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US, allies say 17 strikes launched in Iraq, 12 in Syria against Islamic State
[Ynet] The United States and its allies conducted 17 air strikes 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.... in Iraq and 12 in Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement. In Iraq, the air strikes focused on the myrmidon strongholds of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and Ramadi, where four and six strikes respectively hit tactical units, weapons and buildings, the coalition said on Sunday. Other strikes hit near Albu Hayat, Sinjar, Sultan Abdalla and al Huwayjah. In Syria, the strikes hit near Ayn Isa, Mar'a, RaqqaDayr Az Zawr, where five strikes destroyed five Islamic State oil wellheads, the statement said. U.S., allies launch 23 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Friday [Ynet] The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State with 12 strikes in Iraq and 11 in Syria on Friday, the U.S. military said. Seven of the strikes in Iraq hit five Islamic State tactical units, 12 buildings, and a weapons cache near Ramadi, a statement issued on Saturday said. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-12-07 |
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