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Citat:This is a crazy story. Marines from 2/7 tell @PaulSzoldra about how a Kurdish SDF/YPG fighter shot a Marine NCO at an outpost in Syria when the Marines insisted on treating wounded Arab civilians;
@CJTFOIR says it has no record of this
That’s a lie, of course. Or a “falsehood,” however you’d like to say it. Downey’s award is signed by the CG of OIR, Lt. Gen. Paul Funk. And there was an investigation of this incident afterward. They know.
Exclusive: The Insider Attack In Syria That The Pentagon Denies Ever Happened
[Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
Citat:It was a pitch black Saturday evening at a remote outpost in Syria last February when Sgt. Cameron Halkovich and Cpl. Kane Downey began their rounds, checking Marines on perimeter security.
As sergeant and corporal of the guard, their job was to set up the watch schedule, man the radios, and most importantly, ensure Marines on post were watching for signs of ISIS fighters, who for months had been under blistering attack from artillery at the small, Army-run base in Deir al-Zour Province. Besides an Army Special Forces team, it hosted a forward surgical team, more than dozen Marine infantrymen, and a platoon-sized element of Syrian Democratic Forces allied with the U.S.
But on that late-winter night, one of the Americans’ SDF partners would turn on them and fire two shots — marking the first known instance of an insider attack during Operation Inherent Resolve. And while the Pentagon often announces when service members are killed or wounded during these “insider” or “green on blue” attacks, it made no such announcement for Halkovich, a combat engineer, who was shot twice in the leg and survived.
This account of the Feb. 17 shooting of a U.S. Marine by a member of the Syrian militia he was supporting is based on interviews with multiple sources, military award documents, and scant details released by the Pentagon. It has also become an open secret among the 1,000-plus Marines and sailors of the unit Halkovich was attached to — 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, based in Twentynine Palms, California.
“It’s kind of ridiculous that a Marine gets shot and nobody hears about it,” said one source familiar with the incident, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal. “It kind of blows my mind.”
In fact, when asked by Task & Purpose whether there had ever been an insider attack during Operation Inherent Resolve, a coalition statement flatly denied it: “We have no recorded incidents of insider attacks during OIR.”
The small contingent of Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment had a boring and often thankless job providing security at the outpost, a so-called “mission support site” which Task & Purpose has chosen not to name for operational security reasons. Though they occasionally left the wire, the Marines spent most of their time on rooftops or in the turret of a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected truck, as Army artillerymen safely pounded ISIS positions and Special Forces soldiers trained and supported the SDF in battle.
They settled into a familiar routine after about five months in Syria: Some Marines slept or ate, while others manned a vehicle-mounted .50 caliber machine-gun or looked for infiltrators in the surrounding desert with night vision and thermal imaging devices. Meanwhile, the SDF had their own routine, manning a gate that served as the main entry point into the camp.
The Marines mostly kept to themselves, except to share an occasional cigarette with the Kurdish-dominated SDF. Sometimes the Kurds would slaughter a goat and cook it up for their American patrons. But for reasons that remain unclear, relations began to deteriorate in early February.
“There was an incident with an SDF guy racking his AK… but the Marine somehow deescalated the situation and nothing was fired,” the source said of a Kurdish soldier who chambered a round in his AK-47 rifle, threatening a Marine about a week prior to the Halkovich shooting. That SDF soldier was subsequently kicked off the base.
“Tensions were super high at this point,” the source added.
But just as one potential insider threat was removed, a new one seemed to present itself just a week later, illustrating the fragile nature of some of America’s partnerships with foreign militaries — which are increasingly being used to fight terror groups through a strategy of “advise and assist.”
It began with a radio call. Alerted to a commotion at the SDF-manned gate, Halkovich and Downey ran to check it out. When they got there, SDF soldiers told the Marines a truck outside the gate was just having car trouble.
It was a lie, one that was quickly exposed when a Syrian civilian in the vehicle held up a dead child that was “soaked in blood,” according to the source. Looking closer, the Marines saw a truck bed filled with about eight dead or wounded civilians. It was a mass-casualty incident, and they knew they had to help.
The SDF told the Marines no, in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions, which strictly prohibits withholding medical assistance or discriminating in providing care.
“SDF was trying to tell us that we weren’t allowed to treat them, but… we’re going to help anybody we can,” the source said, adding that the partner force “was super upset about it.”
Another source, who also spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal, said the injured group, comprised mostly of women and children, was turned away by the SDF because they were not Kurdish.
The first source gave a similar account: “It was purely racial. They refused to give them an ambulance.”
Halkovich and Downey pushed the SDF soldiers out of the way and opened the gate, amid screaming from both sides in English and Arabic. They moved concertina wire aside while another Marine called in a mass casualty to the Army surgical team. Others placed victims on litters and shuffled them in.
