US, allies target Islamic State in Syria, Iraq with 14 air strikes
[Ynet] The United States and its allies conducted 11 air strikes in Iraq on Tuesday against the 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....
and also targeted the Death Eater group with three strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said.
The drone operators in Iraqi Kurdistan must have been taking the day off. | Strikes in Iraq were scattered throughout the country, with three hitting tactical units and destroying an armored vehicle, structure and fighting position near Ramadi, according to a statement released by the Joint Coalition Task Force on Wednesday.
Two of the strikes in Syria were near Al Hasakah, hitting an Islamic State tactical unit and destroying two fighting positions, the statement said.
Posted by: trailing wife 2015-07-30 |