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Russia Releases First Ever Video Footage Of Its Special Forces Operating In Syria

In a first of its kind event, Russian television today showed what it says is the first footage of Russian special forces fighting on the ground in Syria. 

Elite Russian units in Syria take part in search and rescue operations, assassinations of key rebel figures and coordination of air strikes, according to footage broadcast on state-owned channel Rossiya 24 on Sunday. Groups of heavily armed soldiers were shown coordinating sniper attacks, using robotic tanks and inspecting rebel corpses.

Islamic State Recaptures Palmyra After Blitz Onslaught Leaves Russia With No Options

Islamic State Recaptures Palmyra After Blitz Onslaught Leaves Russia With No Options

Just as the Assad regime (with Russian support) is about to retake Aleppo in a critical offensive, one which would shift the momentum of the nearly 6-year-long Syrian proxy war entirely to the benefit of the country's ruling regime, something unexpected happened: one day after the US announced it would send another 200 ground troops to Syria, and two days after  Obama unexpectedly lifted a ban restricting the delivery of military aid to “foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals,” Islamic State jihadists successfully recaptured the ancient desert city of Palmyra, after a much

Democratic Senator: Trump Cabinet Is Full Of "Goldman, Generals And Gazillionaires", Russia Hacking is "Form Of War"

Democratic Senator: Trump Cabinet Is Full Of  "Goldman, Generals And Gazillionaires", Russia Hacking is "Form Of War"

The "it's-not-our-fault, Russia-is-to-blame-for-Trump" narrative is escalating amid Sunday political talk shows with Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill spewing that any attempt by Russia to meddle in the United States presidential election should be seen as "a form of warfare."

“This should be not only about protecting us going forward, but this is a form of warfare,” McCaskill told ABC’s “This Week.”

Judge Slams "Namby Pamby Pathetic Losers", Asks Obama "Why Are You Obsessed WIth Russia?"

Saturday on "Justice", Judge Jeanine Pirro responded to President Obama's order that US intelligence agencies investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, and submit the results of their studies to him before he leaves office in January.

"Seriously? Why Now?" Pirro said, " You have been watching the release of information from WikiLeaks for months. You have watched teh release of Hillary Clintons emails [and ] John Podesta's emails, and the disturbing information contained therein."

 

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