Konstantin Toropin – Military.com Dec 19, 2024
In a surprise announcement, the Pentagon revealed that it has not been offering an accurate count of how many U.S. troops it has had in Syria, with the actual figure more than double the official count.
“I learned today that, in fact, there are approximately 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria,” Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters, before adding that “these additional forces are considered temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting mission deployments.”
The newly revealed troop numbers come after the U.S. military has waged dozens of airstrikes in Syria in recent days as part of a major uptick in the yearslong operations against the Islamic State terrorist group following the collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime. A round of strikes on Monday killed 12 militants and an earlier round of 75 strikes on Dec. 8 was conducted by B-52 Stratofortress bombers, F-15E Strike Eagle and A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft.
Pentagon officials have told reporters for months — including as recently as the last two weeks — that there were only around 900 troops in Syria. Ryder said that figure actually applied to service members “on longer-term deployments.”
The discrepancy between what Defense Department officials have told reporters and what at least some officials have known to be the reality on the ground has been going on for “months,” according to the Pentagon’s top spokesman.
“I don’t have a specific date to provide … but my understanding is it’s been for a while, so clearly, before the fall of the Assad regime,” Ryder said.
Troops in Syria — largely made up of regular and Special Forces Army soldiers — are in the country to fight the Islamic State and have been the subject of varying levels of scrutiny and interest over the years. However, since the fall of Assad’s regime two weeks ago, there has been a rise in questions about how much danger U.S. forces face in the increasingly unstable country.
Since the collapse of the Assad regime, both Turkey and Israel have also undertaken military operations and strikes inside Syria, and the Pentagon confirmed that at least one of its MQ-9 Reaper drones had been downed in the country.
Ryder hinted at the possibility that diplomatic considerations in the region were partly to blame for why the Pentagon did not provide accurate totals for months but, when pressed for more details, he said that he wasn’t “going to go into any diplomatic discussions.”
Ryder did say that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was aware of the accurate totals, but it appears that information was not shared with the spokesman or the team of military and civilian officials who regularly engage with the press.
“I got word of it recently as our team was looking at this … given the significant situation in Syria,” Ryder explained, referring to the higher troop counts.
“I asked for more information on this, recognizing that if the numbers are not what we brief, let’s find out what the actual numbers are and go from there,” he said, before adding that he “got the numbers today.”
This is not the first time that U.S. officials have offered inaccurate or misleading totals of troops in Syria.
During his first administration, President Donald Trump — whose political rhetoric featured a strong desire to bring home most service members deployed abroad — issued a surprise order in 2019 to have American troops in Syria step aside and allow Turkey to conduct military operations against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in the region.
Days later, he declared that “we have no soldiers in Syria” — a claim that CNN reported was incorrect and the U.S. actually had around 1,000 troops in the country.
Since the fall of the Assad regime, U.S. forces in the Middle East have conducted several airstrikes against the Islamic State, including one that hit more than 75 targets, as a way to ensure that the Islamic terror group doesn’t seize on the instability in Syria to return to power.
Officials said that the strikes were enabled by the fact that the Russian forces that have been controlling airspace over portions of Syria have withdrawn.
Keir Starmer wishes for peace in Middle East in Christmas message
Story by Policy Editor For The Daily Mail •
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is hoping for peace in the Middle East in his first Christmas message as Prime Minister.
Dont make me laugh Starmer has been sending the RAf from its cyprus base to bomb villages
in Syria Gaza and lebanon
Hes a dirty lying commie jew poofter bastard
happy christmas
THOUGHT YOU WERE A “FREE” PERSON?
INTERESTING FACTS ON WHO OWNS YOU
Did you ever consider what those birth certificates and census forms were REALLY about?
Who owns you? Some disturbing facts that affect everyone!
These are some of the facts which are so shrewdly hidden that the mere ability comprehend what they truly entail is beyond most Americans. The list is fairly long, but it is worth the read. [Reminder–these all applied to you by “PRESUMPTION”, until you rebut that presumption. In order to do this, you must first know who you are.]
