after a US fighter jet shot a Syrian army aircraft out of the sky, and Russia halts cooperation with US military, an armed Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in the Baltic Sea on Monday, two U.S. officials told Fox News.
>.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/provocative-russian-jet-comes-within-5-feet-us-recon-aircraft

>>34310714
>>34310531
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/heres-why-us-special-forces-want-russian-machine-guns-20642

>>34310904
>>34310904
Where are all the "WW3 will never happen hurrr" retards now? Changing their adult diapers i reckon heh

I told you fuckers this is going to be like 1914 all ovah again

>>34299778
Implying you soft as shit white mongoloids can do anything to muh RANGERS, fucking faggot

>>34311040
come on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7T84ax2bLE

>>34295922
Yemen?

>>34311015
WW3 will never happen because Russia has no friends and won't get itself nuked over Syria.

Russia knows it cant conventionally win a fight with the US, but they might be pushed into one.

>>34311015
>I told you fuckers this is going to be like 1914 all ovah again

You are clueless. Go read some Cold War I history. A few shootdowns (including US aircraft) weren't worth total war then and they aren't now.

This is not 1914 and has nothing important in common with it. Further, Russia and friends are not capable of waging an effective conventional global war. Russia today is not the Soviet Union.

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>>34311040

>>34311050
>posts funny meme jewtube video of POG marines crying when I mentioned rangers who have been deploying to afghanistan since 2001 and is commonplace to have NCOs with two digit rotations
>russia still has conscripts, even in their GRU units
>the last real fight the russians had was chechnya in the mid 2000's and georgia where they got memed on by a comparatively smaller force
>not knowing that the SSO/KSO is a relatively new combat inexperienced unit
It's clear who the winner is, namefagging retard. You're honestly becoming one of the more retarded namefaggers like that mandic mongoloid.

>>34311091
wooow this reaction

I hit the right spot I guess :)

chill my dude tho

>>34311114
Yeah yeah go get your hand cut off for stealing that computer you're using right now you roach

>>34311130
haha

sir ,you are triggered

keep it cool

Pah. World War. It's not a world war unless a western european country gets invaded by a different western european country. Any other combat event is just a weapon sales opportunity.

>>34311151
>inb4 it's Germany and friends invading Poland, again but this time because Poland refuses to become diverse
XD

do iranian drones have offensive capabilities?

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Syrian Army and SSNP liberated Bir Qassab, Southeastern Damascus Countryside from US and Jordanian backed proxies today (20/06/2017)

Iraqi PM al-Fayad: I assure, in the near Future, there will be no foreign military Presence in Iraq.The Statements by US-Officials, that 5,000 US-Troops sould-will stay in Iraq, is their Business, we will not accept it.

2nd invasion of Iraq when ?

>>34303109
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Iran-missile-struck-ISIS-but-is-also-aimed-at-US-Saudis-Israel-497361

that israel butthurt.

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Private: SAA Pilot Ali Fahd is with SDF in Tabqa & in good condition. Gen. Suheil Hassan (Tiger) negotiating with the Kurds to recover him.

>>34311283
>Iraqi PM al-Fayad: I assure, in the near Future, there will be no foreign military Presence in Iraq.
That's quite laughable considering Iran has more say than him, and their militias in Iraq aren't going anywhere.

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>>34311242
Well at least something went right for the SAA today after the debacle they had in Daraa at the SAM site battle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlkN1PTImNQ
Piled dead SAA in a pick up.

The rebels captured two tanks there , a T-62 and T-72.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwA5cO8OM8Q

>>34311323
>http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Iran-missile-struck-ISIS-but-is-also-aimed-at-US-Saudis-Israel-497361

"> multiple times do an airstrike against syrian forces ,violate its soveirgnty each time "

">procced to attack and bash Iran for conducting missile strike against ISIS that was approved by both Iraq and Syria"

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>>34311329
Will roll with the SAA here by Resafe near the SDFlines and the greater Lavender offensive has been moving along nicely in eastern Homs at Arak and now T3.

