Media: Russia strikes in Syria on the "moderate" in spite of Obama

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Washington believes that Russia deliberately strikes in Syria against the "moderate" opposition, showing Obama his disagreement with his policies in the region, writes the Washington Free Beacon.



"US officials said that, in their opinion, Russia deliberately inflicts airstrikes on Syrian rebels trained by the CIA as a direct challenge to the policies of US President Barack Obama in Syria," the newspaper quoted. Look.

“On the first day, we could say that this is a single mistake. But on the third or fourth day, there is no doubt that this was done intentionally. They (the Russian military) know who they are attacking, ”says the publication of the word of an unnamed American official.

According to him, "Russia inflicts airstrikes on US-backed groups of Syrian rebels, who pose the greatest threat to Syrian President Bashar Assad."

It should be noted that the statements of American state officials on this occasion often contradict each other: some demand that the Russian Federation stop the bombings of the “moderate”, other reports of such strikes refute.

On Monday, Sergey Lavrov even had to turn to Washington for an explanation: what kind of structure this phantom structure is - the “Syrian Free Army”, and in which part of Syria it is located.
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  1. +44
    7 October 2015 13: 10
    A terrorist, he is a terrorist in Africa.
    If the legitimate government considers them terrorists, then bomb without reason.
    1. +41
      7 October 2015 13: 13
      Happy Birthday to our President! Health and long life to you!
      1. +9
        7 October 2015 13: 40
        And to the states for fear - a little sack.
        1. +11
          7 October 2015 13: 47
          But Merikos finally do not know who they are bombing.
          The hospital is an example.
          And they indicate ours, kazly.
        2. 0
          8 October 2015 13: 14
          There is no alternative to cleanse the Syrian land from this Igilov evil and sympathize with them. Americans need to shut up and learn how to work gently! Themselves failed in a year, and now they are still trying to learn fool
      2. +4
        7 October 2015 14: 05
        What are these moderates? There can be no moderate terrorism, just like a little pregnant woman. Terrorism, in any form, must be destroyed.
        1. +10
          7 October 2015 14: 19
          On the issue of moderate opposition in Syria

          "As a well-known journalist of the leading publication of the exclusive and democratic West, having asked permission from the editorial office, he called the General Staff of the Russian Ministry of Defense with the question:

          - How do you distinguish between ordinary terrorists and moderate ones during the bombing in Syria?

          The girl switched me to the duty officer, who very politely explained:

          - Even before the start of the military operation in Syria, a decisive decision was made at the General Staff of the Russian Defense Ministry. The essence of this decision is our traditional desire for Russia to strictly abide by the principles of legality and justice. So now, all of our ammunition is divided into two categories: ordinary and moderate. Against ordinary terrorists, we use exclusively conventional ammunition. And against moderate terrorists, we use exclusively moderate ammunition. So don’t worry, we take into account the moderation of some of the terrorists and treat them fairly.

          After these words, it became much easier for me. But I still clarified:

          “Do you really use mild ammunition against moderate terrorists, is that true ?!”

          The interlocutor replied:

          - The word of the Russian officer!

          I felt very good. To bring final clarity, I asked:

          - Tell me, how much do your conventional ammunition differ from the moderate ones?

          - Our conventional ammunition differs from moderate ammunition, exactly as much as ordinary terrorists in Syria, differ from moderate terrorists: they are painted with a different paint, in lighter and more moderate colors - the officer answered and hung up. "
      3. +2
        7 October 2015 14: 06
        Well, they don’t carry signboards, I’m an igilovets or from moderate opposition, that they are scumbags, that others, there’s no difference ...
    2. +12
      7 October 2015 13: 13
      Russia has no concept of "moderate or immoderate" ... Don't want to live peacefully and negotiate? So to kill everyone!
      Ramzan knows and remembers .... bully
      1. +15
        7 October 2015 13: 15
        Russian politics -
        Good terrorists - good coffins, bad terrorists - bad ...
        1. +3
          7 October 2015 13: 30
          Quote: Rostov Dad
          Good terrorists - good coffins, bad terrorists - bad.