Sgt. Cameron Halkovich (left) helping another Marine up a hill during training at 29 Palms, California prior to their deployment.
Army medics managed to save four of the victims, according to the first source. But the SDF “was not happy,” the other source said. The Kurds even threatened to kick the Marines out of the compound for their humanitarian act.
Eventually, tensions settled and things went back to normal — until dark.
Around 9 p.m. that night, Halkovich and Downey decided to check on Lance Cpl. Jay Smith, who was stationed in the MRAP turret behind a .50 caliber machine gun.
After walking the 100 meters or so from their quarters, Halkovich stopped to urinate. Not thinking anything of it, Downey kept going. But as he crossed an intersection between buildings near the main gate, he realized something seemed strange.
At the entry control point, at least one SDF soldier normally watched the gate at all times. But nobody was there.
Neither Marine was aware that hidden in the shadows, one of the SDF soldiers had abandoned his post and was lying in wait.
Downey got to the door of the MRAP and reached for the handle. But before he opened it, he heard two gunshots, the distinctive report of an AK-47.
He turned around and saw Halkovich on the ground, his face obscured. Downey would later recount to his fellow Marines and military investigators that he saw a lone SDF soldier, standing over Halkovich with a rifle.
Downey then aimed in with his M4 rifle and dropped the attacker with a “hammer pair” — a well-aimed series of two quick shots to the chest. With the SDF soldier now dead, Downey kicked his weapon away and yelled to Smith in the turret: “Halko was shot! Halko was shot!”
Halkovich took two 7.62mm bullets to the left leg that went clean through — though, in the darkness, Downey initially thought his comrade was dead. With Downey’s red-lens headlamp shining down on his face, Halkovich looked up. Then he looked at his leg, then back at Downey, and finally, he screamed.
According to the award citation for the Joint Service Commendation Medal that Downey would receive in March for what was called a “shooting incident,” the Marine “acted decisively to eliminate the threat to his comrade” before applying a tourniquet to Halkovich’s leg and fireman-carrying him to the surgical facility. (The citation, signed by OIR Commanding General Lt. Gen. Paul Funk, however, takes pains to avoid identifying “the shooter.”)
Smith, for his part, remained at his post and called in the shooting on the radio, prompting the rest of the Marines to respond to the scene. Just as the Marines had done earlier in the day for civilians, they now watched as one of their own was brought to the Army surgeons stationed nearby.
Halkovich was medically evacuated from the post soon after, while Downey was brought back to a larger camp to explain what had happened to military investigators.
But for months afterward, the Marines continued to live side-by-side with the Syrian partners they had come to fear.
“It’s really terrifying,” the first source said. “You’re literally surrounded.”
Spokesmen for the Syrian Democratic Forces did not respond to a request for comment.
Sgt. Cameron T. Halkovich, center, a combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion poses for a group photo after an award ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 24, 2018. Downey is on the right with his daughter.
The Marines of 2/7 returned with little fanfare from their combat deployment in April. Halkovich received the Purple Heart that same month and is still recovering from his wounds at the Corps’ Wounded Warrior Regiment at Camp Pendleton, California. At Marine Corps Base 29 Palms in March, Downey would receive his Joint Service Commendation Medal for saving Halkovich’s life.
Meanwhile, a new group of Marines has taken 2/7’s place on the Corps’ Special Purpose MAGTF Crisis Response-Central Command, where, like their counterparts, they could potentially deploy to a theater of war where friends can become enemies in the blink of an eye.
Were they warned of the shooting in February? Told to prepare for the possibility of an insider attack by the SDF? A spokesperson for the unit did not respond to those questions.
“They said it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country and yet no justice was ever done for my wounded brother,” the second source told me. “That is the only reason I’m telling you this because no one knows what happened out there… and nothing came of it.”
Besides an Army Special Forces team, it hosted a forward surgical team, more than dozen Marine infantrymen, and a platoon-sized element of Syrian Democratic Forces allied with the U.S.
ово је овде - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]

Citat:picture of "some of the Marines of Weapons Co., 2/7, in Syria geolocated to administrative and housing complex at Omar oil field
Dopuna: 09 Avg 2018 17:42
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Снимак, заустављају га на сред пута у сред бела дана. Толико шарени контролишу Африн.
Citat:Warning graphic content
Wrath Of Olive operation room posted a video of assassinating Akash Hajj Ahmed Ali members of the Turkish backed local council in #Afrin accused of treason to Afrin’s people.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
Курди настављају операције у Африну, до сада су их имали 30ак. Постављаћу са цитатом од сада кад год нешто ураде.

