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U.S.-led Coalition Air Strikes Slow in Syria
[AnNahar] U.S.-led coalition forces have not carried out any air strikes in Syria for three days as of Monday, a lull that contrasts with the continued intensity of Russia's bombing campaign.

According to Pentagon statistics, the last coalition strike was a drone attack on October 22 that targeted an 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....
...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....
vehicle and a "mortar tube."

Russia, on the other hand, continues to maintain an intense tempo as it nears the end of its first month of bombing in Syria.


U.S. defense officials say Russian sorties have no bearing on coalition actions in Syria and instead the situation reflects greater discrimination and refinement in terms of which targets are struck.

"It's not because of Russia," said Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon front man.

"Air strikes ebb and flow... We look at intelligence to find out where we have actionable targets, where we have targets that we can hit without causing civilian damage.

"We simply haven't had any (recently)... but that doesn't mean we are not on the lookout for more -- and there will be more."

The United States has led a coalition of 60-plus countries that since June 2014 has been conducting regular air raids against IS positions in Iraq and Syria.

As of Sunday, coalition aircraft had carried out a total of 2,679 air strikes in Syria.
Posted by: trailing wife 2015-10-27
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