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US bombing of Islamic State rebels surged in July
[Ynet] The US bombing campaign 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... rebels surged in July as Kurdish fighters pushed into territory held by the Death Eater group in Syria and Iraqi forces prepared an offensive to retake strategic northwestern cities, Pentagon figures showed. The US military spent an average of $4.6 million per day on bombs and other munitions between July 15 and July 31, nearly double the daily average of $2.33 million spent in the previous month. Lieutenant Commander Kyle Raines, a front man for US Central Command, said the number of bombs and other munitions used in July increased by 67 percent over the previous month, jumping from 1,686 to 2,829. One defense official said the late July bombing was the second most intense since the campaign started a year ago, topped only by a two-week period in September when the US-led coalition began operations in Syria.
Posted by: trailing wife 2015-08-15 |
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