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Convoy carrying Islamic State fighters retreats deeper into Syria -U.S. general
[Ynet] The top US general in Iraq and Syria said on Thursday that a bus convoy of 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.... fighters and their families seeking to reach a stronghold near the Iraqi border had turned and retreated deeper into Syrian-held areas after being blocked by air strikes. "When I walked into this conference about an hour ago, the buses were on the move. They had turned and had driven back into regime held areas," Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend told news hounds via a video teleconference from Baghdad. Townsend said forces from the US-led coalition had not attacked the convoy but had struck every Islamic State "fighter or vehicle that has tried to approach that convoy." Posted by: trailing wife 2017-09-01 |
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