>>34311354
rebels will break as long as SAA continues to pound them and keep sending miltias to attack jihadists lines

doubt they can hold in long term ,but we will see

>>34311378
SAA stops at Resafa for now I think,they will try to close some pockets before advancing more east ,especially Ithriya road

>>34311351
I think he refered to americans ,not Iran

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>Pakistan shoots down Iran’s spy drone in Balochistan
>An Iranian spy drone was shot down by PAF JF17 over Panjgur, Balochistan, some 45km inside Pakistan territory on Tuesday.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/paf-jet-shoots-down-iranian-spy-drone-in-balochistan/

Seems like the Iranians think they can do whatever they want. Pushing boundaries.

>>34311378
Also SAA is just warming up Daraa front , today losses on SAA side were afghans (meat grinder )

Usual tactics , a lot afghan militias and a lot of pounding , jihadists dont have troops to spare for meatgrind while SAA does, every jihadists that died from aistrike/artillery is worth as 3 afghan militias (only negative thing was that Jihadists captured some vehicles ).

>>34311009
>One wonders whether there could be a copyright issue with producing Russian weapons in America without a license

There are plenty of ex-USSR countries that have or had the capability to manufacture said arms. It would be pretty rich for Russia to claim the IP of weapons produced in other countries.

>>34311239
Some do yes, newer ones.

>>34311420
Then he should have said so, Iranian meddling in Iraq is not going to go away.
Iraqis allowed the Iranians in when pressured by ISIS. But unlike the US, Iran only comes to stay.

inb4 Iraqis want the Iranians to have influence on their goverment. No they don'y not even the Shia:

>In an interview with Al-Hayat newspaper on Dec. 21, 2013, Sadr criticized the Iranian role in Iraq. He said, “Qasem Soleimani is the most powerful man in Iraq,” who implements an Iranian agenda in the country. He added that there are disagreements on some fundamental issues with the Iranians.

>In an interview with the Iraqi Al-Mada channel on Feb. 26, spokesman for Sadr, Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, said, “Muqtada al-Sadr does not want Iranians to speak on behalf of Iraqi Shiites.” He added, "Muqtada al-Sadr has repeatedly said that we are with Iran, as a neighboring country that we respect, but we categorically reject any Iranian interference in the Iraqi internal affairs.”

Like I said, his statement is funny, because he used the word "foreign forces", not the US specifically. Like I said, he has no say on the matter, Iranian foreign forces will remain.

>>34311091
Namefags truly are the worst desu.

>>34311495
thats what I have understood from what he said

since he said "foreign forces " and then mentioned US plans to station 5000 troops in Iraq after ISIS is gone and said its unacceptable , but didnt mention Iran eventho iranian troops (miltias mnostly ) are entering Iraq probly every day

Somehow this didn't get a mention here, though I believe it's quite major:
>Saudi Arabia said Monday its forces had captured and were questioning three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard who were intending to carry out an attack on a major offshore oilfield in the Persian Gulf.

> the three were onboard a boat carrying a large number of explosives headed toward the Marjan oil field, located off the kingdom's eastern shores between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/saudi-arabia-disrupts-attack-offshore-oil-field-48124739

>>34311476
>jihadists dont have troops to spare for meatgrind while SAA does
more like
>sunni jihadist don't have the troops to spare, while imported shia jihadists do.

The SAA doesn't have men to spare.

>>34311529
SAA and allies have more men to waste for meatgrind then u think

they have more then enough troops for meatgrind , they are maybe lacking on quality troops thats true

and thats what will win Daraa ,eventho its sideshow for SAA atm.

a lot of shia meatgrind troops for poking and attacking and a lot of airstrikes /artillery to actually inflict causulties and damage to enemy

>>34311560
Iran can definitely field as many men in form of Shia militias from across the ME and beyond (Afghanistan and Pakistan).
There is no doubt in my mind that Assad will win the fight in Dara'a either.
But the SAA itself has few troops to spare.

