U.S. airstrikes on Syria kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News/AP

September 29, 2024, 7:20 AM


BEIRUT -- In Syria, 37 militants affiliated to the extremist Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group were killed in two strikes, the United States military said Sunday.

Two of the dead were senior militants, it said.

U.S. Central Command said it struck northwestern Syria on Tuesday, targeting a senior militant from the al-Qaeda-linked Hurras al-Deen group and eight others. They say he was responsible for overseeing military operations.

They also announced a strike from earlier this month on Sept. 16, where they conducted a “large-scale airstrike” on an IS training camp in a remote undisclosed location in central Syria. That attack killed 28 militants, including “at least four Syrian leaders.”

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-airstrikes-syria-kill-37-militants-affiliated-extremist-114325714

[James48]

1. So we are now doing air strikes in Syria again?

I thought we knocked out all their leaders.

It’s a never ending task.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. I remember seeing some flow chart a bunch of years ago

which sort of illustrated why we were always "taking out the 2nd in command" and rarely the "head".

I.e., they don't operate through a strict hierarchical/pyramid structure but through one that is more "flat".

I think some of this was a result of what was happening earlier this year with attacks on our bases in Iraq (and Syria, and even Jordan).

We did similar almost a year ago - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67236438

[Igel]

3. That's how hierarchies work.

You start counting from the top.

Take out the top 5, and you start counting from the new top.

As long as there's a hierarchy--meaning "as long as there's the organization"--there'll be something like a "top". Maybe 5 people tied for #1 (or #5, if you prefer), but there's still a kind of top. The idea is to make the hierarchy--the organization--go away; perhaps kill them all or, more likely, cause it to atrophy from disinterest and desuetude and simply dissolve.

[MuchBetterThanThis]

4. This doesn't help after Lebanon

Strikes by Israel. Gives the impression that we are all in on Netanyahus ultimate plan.
This could be bad for the election

[maxsolomon]

7. they're attacking ISIL-associated groups

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How is it bad for the election? Trump ordered strikes in Syria constantly.

[bahboo]

6. a never ending war, it seems...