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Heavy Russian airstrikes back Syrian army fighting Islamic State in Palmyra
[LATIMES] Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian Arclight airstrikes have seized three neighborhoods inside Palmyra, a town with famed Roman-era ruins that fell to the 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....
 murderous Moslem group last May, state media reported Saturday.

Russian jets carried out 40 air sorties near Palmyra in the past day, hitting 158 targets and killing over 100 murderous Moslems, Russia's defense ministry said.

Syrian troops and allied bully boyz have taken up positions in the three neighborhoods that are part of the modern town, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based monitoring group.

Palmyra, affectionately known as the "bride of the desert," once attracted tens of thousands of tourists a year. Islamic State drove out government forces in a matter of days and later demolished some of the best known monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage site. The bully boyz say the ancient ruins promote idolatry.
Posted by: Fred 2016-03-27
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=450365