Perhaps I'm just being pedantic, but that was my point.

>>34311429
Interesting, first JF-17 Thunder Air to Air kill.

SOHR: SAA lost 12 soldiers today during the Rebel counter attack in Daraa,the latter lost 4

>>34311639
and thats during counter attack ,doesnt include ongoign aistrikes etc... which will cause rebels causulties ofc

>>34311429
Wonder if it's the hardliners flexing after Rouhani's re-election.

>>34310856
aaah, how i miss RC-North...

USA claim to have killed ISIS Great Mufti Turki Bin'ali in an air raid in Muyadeen on the 31st May.

As usual I am dubious.

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>>34311378

Say, that pilot - isn't he a big chubby for a Mig pilot? I thought sitting in the pilot seat required a shoe horn even for the lean and mean Russian pilots.

>>34308564
nights get pretty cold in desert

>>34312646

don't know which group this is and where they are gathering at.

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>shit got real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNQci6CyEt8

>>34313477

what is on the back of the BMP in the video?

Interesting development, US backed rebels are being attacked by pro regime militias and the SAA. They're getting closer to the US garrison in Tanf.

http://reuters.com/article/idUSKBN19B2V3

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>>34313578

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%A0-77

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>>34313586
Syrian government has been conducting offensive against rebels for past few months there they are planning to close the pocket,its more then 100km away from Al Tanf border crossing and at least 50km away from alleged deescalation zone around Al tanf.

Bir Qassab ,place mentioned in article , is encircled with red circle on map.

Not sure whats the point of article ,tomorrow reuters will be shocked how Eastern Ghouta rebels are being attacked or rebels in Idlib.

>>34313586
>http://reuters.com/article/idUSKBN19B2V3

Interesting read. Thanks. But these Lions guys and their FSA are not the same as the Turkish-supported FSA, right?

must read article!

http://www.newsweek.com/us-military-kurds-lose-iran-syria-former-ambassador-627395

>>34314261

Read it. Sure, I agree with him that Assad will eventually be the victor. And sure, if the kurds are relying on US support in the long terms it is a grave mistake.

However, I am not seeing the kurds making that mistake. So far they have taken care not to fight Assad or his allies. If there was not an understanding between Assad and the kurds there would have been lots of combat between already.

>US shooting down all these aircraft
Where is the footage?

>>34314896

Good question in general, actually. SAA, SDF and the rebel groups seem generous with their photo sharing. But all we get from the Russians is TV stories and there's practically zilch from the US and the other foreign parts of the 'coalition'. I can only assume that there is a successful footage censure and that cell phones and cameras are severely prohibited. Compare with Iraq, where the stream of American official and unofficial photo and media was more like a tsunami. Frankly I admire the enforcing of this policy because soldiers have no business doing reporting.

>>34295942
bmp 1 turret mounted on a goddamn truck lol

Sarab APS flashing on a SAA tank before jamming TOW missile in #Daraa 0:14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzeE4c3sps

>>34315383
>Sarab APS flashing on a SAA tank before jamming TOW missile in #Daraa 0:14
ummmm no. It looks like the TOW hit a telephone pole in between the shooter and the tank. That tank crew area bunch of lucky SOBs

>>34315639
true

>>34300456
>Wondering how effective this would be

It would just die like any other armored vehicle deployed and manned by retards.
Lack of firepower isn't a problem for anyone in Syria.

>>34307072

How much more shit can your luck even get?
I mean, the guys were like 100 yards from the truck when the VBIED went off and already aware and on the move, and if they made a step or two to the right it would have missed them completely.

>>34316217
Well desu, the truck had a fucking machine gun on it and they should have gotten into cover when they heard it shooting

>>34310073
moving the tank, ie. exposing it to possible RPG attack

cost of a Abram ~6.2million (depends on variant)

cost of a soldier to save a civilian 10-20k depending on training and equipment carried +- expenses such as food and travel to the area and it's still cheaper to expend.

