You have all heard the news about the American air strike on the 137th Artillery Brigade stationed at a Desert Forces Base between
'Ayyaash and
Al-Baaghiliyya. You may have also heard about the American attempt to blame the malicious attack on the Russian Air Force which even the Syrian Army has described as a pure lie.
The fact of the matter is that ISIS was planning an attack on the base after its dismal concatenation of failures at the Dayr El-Zor AB. ISIS needed some new triumph in order to raise the sagging morale of its rank-and-file.....and the U.S. agreed.
The coordination was completed with the help of the Turkish military which continued to maintain contact with the terrorist rat organization. And such a plan like this had to have the approval of the biggest rat of them all in the White House. But the plan failed miserably. (Map via
Wikimapia)
As the ISIS main force was seen taking position across the Euphrates at a ford where the river's level was low enough to permit four-wheel vehicles to cross, albeit with some difficulty,
SAA spotters noticed the presence of many rubber dinghies and other small vessels useable for crossing a body of water. The SAA opened fire as soon as the trucks started to collect.
SAA-MI heard chatter on terrorist telephone demanding some intervention to prevent a slaughter of their ranks, and, abra-cadabra, the U.S. sent in bombers to target the artillery laying waste to the ISIS rodents. Photos of the damage can be seen in the article I
posted below from Fortruss.
In any case, this was typical of the inept Turk planning which envisioned an ISIS presence on the north edge of the provincial capital. The number of dead ISIS vermin exceeds 30 with many wounded seen being spirited out of the area in pickups. The SAA did not stop firing ordnance until the rats were out of range.
The treacherous American attack killed 4 Syrian soldiers and wounded over 13.
Comment: If this is true, that would be a considerable force 'invading' Iraq. Note the countries involved won't have Iraqis' best interest in mind.