1. The IRS is not a U.S. Government Agency. It is an Agency of the IMF [International Monetary Fund]. (Diversified Metal Products v. IRS et al. CV-93-405E-EJE U.S.D.C.D.I., Public Law 94-564, Senate Report 94-1148 pg. 5967, Reorganization Plan No. 26, Public Law 102-391.)
2. The IMF is an Agency of the UN. (Blacks Law Dictionary 6th Ed. Pg. 816)
3. The U.S. has not had a Treasury since 1921. (41 Stat. Ch.214 pg. 654) [find the “Stat’s” (statutes) in the law libraries!]
4. The U.S. Treasury is now the IMF. (Presidential Documents Volume 29-No.4 pg.113, 22 U.S.C. 285-288)
5. The United States does not have any employees because there is no longer a United States. No more reorganizations. After over 200 years of operating under bankruptcy its finally over. (Executive Order 12803) Do not personate one of the creditors or share holders or you will go to Prison.18 U.S.C. 914
6. The FCC, CIA, FBI, NASA and all of the other alphabet gangs were never part of the United States government. Even though the “US Government” held shares of stock in the various Agencies. (U.S. V. Strang , 254 US 491, Lewis v. US, 680 F.2d, 1239)
7. Social Security Numbers are issued by the UN through the IMF. The Application for a Social Security Number is the SS5 form. The Department of the Treasury (IMF) issues the SS5 not the Social Security Administration. The new SS5 forms do not state who or what publishes them, the earlier SS5 forms state that they are Department of the Treasury forms. You can get a copy of the SS5 you filled out by sending form SSA-L996 to the SS Administration. (20 CFR chapter 111, subpart B 422.103 (b) (2) (2) Read the cites above)
8. There are no Judicial courts in America and there has not been since 1789. Judges do not enforce Statutes and Codes. Executive Administrators enforce Statutes and Codes. (FRC v. GE 281 US 464, Keller v. PE 261 US 428, 1 Stat. 138-178)
9. There have not been any Judges in America since 1789. There have just been Administrators. (FRC v. GE 281 US 464, Keller v. PE 261 US 428 1Stat. 138-178)
10. According to the GATT you must have a Social Security number. House Report (103-826)
11. We have One World Government, One World Law and a One World Monetary System. *
12. The UN is a One World Super Government. *
13. No one on this planet has ever been free. This planet is a Slave Colony. There has always been a One World Government. It is just that now it is much better organized and has changed its name as of 1945 to the United Nations. *
14. New York City is defined in the Federal Regulations as the United Nations. Rudolph Gulliani stated on C-Span that “New York City was the capital of the World” and he was correct. (20 CFR chapter 111, subpart B 422.103 (b) (2) (2)
15. Social Security is not insurance or a contract, nor is there a Trust Fund. (Helvering v. Davis 301 US 619, Steward Co. V. Davis 301 US 548.)
16. Your Social Security check comes directly from the IMF which is an Agency of the UN. (Look at it if you receive one. It should have written on the top left United States Treasury.)
17. You own no property, slaves can’t own property. Read the Deed to the property that you think is yours. You are listed as a Tenant. (Senate Document 43, 73rd Congress 1st Session)
18. The most powerful court in America is not the United States Supreme Court but, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. (42 Pa.C.S.A. 502)
19. The Revolutionary War was a fraud. See (22, 23 and 24)
20. The King of England financially backed both sides of the Revolutionary war. (Treaty at Versailles July 16, 1782, Treaty of Peace 8 Stat 80)
21. You can not use the Constitution to defend yourself because you are not a party to it. (Padelford Fay & Co. v. The Mayor and Alderman of The City of Savannah 14 Georgia 438, 520)
22. America is a British Colony. (THE UNITED STATES IS A CORPORATION, NOT A LAND MASS AND IT EXISTED BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE BRITISH TROOPS DID NOT LEAVE UNTIL 1796.) Respublica v. Sweers 1 Dallas 43, Treaty of Commerce 8 Stat 116, The Society for Propagating the Gospel, &c. V. New Haven 8 Wheat 464, Treaty of Peace 8 Stat 80, IRS Publication 6209, Articles of Association October 20, 1774.)
