{"id":62099,"date":"2015-10-01T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62099"},"modified":"2015-10-01T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T14:04:00","slug":"russians-deny-striking-us-trained-syrian-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62099","title":{"rendered":"Russians deny striking US-trained Syrian rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The internet is alive with rumors that the Russian airstrikes yesterday targeted the Syrian rebels that the US trained to fight against the Assad government. The Russians, of course, deny that’s what happened, according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

One monitoring group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Russian airstrikes again struck strongholds for an American-backed rebel group, Tajamu Alezzah, in the central Hama province.<\/p>\n

The account could not be independently assessed, but the main focus of the Russian attacks appear in areas not known to have strong Islamic State footholds.<\/p>\n

U.S. officials also dispute Moscow\u2019s portrayal of its missions. Washington says the air attacks have hit U.S.-backed units that were trained and armed by the CIA, officials said.<\/p>\n

In Moscow, the reply was blunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cTotal rubbish\u201d was how Gennady Zyuganov, a member of parliament and leader of Russia\u2019s Communist party, called the U.S. accusations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maps at the Post<\/a> show that the nearest ISIS group to the targeted areas was 40 miles away.<\/p>\n

\"Russian<\/a><\/p>\n

The US has largely been frittering away our time in the conflict, not having any real impact on the ground war and the Russians seemed to have seized the day with their airstrikes and in another Post article<\/a>, John Kerry and the White House are downplaying the Russian effect on the battle space, while they try to take the lead back.<\/p>\n

Administration officials countered that the airstrikes showed only Russian weakness and what White House press secretary Josh Earnest said was growing concern \u201cabout losing influence in the one client state they have in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond debates about motives and the meaning of the strikes, conducted as world leaders are gathered here this week for the U.N. General Assembly, Kerry worked to marshal a common front among leading members of the U.S.-led coalition. The surprise of European leaders at the timing of the Russian actions \u2014 before promised military talks with the United States and with only an hour\u2019s notice \u2014 appeared to have trumped any lingering doubts about U.S. strategy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Obama Administration shouldn’t act so surprised. The whole world noticed that the Russians were moving aircraft and Marines into Syria weeks ago. The Russians were ready to seize the initiative…they’re not like this administration which only wants to APPEAR to be fighting in Syria. When the US isn’t really leading efforts anywhere in the world, they have to expect that one of our rivals will do so in our stead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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