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cachukis

(2,273 posts) Wed Nov 8, 2023, 08:50 PM Nov 2023

Somebody is picking a fight in Syria.

Naggingly. Worrisome.

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Somebody is picking a fight in Syria. (Original Post) cachukis Nov 2023 OP

See DU thread article for context emulatorloo Nov 2023 #1

Saw that. Suspect provocations continue. cachukis Nov 2023 #2

Thank you for clarifying. MyMission Nov 2023 #3

I was referring to reports i couldn't verify, but figure cachukis Nov 2023 #4

The Iranians are provocative, are they not. cachukis Nov 2023 #5

I have posted before that we should not be in Syria. former9thward Nov 2023 #6

emulatorloo

(44,186 posts)

1. See DU thread article for context

Reply to cachukis (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:13 PM

Nov 2023

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143155634

US launches 2nd round of airstrikes on Iran-backed groups it says attacked American troops

The U.S. military on Wednesday said American warplanes struck a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria that officials said was being used by Iran-backed militants responsible for dozens of drone and rocket attacks against American troops in the region over the last three weeks.

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"Between October 17 and November 7 ... U.S. forces have been attacked at least 40 times," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday.

cachukis

(2,273 posts)

2. Saw that. Suspect provocations continue.

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:29 PM

Nov 2023

MyMission

(1,850 posts)

3. Thank you for clarifying.

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:29 PM

Nov 2023

And thanks for providing the link to the DU post that had details.
I was going to reply to the op "Someone else is picking their nose" because I had no clue what they were talking about, and really dislike posts that are obscure and have no point of reference.

cachukis

(2,273 posts)

4. I was referring to reports i couldn't verify, but figure

Reply to MyMission (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:33 PM

Nov 2023

attentives would be curious.

cachukis

(2,273 posts)

5. The Iranians are provocative, are they not.

Reply to cachukis (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:45 PM

Nov 2023

Could they challenge a distemper by the US? In these times, wouldn't it be opportune?
Read a blurb there was more provocation. Dismissed it.
Posted foolishly, perhaps.

former9thward

(32,082 posts)

6. I have posted before that we should not be in Syria.

Reply to cachukis (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:51 PM

Nov 2023

We have a scattering of troops there and they are sitting ducks. For no good reason. We backed the losing side in the Syrian Civil war. We should have left but we are now in the little corner of Syria that Assad doesn't control. Why?

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