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Sir,
This is fotage from an overrun SAA position near the Golan Heights. What was used - FAE or mustard gas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6S4s2Yw8Ng
Fk Dahl
Open Thread - 27 April, 2014
A photograph of a Catholic school in Aleppo, Syria in Ottoman times. This was the College of the Holy Land in Aleppo. That is St. Anthony's statue in the center. The Ottoman sultan/caliph was a financial supporter of the school. The sultan's "tughra" (stylized signature) can be seen in the f...
For the war crime files:
Alleged to be CCTV camera footage from the hospital in ADRA, Syria, that was invaded by salafist terrorists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WtQAF4TDo0
Few things upset me more than seeing doctors and nurses cut down in cold blood.
U.S. to Suspend Aid (to Syrian Rebels)
"The decision applies to “all deliveries of non-lethal assistance into northern Syria while we evaluate the situation on the ground and gather additional details,” Jen Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman, told reporters today in Washington. The U.K. also has halted aid temporarily, the Fore...
https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/putin-saudi-arabia/8cb6df719a291a2b57a654dc7260bebf4e43c40d/
One wonders....
FkDahl
VIPS Warning to POTUS on Syria intelligence
"We regret to inform you that some of our former co-workers are telling us, categorically, that contrary to the claims of your administration, the most reliable intelligence shows that Bashar al-Assad was NOT responsible for the chemical incident that killed and injured Syrian civilians on ...
Informative interview with Dr Ziad Fadel of Syrianperspective.blogspot.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPmj7OH6hoA
FkDahl
"Syria and Egypt can't be fixed" by Spengler in Asia Times
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Syria "It took nearly two years for the chattering classes to take stock of Egypt's economic disaster. The New York Times' Thomas Friedman, the benchmark for liberal opinion on foreign policy, gushed like an adolescent about the tech-savvy activists of...
Yes, there were peaceful protests at first, similar to the ones in many other countries. Economic reform, high food prices and drought were some of the factors behind it. People were detained, some were roughed up, and a few died. All in all not too different from the Occupy demonstrations in the US. Then police and demonstrators started getting shot, and the whole thing escalated. Quickly thereafter fake news stories started appearing, such as the lesbian Amina Abdullah Arraf who was an American in Scotland, or the "Danny" who appeared with Anderson Cooper (unedited videos show them turning on the sound of gunfire for a dramatic background).
In very few countries is the state privilege of force and violence allowed to be challenged.
Today we have a situation where people such as Edward Black who were part of the first dissenters completely has turned his back on what today is a Salafist dominated foreign sponsored civil war.
http://americamagazine.org/content/all-things/caught-civil-war-syrias-christians
"Syria and Egypt can't be fixed" by Spengler in Asia Times
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Syria "It took nearly two years for the chattering classes to take stock of Egypt's economic disaster. The New York Times' Thomas Friedman, the benchmark for liberal opinion on foreign policy, gushed like an adolescent about the tech-savvy activists of...
Colonel.. some music while pondering the folly of the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZT5Hy-i7C8
FkDahl
The "Mushroom Shaped Cloud" is called Sarin this time
"The White House acknowledged Thursday the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale a number of times, according to a statement. The administration also indicated it will increase the "scope and scale of assistance" to rebels in Syria f...
First for reference: http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/2012/04/islamists-force-50000-christians-to-flee-from-syrian-city-of-homs/
(Cristians fleeing Homs one year ago when the salafists took over)
Second point: SAA played this well. Isolate the town, do a surprise raid to divide up the city. Wait, prove and bombard. Let a relief column of rebels fight their way through into the city. Close gate. More probing and artillery strikes, and clear the surrounding countryside. Then an early morning (night?) attack that seized key positions and caused collapse of the defence. Nice mix of operational tempo.
Is SAA now the best Arab army? Have they been Hezbollah-ized?
Aleppo is next.
"Syrian government forces seized control Wednesday of the strategically important border city of Qusayr, which had been the site of nearly seven weeks of fighting. State-run TV credited an offensive "that led to the annihilation of a number of terrorists," the government's term for rebels. ...
Hasn't Erdogan decimated the kemalist officer corps over the last few years? There was something about an alleged coup d'etat attempt a few years ago with several generals arrested or putched.