          McCain: Because of Putin, we will have no friends in Syria.
          tongue laughing
      2. +15
        7 October 2015 13: 16
        It will always be so ....! And there will be no compromises .. It's time to end this massacre in the BV!
        1. +1
          7 October 2015 14: 28
          Once again, if death could fly, then it would look that way!
      3. +11
        7 October 2015 13: 19
        moderate bombs moderate bombs
        these bombs are painted in light and moderate colors

        and immoderate bombed with ordinary bombs
        1. +17
          7 October 2015 13: 42
          laughing laughing laughing How angry at this .. wassat

      4. 740
        +1
        7 October 2015 13: 45
        Quote: MIKHAN
        Ramzan knows and remembers ....

        smile bully laughing
        1. +1
          7 October 2015 13: 50
          Quote: 740
          Quote: MIKHAN
          Ramzan knows and remembers ....

          smile bully laughing

          I will not .... bully bully
          1. 740
            +1
            7 October 2015 13: 53
            Quote: MIKHAN
            Quote: 740
            Quote: MIKHAN
            Ramzan knows and remembers ....

            smile bully laughing

            I will not .... bully bully

            Well, you’re relaxing at the hospital right now. Prepare dinner for your wife and children, otherwise you’ll knock on the buttons all day long wink
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    3. +9
      7 October 2015 13: 15
      Russia is doing what it considers necessary. And not specifically to someone in spite.
      It is only black presidents with the brains of hysterical blondes who have a desire to simply spoil for the sake of principle.
      1. +5
        7 October 2015 13: 23
        Quote: Reserve officer
        Russia is doing what it considers necessary. And not specifically to someone in spite.
        It is only black presidents with the brains of hysterical blondes who have a desire to simply spoil for the sake of principle.
        The Washington Free Beacon does not even suggest that an independent policy can be pursued not in spite of anyone, but simply because it is independent.
        Russia specifically strikes in Syria against the "moderate" opposition, showing Obama his disagreement with his policies in the region
        But what if Russia DOES NOT SHOW Obama his agreement or disagreement with his policies in the region? But what if Russia just drools over Obama and the policies he pursues in the region?
      2. +1
        7 October 2015 13: 55
        Quote: Reserve officer
        black presidents with the brains of hysterical blondes

        good
        Indeed, they behave like hysterics. Themselves ask a question
        Russia strikes US-supported groups

        and answer it yourself
        which pose the greatest threat to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

        Russian troops are in Syria at the request of a legitimate government in order to protect this government, so why not destroy in the first place its most dangerous enemies?
        Although, "hysterical blondes" know better. bully
    4. +12
      7 October 2015 13: 16
      The Russian Embassy in the UAE joked on Twitter over the conflict in Syria ...
      http://ruposters.ru/news/06-10-2015/posolstvo-rossii-twitter

      a post with a picture has been published, where all the Syrian groups are depicted exactly the same; in the caption to the image, the department proposes to cut a grenade launcher out of it and "arm" one of the militants, the "democratic / moderate" opposition ...

      клик
    5. +3
      7 October 2015 13: 17
      Media: Russia strikes in Syria on the "moderate" in spite of Obama
      doing something in spite is not worthy! Russia simply ignores Abama.
      1. 0
        7 October 2015 13: 24
        Yes, we directly harnessed the war in Syria. It remains to understand: for what?
        According to Reuters, during a July meeting in Moscow, a senior Iranian general told the host country how the crisis in Syria could be turned in its favor. “Sulejmani turned the map around and presented his position to the Russian alarmed situation in Syria. The general made it clear that the initiative can still be intercepted, and not all cards have been drawn, ”a source quoted Reuters.
        The Russian Foreign Ministry is surprised at Washington’s statements that a prominent Iranian politician, the commander of the Al-Quds special forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Kassem Suleimani, who is under UN Security Council sanctions, has visited Russia. According to the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Ryabkov, the department “does not have such information,” and Mr. Suleymani “was not in Moscow last week.” In Washington, however, they declare other earlier dates for the visit, according to the American side: the FOX News TV channel, close to the Republicans, reported that Kassem Suleymani arrived in Moscow on Friday, July 24, with Iran Air flight 5130 and left on Sunday, 26 July.
        More details here: http: //www.kommersant.ru/Doc/2789564
        and here: http: //navoine.info/qassem-sul.html
    6. +1
      7 October 2015 13: 50
      Today I have already expressed my point of view on this - FROM WHAT THE "Washington Regional Committee" CALLED al-Qaida "FRONT al-NUSR", the essence of this organization has not changed. As well as the rest of more than 60, "supposedly opposition" organizations of the SSA. The opposition with weapons and grenades does not run through the dunes, does not cut the throats of its opponents. This is done only by terrorists, and therefore
      Motherland Russia
      A terrorist, he is a terrorist in Africa.

      So - is subject to liquidation!
    7. 0
      7 October 2015 14: 09
      Yes, let the "moderate" even in blondes repainted or something, so that they can be distinguished from above from the cockpit! laughing
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    9. +1
      7 October 2015 15: 51
      And if terrorists fired mortars at Washington and called themselves "moderates," and ISIS was in Syria, who would the US bomb?
      Stupid, very stupid and journalist!
  2. +6
    7 October 2015 13: 12
    On Monday, Sergey Lavrov even had to turn to Washington for an explanation: what kind of structure this phantom structure is - the “Syrian Free Army”, and in which part of Syria it is located.


