U.S. Allies 'Volunteer' To Share (Implausible) Blame For Deir Ezzor Attack
...Early Sunday Australia jumped in claiming its jets had taken part in the attack:
Australian aircraft were involved in a US-led coalition operation which killed dozens of Syrian soldiers stationed near Eastern ISIS stronghold city of Deir Ezzor, the Australia's Defense Department confirmed.
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"Australian aircraft were among a number of international aircraft taking part in this Coalition operation," the Defense Department said in a statement.
Late Sunday the Danes followed:
"Two Danish F-16 [fighter aircraft] participated in these attacks along with the aircraft of other nations. The strikes had been stopped immediately after the Russian side reported that the positions of the Syrian servicemen had been hit," the military command authority of the Danish Armed Forces said in a statement issued Sunday.
This morning, the BBC defense correspondent says, the UK also claimed guilty:
Jonathan Beale @bealejonathanBBC understands @RoyalAirForce jets might have been involved in #Syria Airstrikes that killed 60 + Syrian soldiers.
Four planes attacked and four, now five airforces claim to have been part of it? That is neither plausible nor realistic.
Also: http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/fulltext/58971
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