The liberation of Aleppo is ongoing at a steadily increasing pace. Obviously at the moment SAA and their allies are on a roll and in essence probing, pushing back and/or eliminating Brand X.
There is consistent background noise of not insignificant numbers of ‘nato’ operatives still active in the shrinking cauldron. If that is so, and it is patently true that Chechnyan soldiers are in Aleppo for more than a few days, then there might be some unhappy days for those operatives who are taken alive. With EU, UN, US, ICRC, OSCE and the bad guys screaming for a five day cease fire ‘to save the women and children’ this gives some credence to the background noise. This time, however, I doubt a stand down and corridor will be provided for the golden pheasants. In each of the last ceasefires no civilians were allowed to leave terrorist controlled areas and the only result of the ceasefire was more men and ammo sent in to the terrorists.
Of special interest will be the prospective capture of whoever the operative was that directed the extremely accurate mortar fire on our field hospital. No terrorist has the skills to direct such accurate from the first round fire. I would aver that there are more than a few interested parties in regards to that possibility.
This is not a ceasefire, it is apparently a deal to allow quite some thousands of civilians to get out of the soon to be fought over areas still in al-Nusra hands. If this is like the last, and very much smaller, evacuation then everyone coming out is screened. Last time more than a few ‘women’ seemed to be freshly shaved and as such didn’t make it to the settlement camps for food, water and medical treatment. Lurch is doing his almighty best to preserve and protect al-Nusra. Apparently Mr. Lavrov is having none of that this time. We will see more on this on the morrow.
My thoughts exactly, that the US/NATO/Israeli “advisers” killed in the Aleppo “moderate opposition command centre” by Russia in response to the US bombing of Deir al-Zor were not the only ones present. Hopefully this time Russia/Syria will not allow the “advisers” to escape as happened in the Debaltsevo Caldron. Russia needs to have US and Israeli etc. black-ops personnel to VERY publicly hand over to the UN/ICC as proof of direct support of terrorists in Syria (and elsewhere). Not that the UN/ICC would actually do anything, but the US would no longer be able to pretend it is not the driving force behind most of the “terrorist” chaos worldwide.
Totally agree with you that Anglo-Zionist war crimes should be documented with habeas corpus (alive or dead). Unfortunately the UN and Red Cross are all co-conspirators as is the US CrapOrCrap mass media, who seem to have as an unwritten motto: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, no forest, no tree.”
From what I understand, the normal unguided mortars take several rounds in order to home in on the target, with adjustments after each shot. If the field hospital was hit from the first round that means it was precision guided mortars which were used. Those munitions don’t come cheap, only Western operatives would have access to them, so it is very likely that it was US, British or French operatives who fired on the Russian field hospital.
Its interesting how the US and its gang of allies and NGOs and occasionally joined by Ban ki Moon of the UN are obsessed with the health and safety of “civilians” in Aleppo.
Yet these same bleeding hearts cannot spare a thought for the “civilians” in Mosul and Yemen.
Just yesterday they polished off at least 60 women and children on the border between Iraq and Syria, but I haven’t heard a word from brother Ban Ki Moon on that one.
I just hope this time around Russia does not sign up to any cease fire agreement with the US, because all pass cease fires have been used to resupply the terrorists and spirit away intelligence assets.
No more cease fires!
Time to liquidate all terrorists -moderates and non-moderates alike.
And Russia should lob a few Kalibers at a couple of the CIA command centers in the process.
You are so right! Add to this how quickly the same countries screaming in the UN Security Council for yet another ceasefire and humanitarian aid for the suffering people of Jihadi held Aleppo – quickly lose interest in the many thousands of the same civilians once they have been liberated. Apparently the many video scenes of genuine joy and gratitude shown towards the SAA, and stories of suffering at the the hands of the rebels/Jihadis, do not fit the Western MSM narrative. The hypocrisy and cynicism is breathtaking.
Meanwhile, the US coalition attempt to take Mosul is turning into a bloodbath – for the coalition.
For some reason, it was decided drive a massive column of coaliton forces deep into the center of Mosul. They were met by multiple pre-prepared VBIEDs and ground troops position to mop up the survivors. The coalition lost 15-20 APCs and 90-250 fataliities. The surviving coalition forces called in airstrikes, only to lose more men to ‘friendly fire’
The coaltion losses from 29 Nov to 5 Dec include 580 troops killed. 9 tanks destroyed and 103 APCs lost.
The following article has a photo essay on the recent losses.
