Iraqi War Report – February 23, 2017: ISIS Combat Drones In Battle For Mosul
Iraqi military for the first time officially admitted their losses from bombing, carried out by small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), used by ISIS. The casualties were suffered during incidents in eastern and southern Mosul on February 21. As the Daily Sabah newspaper reported, citing Brigadier General Abdul-Mahdi al-Ameri, an ISIS UAV “fired a missile” and killed two secondary school students in the district of Karaj Al-Shamal. Separately, three Iraqi servicemen were killed by a grenade, dropped from a quadrocopter in Furqan district, while two other soldiers lost their lives in the historical part of the city (the eastern part of Nineveh), and two others – in Al-Nour district.
In total, according only to the Iraqi government’s reports, 9 people were killed in attacks by UAVs. At the same time, ISIS claims that at least 30 Iraqi servicemen were killed as the result of dropping of various bombs from UAVs.
ISIS has been massively using various UAVs for the reconnaissance and correcting of artillery fire since 2014. However, since the end of 2015, the group has started to use its UAVs for aerial attacks. The compact Mosul battlespace allows to ingore problems with a lack of range of the used commercial UAVs. The fact that the city is separated by the Tigris also increases the role of UAVs in reconnaissance and ammunition supplies. ISIS members launch UAVs from roofs of civilian buildings which allow, in general, avoiding artillery and aerial strikes from US-led coalition and Iraqi forces. Warplanes are ineffective against small UAVs and Iraqi forces deployed to Mosul don’t have means of electronic warfare to ping and mute ISIS UAVs. While this problem is not solved, ISIS UAVs will pose a threat to Iraqi and US-led coalition military personnel on the ground and to play an important role on the Mosul battlespace.
ISIS is actively promoting its UAV attacks in own media outlets, de-facto encouraging the terrorist group’s supporters to use UAVs for terrorist attacks in Europe and across the world.
What israeloamerican inhibited forces lack, nature provides elsewhere outside the sphere of zionazi control.
Siberian tigers team up for devastating drone take-down (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/viral/378427-siberian-tigers-drone-china/
Eagle – 1, Drone – 0 (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/news/312425-eagle-drone-attack-video/
The constant evolution of warfare.
Nearly everything can be weaponized.
Nearly every weapon can be countered.
Any weapon which is a fraction of the cost to deploy than that of its countermeasure is a great success.
Important new development of the puzzled war of aggression against Iraq, Syria and Lebanon by NATO, GCC and Israhell.
The Iraq Air Force, modernized and fully staffed again, is now hitting ISIS targets inside Syria. This is a very important development which shows, once more, the coordination between Iraq, Syria, Iran Russia and Hizballah, the 4+1 CC in Baghdad.
Iraq PMU has played a vital role in blocking ISIS trying to flee Mosul area, exactly the opposite the NATO, GCC, Turkey and Israhell wanted it to happen.
All of it is happening when Turkey seems to, once more, have stabbed Russia’s back when it closed a deal with ISIS in al Bab for them to retreat, while in coordination with NATO’s illegal presence in Syria. It clearly shows that the resistance is fully aware of the many volatile variables and is united to continue to the fight, which seems now it will take longer for any resolution.
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I disagree, that post is on topic. ISIS in Syria is the same as ISIS in Iraq is the same as neoNazis in Ukraine – all proxies of Anglo Capitalism and Zionazism. Thus the recent defiance of US occupation forces by the Iraqi govt is an important development in the growing resistance to the self-proclaimed “irresistible armed might” of NATzO. As regards the above post being a clip from Canthama’s comment in yesterday’s SyrPer, it was the Saker Vineyard itself which recommended SyrPer to Saker readers – and vice versa. The axis of resistance is small, its components should be uniting not dividing. Cross referencing is a healthy activity: I always acknowledge the Saker when citing it; for instance yesterday’s Saker joke about the best time for the Pentagon to invade Russia received a high 9 upvotes in SyrPer.
The israeli quislings in france are back at it.
France Wants Unanimous Support From UNSC on Syria Chemical Weapons Resolution
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201702251051029112-france-syria-chemical-weapons-support/
“Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov said the proposed draft was one-sided and violated the principle of presumption of innocence by prejudging investigation results. He added Russia is ready to put a veto on it.”
Both RT & Sputnik have been publishing warning articles about the tuppence regime’s agenda in Syria and beyond. The Russians and Syrians are obviously not fooled by the zionazi PR coming out of the tuppence regime.
‘US preparing public opinion for greater military involvement in Iraq, Syria’
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/378501-troops-trump-mosul-us-iraq/
“‘Advise and assist’ is a mellow term for domestic use in America, where Middle East wars of the past 15 years are very unpopular, analysts told RT, adding that the US is preparing for a larger reengagement of ground troops in Iraq.
In his opinion, the Trump administration is preparing public opinion for greater military involvement both in Iraq and in Syria. Later in the month, on February 28, Defense Secretary James Mattis is due to give Donald Trump his report about what the new strategy will be to defeat IS in Iraq and Syria, Becker explained. The same day the US President will give his first speech before a joint session of Congress.