>>34311363
Must've learned from Americans

>>34311606
Yeah but it doesn't really tell us anything we don't know. The Chinese are capable of building airworthy planes despite what some jingoistic retards would say. I assume that the Pakistani jet shot an aim-7 or aim-9 at the iranian drone and not some PL-xx missile.

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>>34307502
>While US shot down a 50 years old warplane bombing ISIS forces,SAA advanced and recaptured massive chunk of land from USA.
Re-fixed that for you.

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>>34311040
>pasty old fatlord pretends to be a ranger

your fat ass gets out of breath walking to the fridge from your basement.

Here are your heroes...

kek

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>U.S. senators called on Congress on Tuesday to take back its authority to determine whether the country goes to war, saying recent U.S. strikes in Syria were not covered by existing authorizations for the use of military force.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/Intel/idUSKBN19B2MM

>>34296107
why do you feel the need to call it "huge"? it is literally a road in a desert?

>>34319381
Literally no mention of the word 'huge' in that post.

>>34319526
its in the image

>>34319526
Did you even look at the filename or the image itself lel

>>34319381
Str000nkers claim that victory is right around the corner every time some dirt road in Syria falls to pro-assad militias. It usually gets retaken the next week but they don't like to talk about that.

>>34319562
I stand corrected, but I still don't see how the use of a word in a third party image has anything to do with tripfriend.

>>34319591
>filename

>>34319601
how about massive then. Same shit.

>>34319597
It's literally a desert road that leads to a pump station and more desert. Probably wasn't even defended, just "captured" when some regime unit drove through it.

>>34314261
I've read it, it's a pretty bad article.
The ambassador's comparison to Lebanon is a very bad one.
1 - In Lebanon there were no front lines, the cities were mixed with various militias controlling different parts.
2 - The US mission to Lebanon was a peacekeeping one, they didn't actually ally themselves with one side. The Multinational force mostly sat in it's bases and did nothing at all.
For example, there were zero bombing runs carried out by the US in Lebanon. There were hardly any flights over Lebanon for intelligence either. Troops were dumped in some barracks in Lebanon without a purpose.

The situation with the SDF is much more comparable to Korea war.
1- The North Koreans had a much stronger military than the south (South Korea was pretty much overrun by the time the US intervened).
Much like the Iranian militias and SAA are much more powerful than the SDF.
2- NK was backed by a superpower with direct military assistance - China.
3- The locals wanted the US there (unlike, say in Lebanon) the Kurds want US involvement, the more the better. That's unlike US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, where even US "allies" wanted the US gone.

If the US decides to be determined to defend the SDF, then there is nothing Iran could ever do.
The Russians would not care enough either way, their interests are securing an ally ruling over most of Syria and it's central areas. As well as securing the coast areas. This is evident with the lack of direct Russian involvement in Al Tanf or on the front against SDF.

The ambassador does not explain why should the Kurds assume the US would leave them to fend for themselves. Especially so while Trump is in office.

>>34319751
Could you really define China as a superpower back in the 50's?
Good post though, agree with all of your points.

>>34305337
>that one bodybuilder at the end

>>34319820
Well, it's hard to find exact analogies. But then Russia isn't a real super power right now
They don't share a border with Syria so can't really deploy in the way China had.
Since it's not on Russian borders (unlike NK being conquered by the US) they don't care as much.
The SU was also involved in the Korea war, using them as an example would have been perhaps more accurate, as they didn't commit nearly as much as the Chinese did, for similar reasons as outlined above (though NK and Russia do share a border, it's in a less important theater for the SU).
I didn't though because less people are familiar with SU involvement.
SU involvment in the Korea war also fits the situation as it was mostly airforce assets that were deployed. However unlike current Russian involvement, SU was acting covertly.

