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US: Islamic State targeted in 14 airstrikes by coalition
2015-02-18
[Ynet] The United States and its allies have staged six Arclight airstrikes around the Syrian town of Kobani, where Kurdish forces have been pushing back 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....
 forces, a joint task force statement said on Tuesday. During a 24-hour period starting early Monday local time, the coalition forces also conducted eight strikes on Islamic State in Iraq, the task force said in a report on its daily action.

The six strikes near Kobani destroyed eight Islamic State fighting positions, a checkpoint and a vehicle. The U.S.-led Arclight airstrikes helped Kurdish forces regain control of Kobani in late January, but their progress has been slowed recently.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  So we've graduated from the old-fashioned body count to the new metric of sorties.
Posted by: Bobby   2015-02-18 12:46  

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