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Title: No More Games: Russia Vows to Track and Target Any US Aircraft 'West of the Euphrates'
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URL Source: http://russia-insider.com/en/politi ... ircraft-west-euphrates/ri20146
Published: Jun 19, 2017
Author: RI Staff
Post Date: 2017-06-19 09:04:15 by Ada
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Moscow sends a crystal-clear message to Washington: The games in Syria are over The S-400s are ready The S-400s are ready We didn't believe it at first, but it's true: Russia's Defense Ministry says it will target any aircraft from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates. “In the areas of combat missions of Russian air fleet in Syrian skies, any airborne objects, including aircraft and unmanned vehicles of the [US-led] international coalition, located to the west of the Euphrates River, will be tracked by Russian ground and air defense forces as air targets,” the Russian Ministry of Defense stated. The announcement comes after the US shot down a Syrian jet near Raqqa. Washington says the Syrian jet had dropped bombs near US-backed forces, but Damascus insists the plane was downed while flying a mission against Islamic State militants.
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
Time to bring on a battle ready squadron of those F-35s we've heard so much about.
Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded. - James Madison
Yep, maybe we can hope that the Russkies will die from laughter...
Russia will not automatically destroy any aerial objects in the areas of its Aerospace Forcesactions in Syria, the decisions will be made on individual basis, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's Committee on Defense and Security Frants Klintsevich told Sputnik on Monday. June 18, the Syrian army said that the US-led coalition had brought down its aircraft in southern Raqqa countryside when it was fulfilling its mission against Daesh. Later, the coalition confirmed the information saying that it shot down the Syrian government forces' Su-22 aircraft as it had allegedly been bombing in an area where US-backed rebel forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were stationed, south of Tabqa in the Raqqa province. The US-led coalition called its attack on the Syrian army's jet "collective self-defense," adding that it contacted the Russian military to de-escalate the situation after the incident. The Russian Defense Ministry called the attack "cynical" and "de facto an act of aggression" against a UN member state.
#2. To: randge (#1)
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination 
#3. To: Ada (#0)
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