Iranian General Soleimani Supervised Operation to Save Russian Su-24 Pilot

[MikeWB]

Soleimani... the man is Iranian version of a James Bond. I made one thread about him recently when it came out that he convinced Russians to enter the war and now I come across his name often. He's constantly in shadows and moves between Syria & Yemen. If you search for his name on Twitter, every day there are reports by "rebels" and ISIS about how they killed him with a TOW or a mortar.

He's probably the most important man in this war and very few know about him. BBC did a report on him when they interviewed Kurds in Syria and they mentioned how he visits them often.



http://awdnews.com/top-news/iranian-general-soleimani-supervised-operation-to-save-russian-su-24-pilot

Iranian General Soleimani Supervised Operation to Save Russian Su-24 Pilot



The pilot of the downed Russian Su-24 bomber was saved in a joint rescue operation supervised by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, Major General Qasem Soleimani.

Iranian journalist and political analyst Emad Abshenas talked to a friend of his, a Syrian officer, who is currently in Latakia, and has all the details on the ground team that extracted Konstantin Murahtin.

Soleimani, according to the expert, assembled a rescue team made up of 18 Syrian special operation forces and six Hezbollah fighters with firsthand knowledge of the terrain. They were tasked with saving the pilot, while Russian forces provided air and intelligence support.

As soon as they reached the front line, Russian aircraft launched airstrikes against rebels forcing them to flee. The team could then advance further into enemy territory.

The joint team was receiving extremely detailed intelligence information on everything surrounding them, even the movement of ants located hundreds of meters away, Emad Abshenas noted, citing the Syrian officer. In addition to saving Konstantin Murahtin, they also eliminated all terrorists in the area.

The timing of the operation was perfect but luck played a certain part in its success.

The Syrian officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that Turkey and the Turkmen could not agree on what to do with the pilot. The former wanted to take him as prisoner and later use him as a bargaining chip in talks with Russia. The rebels insisted that he should be treated like the Jordanian pilot captured by ISIL in late 2014 and burned to death several days later.

This bickering gave the team enough time to save the Russian pilot.

All 24 fighters, who took part in the operation, safely reached the base.

The Kremlin, according to the analyst, received all the latest updates on the rescue operation as the events unfolded. Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have been closely following the action via satellite transmission.

On Tuesday, a Turkish F-16 shot down the Su-24, claiming that the aircraft had violated its airspace. Russian officials and the Su-24 pilot, who survived the crash, insist that the plane did not cross into Turkey. The crew, according to the pilot, did not receive any warning prior to the attack.

The Su-24 downing as well as the missile attack on Russian journalists in Latakia appear to confirm what many have assumed – moderate opposition groups are simply nonexistent in Syria, Emad Abshenas noted.

[yankeedoodle]

Soleimani... the man is Iranian version of a James Bond. I made one thread about him recently when it came out that he convinced Russians to enter the war and now I come across his name often. He's constantly in shadows and moves between Syria & Yemen. If you search for his name on Twitter, every day there are reports by "rebels" and ISIS about how they killed him with a TOW or a mortar.

He's probably the most important man in this war and very few know about him. BBC did a report on him when they interviewed Kurds in Syria and they mentioned how he visits them often.

You never know, Mike.  Maybe he is like James Bond, i.e. fiction.

Haven't we heard, already, about these magical Moooosssssllluummms - Osama bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Muhammed - who seemingly are EVERYWHERE, and DO and ARE responsible for EVERYTHING?  The constant mainstream media blitz about these characters always seems VERY suspicious.

But, of course, we have the cases of E. Howard Hunt, and Daddy Bush, among others, who seem to have been everywhere and done everything.

And, of course, for decades, it seems like every situation just absolutely required Henry the kike Kissinger, didn't it? 

And, Che Guevara was in Cuba, but the Cubans disguised him and snuck him into Africa - heard it reported that he was identified by Cuban underwear - and, of course, we know that he was in Bolivia.

Maybe his exploits are real. 

[MikeWB]

You never know, Mike.  Maybe he is like James Bond, i.e. fiction.
....
Maybe his exploits are real.

I have no idea what about him is real and what is ficton. He definitely does get a lot of press now and there's a whole mythology surrounding him. It's interesting that so many reports are coming from so many different sources that it's hard to fake it all.