I have read a theory elsewhere, that the Anglo-Zionist ‘coalition’ is destroying what little Iraqi Army they have allowed to exist. The events of the last few days with massive ‘friendly fire deaths’ among the advance forces of the Iraqi Army were covered by South Front I believe.
Yes, I read that the Plan C or D of the coalition is to do away with the Iraqi military and instead permanently occupy the areas of Syria and Iraq (oil areas, naturally), previously designated for an ISIS caliphate, with US boots.
We can all dream, I guess.
Further confirmation here of the Chechen MP’s deploying to Aleppo but nothing further on possible war crimes prosecutions.
Something unique happened in the UK today. Younger, MI6 boss, broke with convention and made a speech which was relayed to reporters for public consumption.
It sounded to me like an attempt at damage limitation as he tried to portray the kinder, inclusive nature of his agency(!), an attempt to control the narrative and pre-empt any bad publicity regarding the agency’s involvement in ‘hybrid war’ in the coming days. That term was only applied to the actions of Russia, naturally.
The following is from the Guardian, official mouthpiece along with the Telegraph for whatever line is currently being pushed, so apologies but the only place online reporting this so far:
Given that The Washington Past has retracted most of their mud-slinging ‘RealOrFake’ disinformation campaign, the British have taken out their longest shit-eating spoons to lap up what is left in the dish served up by their American ‘partners’.
Obama is a monster:
President Barack Obama has ordered a waiver of restrictions on military aid for foreign forces in Syria, deeming it “essential to the national security interests” of the US to allow exceptions from provisions in the four-decades-old Arms Export Control Act.
A White House press release Thursday announced that foreign fighters in Syria supporting US special operations “to combat terrorism in Syria” would be excused from restrictions on military assistance.
“I hereby determine that the transaction, encompassing the provision of defense articles and services to foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals engaged in supporting or facilitating ongoing U.S. military operations to counter terrorism in Syria, is essential to the nation
Looks like the Obama/Clinton US is now desperate enough to re-supply the jihadists directly and openly, not bothering with the fig leaf of sending weapons through the Saudi’s or so called vetted moderate groups.
Local media spreads messages about deployment to Syria some “soldiers of the battalions “Vostok” and “Zapad” and “Chechen special forces”. I state with authority that there are no battalions “East” and “West” in the Chechen Republic . In Chechnya, as in any other region of Russia, military units are deployed by the Russian Defense Ministry. They are serving the citizens of Russia from Chechnya and all other subjects of the Russian Federation. It is well known that the Russian troops don’t take parts in ground operations in Syria.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense has never made any secret of the fact that Russia has an air force base and its security is provided by soldiers of the Defense Ministry with periodic rotations. Some teams arrive, others depart. If the military, stationed in Chechnya, would ever receive an order, to serve for the protection of air bases in Syria, that will make them very happy.
I have repeatedly said and now repeat, that, as a General, a Hero of Russia I am ready at any moment to rise to the ranks of those fighting against international terrorism. The enemy should be destroyed in its lair, before the tentacles reach to your country, our Fatherland. In 1999, the First President of Chechen Republic, Hero of Russia Akhmat-Hajji Kadyrov vowed to fight terrorists and Wahhabites, wherever they are. We prove with our entire lives that we are faithful to this oath. I would be happy and proud to receive the order of the Supreme Commander of the armed forces and immediately go to Syria to fight with those “evil spirits.”
Today Syria, with the connivance of the Western countries, has been destroyed, millions have been killed, displaced, humiliated and insulted, scattered around the world. If terrorists are not destroyed, they will be here, where we least expect them. Therefore, they must be neutralized away from our home! And we are ready at any moment!
Is obvious why these special forces are in theater… Among other matters they’re going to go into the last few blocks held by the criminal gangs, and take them. Comrade President said it quite clearly – waste them in the outhouse… The obviously precision mortar was over the line. I expect that some criminals may even be taken alive and that there will be trials.
It is so fine to be able to see the ending up, cleaning out of the war. Soon the rebuilding will begin, the the families will return.
The liberation of Aleppo is ongoing at a steadily increasing pace. Obviously at the moment SAA and their allies are on a roll and in essence probing, pushing back and/or eliminating Brand X.
