Current Events > U.S.-led airstrike kills 18 anti-Assad fighters in Syria

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Antifar
04/13/17 11:15:32 AM
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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/u-s-led-coalition-airstrike-killed-18-sdf-fighters-syria-n745986

A U.S-led coalition airstrike against ISIS mistakenly killed 18 members of the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting President Bashar Assad, the Pentagon admitted Thursday.

It was not immediately clear if a U.S. plane was involved in the 'friendly fire' strike, which happened south of Tabqa in northern Syria on Tuesday.

"The strike was requested by the partnered forces, who had identified the target location as an ISIS fighting position," the Pentagon said in a statement.

However, "the target location was actually a forward SDF fighting position," it said.

"The Coalition's deepest condolences go out to the members of the SDF and their families," it continued. "The Coalition is assessing the cause of the incident and will implement appropriate safeguards to prevent similar incidents in the future."

The SDF includes ethnic Assyrians, Turkmen, Armenians and Arabs but is dominated by Syria's main Kurdish fighting force, the People's Protection Units, or YPG.

Several nations have lent their air power to the coalition to defeat ISIS.

The SDF-linked Hawar News Agency reported the group was holding funerals for 17 of its fighters, although it was not clear if they were the same ones killed in the strike.

It comes as the SDF launches another phase in its campaign to capture Raqqa, a Euphrates River city that is home to 300,000 people and has been besieged by ISIS.

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Freddie_Mercury
04/13/17 11:22:15 AM
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ChromaticAngel
04/13/17 11:23:35 AM
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Antifar
04/13/17 1:16:45 PM
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bump
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MARKINGRAM22
04/13/17 1:17:57 PM
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Honestly...not sure if this is a bad thing, even if it is a mistake. We should have learned from the Libya disaster.
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ThyCorndog
04/13/17 1:18:16 PM
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are we winning yet
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Doom_Art
04/13/17 1:19:18 PM
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MARKINGRAM22 posted...
Honestly...not sure if this is a bad thing, even if it is a mistake. We should have learned from the Libya disaster.

So let me be sure I understand here

- Trump is opposed to Assad = Good
- Trump bombed Assad after the chemical attack = Good
- Trump bombs people opposed to Assad and actively seeking to overthrow him = Good?
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Antifar
04/13/17 1:19:24 PM
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MARKINGRAM22 posted...
Honestly...not sure if this is a bad thing, even if it is a mistake. We should have learned from the Libya disaster.

I mean, do you want to fight both sides of a civil war?
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TheVipaGTS
04/13/17 1:20:39 PM
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'Yea! fuck Assad!"
*Trump kills people who agree and are trying to fight AGAINST Assad*
"now hang on guys slow down....I don't think this is a bad thing at all"

What Trumpeters will do to defend that man no matter what....
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pikachupwnage
04/13/17 1:21:34 PM
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So we were given bad information by our allies and this resulted in us hitting the wrong guys?

Proud of CE for thus far not descending into a anti Trump Circle Jerk yet.

EDIT: Welp nevermind.
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megamanfreakXD
04/13/17 1:21:55 PM
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Doom_Art
04/13/17 1:22:11 PM
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pikachupwnage posted...
So we were given bad information by our allies and this resulted in us hitting the wrong guys?

"The Party of Personal Responsibility"

"The Buck Stops Anywhere But Here"
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ThyCorndog
04/13/17 1:22:40 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
MARKINGRAM22 posted...
Honestly...not sure if this is a bad thing, even if it is a mistake. We should have learned from the Libya disaster.

So let me be sure I understand here

- Trump is opposed to Assad = Good
- Trump bombed Assad after the chemical attack = Good
- Trump bombs people opposed to Assad and actively seeking to overthrow him = Good?

to be fair he probably thinks bombing Assad is a bad thing, therefore this is a good thing
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pikachupwnage
04/13/17 1:23:52 PM
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I would like to know specially who requested the strike.

Was it the SDF or was it one of our U.N allies?
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sLaCkEr408___RJ
04/13/17 1:27:42 PM
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I mean, friendly fire is super common. I feel like this is just getting headlined due to Trump haters. Regardless, it's something that needs to stop.
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TheVipaGTS
04/13/17 1:29:30 PM
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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Regardless, it's something that needs to stop.

THAT is why its getting headlines....
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sLaCkEr408___RJ
04/13/17 2:12:34 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
Regardless, it's something that needs to stop.

THAT is why its getting headlines....

Then why hasn't other instances been put on blast? No pun intended. Partly could be due to the highly escalated situation, but definitely has a lot to do with the high profile celebrity president.
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CrimsonAngeI
04/13/17 2:13:54 PM
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pikachupwnage posted...
So we were given bad information by our allies and this resulted in us hitting the wrong guys?

Proud of CE for thus far not descending into a anti Trump Circle Jerk yet.

EDIT: Welp nevermind.

Yeah I'm sure the Trumpeter circlejerk would be better somehow.
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Anteaterking
04/13/17 2:14:12 PM
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Antifar posted...
I mean, do you want to fight both sides of a civil war?


Isn't that a plot twist in some movie or book?
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pikachupwnage
04/13/17 3:12:22 PM
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CrimsonAngeI posted...
pikachupwnage posted...
So we were given bad information by our allies and this resulted in us hitting the wrong guys?

Proud of CE for thus far not descending into a anti Trump Circle Jerk yet.

EDIT: Welp nevermind.

Yeah I'm sure the Trumpeter circlejerk would be better somehow.


I have a crazy thought for you....what if No one has a circle jerk?
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