23. Britain is owned by the Vatican. (Treaty of 1213)
24. The Pope can abolish any law in the United States. (Elements of Ecclesiastical Law Vol.1 53-54)
25. A 1040 form is for tribute paid to Britain. (IRS Publication 6209)
26. The Pope claims to own the entire planet through the laws of conquest and discovery. (Papal Bulls of 1455 and 1493)
27. The Pope has ordered the genocide and enslavement of millions of people. (Papal Bulls of 1455 and 1493)
28. The Pope’s laws are obligatory on everyone. (Bened. XIV., De Syn. Dioec, lib, ix., c. vii., n. 4. Prati, 1844)(Syllabus, prop 28, 29, 44)
29. We are slaves and own absolutely nothing not even what we think are our children. (Tillman v. Roberts 108 So. 62, Van Koten v. Van Koten 154 N.E. 146, Senate Document 43 & 73rd Congress 1st Session, Wynehammer v. People 13 N.Y. REP 378, 481)
30. Military Dictator George Washington divided the States (Estates) into Districts. (Messages and papers of the Presidents Vo 1, pg 99. Websters 1828 dictionary for definition of Estate.)
31. “The People” does not include you and me. (Barron v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore. 32 U.S. 243)
32. The United States Government was not founded upon Christianity. (Treaty of Tripoli 8 Stat 154.)
33. It is not the duty of the police to protect you. Their job is to protect the Corporation and arrest code breakers. Sapp v. Tallahasee, 348 So. 2nd. 363, Reiff v. City of Philadelphia, 477 F.Supp. 1262, Lynch v. N.C. Dept of Justice 376 S.E. 2nd. 247.
34. Everything in the “United States” is For Sale: roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, water, prisons airports etc. I wonder who bought Klamath lake. Did anyone take the time to check? [YES, I did] (Executive Order 12803)
35. We are “Human capital”. (Executive Order 13037, Sec 2(b))
36. The UN has financed the operations of the United States government for over 50 years and now owns every man, women and child in America. The UN also holds all of the Land in America in Fee Simple. *
37. The good news is we don’t have to fulfill “our” fictitious obligations. You can discharge a fictitious obligation with another’s fictitious obligation. *
38. The depression and World War II were a total farce. The United States and various other companies were making loans to others all over the World during the Depression. The building of Germany’s infrastructure in the 1930’s including the railroads was financed by the United States. That way those who call themselves “Kings,” “Prime Ministers,” and “Fuher,” etc. could sit back and play a game of chess using real people. Think of all of the Americans, Germans etc. who gave their lives thinking they were defending their countries which didn’t even exist. The millions of innocent people who died for nothing. Isn’t it obvious why Switzerland is never involved in these fiascoes? That is where the “Bank of International Settlements” is located. And, the guard responsible for the safety of the Pope are the Swiss Guard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard Vatican Swiss Guard Wars are manufactured to keep your eye off the ball. You have to have an enemy to keep the illusion of “Government” in place. *
39. The “United States” did not declare Independence from Great Britain or King George. *
Guess who owns the UN?
* Caveat Redemptor – Verify for yourself
There is no use in asking an Attorney about any of the above because:
“His[/her] first duty is to the courts…not to the client.” CJS 7 [I looked this up in the law library myself–it’s there, go look for yourself]; U.S.v Franks D.C.N.J. 53F.2d 128.
“Clients are also called “wards of the court” in regard to their relationship with their attorneys.” Spilker v. Hansin, 158 F.2d 35, 58U.S.App.D.C. 206. Wards of court. Infants and persons of unsound mind. Davis Committee v. Lonny, 290 Ky. 644, 162 S.W.2d 189, 190.
Did you get that? An Attorney’s first duty is not to you, and when you have an Attorney you are either considered insane or an infant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klwWcp9eiPw&unknown=the+truth
It seems like only yesterday Obama was saying, “No boots on the ground in Syria”. Then he only put 900 pairs there. But somebody had to take their oil fields so nobody stole them.