    Lavrov, as always on top. It is a pity that the article does not answer his question. hi
  3. Riv
    +4
    7 October 2015 13: 12
    A rubber bomb does not distinguish between good and bad terrorists. Once hit - it means bad. Allah will know his.
  4. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 13
    You have Abama like gloves. But the terror - has always been and still is, you need to sanitize them.
  5. +1
    7 October 2015 13: 13
    "De..ly .lya"
  6. +4
    7 October 2015 13: 13
    They flatter Obama’s megalomania ..

    ... or maybe ours tracked down and carried out those four trained "moderates" who allegedly had not yet switched to the side of IS, and on whose training the Americans spent x knows how many millions ?!
    ))
    it’s also impossible to have them, and there were only four of them, how now to report to Congress?)
    1. +4
      7 October 2015 13: 20
      Attach their carcasses to the report))
      1. 0
        7 October 2015 14: 17
        Attach their carcasses to the report))
        after the SUSHKI has worked, it is possible to sculpt any carcasses to the report, there it will be difficult to assess the degree of moderation.
        but in general it’s to Poroshenko - let the next time, instead of a piece of iron and carcass passports show
  7. +2
    7 October 2015 13: 13
    So take the "moderates" into your july. Also reward them for 11.09. Al-Qaeda was also once armed and trained by the CIA)))
  8. +1
    7 October 2015 13: 13
    This is what, soon the aircraft carriers will begin to sink into evil! ..
    A joke.
  9. +4
    7 October 2015 13: 15
    Putin is the Law (in this situation). He has a statement from the current, legally elected government of the SAR. The coalition is lawless. "Moderation" or "immoderation" is hypocrisy. ISIS is the enemy. Dividing the enemy into bad and not so bad is incomprehensible and looks like treachery. Russia strikes at everyone who is illegally armed. Americans hit, mostly on doctors in hospitals, and newlyweds at weddings.
  10. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 16
    On the first day, we could say that this is a single mistake. But on the third or fourth day there is no doubt that this was done intentionally.
    ..I am Shura - a gentle child ..
    I can count to five ..

    Therefore, we must finish with them as quickly as possible.
  11. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 16
    So I think if the militia in Ukraine began to crush the APU and approached Kiev there would have been exactly the same situation. And we could not do anything - the militias are not legitimate, Poroshenko is legitimate. Only now it became clear why all these negotiations and agreements
  12. +9
    7 October 2015 13: 16
    We are in Syria at the invitation of the legitimate authorities, and for us it does not matter which group the terrorist is and who prepared him. We are not mattresses with good and bad terrorists, for us they all look the same and the world will understand who is good and who is bad.
  13. +3
    7 October 2015 13: 16
    Actually, in the Russian Ministry of Defense there are no experts versed in grades of go.na request
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    2. +4
      7 October 2015 13: 30
      It’s a pity, the ensigns were reduced .. Zadov would argue with you ..!
  14. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 16
    moderate Syrian opposition to be in the USA there and they need to be wet))
  15. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 17
    So mattress Russian understands only through op mother!
    1. 0
      7 October 2015 14: 35
      Andrei, we can do this in chemical jargon: your anhydrite is hydrogen peroxide! I think they will understand perfectly too.
  16. +13
    7 October 2015 13: 17
    For moderate we use moderate ammunition, and generally a moderate terrorist is like that.
    1. +1
      7 October 2015 13: 24
      Moderate, with a moderate knife he cuts off his head moderately.
  17. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 17
    On Monday, Sergey Lavrov even had to turn to Washington for an explanation: what kind of structure this phantom structure is - the “Syrian Free Army”, and in which part of Syria it is located.

