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August 22, 2016

It's Probably Nothing:

US sends jets to protect forces from Syrian regime strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has twice scrambled fighter aircraft to protect American special operations forces and allies after Syrian government warplane attacks near the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh, officials said Friday. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said the U.S. has increased combat air patrols in that area and has warned Syria that America will defend coalition troops. He also said he believes this is the first time the U.S. has scrambled aircraft in response to an incident like this involving Syrian government bombings.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 22, 2016 5:41 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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More war crimes to protect the neocon-zionist terrorists.

Posted by: bilejones [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 22, 2016 7:03 PM

Sounds like the wild west.

Posted by: Casey Klahn [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 22, 2016 9:05 PM

What a helluva way to fight a war. Worse than VN, where all we did was tip off the local (VC-friendly) chief when an operation was scheduled.

Posted by: BillH [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 23, 2016 7:26 AM

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