FkDahl
Neocon rage over Syria
The corporate media were infested today with neocons like Danielle Pletka, Jennifer Rubin and Chris Wallace who insisted that only US intervention in Syria would make the world safe. Pletka and Rubin descended in their arguments to the truth of their position. This position is that Iran wil...
Police in Turkey have arrested Al-Nusra Front members and seized 2kg of Sarin according to Turkish newspapers
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/23398827.asp
FkDahl
Bad news for Kerry/Obama on Syria
"... indicated that Hezbollah may be planning to expand its operations in support of the Syrian government. “I’m not sure if it will be to Qusayr or to Aleppo,” he said of his upcoming return, referring to Syria’s largest city. Rebels took over about half that city almost a year ago, before...
Colonel: an interview about Syria with Ziad Fadel, both of which I find interesting:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sfpiradio/2013/05/25/why-syria-matters-with-ziad-fadel-1
His website, which is a good source of on the ground intel, at least compared to NY Times...
http://syrianperspective.blogspot.fr/
Also, what do you make of this Georgia, Panski Gorge, and
http://www.cacianalyst.org/publications/field-reports/item/12726-russias-izvestia-blames-georgia-of-supporting-terrorists.htmlalleged support of Chechen terrorists/freedomefighters>
FkDahl
Asia Times updates on the situation in Syria
"... by now everyone following the Syrian tragedy knows who most of them are. One knows that the Un-Free Syrian Cannibals, sorry, Army (FSA) is a ragged collection of warlords, gangsters and opportunists of every possible brand, intersecting with hardcore jihadis of the Jabhat al-Nusra kind...
US to deploy HQ elements of 1st armored in Jordan:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/17/world/us-jordan-troops-order/index.html
Benny Gantz says that Israel may do Iran alone.
"Gantz addressed a laundry list of regional security issues, including Iran, Gazan rockets, Hezbollah, Syria, Sinai and developments in the West Bank. He also apologized over the recent flag controversy at a ceremony ahead of Remembrance Day, and blasted proposed budget cuts to the Defense ...
Colonel,
Having watched fair amount of videos of the conflict my impression is that the fighting ability and cohesion of the SAA has if anything increased, while the FSA+various elements seem as mixed as ever (good at sniper and suicide bombs), and probaby worse with increasing losses.
The attack towards Damascus resulted in the advance being cut off and encircled a la Mainstein, and the rebels ground down by artillery and tank fire in the Darya area. The town shows the scars of this.
Recently a large amount of ex-Yugoslav weapons have shown up, allegedly sold through Albanian "merchants". Lot of M40 recoilless guns. Here is a link to a rebel demonstrating AT4 Spigot. In the background the flag Washington seems to love!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvR3X0qI87Q
FkD
"Poor John Kerry" and the Syrian rebels
"Poor John Kerry. On his first foreign trip in his new job, the US secretary of state – and his boss – have been given a sharp slap in the face. A mission to Europe and the Middle East, which his officials declared would be for "listening" to ideas on what to do about Syria, has turned into ...
According to Michael Weiss the Turkisk bill was dated Sept 20
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/statuses/253870825080508417
"Turkey okays military force..." JP
"Turkey's parliament gave authorization on Thursday for military operations outside Turkish borders if the government deemed them necessary, a day after artillery shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. The government had sought parliamentary approval to send sold...
If I may add to the collection of war crimes committed by FSA tied elements.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7qDQ-ab8PI&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fthenakedfacts.blogspot.ca%2F&has_verified=1
Could someone show this to e.g. Mrs Slaugther or Hillary or McCain?
FkD
"Video shows 20 Syrian soldiers believed executed" Reuters
"Amateur video posted on You Tube on Monday showed images of 20 dead Syrian soldiers, blindfolded and handcuffed, after they were apparently executed in the northern city of Aleppo. Two videos showed the dead men dressed in army fatigues and kneeling in a long line along a road with their blo...
Chuck, a local French resident out cycling was shot and killed. This guy passed another cyclist (ex RAF) who was the one who discovered the event and probably rescued the life of the young girl.
The car was evidently in the process of turning around perhaps after encountering a road block. One rear tire was popped. All the shots were from the side windows, none through doors or front window. Engine was still running.
