Iraq and ISIS Discussion

[Ooh-Rah]

Damn - if true as written, damn.

Russian soldier calls airstrikes on himself to wipe out ISIS fighters

A Russian soldier has died a 'hero' after wiping out a band of ISIS fighters by calling in airstrikes on himself.

The special forces officer was on a one-man mission to track down ISIS militants in the area around Palmyra, when he found himself surrounded by enemy fighters.

Caught in a hopeless situation, he directed Russian aircraft to bomb his location, killing himself and the ISIS fighters that surrounded him.

Update on this story...what a shitty situation. But after seeing what ISIS does to those they capture, and in this case a Russian SF? Those fucks would cum all over themselves as they tortured him.

Soldier wiped out ISIS fighters by calling airstrikes on HIMSELF

 

[Red Flag 1]

Damn it! Rest In Gods Own Peace, Hero.

I pray the ISIS body count was very high.

 

[DocIllinois]

The old North Vietnamese Army tactic of Grab Their Belts to Fight Them.

There are genuinely dangerous and courageous men who are fighting you, ISIS. Keep underestimating.


RIP, Soldier. Thank you for your service.

 

[Dame]

ISIS has gone too far!!

@Freefalling

Luckily, I'm immune to such weapons.

 

[Dame]

Update on this story...what a shitty situation. But after seeing what ISIS does to those they capture, and in this case a Russian SF? Those fucks would cum all over themselves as they tortured him.

Soldier wiped out ISIS fighters by calling airstrikes on HIMSELF

True warrior and hero.

 

[Kraut783]

Rest in Peace brother

 

[Brill]

Unintentional fratricide folks.

 

[DA SWO]

Yep, sounds legit!

Exclusive: 21 Generals Lead ISIS War the U.S. Denies Fighting

Double counting a lot of the GO's.

 

[AWP]

Double counting a lot of the GO's.

Including CENTCOM and the subordinate *CENT's is a bit disingenuous.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Update on this story...what a shitty situation. But after seeing what ISIS does to those they capture, and in this case a Russian SF? Those fucks would cum all over themselves as they tortured him.

Soldier wiped out ISIS fighters by calling airstrikes on HIMSELF

His entire body is made of diamonds. Respe! I wonder about us, and if we are truly committed to deal a true end to these people we say we are fighting, but it often appears that we are arming. I understand the Russians don't care about civilian casualties, but that is war. War is the worst task, but the most primal task we have. We need to be hardened, we need to sharpen our souls and our bodies like this man did.

 

[Totentanz]

We need to be hardened, we need to sharpen our souls and our bodies like this man did.

Might start with 9 year old girls who are willing to put in more work than most men...

 

[Grunt]

This I will say about him...he was willing to walk the talk and not simply talk it!

There are still a few people walking this globe that are willing to do so.

 

[Etype]

I wonder about us, and if we are truly committed to deal a true end to these people we say we are fighting...

Do you have any scope of understand, whatsoever, as to who the Americans are who are over there fighting?

Doesn't seem like it from that comment.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Update on the Russian SF Soldier above - final transcript -

Fuck.

Translated from Russian. Source: Alexander Prokhorenko. Russian Special Forces Commando hero. Last Words Transcript | The Offensive on #Palmyra - World in War

The transcript:

Prokhorenko : command I am compromised, I repeat I am compromised.

Command: Please say again and confirm.

Prokhorenko : They have spotted me, there are shooting everywhere, I am pinned, requesting immediate extraction.

Command: Extraction request acknowledged.

Prokhorenko : Please hurry I am low on ammo, they seem to [be]everywhere, I can’t hold them for too long please hurry.

Command: Confirmed, hold them off, continue returning fire, retreat to a safe position, air support is monitoring, state your coordinates

Prokhorenko : [gives coordinates which are blurred in the transcript] Command: [command repeats coordinates which are blurred.]Confirm

Prokhorenko : Confirmed, please hurry I am low on ammo, they are surrounding me, bastards!

Command: ETA on evacuation 12 minutes, return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.

Prokhorenko : They are close, I am surrounded, this may be the end, tell my family I love them dearly.

Command: Return to the green line, continue returning fire, help is on the way, followed by air support.

Prokhorenko : Negative, I am surrounded, they are so many of these bastards!

Command: Extract ETA 10 minutes, return to the green line. Prokhorenko : I can’t they have surrounded me and are closing in, please hurry.

Command: return to the green line, I repeat return to the green line.

Prokhorenko : They are outside, conduct the airstrike now please hurry, this is the end, tell my family I love them and i died fighting for my motherland.

Command: Negative, return to the green line.

Prokhorenko : Unable command, I am surrounded, they are outside, I don’t want them to take me and parade me, conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and this uniform. I want to die with dignity and take all these bastards with me. please my last wish, conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way.

Command: Please confirm your request.

Prokhorenko : They [are] outside, this is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer. Please take care of my family, avenge my death, good bye commander, tell my family I love them!

Command: [No response, orders the airstrike]

 

[Red Flag 1]

That is hard to read. They are the words of a soldier, and a hero. So much dust in here.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

That is hard to read. They are the words of a soldier, and a hero. So much dust in here.

Was just sitting here reading this again with my son, (who is 13 and wants to be a Marine). "It's more than a video game, Mike." He read it a couple of times and just said in a somewhat sad voice..."I gotta go to school dad".

I think it shook him up a bit.

 

[AWP]

I'll remain skeptical of anything released by the Russian gov't.

 

[Florida173]

I'll remain skeptical of anything released by the Russian gov't.

They are a propaganda machine and way fucking better at it than us. Especially when it comes to military heroism.

Just check out this video about the "Russian Invader"

 

[Gunz]

I'll remain skeptical of anything released by the Russian gov't.

I am too, generally, although his purported last transmission reads like something you'd expect from a guy with his back at the wall...Which admittedly could be easily contrived by the crisis management hacks at the GRU or whatever...

...if it were, say, a Pat Tilman-type blue on blue...which, given the Russian's propensity for blowing the crap out of designated targets and their surrounding neighborhoods, is always a distinct possibility...

 

[Red Flag 1]

I'll remain skeptical of anything released by the Russian gov't.

Well....There is that point. I find it odd that a lone officer had the mission as described. How ever it worked out, there were some ISIS taken down too, and Russia has a modern day Hero of the Motherland.