US-led air strikes hit Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq
[Ynet] The United States and coalition partners launched six air strikes against Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
targets in Syria, and 12 more in Iraq as they kept up pressure on the bad boy group, the US military said on Thursday.
Among the strikes, which occurred between 8 am local time Wednesday and 8 am on Thursday, were five near Kobani, striking an Islamic State fighting position, three tactical units and a large unit, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.
Posted by: trailing wife 2015-01-31 |