Citat:He caused the martyrdom of #YPG fighters, guided the Turkish backed mercenaries in their military operations in his village and threatened the displaced people of his village not to return. So as always xiyanet bê ceza namîne..Да поставим све до сада у последњих месец дана. Операције су постале свакодневне што је почело да тера Турке да спаљују шуме широм Африна како би успорили герилске нападе и кретања истих.
Фотографија која добро описује тренутно стање, Курди су толико бесни да нападају шарене и по Идлибу. ово је феномен до сада, нико до сада у овом рату није вршио оволико напада и ликвидација над окупационим снагама. Први пут да видимо скоро свакодневне герилске нападе од стране стране која је протерана и поражена на датом терену војно. Чак су северно од Манбиџа су нахранили Турке/шарене отровном храном цивили, 3 мртва.
Citat:Citat:Kurdish Forces in #Afrin kill captured Turkish-backed jihadi.снимак
Citat:Kurdish Forces eliminated a Turkish-backed jihadi on the outskirts of alBab city.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Kurdish Forces ambushed a jeep military vehicle carrying a number of terrorists in village of Kimara of #Afrin’s Sherawa district.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Turkish-backed jihadi belonging to Faylaq al-Sham eliminated by Kurdish Forces in Afrin.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Turkish-backed jihadi eliminated by Kurdish Forces in #Afrin.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Turkish-backed jihadi of Faylaq al-Sham "Muhammad Ali" (not the boxer🤪) eliminated by Kurdish Forces in Afrin.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Kurdish "Wrath Of Olive" Forces killed the jihadi Abu Yahya al-Hamwi in Idlib.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Footage of Turkish-backed Faylaq al-Sham jihadi Commander/leader 'mohammad abu hammoud' eliminated in occupied #Afrin.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Military vehicle carrying Turkish-backed Faylaq al-Sham jihadis destroyed in south #Idlib by Kurdish Forces.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Two Turkish-backed jihadis belonging to ’Faylaq al-Sham’ killed by Kurdish Forces in #Afrin. фотке - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:"Wrath of Olives" Operation Room (part of the #YPG) killed a jihadist of Faylaq al-Sham in #Idlib Governorateснимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:on 10 July Xezba Zeytun hit a vehicle of the mercenaries of Faylaq Al-Sh in south Idlib and killed 4 terrorists.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Footage of a YPG sleeper cell targeting and killing a Turkish-backed jihadi in occupied #Afrin. снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Footage of the assassination off a Turkish-backed jihadi 'Muhammed Suleymanin' in occupied #Afrin.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:3 invaders eliminated including 2 terrorists of the turkish army in Kurdish #Afrin. фотке - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Firqat Hamza jihadi on his motorcycle assasinated by YPG on Rajo-Afrin road.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Turkish-backed Ahrar Sharqiyyah HQ targeted by YPG in Afrin.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Turkish-backed ringleader "Mesut Abu al Majid" killed in #Afrin.фотке - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Wrath of Olives Operation Room (part of the #YPG) killed 2 jihadists of Faylaq al-Sham in Idlib Governorate. They "vow to all the groups that have legitimised the presence of the Turks in Afrin with heavy retaliation".снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:The YPG killed several jihadists of Faylaq al-Sham near Jinderes in #Afrin. This is the footage of one assassinationснимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat: wrath of olive operation room have assassinated Idrees Qara Hiso the Mukhtar (Village representative) of Termusha village for treason against #Afrin peopleснимак -https://twitter.com/Rojavian/status/1026932856692592640
Одговор Турака и терориста је очекиван. Хватају и убијају цивиле.
Скоро да за сваки снимак где курди убију терористе из заседе, изађе снимак мучења цивила од стране терориста у Африну. Неки од случајева безакоња које тамо влада.
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Citat:4 months after the Turkish invasion of Kurdish Afrin.
What once used to be a peaceful countryside is now burning.
Not just burning but ethnic cleansing, mass kidnappings, looting, infighting between Turkish-backed groups, bombings and targeting of non-muslim religious symbols. Citat:Turkish backed jihadi gunmen have kidnapped at least 35 people in #Afrin in past 5 days. Four of them were found dead and most of the families are being forced to pay ransom.Citat:Another Kurdish cemetary desecrated by racist Turkish army/turkish-backed arab jihadis in occupied #Afrin.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Faylaq Al-Sham tutored a family in #Afrin’s Jenderes district. фотке - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
 Citat:A shrine dated back to 14th century in Jindires of # Afrin destroyed by ‘Olive Branch’. The grave was desecrated and demolished in search of gold. Also, a 600 year old tree which was considered sacred by locals unrooted. Below the shrine after and before destructionCitat:While the Turkish backed #TFSA Suliman Shah mercenaries are the biggest criminals they deliberately made this video of torturing this man accused of being thief to appear fighting crime.