    If they knew, they still would not say. To spite Putin. Only Obama knows. Whoever has a pumpkin head is in the free army.
  18. +2
    7 October 2015 13: 18
    Interestingly, the 200th CIA-shnikov there already, or they have already dumped from Syria)
  19. +2
    7 October 2015 13: 19
    Obama got a "response" from VVP-Happy Birthday! How much they have done to us and to the whole world in spite of Mr., do not count! Let them choke, sui!
  20. HAM
    0
    7 October 2015 13: 22
    As they say in Odessa and not only: "I beg you ...“Russia inflicts airstrikes on US-backed Syrian rebel groups that pose the greatest threat to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,” these are 5-6 militants trained by the Americans for a lot of money, and who have not had time to give up yet ?? This is a threat from them! ?? hi
  21. +8
    7 October 2015 13: 23
    A young Taliban asks the old Mujahid:
    - How is the American special forces different from the Russian?
    Mujahideen answers:
    - You see, the Russians have the opposite.
    - What is it like???
    “Remember, we fucked an American Marine yesterday?”
    - Well yes...
    - So, with the Russians it will be the other way around ..
  22. +3
    7 October 2015 13: 23
    Herach terrorists of all stripes. And Moderate and Active and Passive! Anyone who is fighting in arms with the legitimate government is a terrorist, he must lay down his arms and surrender, or will be destroyed, regardless of the political color and color!
  23. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 23
    Tsurushniki are smarter than presidents, they know how to shed in time.
  24. +1
    7 October 2015 13: 25
    In Washington they think. belay "American officials said they thought ..." fool ... And today is our president’s birthday, and we don’t give a damn what they think in Washington and what the officials said. Russia, how are you and Volodya lucky. He lifted you from the dirt and from his knees! You will shine again as before, We will not give you a Khazar prisoner.! Vivat Volodya continue so on, We will support you in all your good deeds! And let your enemies all howl with sorrow. Stay in life right - like Vladimir Monomakh .. !!! soldier
  25. +2
    7 October 2015 13: 26
    But it’s not true, there is no evil there. We pursue our policy in that region, with the consent of a legitimate government. It was still not enough to pay attention to yapping different mongrels ... am
  26. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 26
    Lord Pindo .... sir, but have you not noticed that we (Russia) have long disagreed with you?
  27. +6
    7 October 2015 13: 27
    With the beginning of the operation of the Russian VKS in Syria, the true essence of these am
  28. +4
    7 October 2015 13: 31
    Well, what kind of people are they! It does not even occur to them that they can simply be ignored. "USA? Obama? No, I don't know!" wassat
  29. +5
    7 October 2015 13: 33
    The zealot fanatic can be a moderate murderer fanatic. He is either there or he is not. And you need to handle it accordingly. This is not a man, this is a rabid beast, and rabid animals are shot.
  30. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 33
    Lavrov’s phrase is appropriate here
  31. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 33
    Quote: Vladimir 1964
    On Monday, Sergey Lavrov even had to turn to Washington for an explanation: what kind of structure this phantom structure is - the “Syrian Free Army”, and in which part of Syria it is located.


    Lavrov, as always on top. It is a pity that the article does not answer his question. hi


    And if the "Syrian Free Army" is still there, then after specifying the coordinates, it WILL COME by air.
  32. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 45
    Quote: Reserve officer
    Russia is doing what it considers necessary. And not specifically to someone in spite.

    The military in the states can’t decide on the wording_ who are so moderate and where they are, and you want civilians. They have something to do with it more than once.
  33. 0
    7 October 2015 13: 46
    "Russia deliberately attacks CIA-trained Syrian rebels as direct challenge to US President’s policy Barack Obama in Syria "...

    Have you still not understood ???

    Thank God, Russia made a direct challenge to the United States not only in politics in Syria, but also in the rest of the world ...

    Those leaders of Russia who danced to your tune are no longer there ... And I hope it won’t be ...

    And at this time, the svidomye "brothers-Slavs" wonder what they are doing:

    "The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposed to present the" Order of Judas "to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

    On the eve of the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko offered to publish information about the Russian military personnel taking part in the air strikes in Syria on the website "Peacemaker" (Center for the study of signs of crimes against the national security of Ukraine, peace, human security and the international law and order).

    Источник: https://news.yandex.ru/yandsearch?cl4url=www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5614e2cf9a79478d

    c23c616e & lang = ru & lr = 15
    1. 0
      7 October 2015 14: 41
      Yes, he, Anton Gerashchenko, not the Order of Judah, but a wooden pea jacket to put on!
  34. rat
    0
    7 October 2015 13: 56
    [quote = Stock Officer] Russia is doing what it considers necessary. And not specifically to someone in spite.
    I completely agree with you.
    And from myself I note that America should be of interest to Russia solely as a passive sexual partner.
  35. 0
    7 October 2015 14: 00
    And rightly so!
  36. 0
    7 October 2015 14: 04
    The Americans do not understand the broad Russian soul. Love so love, fly so fly. To bomb, so all terrorists.
  37. 0
    7 October 2015 14: 05
    Yeah ... Nothing more to do with the videoconferencing. Bomb the bandits, and moderate or immoderate there Allah will judge. The main thing is that neither Syria nor us should interfere. and Europe will be calmer, the one that is normal.
  38. 0
    7 October 2015 14: 05
    It is written: "Syrian Free Army." And read the "Siberian Free Army"! belay Already jumped! Re-read, calmed down. And on the other hand, if the bearded ones knew about such a unit, I think they would more quickly liberate the territory of Syria. am am am
  39. +1
    7 October 2015 14: 17
    On Monday, Sergey Lavrov even had to turn to Washington for an explanation: what kind of structure this phantom structure is - the “Syrian Free Army”, and in which part of Syria it is located.

