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US leads 16 strikes against Islamic State
It's winter, visibility is bad. Even the Russians have slowed up for that reason.
What happened to 'all weather bombers?'
They're prolly safe, all nice and toasty warm in Stavropol...
[Ynet] The US-led coalition on Wednesday staged 16 strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting the 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
bad boy group, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said.

In a statement released on Thursday, the coalition said 15 strikes in Iraq centered on seven cities and destroyed 14 of the bad boys' fighting positions in Sinjar. The strikes also hit multiple tactical units and destroyed several weapons caches, the coalition said.

One strike in Dayr Ar Zawr, Syria, hit four of the bad boys' cranes, according to the statement.
Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-22
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