The man is tortured without any trial.снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Signs in #Afrin in Turkish and Arabic only. Kurdish language signs are removed. Here is Bilbil Police Centerфото - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Very Graphic content
Video of the Turkish backed Sultan Murat torturing prisonersузнемирујући снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
За то време шарени и турци покушавају да се реше шума у Африну.
Citat:Citat:Olive trees in Afrin set on fire by Turkish occupation and its backed TFSA mercenaries. снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:he Turkish occupation forces started uprooting olive trees and taking civilians land in #Afrin in preparation for a road Antab / Aleppo this documented crime as well as many crimes happens in bright daylight while the international community looks the other way. снимак -https://twitter.com/Rojavian/status/1026572394566230017Citat:Uprooting Olive trees in #Afrin by the Turkish occupation forces is WAR CRIME снимак - [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]Citat:Turkish army burnt thousands of Kurdish villages in 90,s and now these fires have started in #Afrin too. Satellite footage have revealed the deliberately started fires and their places. Turkish army burns forests in order to break resistance.
Неке од локација где су горели/горе пожари.
Citat:Very preliminary satellite analysis of Afrin shows considerable areas of countryside burnt recently. Including at least 3 fires in and surrounding human settlements.

Citat:Notably, many of the fires, especially the ones near settlements have been burning this month. This image from July 15th shows an active fire through Khazyan's two villages - 36.5637, 36.678 - (full fire extent shown from July 20th).
Citat:Fires near Jalour (36.74, 36.71), which were burning on the same day, had reached the settlement by July 20th. They also appeared to have been extinguished after nearing the town.
Citat:Some of those include this fire, which burnt through Bahcha (36.764, 36.77) sometime between July 1st and 5th. Another fire on the hill overlooking it was burnt between July 10th and 15th.Рушење школа у градовима Африна и грађење ваза на њиховом месту.
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Citat:New (presumably) Turkish military base in Cindirese/Jandaris. The property previously appears to have been a school. Building was leveled sometime in April. (3/29/18 vs. 7/9/1

Citat:Another former school 500m west also appears to have been appropriated for military use sometime in April. Building to the NE leveled in April or May. (3/29/18 vs. 7/9/1
Још мало несреће која је задесила Африн
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Citat:How tragic. This is what the Turkish/jihadi invasion brought to #Afrin's University.
Afrin University is looted. Images of famous Kurdish authors, historians and poets have been crossed out. The university is empty.
Before & After pics.
Citat:More images of looted #Afrin University in 2018. A university that used to flourish with young people seeking education and a future.
There is none to be found after the Turkish/jihadi invasion. Last image shows a graduation party in 2016.
У вези спаљивања шума као тактика за борбу против гериле коју примењује турска држава.
For historical context on this recent atrocity, folks can read a bout #Turkey's use of environmental destruction as a strategy against Kurds:
Forest Burning as Counterinsurgency
in Turkish-Kurdistan:
An analysis from space
[Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
као што видимо то није ништа ново за Африн, као што истраживање изнад показује.
А и даље траје и у Турској.
пре неки дан

Citat:Turkish soldiers set on fire the forests around Kurdish Çele district (Çukurca/Hakkari) to restrict PKK guerrillas’ movement. turkish colonial authorities are not putting out the fire and denying Kurdish local civilians doing it themselves.
нови и стари власници африна
Стари власници у Даеру сада
Курдима је главни услов у преговорима са САА-Русима ослобађање Африна. Да ли ће турци прихватити да га напусте у замену за обиздавање Курда од стране Руса?
Дамаск о Африну
Syrian official says Damascus will retake Idlib, accuses Turkey of occupying Afrin
[Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
Citat:Jaafari accused Turkey of occupying parts of northern Syria, such as Azaz, Jarabulus, and Bab, and violating Syrian sovereignty by replacing Syria identity cards with Turkish ones in the areas “it occupies.”
“They sent military forces equipped with heavy weapons, occupied Afrin, and expelled its 300,000 inhabitants,” the official said.
During the Astana meetings, Jaafari noted that Ankara’s campaign in Afrin violates Turkish commitment to Syria’s sovereignty.
Турски терористи настављају терор над цивилним становништвом у Африну. Овај пут су ухватили човека од 88 година да испитују...
Citat:Turkey-backed jihadists yet again interrogate non-Muslims — probably Yazidis — in Afrin about their beliefs.
These two elderly men, according to @welatfm are
Attoon Majeed 88 & his son Hussein 63, from Rajo area in Afrin.
[Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
Citat:"Are you Muslim?"
"He is not Muslim and doesn't pray at all"
Another video of a man, who is clueless on basic knowledge of Islam, being interrogated and mocked by Turkey-backed jihadists on camera in Afrin.
[Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
Ако Русија остави Африн у рукама турака неће се никада опрати од тога што су им га уопште и дали.
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