/FkD
PS.Some weeks prior a jewelry store in nearby Grenoble was held up by robbers armed with Kalashnikovs, firing liberally both for shock value in store and to scare away curious onlookers and police. Disappeared - with a female hostage - in a stolen BMW SUV smashing two (small) French police cars in the process. Still on the loose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJtQXmIthT8
Kosovo or ex-Yugoslavia is usually the source of the weapons and perhaps the perps.
French Alps murder of Iraqi family
This is an interesting story. A political motivation seems likely. pl http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19528446
Col, have a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huw_5hdvj4I&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY_vhc70CZI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY_vhc70CZI (think they show the same killing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3cTzwDGm4I&feature=plcp
Just some burglary ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiKDfy14mTc&feature=plcp
Hung female
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WvcV2PEuJc&feature=plcp
Tortured male
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxQ4drA8vvo&feature=plcp
More here: http://www.youtube.com/user/3TimeToFightBack/videos?sort=dd&view=0&page=2
Slightly off topic. FSA snipers, seems fairly pro. Weapons ID?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpW7X5PIssg&feature=plcp
/FkD
Syria atrocity videos
The Syrian rebels are good at PR, They have TV production staff following them around so that they can post on the internet. These productions of supposed government atrocities have influenced many of the gullible in the MSM. Send me links of actual atrocities in the process of commission...
Tank allegedly captured by FSA and used for random city bombardment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6tjZT_AIjM&feature=plcp
Might need gun barrel realignment!
Also of note: Christians are forming armed militias:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/120731/aleppo-christians-islamists-jihadis-al-qaeda-iraq-sectarian-conflict
Aleppo. Assault or no assault?
"Anti-regime guerillas have battled to stave off an onslaught by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo on Sunday as the government claimed it had defeated a rebel assault in Damascus. Despite days of heavy skirmishes in the south-west of Syria's second city, a decisive battle is ...
Syrian army clearing streets, not sure of city. In terms of military performance, not the worst I have seen but not the best. Looks like a mix of regulars and some kind of militia (not in proper uniforms). No indication of indiscriminate killing "of their own people".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ovxQFGWlYwg#t=87s
I doubt FSA have ammunition to hold out for very long. Perhaps the FSA etc plan is to have UN stop the fighting under the guise of stopping a massacre.
Aleppo. Assault or no assault?
"Anti-regime guerillas have battled to stave off an onslaught by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo on Sunday as the government claimed it had defeated a rebel assault in Damascus. Despite days of heavy skirmishes in the south-west of Syria's second city, a decisive battle is ...
I have not yet had the pleasure of reading the colonels books, and can thus not verify if coal torpedoes were used in them:
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.fr/2012/07/coal-torpedo.html .
Fascinating uh?
FkD
Open Thread - 24 July
pl
When I see this video it strongly reminds me of videos out of Iraq in the 2006-2008 time frame.
Elements of the FSA seem to share characteristics with the Sunni rebels in Iraq, and probably AQ in Iraq.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyFWi0IRD1Y&feature=channel&list=UL
Can someone translate all the slogans and what not?
Side impact mine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1u_tivK6W_o
I accuse myself for having a hard time fully embracing them as freedom fighters this time.
"Annan’s new road map for peace in Syria" Ignatius
"...a transition plan and take it to Assad and the Syrian opposition. This road map would call for a presidential election to choose Assad’s successor, plus a parliamentary ballot and a new constitution — with a timeline for achieving these milestones. Assad would presumably depart for Russia,...
I have heard another reason for the name: tourtre, dove, referring to the traveler pigeon that was so abundant earlier on. Wiki says "In the 18th century, the Passenger Pigeon in Europe was known to the French as tourtre; but, in New France, the North American bird was called tourte. Tourtière, a traditional meat-pie originating from Quebec and associated with French-Canadian culture, was so-named because tourte was historically a key ingredient."
The quebecois also enjoy poutine, tarte au sucre and tarte aux erable, neither of which I can really recommend. The latter two are abhorrently sweet.
Tourtieres a Noel
This savory meat pie is easy to make and wondrous at midnight at a party on a cold winter's night. It is even better warmed up the next day. Babak, you can make this with any kind of meat. pl http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/recipes/tourtiere-quebec-meat-pie/
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