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Iraq
US-Led Air Attacks Kill 18, Wound Tens Of ISIS Fighters Near Mosul
2014-12-15
[IraqiNews.com] On Sunday, a local source in Nineveh province stated, that 18 ISIS gunnies have been killed and tens others were maimed in air strikes in northern djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
The source informed IraqiNews, ?The international coalition warplanes conducted a number of offensive air strikes against ISIS shelters and facilities in the area surrounding Mosul dam, located 40 km north of Mosul. The air strikes resulted in killing 18 ISIS elements and wounding tens others in the targeted area.?

Noteworthy, the US-led international coalition, consisting of around 60 countries, has carried out hundreds of air strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria since mid-September 2014.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Why didn't they use the F-35? Isn't that ideal for this kind of mission?
Posted by: gorb   2014-12-15 15:05  

#2  Reports are that A-10s were deployed in late November.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-12-15 13:45  

#1  Kurds monitoring the fighting in Kobane reported last nights air attacks against ISIS were the deadliest so far. They said a plane in the attack was a different plane from what was used in the past and speculate it was an A10-Warthog.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-12-15 13:18  

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