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muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 04:22 AM Sep 2018

Russia says Syria shot down one of its military planes, blames Israel - RIA

Source: Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the Syrian military had accidentally shot down a Russian military plane over Syria, but said it blamed the incident on Israel, the RIA news agency reported.
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On Tuesday, the ministry accused Israeli military planes of deliberately creating a “dangerous” situation near the Syrian city of Latakia — which is close to a Russian air base where it said the Il-20 aircraft was preparing to land, RIA reported.

The Ministry of Defence said 15 Russian military service people had died because of what it described as Israel’s irresponsible actions. It said Israel had only warned it one minute before launching the strikes, RIA reported.



Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-russia/russia-says-syria-shot-down-one-of-its-military-planes-blames-israel-ria-idUKKCN1LY05J



Blame Israel for what Syria did? Wow.
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Russia says Syria shot down one of its military planes, blames Israel - RIA (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2018 OP
Trumpian logic. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #1
Russia blames Israel for syrian friendly-fire. DetlefK Sep 2018 #2
Sounds about right. Behind the Aegis Sep 2018 #3
Here is another article that brings Turkey into the discussion TexasTowelie Sep 2018 #4
No surprises. Behind the Aegis Sep 2018 #5
Yeah, but that was written before the Russian confirmed it was the Syrians who shot it down muriel_volestrangler Sep 2018 #7
So, the Syrians were trying to shoot down Israeli aircraft and they hit the Russians Xipe Totec Sep 2018 #6
Using a Russian anti-aircraft system IronLionZion Sep 2018 #8

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
2. Russia blames Israel for syrian friendly-fire.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 04:53 AM
Sep 2018

And it's fully understandable that Israel did not warn Russia in advance: Syria has been Russia's lackey for decades and Russia and Syria share military information.

For fuck's sake: Russia has just founded a military-academy on its own soil, especially for syrian children, to be trained for military positions and then to be sent back to Syria. And with whom will their loyalty be when these syrian-born, russian-raised military officers go back to Syria?

Behind the Aegis

(53,823 posts)
3. Sounds about right.
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 05:06 AM
Sep 2018

I am sure The Intercept and its fans will also join in the blame, after all, Israel was mentioned, therefore, GUILTY! Hey, maybe we can even get the UNSC to pass a resolution against Israel, then it will be a "win-win" for the Jew-hating scum who pretend they are "just critics". YEA!

muriel_volestrangler

(101,149 posts)
7. Yeah, but that was written before the Russian confirmed it was the Syrians who shot it down
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 06:05 AM
Sep 2018

It's only talking about Turkey in terms of the situation in Idlib and the talks on that, rather than anything to do with the Russian plane or the port.

Xipe Totec

(43,872 posts)
6. So, the Syrians were trying to shoot down Israeli aircraft and they hit the Russians
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 05:57 AM
Sep 2018

So it's Israel's fault because, why?

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