There is consistent background noise of not insignificant numbers of ‘nato’ operatives still active in the shrinking cauldron. If that is so, and it is patently true that Chechnyan soldiers are in Aleppo for more than a few days, then there might be some unhappy days for those operatives who are taken alive. With EU, UN, US, ICRC, OSCE and the bad guys screaming for a five day cease fire ‘to save the women and children’ this gives some credence to the background noise. This time, however, I doubt a stand down and corridor will be provided for the golden pheasants. In each of the last ceasefires no civilians were allowed to leave terrorist controlled areas and the only result of the ceasefire was more men and ammo sent in to the terrorists.
Of special interest will be the prospective capture of whoever the operative was that directed the extremely accurate mortar fire on our field hospital. No terrorist has the skills to direct such accurate from the first round fire. I would aver that there are more than a few interested parties in regards to that possibility.
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Cease fire..which means that Lavrov and Kerry have made a deal as i was guessing.
Not necessarily.
This is not a ceasefire, it is apparently a deal to allow quite some thousands of civilians to get out of the soon to be fought over areas still in al-Nusra hands. If this is like the last, and very much smaller, evacuation then everyone coming out is screened. Last time more than a few ‘women’ seemed to be freshly shaved and as such didn’t make it to the settlement camps for food, water and medical treatment. Lurch is doing his almighty best to preserve and protect al-Nusra. Apparently Mr. Lavrov is having none of that this time. We will see more on this on the morrow.
Auslander
My thoughts exactly, that the US/NATO/Israeli “advisers” killed in the Aleppo “moderate opposition command centre” by Russia in response to the US bombing of Deir al-Zor were not the only ones present. Hopefully this time Russia/Syria will not allow the “advisers” to escape as happened in the Debaltsevo Caldron. Russia needs to have US and Israeli etc. black-ops personnel to VERY publicly hand over to the UN/ICC as proof of direct support of terrorists in Syria (and elsewhere). Not that the UN/ICC would actually do anything, but the US would no longer be able to pretend it is not the driving force behind most of the “terrorist” chaos worldwide.
Totally agree with you that Anglo-Zionist war crimes should be documented with habeas corpus (alive or dead). Unfortunately the UN and Red Cross are all co-conspirators as is the US CrapOrCrap mass media, who seem to have as an unwritten motto: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, no forest, no tree.”
From what I understand, the normal unguided mortars take several rounds in order to home in on the target, with adjustments after each shot. If the field hospital was hit from the first round that means it was precision guided mortars which were used. Those munitions don’t come cheap, only Western operatives would have access to them, so it is very likely that it was US, British or French operatives who fired on the Russian field hospital.
Its interesting how the US and its gang of allies and NGOs and occasionally joined by Ban ki Moon of the UN are obsessed with the health and safety of “civilians” in Aleppo.
Yet these same bleeding hearts cannot spare a thought for the “civilians” in Mosul and Yemen.
Just yesterday they polished off at least 60 women and children on the border between Iraq and Syria, but I haven’t heard a word from brother Ban Ki Moon on that one.
I just hope this time around Russia does not sign up to any cease fire agreement with the US, because all pass cease fires have been used to resupply the terrorists and spirit away intelligence assets.
No more cease fires!
Time to liquidate all terrorists -moderates and non-moderates alike.
And Russia should lob a few Kalibers at a couple of the CIA command centers in the process.
“lob a few Kalibers…”
Love it.
You are so right! Add to this how quickly the same countries screaming in the UN Security Council for yet another ceasefire and humanitarian aid for the suffering people of Jihadi held Aleppo – quickly lose interest in the many thousands of the same civilians once they have been liberated. Apparently the many video scenes of genuine joy and gratitude shown towards the SAA, and stories of suffering at the the hands of the rebels/Jihadis, do not fit the Western MSM narrative. The hypocrisy and cynicism is breathtaking.
Meanwhile, the US coalition attempt to take Mosul is turning into a bloodbath – for the coalition.
For some reason, it was decided drive a massive column of coaliton forces deep into the center of Mosul. They were met by multiple pre-prepared VBIEDs and ground troops position to mop up the survivors. The coalition lost 15-20 APCs and 90-250 fataliities. The surviving coalition forces called in airstrikes, only to lose more men to ‘friendly fire’
The coaltion losses from 29 Nov to 5 Dec include 580 troops killed. 9 tanks destroyed and 103 APCs lost.
The following article has a photo essay on the recent losses.
https://z5h64q92x9.net/proxy_u/ru-en.en/colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3115612.html
I have read a theory elsewhere, that the Anglo-Zionist ‘coalition’ is destroying what little Iraqi Army they have allowed to exist. The events of the last few days with massive ‘friendly fire deaths’ among the advance forces of the Iraqi Army were covered by South Front I believe.
