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Over 100 Al Qaeda fighters killed in 'major' US air strike in Syria
 [FOXNEWS] The U.S. Air Force conducted a second "major strike" in consecutive days killing over 100 Al Qaeda gunnies at a training camp in northern Syria, a defense official with knowledge of the strike told a handful of news hounds at the Pentagon on Friday.A single U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber and an undisclosed number of drones dropped 14 precision-guided bombs at noon eastern time Thursday on an Al Qaeda "basic training" camp in Syria west of the city of Aleppo near the border with ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , according to the official. The official described the fighters as "core Al Qaeda." A Petagon statement said the camp had been operational since at least 2013. It was not immediately clear why the camp had not been targeted earlier. The latest strike, likely President Barack Obama teachable moment... ’s last as commander-in-chief, comes a day after the Pentagon said two Air Force B-2 nuclear-capable bombers dropped 108 precision-guided bombs on two ISIS training camps in Libya killing 85 fighters, according to officials. The round-the-world strike took roughly 30 hours Wednesday, as both B-2 bombers refueled five times in mid-air flying from their base in Missouri. Fifteen U.S. Air Force tankers from five bases on three continents assisted in the refueling. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-21 |
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