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Russian Air Force targets ISIS targets near Raqqa leaving at least 12 militants dead
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Russian warplanes carried out ...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.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group's main Syrian stronghold. At least 12 fanatics of the terror group were killed in the air raids carried out in Raqqa city. According to Russia's defense ministry a training camp of the terror group was targeted near the village of Maadan Jadid, 45 miles east of Raqqa city and a camouflaged command post at Kasrat Faraj southwest of the city. The training camp and command post were struck with a precision strike launched form an altitude of over 5,000 meters, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the ministry front man, said the "The targeting systems of those planes allows for hitting ground targets with absolute precision, which was proven yesterday during combat missions targeting ISIS infrastructure," hKnoashkenkov quoted by Russia Today said. "We can use this type of aircraft to deliver strikes anywhere in Syria." Overnight, the Russian Air Force conducted 10 sorties and hit seven targets in Syria, Konashenkov said. Over the 24 hours the planes bombed a field camp in Aleppo province, a logistics center in Idlib province and a command point at a fortified facility in Hama province. In the meantime, the ISIS Death Eaters posted a tweet warning 'Death to Putin: We are coming #soon' with a picture of Moscow's St Basil's Cathedral in flames, according to the SITE intelligence group. Posted by: Fred 2015-10-03 |
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