>>34319751
>The ambassador does not explain why should the Kurds assume the US would leave them to fend for themselves.
I haven't read the article you're referring, but the west has a trackrecord of leaving the kurds in the cold after they've had their use. The kurds will probably gain a great amount of autonomy, at best some sort of defacto independence. But they wont have their own state, because every country in the region would fight to avoid that. Syria doesn't want to give up nominal control of its territory, Iraq doesn't want to give up control over their kurds or the oil reserves in that area either, and Turkey would intervene against any kurdish state. For the US the kurds are an important local ally, but they have much greater interests in keeping Turkey happy.

>>34317580
>Turkey can literally build modern railways, wagons and carts
>T-turkey i-is s-stealing our 50 year old railway equipment!!!

Syria is fucking pathetic.

>>34319916
Salvage is a real thing m8, Turkey buys a shitload of scrap and processes even more of it because of their shipbreaking yards

>>34319916
Scrapmetal is big business.
Looking forward to the retards in Idlib enjoying their life without proper infrastructure once the war ends, if I were Assad I'd give zero fucks about rebuilding those tracks.

>>34319925
>shipbreaking yards

I forgot about those. Didn't they break down that British aircraft carrier?

>>34319931
>Don't get government money
>hold referendum and secede

If Assad wants to hold Idlib after the war he will need to bribe the people there to keep quit. That means transferring wealth from loyal areas (Damascus) to areas that aren't loyal (Idlib and Raqqa). Otherwise there will just be another civil war right after this one.

>>34295899
It looks like the Australians chickened out after Russian threats.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/20/raaf-suspends-air-operations-over-syria-after-russian-threat-to-coalition-forces

So if russians do start defending the SAA for real, and by defending i mean they shoot down an american jet, do we go to war or what?

>>34319974
Proper war is very unlikely, but expect big sanctions to be slapped on Russia, the US forming closer ties and possible weapon transfers with Ukraine, and Syria itself being bombed to dust.

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>>34297063

>>34319986
First one is not likely, some US allies are starting to realize that not trading with Russia is harming their economies.
Second one is likely and will upset Russia.
Last one won't happen, it would mean going to war.

Also, any news from Mossul? The media in my country seem to say that the Iraqis are mopping up and that the city has basically fallen, though i am not inclined to believe them given the shit they say everyday.

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>>34303497
>Us illegally literally invades country and bombs it's government
>Americans literally plug their ears, close their eyes and start shouting propaganda when it's pointed out to them

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Anyone got screencap of full article?

>>34320136
I don't have a screen-cap but the article was just about how Israel provides aid to the FSA so that they become a buffer against ISIS.

>>34319894
>Turkey would intervene against any kurdish state.

That's not a guarantee anymore. Turkey has given economic and military aid to the KRG. If the KRG promises low prices on gas and oil that they sell to Turkey Turkey would probably help them.

>>34320085
>Country fails so hard at being a country that its rebel groups start spilling over into other countries
>Supporters bitch on the internet when the world stops taking them seriously

>>34320080
>some US allies are starting to realize that not trading with Russia is harming their economies.
Sadly Europe does not lead an independent foreign policy, they have few interests in this US-Russia cockmeasuring contest and still they implement sanctions that are detrimental to themselves. Our fishing industries have been hurting a lot, Russia used to be a large net importer of our goods. The media keeps demonizing them in the media though, don't expect the EU to suddenly grow a backbone.

They've already conducted punitive strikes against Syria without triggering a war. If a US plane gets shot down I'd reckon they'll level a couple of syrian airbases in return, though I don't think they'll actively target russian SAM sites or Assad personally. Who knows though, US policy in the region is erratic at best, double that down with hawks in the military and an unpredictable president.

>>34320177
>only after the US and friends substantially propped up the rebellion

>>34320253
The only person that can stop a bad guy (Assad) with a gun is a good guy (the rebels) with a gun. Sadly enough the rebels didn't start with 2k tanks in their inventories so the US decided to help the good guys.

>>34320262
>good guys
>literally al quaeda and friends
sure thing mate. How about supporting the good guys in gulf countries? Somehow we didn't care about bahrain gunning down protesters, i wonder why. Maybe we should help the IRGC in supplying houthis so they can take down the undeomcratic hadi regime and bring peace, prospertiy and secular western values to the region?

