Russia Kills 2,488 People In One day In Syria

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Subtracting 3,125 from 5,613, the remainder is 2,488 – the number of people killed in one day of Russian airstrikes. Again, like the Russian forces bombing Syria, there is no differentiation between civilians, ISIS, FSA, military and any other collateral damage.

This may be viewed as indiscriminate killing, haphazard targeting and careless accounting.

The death rate is increasing. Yesterday Russian airstrikes killed 1,477 people, today it increased to 2,488.

There is no source, no citation and no verification. Dr. Panarin’s reporting has notoriously been high by a factor of ten.

Dr. Panarin is a high-ranking member of the Russian government and his numbers are the only released casualty count figure for the Russian government.

His report directly contradicts CNN reporting: Russia bombs Syrian targets for 4th day as international concerns grow

It is unclear why Dr. Panarin releases such highly inflated numbers. Russia clearly desires to be perceived as a powerful military force, but they are succeeding to be seen as out of control and ruthlessly murdering innocent civilians.

Compare this with US rates in operations one year ago over a one month period: Syria Airstrikes Kill 553, Including 32 Civilians, During Monthlong Offensive Against ISIS: Monitor. One month versus one day, verified by independent monitors.

Russia continues to feed the perception that they are out of control, murderous.

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1. From your excerpt

There is no source, no citation and no verification. Dr. Panarin’s reporting has notoriously been high by a factor of ten.

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2. How many were ISIS? Serious question

I hope it's not like 3 or some small number if they are killing that many. Russia is tanking this on their own which is fine but when it's over they will have to live with everything. I am glad the U.S. is out of it.

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3. There is an effort going on to scare the shit out of the jihadis,

before the Russian coalition offensives. Like the "You only have two choices" leaflet.

That's why. Disinfo has it's uses, as we know too.

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4. Russia and ISIS are both masters at localized, targeted propaganda.

Interesting game within the game

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5. Marketing, marketing, marketing ...

When governments do it, it's propaganda, terrible, when businesses do it it's advertising and just great.

But yeah, they are a lot more sophisticated than in the past. I suppose it's that western influence they have been exposed to the last few decades. Closed information environments don't help your smarts.

Edit: but scaring the shit out of your opponents is pretty much SOP. "Shock and Awe" was just that.

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6. I guess it's worth a try, but I don't see ISIS fighters who

have faced US weaponry being afraid of Russia's, nor is there any kind of "out there" harsh tactics that could make those fighting against Assad squeamish.

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7. Probably not.

They might get some Syrians to try giving up, but the foreigners have no place to go.