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S,o after a war "on ISIS" immediately becomes a war on Jabhat al-Nusra,
and then Ahrar al-Sham is bombed as well, and then more mainstream
Islamic Front is bombed, well now I guess it's the turn of ... no, all a
"mistake," of course ...
U.S. Airstrikes Said to Have Nearly Hit American Allies in Syria
The Atlantic Wire
By Adam Chandler 16 hours ago
http://news.yahoo.com/u-airstrikes-said-nearly-hit-american-allies-syria-125645623.html
According to two moderate rebels, an American airstrike nearly wiped out
a command-and-control center run by affiliates of the Free Syrian Army
last week.
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As Josh Rogin reported, the offensive was said to have "hit only 200
meters from an FSA facility in the suburbs of Idlib. One source briefed
on the incident said multiple FSA fighters were killed in the attack."
Hussam Al Marie, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army said that there
hasn't been any coordination between the United States and the moderate
forces on the ground, which explains last week's near-miss. He added:
"Because there is no coordination, they are hitting empty buildings for
ISIS."
As we noted yesterday, the U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State targets
in Syria have already had their share of inauspicious moments. On
Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that an American
attack last week struck a grain silo, killing a number of Syrian
civilians. Meanwhile, another airstrike was said to have hit a military
base that had been abandoned by ISIS months before.
The airstrikes are also said to be causing a popular backlash against
the rebel forces that President Obama ostensibly wants to empower. As
Reuters notes, "The rebels say civilian casualties from the week-old air
campaign and suspicion of U.S. motives are endangering the public
support they have gained during their fight with [Syrian dictator
Bashar] Assad."
Then, of course, there's the matter of Assad, who has not only benefited
from American-led airstrikes, but also is believed to have received
information about the strikes ahead of time. Earlier this week, Syria's
foreign minister signed off on the coalition airstrikes, saying that the
Assad regime is "O.K." with the campaign.
This article was originally published at
http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/09/us-airstrikes-said-to-have-nearly-hit-american-allies-in-syria/380940/
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