If you think in good and bad in geopolitical conflicts you're fucking retarded.

>>34320262
These 'good' guys are literally bolshevik tier, while the tzar wasn't a saint, but he was leagues better than what replaced him. Same thing in Syria.

>>34320080
>Last one won't happen, it would mean going to war.

You're very wrong. The US could easily bomb SAA and shia militias militery assets from standoff distance.
Russia would have no options in case the US evacuates their bases in Syria.

What will Russia do? Bomb NATO bases in Jordan? Or US bases in Israel?
Russia is severly outclassed in terms of militery ability in the ME.

Russia is not going to war against the US over some Kurd provinces in northern Syria.

>>34320330
escalation works in both ways. It doesn't matter if they are outclassed in the region, no side is interested in war. That's why they'll keep hitting each others proxy forces with little to no retaliation but strong words while avoiding direct confrontation

>>34320253
Assad was machine gunning people in the streets before the US spent a single penny on TOW missiles.

>>34320347
I'm sure he did so personally. It's the same kind of uprising as in 84, one difference is that it wasn't directly stomped down. The rebellion was armed from day one, and it escalated when they clashed with police and military forces that may have gone over what was intended by the government.

The ideology of the people that make up and organise the bulk of the rebel fighting force was never questionable.

>>34320347
And durkas were peacefully beheading and stoning their neighbours long before Assad came to power. I'm sure you'd have done a better job with silk gloves up until you and your entire family is hanging from a building somewhere.

>>34319894
>but the west has a trackrecord of leaving the kurds in the cold after they've had their use.

That's a silly statment. Care to give an exmple where the west and Kurds had close cooperation with the Kurds ending up betrayed?
Usually the Kurd suffering was plainly ignored. There was no meaningful cooperation in the first place to leave in the cold.

The Kurds were irrelavant for much of the 20th century, so were just ignored.
Their reward for being a stable US supporting part of the country post 2003 invasion was autonomy, which they got to keep past US withdrawal.

I remember pro shia celebrating here when Turkey went into Syria. Saying Kurds are fucked now and so on. I argued with many that the situation was far from that. Turns out I was 100% right.

If Turkey didn't go into Kurdish controlled areas during the mayham of the civil war, they are definitly not going to when this is over.

>>34320375
I'm not the guy you're arguing with but you seem like you know your stuff, what do you think will happen in 1-2 years from now?

>>34320343
Exactly what I am saying. Russia will not engage the US in the North directly.
Everything depends on the US actions in the area. As long as they show determination to assit the Kurds, they will get independance.
Thibgs seem to be pointing this way, with the US establishing new bases in the Kurdish area, expending exisiting ones and setting the precedent that SAA forces attacking the Kurds will be eliminated.

While Trump is the president I don't see him backing down to Iran.
A lot depends on who will the elections in 3.5 years. Another 4 Trump years, would probably spell an independant Kurdish state.

>>34311114
I think you mean )))))))

>>34320447
>independence
not happening. A landlocked country with little to no natural ressources surrounded by countries that hate them. Autonomy is the better deal for them, and they know it.

Also the areas that are currently disputed aren't even in question for that. No way the kurds will try to keep traditionally arab lands, like raqqa.

>>34320524
Rajova has oil, I'm talking about land deep in Rajova. About 1/3rd of Syria's oil used to come from there. Some natural gas is also present as well as other resources and agricultural land.

Being land locked is indeed a problem, but they can trade through Turkey, just like the Kurdish autonomy in Iraq does right this moment.
Turkey was adamantly objecting Kurd autonomy in Iraq just a decade ago, and Erdugan was threatening an invasion. Things are unrecognizable now.
Turkey and Syrian Kurds don't have any long standing grudges and oil money is too good to pass up.

Whether the Kurds would try to keep Arab areas like raqqa is yet to be seen (I believe this would be a mistake). But that's details in the grand scheme of Kurdish independance.

