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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on December 02, 2017, 01:15:42 pm
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US to Withdraw 400 Marines From Syria
Posted 2017-12-01 17:03 GMT
(BBC) -- More than 400 US Marines are to leave Syria after helping to capture the city of Raqqa from so-called Islamic State.
Marine units have been deployed since March to provide artillery support to an alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters battling the jihadist group.
Read more at: http://www.aina.org/news/20171201120352.htm (http://www.aina.org/news/20171201120352.htm)
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We were told the support was limited, that they weren't shooting much.
Then, we're told their weapons (the new M777 howitzers) were wearing out.
I hope that means they were shooting a heck of a lot, or else we're going to have a terrible time with the new artillery they were trying out.