Exclusive: Turkey Bombs US Special Forces in Syria Attack, Apparently By Mistake
Source: Newsweek
A contingent of U.S. Special Forces has been caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria.
Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official and senior Pentagon official that Special Forces operating in the Mashtenour hill in the majority-Kurdish city of Kobani fell under artillery fire from Turkish forces conducting their so-called "Operation Peace Spring" against Kurdish forces backed by the U.S. but considered terrorist organizations by Turkey.
The senior Pentagon official said that Turkish forces should be aware of U.S. positions "down to the grid." The official could not specify the exact number of personnel present, but indicated they were "small numbers below company level," so somewhere between 15 and 100 troops.
The incident came as Defense Secretary Mark Esper assured reporters that up to 50 Special Force Operators had been repositioned from "two small outposts" near the Syrian border as Turkey commenced a unilateral operation opposed by the Pentagon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had long warned he would storm the border to establish a so-called "safe zone" and, after the White House announced Sunday that U.S. troops would stand aside, he launched the operation earlier this week.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/us-troops-syria-turkey-1464727
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)it's just Trump aiding and abetting a foreign country to drop bombs and artillery fire on American soldiers for no good reason
by accident, just like driving on the wrong side of the road and killing a person. "We've all done it" "It happens"
ffr
(22,669 posts)D by their name. The letter R is not the letter D, therefore not treason.
For the 62 million magat drones watching Fox Entertainment, the attacks on Americans is then also okay.
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)I bet he has lost some support. They had so many hearings on Benghazi to try and damage Hillary. What Trump has done is intentional.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)ck4829
(35,069 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,943 posts)Jirel
(2,018 posts)After all, they all luuuuuurve the troops. What mind-blowing rationalizations will they come up with?
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)maybe some tweets
ck4829
(35,069 posts)ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)Duh
getagrip_already
(14,741 posts)Turkey fires on us forces.
I'm sure any casualties will generate hopes and prayers from the gop.
How about letting our guys return fire with absolute force?
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)..dead US soldiers don't require costly services at VA hospitals.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)ck4829
(35,069 posts)ancianita
(36,041 posts)When the bodies arrive at Dover AFB, there should be nationwide coverage of any protests over this horrible CiC.
keithbvadu2
(36,785 posts)USS Liberty was also a 'mistake'.
me_not_you
(75 posts)said as a 30 year old too.
UpInArms
(51,282 posts)Devil Child
(2,728 posts)34 killed and 171 wounded. My father was USN at the time and has never forgotten this attack from a so-called friend.
malthaussen
(17,193 posts)But I imagine these sorts of events will continue in the confusion on the ground.
-- Mal