Saying the Kurds are better off under a regime that doesn't give two shits about them and would happily watch them die is a joke. Independance is better, only question, is it plausible for them to achieve.

>>34320262
>bad guy vs good guy dichotomy

are you 12?

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>>34320728

I must admit that I could not have guessed even a few months ago that Erdogan would be willing to do business with the Iraqi kurds - and even less so with the Syrian kurds. Rather I have been suspecting Turkey of doing oil trade with ISIS for some time now. That's come to an end. But if the whole "kurds are an existensial threat to Turkey" thing is over then the who map tumbles like a kicked Scrabble board. Seriously? Mind you, I find this development unironically wonderful, but what signs of such a turnabout exist?

>>34320728
There is no way a group with links to PKK is going to make a deal with Erdogan. If Rojave was headed by some KDP offshoot sure, but not YPG. Also KRG controls some of the largest oil fields in Iraq, compared to the, Rojave oil deposits are irrelevant.

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>>34322928
russian?

>>34323078
who knows.

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>Iconic Grand al-Nuri mosque in Iraq's Mosul 'blown up'

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/iconic-grand-al-nuri-mosque-iraq-mosul-blown-170621193402284.html

>>34323078

Brit. He's still alive which is utterly shocking, he was in the papers not so long back.

>>34323576
>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/iconic-grand-al-nuri-mosque-iraq-mosul-blown-170621193402284.html

Ah, news from Qatar. Nice.

I don't know which version I believe, frankly. ISIS are a bunch of full grown fanatics. Them blowing up cultural monuments by the dozen made sense as long as said monuments represented other faiths than their own. In this case though? What is ISIS' history with blowing up their own holy places so far?

>>34323781
they're iconoclasts

>>34323576
>>34323781
>>34323900

Perhaps the purpose of its obliteration was two fold, as a scorch earth tactic to deny the "kafirs" a religious strategic point, and as a propaganda move to shift blame and rally angry ignorant Sunnis.

You do have to keep in mind that these people don't give a flying fuck if the physical world is wrecked to shit by their hands, as long as their actions guarantee them a place in "heaven".

>>34323987
Oh, and it being a Middle Age building of historical value helps a lot.

>>34323987
what does muhammed think about blowing up mosques though?

>>34323987
given that the roots of their version of the faith is wahabi, the denomination that has destroyed numerous early islamic sites in the arabian peninsula, I'd say theyre simply iconoclasts and it makes sense for them to destroy it now as they wont be able to come back any time soon(ever)

>>34323969
>>34323900

Trying to stirring the believers to action is one possible reason. Wanting to deny the place to the enemy is another. It could also be that the mosque was full of inconvenient documents, like files showing who they had sold oil and ancient artifacts to, or foreign bank account information, name lists... but the ISIS are a modern breed, I can't see them storing much of this kind of stuff on paper.

As for the odds of USA blowing the mosque up. Why wait until now? It must have been one of the easiest targets on their list, and probably rigged with espionage gear. Unless there actually was a major meeting and it was the right time to detonate placed charges?

>>34303466
turkey is lonely and it has no friends in ME :(

>>34324070

Really? I would think that countries like Egypt would have some common ground, like the desire to keep the religious fanatics in check?

>>34324030
That's actually interesting to know.

But at the moment the beseiged IS pocket in Mosul is in a rather desperate position. It wouldn't be out of the ordinary for them to do this as a strategic move, anything to give them leverage on the propaganda front. It is a nearly millennia-old holy site after all.

>>34324043
Tombs, place of worship that center around "blasphemous" people and non-essential historical sites, sure, but a standard mosque with no affiliation to historical figures? That's the last place you would target for iconoclasm.

>>34324062
>ISIS are a modern breed, I can't see them storing much of this kind of stuff on paper.

I don't think a mosque is an ideal place to store paperwork. If they did they would had maintain them in more formal buildings when they were playing country.

This place is just straight up religiously important to Sunnis. IS believe that if the ISF and Shia PMU get their hands on it, they would lose an important rallying point for Sunnis, hence the mention of them adopting scorch earth. They did the same to the Old City, setting fire to the place to create smoke columns that impede drone operation and air recon.

