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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: Syrian aircraft bomb Sunni militant targets inside Iraq
Syrian government aircraft bombed Sunni militant targets inside Iraq on Tuesday, further broadening the Middle Eastern crisis a day after Israeli warplanes and rockets struck targets inside Syria.
Iraqi state media initially reported that the attacks near Iraqs western border with Syria were carried out by U.S. drones, a claim that was quickly and forcefully denied by the Pentagon.
Separately, the Pentagon said that 90 additional U.S. troops arrived in Iraq, part of up to 300 military advisers whom President Obama said last week he would deploy there to assess the situation before taking any further U.S. military action. A statement said that U.S. aircraft are now flying 30 to 35 manned and unmanned daily surveillance flights over Iraq.
The main U.S. effort Tuesday was on the diplomatic front, as Secretary of State John F. Kerry traveled to Irbil, the Kurdish regional capital, to urge leaders there to remain part of Iraq. As they met, fighters from local Sunni tribes, apparently working with militant fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), wrested control of at least part of Iraqs largest oil refinery from government troops.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/syrian-aircraft-bomb-sunni-militant-targets-inside-iraq/2014/06/24/2ea61b70-fbdc-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html
Iraqi state media initially reported that the attacks near Iraqs western border with Syria were carried out by U.S. drones, a claim that was quickly and forcefully denied by the Pentagon.
Separately, the Pentagon said that 90 additional U.S. troops arrived in Iraq, part of up to 300 military advisers whom President Obama said last week he would deploy there to assess the situation before taking any further U.S. military action. A statement said that U.S. aircraft are now flying 30 to 35 manned and unmanned daily surveillance flights over Iraq.
The main U.S. effort Tuesday was on the diplomatic front, as Secretary of State John F. Kerry traveled to Irbil, the Kurdish regional capital, to urge leaders there to remain part of Iraq. As they met, fighters from local Sunni tribes, apparently working with militant fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), wrested control of at least part of Iraqs largest oil refinery from government troops.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/syrian-aircraft-bomb-sunni-militant-targets-inside-iraq/2014/06/24/2ea61b70-fbdc-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html
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WaPo: Syrian aircraft bomb Sunni militant targets inside Iraq (Original Post)
grahamhgreen
Jun 2014
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Cheney must have told them to do it, oh wait McCain must be upset, stay out of civil wars not yours.
gordianot
Jun 2014
#1
Last week, we were gonna bomb Syria, this week, we're allied with em. 1984 for reals.
grahamhgreen
Jun 2014
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gordianot
(15,547 posts)1. Cheney must have told them to do it, oh wait McCain must be upset, stay out of civil wars not yours.
I am waiting for some Republican to suggest bombing everyone in Iraq, Syria, and Iran. Now that would be asymmetrical warfare.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)2. Last week, we were gonna bomb Syria, this week, we're allied with em. 1984 for reals.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)3. Syria may have acted on their own.
It's not clear who our allies are at the moment.