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| Iraq |
| Iraq requests US air strikes on militants |
| 2014-06-19 |
| [The News (Pak)] Iraq has asked the United States to conduct air strikes against bully boyz who have seized key cities and large swathes of the country, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday. "Iraq has officially asked Washington to help under the security agreement (between the two countries), and to conduct air strikes against terrorist groups," Zebari told news hounds in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . Militants, spearheaded by ISIL and joined by supporters of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, have in the past week overrun a large chunk of northern and north-central Iraq, although their advance has since been slowed. "A military approach will not be enough. We acknowledge the need for drastic political solutions," Zebari said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 JM, The big boys have to have clear targets first. Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (ATARS) is a system for image acquisition, data storage, and data link used by the United States Marine Corps on its F/A-18D Hornet aircraft. It consists of the Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (ATARS) with infrared and visible light sensors, two digital tape recorders, and a Reconnaissance Management System (RMS); an interface with the APG-73 Radar Upgrade (Phase II) which records synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery; That is, at night, through a sandstorm, you get the picture. and a digital data link mounted in a centerline pod. ATARS fits in the nose in place of the nose gun, with a small datalink pod mounted on the centerline station. The digital data link will transmit imagery and auxiliary data to any Common Imaging Ground/Surface Station (CIG/SS) compatible system including the Joint Services Imagery Processing System (JSIPS) or Marine Tactical Exploitation Group (TEG) based ashore and Navy JSIPS (JSIPS-N) aboard ship. Back at the ranch, near real time. Pass the popcorn. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-19 23:30 |
| #1 See RT@SKYNEWS BREAK > US SAYS IT HAS STARTED FLYING MANNED [F-18's?] + UNMANNED SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT IN IRAQ @AKHBAR. B-52 BUFF'S andor B-1's would be better??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-06-19 23:13 |