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U.S. Central Command said its forces in Syria clashed with Iran-backed fighters in the country for two consecutive days last week, killing four suspected fighters.
The Financial Times noted that the clashes have occurred as the U.S. tries to revive the controversial nuclear deal with Tehran. A senior U.S. official told the paper that the “commitment to protect U.S. personnel and confront Iran’s activities that jeopardize our people or our friends in the region is unwavering.”
“The nuclear deal has nothing to do with our readiness and ability to defend our people and our interests,” the official said.
TRENDPOST: U.S. troops have been in Syria since 2015 with their made up mandate to assist local forces in the fight against ISIS. (See “U.S. SOLDIERS INJURED AFTER BASE SHELLED IN SYRIA, WHY ARE THESE TROOPS STILL THERE?” 12 Apr 2022.)
Indeed, imagine if Syria, Russia, Iran, North Korea had troops in the United States under the line that they were there to fight against anti-American antagonists that threatened their homeland?
As Gerald Celente has been stating since America’s illegal invasion of Iraq, based on lies that Saddam Hussain had weapons of mass destruction, “Do you think America would invade if Iraq’s major export was broccoli?” The same with Syria and Libya… it’s all about oil and U.S. domination.
The United States has no right to be in Syria, a foreign nation that is no threat and has made no threats to America. U.S. forces are located at an oil facility known as the Omar Field in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour. Recent U.S. strikes targeted ammunition depots that the Pentagon said are being used by militant groups.
It also should be noted the initial reason given for U.S. military presence in Syria was not fighting ISIS, but rather President Barack Obama, The Nobel Peace Prize winner, demanded that its president, Bashar al-Assad, had to go.
Yet, the American media and the public join against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while they champion Washington’s foreign entanglements.
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U.S. forces stationed along the Syrian border with Iraq have come under fire in recent weeks and have faced drone and rocket attacks, The New York Times reported.
The paper noted that the war-torn country is a battleground for various militaries around the world—including Turkey, Israel, and Russia—and these American troops could be a “potential target of choice for those players looking to vent their grievances with Washington or its close ally, Israel.”
Israel has been carrying out a clandestine war with Iran in the region and Tel Aviv has conducted hundreds of bombings over the past few years to kill Iranian-backed fighters.
In June we reported that the U.S. and Israel are in close contact with each other before some of these airstrikes.
TREND FORECAST: The Trends Journal has reported on the U.S.’s continued military engagements in Syria. (See “U.S. IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH ISRAEL BEFORE ATTACKS ON SYRIA,” “U.S. SOLDIERS INJURED AFTER BASE SHELLED IN SYRIA, WHY ARE THESE TROOPS STILL THERE?” and “IS RUSSIA FIGHTING THE U.S. IN SYRIA?”).
And, as we continue to note, there is no media reporting on the hypocrisy of it being OK for the U.S. to occupy any land in any nation they desire and kill whoever they want anywhere in the world… but it’s a “war crime” when other nations go the American Way.
Also, there is no condemnation of Israel’s continuing bombing of Syria. However, if Syria had the military might to attack as does Israel and killed as many Israeli’s as Israel killed Syrians, it would be denounced by the West and its mainstream media as acts of Holocaust proportions.