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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    CrowBat ...then two points come up...when did they come into country since the Israeli's complained and Russia "supposedly" did not deliver them...secondly there have been comments that Hezbollah has been firing them mainly...so Russia is transferring the knowledge to them...as payment for their fighting in Syria?

    Then the recent Israeli comment that 90% has been fired.....makes sense coupled with the marked decrease in their firings.....
    This would explain the recent Hezbollah statements out of Beirut about the ability to accurately hit targets in Israel and it begs the question just how many missiles did Russia actually ship into Syria......

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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    Fantastic use of OSINT by @fontanka_news to uncover a newly formed Russian PMC that operated in Ukraine & Syria http://www.fontanka.ru/2016/03/28/171/ (RU)
    Private military companies from Russia, including “Wagner”, have lost dozens of men in Syria, claims @fontanka_news: http://www.fontanka.ru/2016/03/28/171/

    Sorry in Russian...

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    Shia militias have regularly been looting Sunni areas in Iraq after IS was driven out so just why they act any different in Sunni areas of Syria....and this is not a sectarian war?????

    Footage said to show pro-Regime looting of #Palmyra after they captured it from #ISIS - @Dalatrm

    Footage was also released yesterday of the Shia militias beating up an elder man who had decided to not flee Palmyra and has never been IS....

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    Not smart
    #Russian Boycott Of# Nuclear #Terrorism Summit Leaves #US ‘Scratching Our Heads’

    http://pocket.co/soKU8D via @RFERL

    BUT WAIT..Russian FM has been blasting the West for not joining in their war on terrorism...all forms of terrorism actually......

    So do they envision the use of a dirty bomb at some point???

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    Sanctions and the drop in oil are not hurting Russia...think again.....

    Russia's GDP in dollar terms fell by an astonishing 35% in 2015, an @FT analysis shows
    http://on.ft.com/1WLRpNc

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    Ahrar al-Sham destroyed two #ISIL tanks and killed several fighters tried to storm al-Hait village west #Dara.

    FSA seized Meraighal from #IS in northern #Aleppo after intense US airstrikes
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...58244&z=14&m=b

    Reports Turkish artillery & Intl coalition strikes supporting #FSA new assault on #ISIL held Tuqali, al-Jakka & Mrigel villages north Aleppo

    North Aleppo scene is pretty much like this: take villages from isis at night, defend Azaz against YPG by day...

    SNHR #Syria
    Hisham Al Shuqair from Daraa, his family confirmed his death by torture in a gov detention center, Mar 29

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    This is a big deal for the Syrian opposition.......
    Pro-Assad MP Ahmad Shlash confirm Ural's death and vows to retaliate in #Idlib.


    Mihrac Ural led the May 2013 massacre of Baniyas at the Syrian coast. Hundreds of women & children were executed.

    Video from Baniyas during the 2013 massacre filmed by the killers themselves. #Syria (GRAPHIC)
    http://youtu.be/hUkB9uBqNY8

    This is often totally forgotten by the entire West especially the Obama WH.

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    Army of Islam ‏@Islamarmy_eng2 · 10m10 minutes ago
    Our fighters engaging in fierce fighting on Harasta-Qunaitira's line to stop the attempt of Assad's militia to advance into al-Marj front.

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    Just how intertwined is the UN with Assad is slowly becoming a very valid question especially when UN aid is being resold to Assad connections, or not delivered to the besieged areas as agreed on and or given to the SAA????

    OR how documented receipt of UN aid led to the Assad arrests of hundreds using this UN registration data????

    Is @UN also paying regime supporters in OCHA while they press their parent body to stop clearances? @faysal7899

    3 kids in Madaya killed by landmines laid by government forces. Shame OCHA, bullied by Assad, stopped mine clearance

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    Russian Private Military Companies As Licensed Tool of #Terror
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSS4...ature=youtu.be

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    CrowBat....you might like this.....so will it be poor maintenance and or poor fuel quality as the crash reason this time...pilot error never occurs.

    SU25 crashes in Russia......

    Moment of the crash of Russian SU- 25
    via @SobiNewsCom
    pic.twitter.com/7VMb8P0yCa

    Su-25 #warplane crashes in #Russia
    http://uatoday.tv/society/su-25-warp...si-620792.html

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    Syria Northern #Aleppo #Azaz control #map March 30 (6AM) #FSA #SDF #ISIS #DAESH
    http://www.edmaps.com/html/syrian_ci...r_in_maps.html

    PalmyraRev1 ·
    Concerns about revenge actions towards the civilians who remained in #Palmyra after beheading 3 civilians today by #Assad allied militias


    Graphic!
    Children killed,wounded by #Hezbollah bomb outside #Madaya
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsBoyHwzOoA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D_JpuNQFlI

    For proAssad commenters everything is either IS and or JN controlled thus they can attack everywhere and not be in violation of the CoH.....