>>34323781
>>34323987
Might have been Shia militias blowing up Sunni religious buildings to "get even" with ISIS since they've destroyed a bunch of Shia artifacts.

Would make the most sense, if they want to destroy it now is the only practical chance they got. ISIS has been there for 5 years and hasn't touched it.

>>34324280
I wouldn't discount this theory either if it was demolished by airstrikes or artillery, since it's dead smack in the middle of the Old City. But if ground-based explosives were used it's obviously IS' doing.

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>>34295899
Turkey is amassing T-155 self-propelled howitzers and and ACV-15 armored vehicles in Syria.

https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/877493640880422913

>>34324280
I could totally see IS destroying it to deny the shia militias the chance to say they captured it. I can also see shia militias shelling it out of revenge, but the whole fucking thing looks demolished in >>34323576. That doesnt look like an air strike or arty. That looks like one of the huge tunnel bombs or something, though I dont see a crater.

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as of half an hour ago . . .

>>34307072
I noticed too, fuck

>>34324582
also video of the explosion (??)

https://twitter.com/Khaqani_M/status/877633251912720384

>>34324520
>https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/877493640880422913

VERY interesting. Also a second vid further down on that page.

I saw a bunch of arty, a fuel tanker, one M113 and some odds and ends. What I didn't see, or recognize anyway, was any command structure or anti aircraft material. How is this supposed to work?

>>34324582
>It's the mosque where al-Baghdadi announced the formation of the caliphate.

Now it makes even more sense now.

>>34324520

Why the hell not. Some Wikipedia data.

Name: T-155 Firtina
Type: self propelled howitzer
Manufacture: Mostly Turkish
Top speed: 66 km/h
Weight: 55 tons
Crew: 5
Main armament: 155mm cannon
Secondary armament: .50 cal hmg
Shell range: 40 km
Driving range: 480 km

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>>34324520
fuck. Better hope those kurds have enough atgms to spam them

Anticipating a Turkish move in the near future, this article could be worth reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Turkish_incursion_into_northern_Iraq

Things were very different back then. Kurds were literally a forgotten tribe that noone were bothering to support, never mind equip. And the Peshmerga army was more a collective of militias than a proper structure. Which makes the amount of resources invested by Turkey near insane. The two sides' damage reports vary widely so I don't really believe either.

I should however love to know which commander Turkey is sending to field this force. If he is the same as nine years ago he better have some new tricks up the sleeve, because the enemy certainly will.

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http://content.jwplatform.com/previews/AEFgmONi-ogLph5eO

>>34299563
Where 2 cop those boots?

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>>34325061
>IS videos have devolved into nothing but them bitching about kaffirs and then blowing themselves up for minimal gains

C U C K
U
C
K

>>34326004
>go to war with the USA
>lose

Why are they surprised?

>>34324198
>a mosque with no affiliation to historical figures
>who is Nur ad-Din Zangi

also, list of mosques the saudis destroyed in the arabian peninsula
The mosque at the grave of Sayyid al-Shuhada’ Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib.
The Mosque of Fatima Zahra.
The Mosque of al-Manaratain.
Mosque and tomb of Sayyid Imam al-Uraidhi ibn Ja‘far al-Sadiq, destroyed by dynamite on August 13, 2002.
Four mosques at the site of the Battle of the Trench in Medina.
The Mosque of Abu Rasheed.
Salman al-Farsi Mosque, in Medina.
Raj'at ash-Shams Mosque, in Medina.

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New, rather bland, ISIS Dier Ez Zor video

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>>34327490

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>>34327505

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peeps who joined isis from the other factions

>>34327768
fsa is just called fsa, saa gets called army of nusayris, nusra is called jolani front, and ypg is called atheist kurds

>>34295899
that t-55 has seen some shit

>>34299778
We were bombing them while you where fighting Asad opposition

>>34302077
THICC