Consider the source.
2 days of unmarked US helos coming and going from prison grounds in Syria.
Is this Gitmo 2?
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Another Russian Wagnor KIA number.
One of Wagner's suspected leaders, Andrei Troshev, says 14 Wagner killed in Deir Ezzor, Syria on Feb 7-8. Has some choice quotes for the journalists who contacted him: "write it on your f***ing forehead: 14 dead. I'm sick of your bullshit investigations."
Sauce: www.pravda.ru/amp/news/world/17-02-2018/1371126-troshev-0/?
Ex-deputy of the State Duma Alksnis wrote a FB post breaking down unofficial number of the dead (334 people in total):
217 people - 5th Company
10 people - 2nd Company
94 people - Vesna/Karpaty [Spring/Carpathians] assault detachment
13 people - artillery battalion
2-19-18 334 Wagner mercenaries KIA via Russian sources. pbs.twimg.com/media/DWMQigFWkAECPHD?format=jpg&name=medium
/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5420319/Disney-producer-accused-talking-erections-work.html
Q also said 5-by-5
Russian agenda: tying Ukraine-HRC-Emails-Syria-election-Trump
2010 Russia’s lease of Black Sea Naval base at Sevastopo due to expire, essentially kicking Putin out of Crimea. Pro-Putin Ukrainian President Yanukovych renewed lease, which pissed of Ukrainians.
2013 Yanukovych jails political opponent under false charges, is re-elected, and draws backlash from citizens. Enter Manafort, van der Zwann, Podesta- (see threadreaderapp.com/thread/966121512825585664.html?refreshed=yes )
Victoria Nuland, HRC State Dept spokesperson (2011) & Asst Secretary of State for European and Eurasian (2013), was organizer for 2014 Ukrainian coup against Yanukovych. (Nuland enters state dept scene during Bill Clinton years. Unclear why HRC appointed her. Nuland highly praised by Sen We don’t say his name. She stayed on with Kerry). www.whirledview.typepad.com/whirledview/2011/05/the-strange-appointment-of-victoria-nuland-as-states-spokesperson.html side note Clinton’s SoS Talbott got Nuland’s hubby a job with The Brookings.
Feb 2014 Yanukovych is removed from power by Ukraine’s Parliament. Yanukovych flees to Russia.
Almost immediately Russian special forces take over key ports in Crimea, blocking trade. In April Ukrainian Parliament declares Crimea annexed by Russia. Timetable: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation
Obama’s (non) response www.france24.com/en/20140325-ukraine-obama-russia-crimea-lost-russia/
www.toledoblade.com/World/2014/03/06/Obama-says-referendum-for-Crimea-to-become-part-of-Russia-would-violate-international-law.html
Recall Obama Romney debate - who’s largest threat to US? 1980s called they want their foreign policy back. www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/03/03/why_obama_got_russia_wrong_and_romney_got_it_right.html
By end of 2014, several news sources report Russian nuclear weapons and troops in Crimea.
2016 Ukraine hacks Russia www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/payback-russia-gets-hacked-revealing-putin-aide-s-secrets-n673956
2016 Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, based in Crimea, launched a three-day “anti-sabotage” exercise in the wake of the alleged Crimea incursion. Did the raid even happen?
2016 Putin pushes towards Ukraine borders www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-build-and-around-ukraine-august-12-2016
During US election cycle, Russian doing normal interference jam. Obama not concerned because Madame President and all. Then the emails Russia hacked, Russian attacks against HRC campaigns, DNC, etc.
Around this time war in Syria really heats up. Russian puts serious assets in Syria. Was he planning to draw US into war with Iran, while he takes over Ukraine? YPG, PKK, SAA, SDF, and splinter groups make in impossible to tell which side Russia takes on a weekly basis. It is clear Putin intends to use Syria to distract US/NATO.
What was trigger that sent Putin into Anti Clinton hyperdrive?
Speculation: HRC promise Secretary of State appointment to Nuland.
Did Putin read HRC Cabinet list in a missing email?
How pissed would Putin be if the person that thwarted his expand into Ukraine plan became Secretary of State under HRC presidency? Nuland would have been easily confirmed.
Since the election, media spins the “he loves me, he loves me not” petal picking Trump-Putin foreign policy. IMO, Putin was unprepared for a Trump presidency. He’s made a few jabs which Trump has returned, but so far stayed in his corner.
2017 Trump sending defense weapons to Ukraine. www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-putin/putin-warns-u-s-not-to-supply-ukraine-with-defensive-weapons-idUSKCN1BG16X
This feeds into the Russian Wagner mercenaries attack on US protected base in Syria I’ve been posting about for weeks. Russia did attack US troops. MSM crickets. US responded with massive air strike Feb 7-8. Word got to Putin that either mercs acted alone funded by Iran, or Putin approved attack, then got intel and diverted air support to leave ground troops exposed. Either would be slap to Putin’s face, just like the Yanukovych exile.
Some analysts and war historians are blogging that US was blindsided by initial attack and would have lost if not for quick, scramble and executed air strike.
Added speculation: what if someone (Alwaleed) gave Iran money to pay Russian mercenaries to attack base? What if Putin thought US was attacking his mercs instead and put birds in air, then gets word from Trump’s generals intel bad and to back off. Putin and Trump have been dancing around each other in Syria. Neither would launch attack against the other because of NK, Iran, Pakistan, SA.
Twatter making fun of Trump’s notes during listening session. Really?
When dealing with survivors of any horrific event, people need to use words that will not cause victim more pain. Because Trump is not a psychologist, it would be irresponsible for him to talk off the cuff.
>>456206
Russia is only looking after its own interests. When it suit Putin, he agrees with US.