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Coalition official tells me after Turkish bombing near US base Mashtenour hill: “They know we are there, we told them our position. There’s no other target in the area. They’re trying to drive us out. If Turkey can get us to leave so they can seige Kobane, it’s all over.”

This has huge implications: NATO ally deliberately bombing, or targeting near, NATO ally

“A senior Pentagon official said shelling was so heavy that the U.S. personnel considered firing back in self-defense.”
via @NatashaBertrand

@NatashaBertrand Turkey may have deliberately targeted US forces with artillery in Kobane in order to push them out. Our story: (don't know why headline isn't updating on Twitter preview)
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/1…