US Troops Forced To Flee Town After US-Backed Rebels Threaten To “Slaughter” Them
by Graeme Baker via MiddleEastEye.net,
ZeroHedge.com
Sep 16, 2016
US special forces soldiers were reportedly forced to flee a town in northern Syria after Free Syrian Army fighters threatened to “slaughter” them for their “invasion”, according to videos and reports posted on social media on Friday.
The US soldiers were working with Turkish forces as they advanced on al-Rai, Aleppo, in preparation for an offensive against nearby al-Bab, which is controlled by the Islamic State group.
The FSA is allied with Turkish forces and ostensibly supported by the US as a “moderate” rebel group fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad.
However, Friday’s confrontation highlights the complex nature of the war in Syria.
In the video, fighters from the FSA chant that US forces are “pigs”, “crusaders” and “infidels”.
“Dogs, agents of America,” one man can be heard to say in Arabic, while others chant “They are crusaders and infidels”, “Down with America”, “‘Get out you pigs” and “They are coming to Syria to occupy it”.
A voice on a megaphone can be heard to say there will be a “slaughter”. The US forces were reportedly forced to leave the town after the protests.
The video was posted on Twitter hours after pictures showing men in US military uniform in al-Rai. Another video showed US soldiers in a column of armoured vehicles and Turkish tanks speeding out of al-Rai, which is known in Turkish as Cobanbey.
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