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| Danes open their fight with airstrikes |
| 2016-08-06 |
| DAMASCUS – Denmark announced Friday that its airforces have for the first time launched airstrikes in Syria, bombing strongholds of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Raqqa province. Defense Command Denmark said the F-16 raid happened “in the past week” but did not give further details. Raqqa is the de facto capital of the ISIS self-declared Caliphate. The Danish supreme military command said their fighter jets also participated in operations over Iraqi provinces targeting ISIS tactical units, weapons stocks and fighters. The Scandinavian country joined the international coalition fighting ISIS in October 2014. According to reports, Danish warplanes have previously participated in airstrikes on ISIS forces in Iraq, but not Syria. Denmark’s present contribution to the anti-ISIS effort includes seven F-16 fighter jets, among others, with a mandate to bomb in Syria. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Sobieski kicked assholes through eyeballs, for sure, and in spite of French machinations and the feckless Leopold. I recommend Jan Sobieski - The King Who Saved Europe by Miltiades Varvounis, even if the translation is a bit broken at times. He was a top shelf bad-ass whose enemies would fill their boots and the whisper of his name - and that was his reputation before his famous, impossible march to the relief of Vienna. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-08-06 19:26 |
| #5 Where's a good Polish King who is a devout Catholic when you need him? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-08-06 18:53 |
| #4 Sure Barbara. But if the Germans won't stop the invasion of Germany they probably wouldn't approve of the Danes trying to do it for them. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-08-06 09:20 |
| #3 #2 Alan - They'd be better off bombing the invasion force coming TO Germany - and Denmark. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-08-06 08:57 |
| #2 I thought they were gong to be bombing the invasion force coming from Germany. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-08-06 08:22 |
| #1 Airstrikes or better to open. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-08-06 00:58 |