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UAE pulled out of IS fight after pilot capture.
[Sri Lanka Times] WASHINGTON, Feb 4, 2015 - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) pulled out of the air campaign fighting Islamic State (IS) militants after the capture of a Jordanian pilot who has since been killed by the extremists, the New York Times (NYT) reported Wednesday.The pilot was captured in December and IS militants released a video Tuesday showing the man in a cage being burned alive. The key US ally in the campaign suspended airstrikes in December after the capture, fearing for the fate of its pilots, the Times said, quoting US officials. The UAE want the US to improve its search-and-rescue efforts, including the use of V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, in northern Iraq, closer to the battleground. V-22 Search and Rescue (SAR), who knew ? As it stands, the US-led mission is based in Kuwait, administration officials said, according to the Times. So the ISIS strategy of slaying pilots achieves the goal of fracturing the coalition. Posted by: Besoeker 2015-02-05 |
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