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U.S. Air Force Uses F-35s To Bomb ISIS Island at start of gov’t anti-ISIS operation in Salahuddin province
 ...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...wrote that this is what it looks like when CENTCOM Air Force jets bomb a "ISIS infested island." US Air Force F-35s and F-15s dropped 36,000 kilograms of bombs on an ISIS "infested" In one of the most explosive videos to come out of the war against ISIS the US tweeted film of massive explosions rocking an island. Spliced between aerial shots of the same explosions, and video from the ground with Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service members looking on, the island was pulverized. The Spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve, the 81-member coalition to defeat ISIS wrote that this is what it looks like when CENTCOM Air Force jets bomb a "ISIS infested island." Video of the incident had circulated throughout the day with some wondering if it was real or was from today, but the tweet by front man Col. Myles Caggins III revealed the sheer massive firepower that was brought to bear on the ISIS enemy. There were so many explosions along the Z shaped island that it took wide angle lenses and multiple sweeps of the camera to record them all. The island is called Qanus Island and a statement from the coalition said that "Coalition and Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service forces conducted air-strikes on Qanus island in the Salah ad-Din Province, Iraq on September 10, 2019." The statement said it was a join effort between the coalition and the Iraqis to defeat ISIS on the island. "The island is believed to be a major transit hub and safe haven for ISIS," the statement read. It said that the coalition had taken extraordinary efforts to protect noncombatants. The coalition, in coordination with Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga also reportedly killed ten ISIS members in rural areas near Makhmour on Monday. Together the achievements show that ISIS is still trying to continue its threats but that intelligence and surveillance by the various forces involved have led to the defeat of ISIS cells and holdouts and attempts to rebuild networks destroyed in 2017.
In this regard, Special Operations Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, commander, Eric Hill said “we’re denying Daesh the ability to hide on Qanus Island.” “We’re setting the conditions for our partner forces to continue bringing stability to the region,” he affirmed. The statement indicated that the coalition forces used 80,000 pounds of munitions on the island “to disrupt Daesh the ability to hide in the thick vegetation.” “CTS Forces continue to conduct ground clearance operations to destroy any remaining Fallul Daesh on the island.”
“Coalition warplanes conducted a series of airstrikes to support the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces to clear areas such as Kanous and deserts of of Saladin province. These operations prevent the crossing of Daesh from Syria and Jazira Desert to Mosul, Makhmour and Kirkuk,” CENTCOM tweeted. ICT announced on Monday that they had killed 15 ISIS militants and arrested 9 others in a military rappel operation in the desert of Saladin province with the help of US-led coalition warplanes.
In August, the OIR (Operation Inherent Resolve) and the Syrian Democratic Forces reported that they have detained more than 225 suspected Daesh fighters in the last 4 months and removed 4,000 pounds of explosives from the battlefield within the two months. Within the same month, more than 200 bombs were dropped on the terrorist group. Between July 2 and July 31, 2019, the OIR conducted 33 strikes consisting of 60 engagements against Daesh targets in Iraq. The coalition also engaged 101 Daesh tactical units, destroyed 15 buildings, eight bed-down locations, seven tunnels, seven weapons caches, four vehicles, one improvised explosive device site and completed one terrain denial mission. Iraq launches anti-Islamic State operation in Salahuddin Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) – An Iraqi counter-terrorism force announced on Tuesday the launch of a military operation to track down Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province. The operation, dubbed “Black Dust”, was launched in Kanous village, northeast of Salahuddin, Alghad Press quoted the Counter-Terrorism Service as saying in a statement. It is backed by warplanes of the U.S.-led international coalition and Nineveh police, the statement read. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-11 |
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