“This is a political preparation to prepare public opinion for a larger reengagement of ground troops in Iraq,” Becker said.
The term “advise and assist” is used mainly for the domestic population in the US and is a public relations message “not so much for the rest of the world, but to the American population,” says Karen Kwiatkowski, retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel.
“The long occupation and wars in the Middle East that the US has been involved in for over 15 years now are very, very unpopular in the US. So the term ‘advise-and-assist’ – that is the mellow, friendly language that’s used for the Americans. This time it was not true. I think in most cases it is not true, as we found out,” she said.
“So far I can’t tell where the real shift has occurred, but he is more likely to tell you that we’re fighting, and that we are, as the US government, very interested in Iraqi oil. This is very consistent with what Trump said during the campaign, as well. In some ways you can believe Trump to some extent here. He is not really going lie to you. Unfortunately, the policies that he is pursuing maybe not be the best ones for peace or for long-term success,” she told RT.
The latest developments “tell us a lot about the strategy that the Trump administration will be taking in Iraq,” says political commentator Marwa Osman.
“He told them it was a very bad move to leave Baghdad and to leave Iraq, especially to leave the oil for the Iraqis and leave them with the chaos and void of security. And then we should retake control and he said: [“Maybe you’ll have another chance],” she added. “If we go fast forward two weeks later, when the US Defense Minister said [that] despite the tensions in the Middle East there would be no increase and boots on the ground. And less than a month later everything is changing, and it is changing so fast.”
The tuppence regime flynn replacement wrote a book claiming the us could have won the Vietnam war, but the political leadership messed up. Think about that govno. This is standard neocon/fascist revisionism. Yeah, the sods could have won that war, if they slaughtered not just a “mere” 3 million people, but went into full calley subhuman frenzy and genocided half the population.
This article goes into more detail about McMaster and his book about winning the Vietnam war:
Trumps New National Security Adviser: A General with No Regard for Human Life
http://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-new-national-security-adviser-a-general-with-no-regard-for-human-life/5576748
“Hailed almost universally by U.S. corporate media as a ‘scholar-general’, ‘brilliant strategist’, and the like, McMaster in reality represents the most extreme forms of militarist thinking, disregard for international law, and callous disregard for human life.
In his book ‘Dereliction of Duty’, also hailed as some kind of ‘masterpiece’ by corporate media, McMaster criticizes the U.S. military brass of the 1960′s for not insisting that the administration of President Johnson send even more men, 700,000 is his number, to engage in the Vietnam war, and for not insisting that even more bombing of that country take place.
For younger readers who may lack detailed knowledge regarding the Vietnam war, the following facts need to be considered in assessing McMaster’s bizzare view that the U.S.-state warfare under Johnson was ‘inadequate’.”….
McMaster was born in 1962.
Terrorist suicide bombings target two security centers in Homs, claim lives of 32 persons including senior officer
http://sana.sy/en/?p=100880
“SANA reporter said that six suicide terrorists infiltrated on Saturday morning into al-Ghouta and al-Mahatta areas synchronously and blew themselves up in two security centers in Homs city, adding that Major-General Hassan Daaboul, Head of Military Security Department, was martyred along with a number of security personnel.
Homs Governor Talal Barazi told SANA that the terrorist suicide bombings claimed the lives of 32 people including a military commander and injured 24 others, who were admitted to hospitals for getting the suitable treatment.”
Damascus Sends Letter to UN Demanding Punishment for States ‘Supporting’ Terror
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201702251051039928-syria-homs-attack/
“The Foreign Ministry confirms, that the Syrian government insists on its demand on the Secretary General and Security Council to condemn these terror attacks, double efforts to unite the international community in its fight against terrorism and punish the countries supporting it,” the letter was quoted as saying by the SANA news agency.
“These violent terror attacks will not prevent Syria from fulfilling its role in the fight against terrorism, which poses a threat to all Syrians, as well as peace and security in the region and the whole world,” the ministry went further.”
Syrian Arab Republic delegation holds a new session of talks with de Mistura
http://sana.sy/en/?p=100919
“Al-Jaafari said the terrorist bombings in Homs, which happened in the morning today, are “a message to Geneva from the patrons of terrorism, adding that “this crime shall not go unnoticed.”
Meanwhile, one of the patrons of terrorism may be changing tactics.
CIA Freezes Rebel Aid in ‘Recognition of How Inept’ Syrian Opposition Has Been
https://sputniknews.com/military/201702251051038039-cia-rebel-aid-syria/
“Johnson referred to the FSA as a virtually “non-existent organization,” saying that it has never really been “an effective military force in the battlefield” and has largely served as “a propaganda tool” to justify the agenda the United States and its allies pursued in Syria.
“But the reality has been for over four years the forces actually doing the fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad and his army have been radical Islamists. So the United States in a de facto manner has actually been supplying weapons and training to individuals that are at a minimum aligned with radical Islam if not fighting alongside or being members of radical Islamic groups,” he said.”
It’s not confirmed the cia is stopping this terrorist support, and given the source of the story, it’s more likely they are not and this news is a pr attempt to distance the cia from their pet terrorists.