    Hassan Ridha
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    #FSA destroy an #SDF tank in the outskirts of Azaz as the latter attempts to advance on the #JN controlled city

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    The will to fight for a nation state flag has never been big in the current Iraq and Syria........

    Mosul update. Not good according to a few reports. I can't believe they're deserting when ISIL is only using classic war tactics to look big

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    Saudi Arabia turns up the heat on Hezbollah
    http://brook.gs/1RIwwya

    Unusual statement from #AlJazeera distancing itself from Google/State Dept #Syria scheme
    http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/edito...080715051.html

    Mainstream rebels, pictured below, merge with #Saudi backed moderates in #Homs
    #Syria
    https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsRepo...bels-in-merger
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    Exclusive: Russia, despite draw down, shipping more to Syria than removing
    http://reut.rs/1olmcVj

    IS Wilayat Kavkaz claimed a double IED attack. 10 killed,3 wounded RU soldiers near Kaspiysk
    http://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2016/30...d-a-double-ied

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    Sound like Syria......?? By Richard Engel:
    Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen and fire, they're very common and mix all too often. The recipe is, simply, a legitimate grievance against a state, a state that refuses to compromise, a quorum of angry people, and access to weapons.
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    Fallout from #IranDeal is as promising as fallout from #Reset with Putin
    https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/st...96410140618753

    Al Arabiya English
    ✔ ‎@AlArabiya_Eng BREAKING: #Iran's leader Khamenei says those who say future is in negotiations rather than missiles, are wrong
    http://ara.tv/mffvv

    Reuters - #Russia now appears 2 hv more war ships near #Syria coast than b4 #Putin announced drawdown of forces
    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mi...-idUSKCN0WW0DJ

    The car bomb(another) detonated at a checkpoint in Dagestan: explosion killed the police officer
    http://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2016/30...nt-in-dagestan
    via @zvezdanews
    Well IS did promise Russia a response to their being in Syria......

    Did Russia deploy robot tanks in Syria?
    These guys say ‘probably’, crediting @bellingcat which said the opposite!
    https://twitter.com/russiainsider/st...00544881156096

    How to figure out how many troops Russia had in Syria? Wait until Kremlin puts up tender for 10,000 campaign medals http://www.defensenews.com/story/def...yria/82362966/
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    CrowBat....you might like this.....so will it be poor maintenance and or poor fuel quality as the crash reason this time...pilot error never occurs.

    SU25 crashes in Russia......

    Moment of the crash of Russian SU- 25
    via @SobiNewsCom
    pic.twitter.com/7VMb8P0yCa

    Su-25 #warplane crashes in #Russia
    http://uatoday.tv/society/su-25-warp...si-620792.html
    Follow up to air crash.....

    "50 hens were killed in Su-25 crash. Only 1 survived"
    https://twitter.com/flashnord/status/715119330170695680

    Nothing has been said about the pilot.......

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    MFA Russia
    ✔ ‎@mfa_russia #Zakharova:Blocking a UNSC resolution on Palmyra liberation can be regarded as the interest absense in peace process

    http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20...#ixzz44Nk2Yzd5

    MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The decision to block a draft resolution on Palmyra liberation in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) shows that the West is not interested in the Syrian peace process, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.

    "This [decision to block the resolution] shows that they are not interested in the process of liberating Syria from terrorists or promoting the peace process… not even cultural values and other things they often claim. Geopolitical interest is exclusively behind all of this," Zakharova said.

    She added that Russia has now decided to submit a draft resolution on Palmyra to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), calling for the reconstruction of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
    Assad stated in a Sputnik interview that he will be leaning on Russia, Iran and China in order to rebuild Syria...the same Syria, Iran and Russia that has destroyed virtually all of Syria......especially the RuAF in the last six months...which has virtually flattened all FSA held towns....
    Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-30-2016 at 10:55 AM.

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    Iran's supreme leader says those who think Iran's future lies in talks, not missiles 'are ignorant or traitors'
    http://read.bi/1ZKm1AD

    Appears the Obama WH strategy of working with "moderates" and assuring Congress that such a way would be the outcome and would benefit the US seems to failed as he forgot the "Supreme Leader"....in his calculations.....

    MFA Russia
    ✔ ‎@mfa_russia #Ulyanov: Russia sees no point in putting the issue of Iran's ballistic missiles on #UNSC agenda as it has no basis
    http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20...#ixzz44NoqGIDz
    Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 03-30-2016 at 11:16 AM.

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