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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 04:21 PM Sep 2014

And it's Assad to the rescue! "Syria launches airstrikes on ISIS stronghold"

Syria launches airstrikes on Islamic State stronghold
Syria launched a series of airstrikes targeting a stronghold of the Islamic State extremist group on Saturday, killing at least 25 people, most of whom died when one of the missiles slammed into a crowded bakery, activists said.

The eight airstrikes smashed parts of buildings, set cars alight and crushed people under rubble in the northeastern city of Raqqa, which is ruled by the extremist group, according to video of the aftermath uploaded to social media networks.
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/syria-launches-airstrikes-on-islamic-state-stronghold-slideshow/
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And it's Assad to the rescue! "Syria launches airstrikes on ISIS stronghold" (Original Post) 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 OP
well. gee, maybe the President's assessment is right again. sorry idiots who the msm give all the still_one Sep 2014 #1
Media today is pretty much just a bunch of paid shills. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #7
a bakery? "i said *isis* stronghold, not *icing* stronghold!" unblock Sep 2014 #2
LOL sub.theory Sep 2014 #4
I just hope they know when they're licked. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #10
Hitting a bakery. That's where those ISIS guys are most likely to be found, TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #3
Maybe the real target was a Dunkin Doughnuts and not ISIS? Hmmm! Kaleva Sep 2014 #5
Assad did not fly the fighter jets, and this errant missile hitting a civilian structure and killing Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #6
Going by history jamzrockz Sep 2014 #8
There was no civilian mayhem in Gaza. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #11
I guess that means we can let LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #9
Let the Saudis finance the removal of ISIS. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #12
But ... but, it was the freaking Saudis who CREATED ISIS in the first place 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #13
Yes. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #14
Well, when you put it that way, I suppose it IS their responsibility 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #15
My thinking exactly. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #16

still_one

(92,190 posts)
1. well. gee, maybe the President's assessment is right again. sorry idiots who the msm give all the
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 04:29 PM
Sep 2014

Attention to who want to expand wars everywhere, you were and are wrong Again

Hmmm. Looks like a cease fire has been signed in Ukraine

Did anyone notice chemical weapons removed in Syria

Of course they will be very careful not to give this administration credit. I think 95% of the media in this country is made up of ignoramus reporters

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
10. I just hope they know when they're licked.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 05:37 PM
Sep 2014

(I can't believe I just said that! Will go duck head in icewater as penance.)

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
3. Hitting a bakery. That's where those ISIS guys are most likely to be found,
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 04:30 PM
Sep 2014

enjoying delicious pastries--good thinking!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
6. Assad did not fly the fighter jets, and this errant missile hitting a civilian structure and killing
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 04:43 PM
Sep 2014

mainly civilians just shows how much all militaries propagandize and lie about their capability to limit civilian mayhem in urban zones.

As just one example.

Do the pictures for Gaza not make that clear enough?

 

jamzrockz

(1,333 posts)
8. Going by history
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 04:59 PM
Sep 2014

I am more inclined to believe the SAF bombed the terrorists if they said they did. The FSA/terrorists are notorious liars who would do anything to lie about strikes against them.

Anyone remember the fake bakery bombing by Syrian Airforce(SAF)? where the FSA merc were caught on camera dropping flat breads on the ground to give the western viewers the impression that SAF were bombing innocent civilians in a bread factory.

The video is below. Viewer discretion is advised. Video of dead and maimed terrorists in it. But most importantly, video evidence of Syrian rebels/terrorists lying

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
9. I guess that means we can let
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 05:14 PM
Sep 2014

Syria handle it. No need for us to send our people over there. Groups like ISIS have a way of pissing off their neighbors.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
12. Let the Saudis finance the removal of ISIS.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 05:40 PM
Sep 2014

Not only can they afford it, but they're among those most threatened. If they don't have the moxie to do it themselves, maybe they can hire Blackwater. Or the Fergustan police force.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
16. My thinking exactly.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:55 PM
Sep 2014

The Saudis are very skilled at playing "Let's you & him fight." It's the main tactic of the House of Saud in staying in power.

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