Yes, I read that the Plan C or D of the coalition is to do away with the Iraqi military and instead permanently occupy the areas of Syria and Iraq (oil areas, naturally), previously designated for an ISIS caliphate, with US boots.
We can all dream, I guess.
Further confirmation here of the Chechen MP’s deploying to Aleppo but nothing further on possible war crimes prosecutions.
Something unique happened in the UK today. Younger, MI6 boss, broke with convention and made a speech which was relayed to reporters for public consumption.
It sounded to me like an attempt at damage limitation as he tried to portray the kinder, inclusive nature of his agency(!), an attempt to control the narrative and pre-empt any bad publicity regarding the agency’s involvement in ‘hybrid war’ in the coming days. That term was only applied to the actions of Russia, naturally.
The following is from the Guardian, official mouthpiece along with the Telegraph for whatever line is currently being pushed, so apologies but the only place online reporting this so far:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/08/hostile-states-pose-fundamental-threat-to-europe-says-mi6-chief
Given that The Washington Past has retracted most of their mud-slinging ‘RealOrFake’ disinformation campaign, the British have taken out their longest shit-eating spoons to lap up what is left in the dish served up by their American ‘partners’.
Syria Map Update” Military Situation In Area Of Palmyra On December 8, 2016
https://southfront.org/syria-map-update-military-situation-in-area-of-palmyra-on-december-8-2016/
Obama is a monster:
President Barack Obama has ordered a waiver of restrictions on military aid for foreign forces in Syria, deeming it “essential to the national security interests” of the US to allow exceptions from provisions in the four-decades-old Arms Export Control Act.
A White House press release Thursday announced that foreign fighters in Syria supporting US special operations “to combat terrorism in Syria” would be excused from restrictions on military assistance.
“I hereby determine that the transaction, encompassing the provision of defense articles and services to foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals engaged in supporting or facilitating ongoing U.S. military operations to counter terrorism in Syria, is essential to the nation
A screen shot of the document here.
https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/806970574060879872
Looks like the Obama/Clinton US is now desperate enough to re-supply the jihadists directly and openly, not bothering with the fig leaf of sending weapons through the Saudi’s or so called vetted moderate groups.
More evidence that Obama should be tried as a war criminal.
Ramzan Kadyrov has denied this information.
He posted the following on his Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNwtSlFg3BA/
Local media spreads messages about deployment to Syria some “soldiers of the battalions “Vostok” and “Zapad” and “Chechen special forces”. I state with authority that there are no battalions “East” and “West” in the Chechen Republic . In Chechnya, as in any other region of Russia, military units are deployed by the Russian Defense Ministry. They are serving the citizens of Russia from Chechnya and all other subjects of the Russian Federation. It is well known that the Russian troops don’t take parts in ground operations in Syria.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense has never made any secret of the fact that Russia has an air force base and its security is provided by soldiers of the Defense Ministry with periodic rotations. Some teams arrive, others depart. If the military, stationed in Chechnya, would ever receive an order, to serve for the protection of air bases in Syria, that will make them very happy.
I have repeatedly said and now repeat, that, as a General, a Hero of Russia I am ready at any moment to rise to the ranks of those fighting against international terrorism. The enemy should be destroyed in its lair, before the tentacles reach to your country, our Fatherland. In 1999, the First President of Chechen Republic, Hero of Russia Akhmat-Hajji Kadyrov vowed to fight terrorists and Wahhabites, wherever they are. We prove with our entire lives that we are faithful to this oath. I would be happy and proud to receive the order of the Supreme Commander of the armed forces and immediately go to Syria to fight with those “evil spirits.”
Today Syria, with the connivance of the Western countries, has been destroyed, millions have been killed, displaced, humiliated and insulted, scattered around the world. If terrorists are not destroyed, they will be here, where we least expect them. Therefore, they must be neutralized away from our home! And we are ready at any moment!
Is obvious why these special forces are in theater… Among other matters they’re going to go into the last few blocks held by the criminal gangs, and take them. Comrade President said it quite clearly – waste them in the outhouse… The obviously precision mortar was over the line. I expect that some criminals may even be taken alive and that there will be trials.
ISIS has cut the highway, and is turning Palmyra in a cauldron.
https://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/09dec-eastern-Homs-Province.jpg?x50264
Gwynne Dyer writes a good piece about the missing civilians of Aleppo:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1155153/the-vanishing-civilians-of-aleppo