GOOD TIME TO GET THE FLOCK OUT!!!
If 900 can ‘temporarily’ swell to 2,000, it can shrink to 0, and we could ‘give’ that base to the Kurds!
An American reporter who followed Lenin around for a while after the Russia Revolution gloated about capitalism giving westerners a high standard of living where many had jobs and owned a car. Lenin said to him, “Give it eighty years until you reach the gangster stage of capitalism.”
What America is doing is the gangster stage of capitalism, where it enriched the connected mobsters and everybody else is poor and everything else is broke, Their bootleg liquor is stolen oil, the boys they send round are armies and their drive-by shootings are A-10 strafings using depleted uranium rounds. On the High Street they sell pharmaceutical grade drugs and in the back streets it’s still meth, brown or reefer. They print money–all quite legal–but they got so greedy even that’s not enough to save them now,
Too bad the Islamic State is a CIA-Mossad created fantasy muslim terror org., similar to how the government of Oceania created the fictitious terror org. ‘the brotherhood’ in 1984.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Straight out of the horse’s mouth: Jew reveals they (Israel) controls the whole world ‘behind the scenes like the Truman Show’, just like I’ve been saying. It appears they are so confident now, they can inform the world they’re the secret rulers of it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-pager-plot-sunday-on-60-minutes/
Now you know
fullerangus
thanks for that superannuated book length post
“I learned today that, in fact, there are approximately 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria,” Pat Ryder told reporters, before adding that “these additional forces are considered temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting mission deployments”.
Jeez, Pat learned something! Incredible! Though isn’t it time for the rest of the whirled to finally accept (no need to learn anything) that the heroic murcans are nothing but a broke cutthroat colony that steels, plunders and murders on behalf of the chosen ones without benefiting at all.
there are mistakes in what fullerangus says
its us jews who own the world and its money
we loaned to both sides in the US and UK civil wars which were provoked by us
anyone who doubted what we can do needs to look at our unfolding map of the middle east the USA is almost ready to mop up iran then its all ours as we always said it would be
DEBUNKING THE MARTIN BORMAN MYTHS
https://www.renegadetribune.com/debunking-the-myth-that-martin-bormann-was-a-soviet-agent/
“In a surprise announcement, the Pentagon revealed that it has not been offering an accurate count of how many U.S. troops it has had in Syria, with the actual figure more than double the official count.” … A “surprise announcement”, eh? The only surprise is that those habitually lying satanic psychopaths came clean at all. And I sure wouldn’t count on the new number being accurate, since they are proven f*cking liars and all. Only slack-jawed imbeciles would believe any “official” anything coming from the criminally insane Jewnited States “government” cartel.
“Troops in Syria — largely made up of regular and Special Forces Army soldiers — are in the country to fight the Islamic State” …. Yeah, sure, that’s it; they are there to fight their own creation, like that scene in Fight Club where the dude beats the shit out of himself. F*ck you. They are there for the same reasons they are anywhere, to steal the resources, create chaos, and to degrade and destroy for satanic Jewry.
@ Winston Smith has it right in his comment above.
One of Assad’s big mistakes was not targeting and incinerating every single US dumb-f*ck goon polluting Syria and every Israhelli plane that invaded Syria’s airspace from the beginning.
kevin
Doesn’t say much for the intelligence of the Nazis or Gestapo that some MI5/Vatican agent (Canaris) was appointed head of their military intelligence (Abwehr) & wasn’t exposed until 1944. No wonder they lost the war.
This post was blocked on renegade shite.
kevin
I think Bormann was also part of the anti-Slav idiot policy in Ukraine & Russia. If the Nazi oligarchs had any intelligence they would have simply treated the Slavs as fellow whites & mobilized them against the USSR as Vlasov suggested, which would have resulted in a German victory. Now we know, thanks to me.
The Germans in Space went to get away from genocides conducted by Rome, and it helps to show that there is only repulsion, no attraction: Germany was repelled from Earth, not attracted into Space