Updated, April 9th, 2016
al Nusra Front claim the SU22 was shot down with a ZPU anti-aircraft heavy machine gun.
Orient News (better known as Al Nusra television) have conducted an interview with one of the fighters involved with the downing of the Syrian jet this week. The masked al Nusra fighter claimed that the jet was struck by a 14.5 anti-aircraft gun. The fighter is referring to a weapons system popularly known as the ZPU which consists of either two or four machine KPV heavy machine guns, often mounted on the back of vehicles. It is classed as anti-aircraft artillery. These weapons are very common in Syria.
Orient News interviews the man who shot Assad jet down in Aleppo southern countryside
There is no way to confirm these claims but they fit with the known facts and make sense. Hilariously Orient News tried to claim that the warplane was bombing civilians, yet the al Nusra fighters boast completely refutes this pathetic propaganda claim because if the claims are correct the proscribed terror group were operating heavy weapons in the area, the shootdown and the Nusra claim make it clear there were legitimate military targets in al Eis this week.
April 6th, 2016.
Syrian Jet Downed in Aleppo-Pilot Captured.
A Syrian Air force Sukhoi Su22 jet has been shot down in southern Aleppo in the vicinity of the town of al Eis and the pilot has been captured by the jihadists of the al Nusra Front. Tel al Eis has been the site of heavy fighting in recent days after insurgents launched a major offensive in southern Aleppo that saw them seize control of the small southern Aleppo village that government forces seized from the insurgents last November as part of their Aleppo offensive.
The downing of the Su22 is the second Syrian Air Force jet lost in the past several weeks, in mid-March a MIG 21 was downed in Hama province, one pilot ejected but another died after unsuccessfully attempting to land the damaged jet. The cause of the SU22 downing is unclear but the MIG21 appeared to have been attacked with a portable SAM missile or MANPAD.
There is speculation that these jets may have been downed by new surface to air missiles provided to the insurgents by their sponsors however an examination of the history of the Syrian war shows that these latest incidents do not represent a significant departure from what has taken pace throughout the war.
Possible Implications.
According to the highly respected US journalist Gareth Porter the current partial ceasefire in Syria was due to a secret deal between the US and Russia. Under the purported deal Russia would restrict their bombing attacks to al Nusra and ISIS and in return the US woulkd convince their allies in Saudi Arabia and Turkey to completely stem the flow of weapons to the rebels.
Cutting Off Syrian Rebels’ Weapons – Consortiumnews
Events on the ground over recent weeks have supported the claims made by Gareth Porter;there has been a dramatic decrease for example in the use of anti tank guided missiles by the insurgents recently, with the dreaded TOW missiles –one of the major offensive weapons in the insurgents- all but disappearing from the battlefield in recent months.
Until the cause of the SU22 shoot down is ascertained specualtion is premature but if an entity or a state have been providing the likes of Jabhat al Nusra with surface to air missiles that could scuttle that deal and see a renewed escalation of the Russian role in the war.
In all likelihood iin this case the insurgents got lucky on the back of a careless pilot but these are worrying signs that the nightmarish Syrian war may be nowhere near conclusion.
Syria War 2016 – Syrian Su-22 Fighter Jet Shot Down By Al-Nusra Front South Of Aleppo
SYRIA Militants shot down the Su-22 Chronicle of events
International Military Review – Syria, Apr. 6, 2016
Don’t like reading the last line; ‘worrying signs that the nightmarish Syrian war may be nowhere near conclusion’ – yet understand, your necessary assessment concerning the foreseeable. Thermo-dynamically easier to smash -vs- people pulling together. The later remarkable as, must have worn people to exhaustion and beyond. Suppose we have to let go of prediction for now. Only hope. Maybe faith? I do ultimately/somehow/oh cry so – but need more. (This, a prayer thing).
Hanging on for victory. This years of invasion is all-wrong (of course), therefore, may the right and just – shine and win thorough. Liberation Syria…
Appreciate your eyes on developments and swift response. Thanks.
Many thanks for being so kind about such a slight ans insubstantial piece mark. The validity of my assessment is completely unclear, I hope and pray the wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen will end but there is an unresolved power struggle between so many players that may mean that we are only at the midway point of these nightmarish wars. Thanks for commenting.
I had a thought today after watching some videos, 2 of which stood out. I put this out April 6:
truth1.org/fem-mgtow.htm and then other stuff started to follows. Whether I had any effect or not, these following express much of the same sentiment, following my kick-off.
Epigenetic Eugenics, The Population Control Of Today
WeAreChange
Why I Was Wrong About Atheism
What I suggest is that some “social” or political or maybe even subversive and nihilistic fads or social justice causes, are in fact, psyops. They are funded by the elite, says I, and they are not real grassroots movements. that are staged, just like all the psyops we have seen on the last 7 months and many previous to that. And their goal is no different, either. It is to disrupt and destroy the current systems in place and replace them with new more harsh and evil in intent, systems to enable more control in and in the future, more death.
I strongly urge all to get to know MGTOW and Feminism in its extreme, as well as safe places, triggers,and all that social justice crap and nonsense. These are major psyops with very bad intentions. Their effects will be every bit as horrible as any of the shoot-ups, bombings, etc. 911 will look like childs play were these psyops to gain success. Just my thoughts on atypical psyops. Propaganda is just another form or warfare. Attack on men are warfare. Even engineering population reduction thru ruining economies so that we can not afford to breed, is warfare. Bring vast hordes of Immigrants into Europe is warfare. The effects will be horrific. They already are. You can put this in a new post, if you like, James and even add to it. Your good with video links. And you have a different perspective from Americans, which is something I value, to see outside the world I know.
many thanks for that truth1.