New US-led air strikes hit Isil targets in Syria

[KurtNYC]

Source: The Telegraph (UK)

The US-led coalition widened its air strikes against Islamic State (Isil) group targets in Syria on Saturday as part of "near continuous" raids against the jihadists.

The expanded operations in Syria by Washington and its Arab allies came after three more European governments deployed fighter jets for strikes against IS in Iraq, freeing up US air power.
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The US-led coalition hit Isil targets in Syria's central province of Homs for the first time on Saturday as well as in the town of Minbej, near the western limit of Isil control, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said the targets hit in Homs province were far away from the front line in fighting involving forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad who control Homs city, Syria's third largest.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11125501/New-US-led-air-strikes-hit-Isil-targets-in-Syria.html

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They are training 5,000 rebels but say they will need 12 - 15,000 to push back ISIL.

[CJCRANE]

1. I wonder, how many soldiers are in the actual Syrian Army?

Maybe it would be better to follow Rumsfeld's doctrine of "you go to war with the army you have, not the army you'd like to have".

[Fred Sanders]

2. I think someone said that long before this Bush lackey you quoted.

Rebel training....that will take months if not years. Yesterday's rebels will be tomorrow's terrorists, just like today's ally weaponry becomes tomorrow's terrorist weaponry.

[CJCRANE]

4. It's a famous quote from Rumsfeld. I'm not endorsing him, I just thought it was appropriate.

I agree with your point highlighting the known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns of the situation.

[Fred Sanders]

5. My point is the quote is attributable to many folks in history, long before your chosen messenger.

Rumsfeld did not make it famous, he just plagiarized it using broken English.

[CJCRANE]

6. TBH I didn't agree with him at the time when he said it.

I thought it was irresponsible to go into a war of choice ill-prepared.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Sorry if is many have seemed hostile, the very mention of another Bush war criminal gets me going.

[cosmicone]

3. Now Russia can join the airstrikes

and wipe out Al Nusra and FSA.

Problem solved.

[Fred Sanders]

8. In other media outside the corporate media in America it is "Arab-led strikes assisted by America."

Which is more accurate since they have done most of the missions....Americans must never know that 5 Sunni nations are killing fellow Sunnis......putting to bed the major media lie of "where are the Muslims condemning ISIS"?

They are in fighter planes killing their enemy and America's enemy, that is where.

[GeorgeGist]

9. I Googled your quote ...

the only complete-hit was your post.