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Al Qadea’s deputy leader and son in law of Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday in FSA controlled Idlib province by a US drone strike .. In case you still weren’t clear on who the “moderate” FSA “rebels” are .. They’re Al Qadea affiliated Jihadists ..

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“Abu al-Khayr al-Masri – who has been part of the global jihadi organisation for three decades and was a son-in-law of its founder, Osama bin Laden – was killed on Sunday when a missile fired from a drone hit the small car in which he was travelling. Masri had also been a close aide to al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, a fellow Egyptian.”

“On Monday, the Pentagon confirmed it had carried out a strike in north-west Syria, but did not say whom the attack had targeted. Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the al-Qaida-inspired group that Masri had worked alongside in Syria, acknowledged the death, as did individual jihadi leaders.”

“The 59-year-old was killed by a drone strike on a car in Idlib, Syria, according to local reports.”

US drone strike in Syria kills top al-Qaida leader, jihadis say

Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was implicated in deadly 1998 African embassy bombings

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/27/us-drone-strike-in-syria-kills-top-al-qaida-leader-jihadis-say

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“OBAMA: Governor Romney, I’m glad that you recognize that Al Qaida is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what’s the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not Al Qaida; you said Russia, in the 1980s, they’re now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.”

Election 2012 | Obama to Romney: Cold War Is Over – Third Presidential Debate | The New York Times

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1409sXBleg

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/pol/ is funny ..

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Hahaha .. US backed SDF handed western Manbij to Assad .. Now if Turkey wants to take it they’ll have to take it from Assad and Russia .. This is getting interesting ..

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Turkey .. When you run out of ISIS controlled territory to expand into, return to your original mission and attack the Kurds .. Always a winning strategy ..

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This statement by a US official is the first I’ve seen that confirms that the US and Russia are now working in concert on shared objectives and explains the recent focus on ISIS by all parties ..

That’s the Trump effect in action ..

Since Trump has been elected, Aleppo was liberated, Damascus had their water restored, Jihadists in Idlib area started fighting each other for resources (arms and money), and all parties (Turkey+FSA, Russia+Assad, USA+SDF) have been focused on eliminating ISIS ..

Obama (and Hillary, quite deliberately) merely managed to inflame the situation ..

[ Caveat: Turkey ran out of ISIS controlled territory to expand into .. They now border Assad (Russia) and SDF (USA) and have started attacking the SDF .. Let’s see if either USA or Russia attempts to rein Turkey in .. ]

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“Russian and Syrian jets nearly hit U.S. forces in northern Syria on Tuesday when they attacked positions held by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a critical American ally in the effort to expel the Islamic State from Syria, the top U.S. general there said Wednesday.”

“The Russian and Syrian planes, apparently, had seen some Islamic State forces recently move out of the area and hit the U.S. proxies thinking they were ISIS forces, Townsend said. The Syrian Arab force took casualties, but the Russian planes peeled off once their American counterparts used a long-established hotline to warn them they were bombing friendly forces. American advisory forces were fewer than five miles away, but were unharmed.”

“[Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend] sought to tamp down tensions, saying that “the coalition is encouraged” by the progress against the Islamic State by the Turkish military and their proxies. He added that the United States asks “all forces to remain focused on the counter-ISIS fight and concentrate their efforts on defeating ISIS, and not toward other objectives that may cause the coalition to divert energy and resources away from Raqqa.””

Russians Hit U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebels, As Hostile Groups Converge Within ‘Grenade Range’

The top U.S. general in Iraq and Syria says the situation in northern Syria remains chaotic.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/01/russia-bombs-us-backed-syrian-rebels-hostile-groups-converge-within-grenade-range-putin-trump-strategy/?utm_content=buffer2002c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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