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Iraqi jets carry out airstrikes against Islamic State locations in Syria: Military
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Joint Operations Command has announced carrying out Arclight airstrikes 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....
members in Syria, adding that some locations were completely destroyed.

In a statement on Thursday, the command said "in response to commands by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Haidar al-Abadi, and in coordination with the Joint Operations Command, the Iraqi F16 jets carried out today airstrikes against Islamic State locations as well as a missile stock, where gunnies were hiding, in Hegeen region in Syria."

"According to preliminary information, the operation destroyed locations completely," it added.

Earlier this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has said troops managed to secure the Syrian side of borders and eliminate Islamic State members in Upper Euphrates. He also made instructions to secure the Iraqi borders to limit the infiltration of the terrorists.

The Iraqi-Syrian borders are under the control of joint troops of military and border guards.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-25
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