    Lavrov, as always, well done not in the eyebrow, but in the eye laughing
  40. +1
    7 October 2015 14: 23
    By the way: one of the groups that was classified as a "moderate opposition" declared war on Russia Yes... Now all claims about strikes against the "moderate" opposition can be safely answered: "They have chosen their own destiny." Yes
  41. +1
    7 October 2015 14: 33
    GDP has touched mattress covers. At a meeting with Shoigu, he said that the Free Syrian Army could join the government forces for joint operations against terrorists. If you find her and her commander, he added GDP.
  42. +1
    7 October 2015 14: 37
    Flaw pin, dosovskaya: did not provide "moderate" RADIO BEACONS, - for a more accurate aiming of aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
  43. 0
    7 October 2015 14: 47
    What is the difference between a moderate or not moderate terrorist, they all need to be fingernail, so that they would not stink! Ask the United States who blew up the towers, moderate or not moderate terrorists, that they would respond.
  44. 0
    7 October 2015 15: 00
    This hour has just read that ships of the Caspian flotilla attacked the Islamic state with cruise missiles. Shoigu commented that the strikes were accurate, there were no casualties among the civilian population! GOOD FELLOWS !!! Keep it up !
  45. 0
    7 October 2015 16: 23
    A thug he is always a thug. Happy Birthday, I congratulate our President, This man ..
    Happiness, health to him. For our Great Russia
  46. 0
    7 October 2015 18: 07
    I see that moderate terrorists are also slipping into VO here, they put me down, which made me feel better.
  47. +2
    7 October 2015 18: 34
    Here they are handsome !!!
  48. 0
    7 October 2015 20: 18
    "According to him," Russia is launching airstrikes against US-backed Syrian rebel groups that pose the greatest threat to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "

    Thank you for the high assessment of the combat work of our Aerospace Forces and, accordingly, the shitty coalition aviation from 62 countries fighting against Assad and the people of Syria! For a year of "work" only managed to supply the bandits with weapons and bomb 2! excavator and hospital in Afghanistan! Cool specialists from the SGA-shnoy coalition! laughing laughing laughing am
  49. 0
    7 October 2015 21: 11
    On Monday, Sergey Lavrov even had to turn to Washington for an explanation: what kind of structure this phantom structure is - the “Syrian Free Army”, and in which part of Syria it is located.
    Lavrov handsome !! laughing good
  50. -1
    7 October 2015 21: 18
    As a well-known journalist of the leading edition of the exclusive and democratic West, after asking permission from the editorial office, he called the General Staff of the Russian Defense Ministry with the question:
    - How do you distinguish between ordinary terrorists and moderate ones during the bombing in Syria?
    The girl switched me to the duty officer, who very politely explained:
    - Even before the start of the military operation in Syria, a decisive decision was made at the General Staff of the Russian Defense Ministry. The essence of this decision is our traditional desire for Russia to strictly abide by the principles of legality and justice. So now, all of our ammunition is divided into two categories: ordinary and moderate. Against ordinary terrorists, we use exclusively conventional ammunition. And against moderate terrorists, we use exclusively moderate ammunition. So don’t worry, we take into account the moderation of some of the terrorists and treat them fairly.
    After these words, it became much easier for me. But I still clarified:
    “Do you really use mild ammunition against moderate terrorists, is that true ?!”
    The interlocutor replied:
    - The word of the Russian officer!
    I felt very good. To bring final clarity, I asked:
    - Tell me, how much do your conventional ammunition differ from the moderate ones?
    “Our usual ammunition differs from moderate ammunition, exactly as much as ordinary terrorists in Syria, differ from moderate terrorists: they are painted with a different paint, in lighter and more moderate colors,” the officer answered and hung up. laughing laughing
  51. 0
    8 October 2015 02: 47
    They (Russian military) know who they are attacking"

    Here you are right, gentlemen Americans. Russia always clearly knows what it is doing.
  52. 0
    8 October 2015 13: 26
    There is no alternative to cleanse the Syrian land from this Igilov evil and sympathize with them. Americans need to shut up and learn how to work gently! Themselves failed in a year, and now they are still trying to learn fool

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