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No wonder the 'ruthless' efficiency of its air sorties is sending shivers down the spine of the terrorists and helping in liberating territories upon territories. While Russia acts decisively, the USA, Britain and France do most of the talking, and Saudi Arabia and Turkey do all the replenishing of the degraded terrorists apparatus.</div></section></li></ul><a class="loadnew"><em></em>Show new comments (<i class="total">0</i>)</a></div><div class="bottom-line"><ul><li class="add-comment"><a class="addcomment" name="last_comment"><i class="icon"></i>Сomment</a></li></ul></div><script type="text/javascript">$(function(){ $('.comments-list.main').riaComments(); $('.comments-list.top').riaComments(); GLOBAL.article = {}; GLOBAL.article.id = '1037227117'; /* if (typeof Comet != 'undefined') { Comet.listen('1037227117', 'comment', function(e, message){ $('.comments-list.main').trigger('newcomment'); }); } */ });</script><div class="empty-comment" style="display: none;"><li data-id="" data-likes="0" data-parent-id="" style="display: none;background-color: #cccccc;"><div class="buttons"><a class="answer" data-id=""><i>Reply</i></a><a class="like" data-id=""><i></i></a><a class="dislike" data-id=""><i></i></a></div><img src="/web/20160416044757im_/http://sputniknews.com/i/avatar-default.png" width="50" height="50" class="avatar"><section><hgroup><h5><a href="" class="author"></a><span>in reply to</span><a href="" class="other-author"></a><a class="show-answer" data-parent_id="" data-id="">(<i class="show">Show comment</i><i class="hide">Hide comment</i>)</a></h5></hgroup><div class="datetime"><time class="time"></time> <time class="date" datetime=""></time><span class="likes" style="display: none;"> | <b></b><i class="likes"></i></span><span class="controls active"> | <a class="edit" data-id="">Edit</a> | <a class="delete" data-id="">Delete</a></span></div><div class="body"></div></section></li></div><div class="edit-message" style="display: none;"><div class="form"><form action="/web/20160416044757/http://sputniknews.com/services/comments/edit/"><textarea name="comment"></textarea><button class="save"><i>Save</i></button><input type="hidden" name="article_id" value="1037227117"><input type="hidden" name="comment_id" value=""><input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value=""></form></div><div class="editing-success"><div class="line"><label> Thank you! 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