Sea Launched Russian Cruise Missiles Hit Iran.

[bravoactual]

U.S.: Russian missiles heading for Syria landed in Iran - CNNPolitics.com.

Sea Launched Russian Cruise Missiles intended for targets in Syria instead hit Iran.

Iran has not verified the missile strike or if there have been casualties.

Russia has recently joined the war in Syria, supporting Dictator Assad.

 

[waltky]

Well, they asked for it...

Iran Lobbied for Russian Campaign in Syria, Officials Say
Oct 08, 2015 | Iran played an integral role leading up to Russia's move to launch its air campaign in Syria and play a stronger role in Iraq, with one of Tehran's most powerful generals meeting for three hours with President Vladimir Putin to push for intervention, Iraqi government officials tell The Associated Press.

Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, went to Moscow in August with the message that Russian airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria were imperative, said the two senior officials, who were later briefed on the meeting. Soleimani and Putin reviewed maps and surveillance photos and shared intelligence, all suggesting the militant group would expand its reach to Russia's doorstep in the Caucuses if Moscow didn't act, the two officials said. The meeting also covered plans to create a joint intelligence-sharing center between Iraq, Syria, Iran and Russia in Baghdad, which began operating later the same month. Soleimani also met with senior Russian military officials during his visit, the officials said. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the secret meeting.

The Iranian role points to the powerful influence of the country, which is the strongest backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad and is close to the Shiite-led leadership in Iraq's U.S.-backed government. Russia's dive into the Mideast's conflicts marks a shifting of alliances, particularly with Iraq, where officials have grumbled that the U.S.-led coalition's air campaign against IS has not been as effective as they hoped and the prime minister has said he'd welcome Russian airstrikes. Asked on Wednesday about the reported Putin-Soleimani meeting, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov shrugged it off by saying that there are too many statements from unidentified officials. At the time, Russia's deputy foreign ministry spokesman said he has "no information whatsoever" that Soleimani visited Russia, which would have been a violation of U.N. travel sanctions against the general. The Iranian government on Wednesday did not respond to requests for comment on the reported meeting.

Russian military jets launched the airstrike campaign in Syria on Sept. 30, targeting what Moscow said were positions of the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's branch. But it has also heavily hit rebels on the front-line against Syria's military, raising accusations that it is intervening to boost Assad in the civil war, now in its fifth year, after a series of losses by his military. Russia denies this, saying its campaign is solely intended to stop the spread of militants. The U.S. meanwhile has had to navigate around regional alliances and enmities in trying to roll back IS's spread across large parts of Iraq and Syria. In Syria, Washington refuses to work with Assad's government in the air campaign, saying Assad needs to leave power, and it has been wary of appearing to help Syrian troops with strikes against IS.

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[Delta4Embassy]

That's Russian guidance systems for you. Hard to believe we worried about their ICBMs once. Probably all land in the Atlantic, Canada, and Mexico.

 

[DarkFury]

Is the OP suggesting this is a problem?

 

[g5000]

If the missiles are fired from the Caspian Sea toward Syria, they would have to fly over Iraq as well as Iran. Or else over Iran and Turkey.

If they fail in flight, they could just as easily crash in Iraq or Turkey.

Turkey would not take such an incident well.

 

[S.J.]

That's Russian guidance systems for you. Hard to believe we worried about their ICBMs once. Probably all land in the Atlantic, Canada, and Mexico.

If Hillary manages to get elected, they could ask her to give them the technology to make them accurate the way Bill did for the Chinese.

 

[bendog]

Well, it's not like we have reason to criticize )-:

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Bad when your missiles miss the target. REALLY bad when you miss the whole country.

 

[B. Kidd]

Putin to Langley.........."Pictures or it didn't happen..."
Tehran denies it.
U.S. produces only anonymous sources, again.
Carry on.........or, sing it boyz, "It's a long ways to Tipperary.........."...............

 

[S.J.]

Bad when your missiles miss the target. REALLY bad when you miss the whole country.

Not too good for the one that gets hit either.

 

[g5000]

Putin to Langley.........."Pictures or it didn't happen..."
Tehran denies it.
U.S. produces only anonymous sources, again.
Carry on.........or, sing it boyz, "It's a long ways to Tipperary.........."...............

Putin and his client state would never admit a colossal fuck-up.

"There are no Russian soldiers in Crimea."

 

[the_human_being]

That's Russian guidance systems for you. Hard to believe we worried about their ICBMs once. Probably all land in the Atlantic, Canada, and Mexico.

Did they take out a Doctors Without Borders Hospital????

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Bad when your missiles miss the target. REALLY bad when you miss the whole country.

Not too good for the one that gets hit either.

Usually...

 

[DarkFury]

If the missiles are fired from the Caspian Sea toward Syria, they would have to fly over Iraq as well as Iran. Or else over Iran and Turkey.

If they fail in flight, they could just as easily crash in Iraq or Turkey.

Turkey would not take such an incident well.

Any time a Shia muslim dies that's a GOOD thing. And I am not to worried let alone give a damn when Shia muslims in Iran die.

Not when sh8t for brains in the oval office kills INNOCENT doctors and nurses.

 

[rightwinger]

That is some mighty fine shooting

 

[the_human_being]

U.S.: Russian missiles heading for Syria landed in Iran - CNNPolitics.com.

Sea Launched Russian Cruise Missiles intended for targets in Syria instead hit Iran.

Iran has not verified the missile strike or if there have been casualties.

Russia has recently joined the war in Syria, supporting Dictator Assad.

Could you tell us just who exactly are "Unnamed Sources"?

 

[B. Kidd]

U.S.: Russian missiles heading for Syria landed in Iran - CNNPolitics.com.

Sea Launched Russian Cruise Missiles intended for targets in Syria instead hit Iran.

Iran has not verified the missile strike or if there have been casualties.

Russia has recently joined the war in Syria, supporting Dictator Assad.

Could you tell us just who exactly are "Unnamed Sources"?

Besides that, anon. sources cannot tell us where they exactly landed..........

 

[Maryland Patriot]

U.S.: Russian missiles heading for Syria landed in Iran - CNNPolitics.com.

Sea Launched Russian Cruise Missiles intended for targets in Syria instead hit Iran.

Iran has not verified the missile strike or if there have been casualties.

Russia has recently joined the war in Syria, supporting Dictator Assad.

Could you tell us just who exactly are "Unnamed Sources"?

if he could tell you that would they then still be considered unnamed sources?

 

[B. Kidd]

That is some mighty fine shooting

Maj. Gen. Igor Konashevkov thanx you for the compliment.............

 

[g5000]

If the missiles are fired from the Caspian Sea toward Syria, they would have to fly over Iraq as well as Iran. Or else over Iran and Turkey.

If they fail in flight, they could just as easily crash in Iraq or Turkey.

Turkey would not take such an incident well.

Any time a Shia muslim dies that's a GOOD thing. And I am not to worried let alone give a damn when Shia muslims in Iran die.

Not when sh8t for brains in the oval office kills INNOCENT doctors and nurses.

Obama didn't blow up the hospital. Our armed forces did.

Dumbass.

"Hey, that drunk driver just killed a kid! I blame Obama."