The media is spinning this as intentional. I have questions. And doubts. Serious doubts.
1- Did this happen as it is being spun by the media?
2- The US claimed to have withdrawn, so, why would their be any soldiers in harms way?
3- Why is the US occupying Syria? The million dollar question that is rarely if ever asked.
4- Why are they fighting alongside Kurdish proxies? Known terrorists.
5- Did Turkey really know, with certainty, the US soldiers were present?
The entire claim about this incident originates with an unnamed source. The US forces were to have withdrawn in order to “green light” the Turkish entry. Why would Turkey assume they were still present? It’s also being claimed Turkey was given the location of the US soldiers down to ‘explicit grid coordinates”- I’m not believing that! Why would they share such coordinates when they were to have withdrawn?
Bottom line, I’m not buying this latest dramatic episode at all.
Wondering if this is being concocted so the US can justify their soldiers placement openly alongside the Kurdish terrorists?
Here are the reports:
Explosion near U.S. military outpost in SDF-controlled Ayn al Arab ( Kobani )- U.S. official
Ayn al Arab as it is officially known was renamed by the occupiers to Kobani- I use Ayn al Arab first.
Daily Mail
Newsweek
1- Did this happen as it is being spun by the media?
2- The US claimed to have withdrawn, so, why would their be any soldiers in harms way?
3- Why is the US occupying Syria? The million dollar question that is rarely if ever asked.
4- Why are they fighting alongside Kurdish proxies? Known terrorists.
5- Did Turkey really know, with certainty, the US soldiers were present?
The entire claim about this incident originates with an unnamed source. The US forces were to have withdrawn in order to “green light” the Turkish entry. Why would Turkey assume they were still present? It’s also being claimed Turkey was given the location of the US soldiers down to ‘explicit grid coordinates”- I’m not believing that! Why would they share such coordinates when they were to have withdrawn?
Bottom line, I’m not buying this latest dramatic episode at all.
Wondering if this is being concocted so the US can justify their soldiers placement openly alongside the Kurdish terrorists?
Here are the reports:
Explosion near U.S. military outpost in SDF-controlled Ayn al Arab ( Kobani )- U.S. official
Ayn al Arab as it is officially known was renamed by the occupiers to Kobani- I use Ayn al Arab first.
An explosion occurred near a U.S. military outpost in northern Syria on Friday, but no U.S. personnel were injured, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed U.S. official.The official said thesource of the explosion near Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)-controlled Kobani was unclear but it came as Turkey wages an offensive in northeast Syria.Source of the explosion, UNCLEAR.
Newsweek was the first to report the incident. It said that U.S. troops in Ayn al arab (Kobani) had been caught up in Turkey’s shelling.
The news came hours after Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a news briefing at Pentagon that Turkey was informed about the positions of all U.S. troops in Syria.
“The Turkish military is fully aware - down to explicit grid coordinate detail - of the locations of U.S. forces,” Milley said.
Turkey deliberately shelled the area to drive U.S. forces out, said Josie Ensor, a reporter for Telegraph, citing a U.S. official.
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| A US soldier sits atop an armoured vehicle |
Daily Mail
Turkish troops shelled a US Special Forces unit in northern Syria on Friday, apparently 'by mistake', as they moved in on Kurdish fighters days after President Trump said he would remove American soldiers from the region.Source of the explosion unclear
No one was injured and the artillery fell several hundred meters from where the US troops were stationed, according to CNN. The Pentagon has not yet commented.
Newsweek
A contingent of U.S. Special Forces was caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria, days after President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart he would withdraw U.S. troops from certain positions in the area. A senior Pentagon official said shelling by the Turkish forces was so heavy that the U.S. personnel considered firing back in self-defense.
Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official and the senior Pentagon official that Special Forces operating on Mashtenour hill in the "majority-Kurdish"( I don't think so, at least not till the US ethnic cleansing began) city of Ayn al Arab Kobani fell under artillery fire from Turkish forces conducting their so-called "Operation Peace Spring" against Kurdish fighters backed by the U.S. but considered terrorist organizations by Turkey. No injuries have been reported.Source of the explosion unclear