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| Airstrikes destroy 110 ISIS oil tankers in a week |
| 2016-09-14 |
| A war for oil, as only the US can prosecute it.. [ARA News] ERBIL – The US-led coalition destroyed more than 110 oil tanker trucks for the Islamic State (ISIS) radical group in one week, Lieutenant General Jeffrey Harrigian, head of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command, said on Tuesday. “Last week alone, we destroyed more than 110 [ISIS] oil tanker trucks,” the coalition general said. “In September, coalition aircraft also destroyed 42 tanker trucks in the vicinity of Raqqa [ISIS de facto capital].” “This war requires increased persistence and ability to remain vigilant in efforts to capitalize on Daesh’s tactical errors, as we have done with several of the recent large oil tanker strikes in a large VBIED production facility in Mosul,” Harrigian said, using another acronym for ISIS. According to the head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, ISIS is using innocent civilians as shields. “Daesh fled Manbij, hiding among the civilian populace,” he said. The US commander said they will continue airstrikes while they move towards Mosul and Raqqa –major ISIS bastions in Iraq and Syria. “Using the complement of airpower available to us, we will continue to deliver more destruction to Daesh’s command-and-control than they can absorb,” the coalition general said “We have gathered lessons from Manbij [former ISIS border pocket liberated recently by the coalition-backed SDF] and will leverage them in coordination with our partnered ground forces to allow us tools of terror from the battlefield,” he said. Harrigian also stressed that the coalition will work on taking out ISIS drones. “As we discover new or evolving Daesh capabilities, such as small unmanned aerial systems, you can be sure we’ll take off the battlefield,” he stated. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #9 heh, Pappy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-09-14 20:21 |
| #8 If you have discerned who sets policy in the White Hut, you're a better man than I... No, I once went through any decent naval officer's nightmare, and spent a year in DC. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-14 16:41 |
| #7 What WT3879 said. Russians bombed the crap out of a convoy and the polls said, Finally! So the next day or so, it was ordered to drop Ream-404 Permission Makers on the convoys. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-09-14 14:41 |
| #6 "feckless, weak and not serious about fighting ISIS" Yeah, that's Bambi, #5 WT. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-09-14 13:12 |
| #5 As I recall, wasn't it the Russians who shamed us into doing it? As I recall, they basically outed us for letting the oil trucks go and maybe even started bombing them themselves, making us look feckless, weak and not serious about fighting ISIS. |
| Posted by: Whitch Turkeyneck3879 2016-09-14 13:04 |
| #4 If you have discerned who sets policy in the White Hut, you're a better man than I... |
| Posted by: Shick de Medici6262 2016-09-14 12:54 |
| #3 Policy originates from the top. As to why it changed, I suspect it was a concerted effort by the Klingons and the Puzzle Palace. The administration may not understand warfare, but it does understand how money flows. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-09-14 11:52 |
| #2 Civilians shouldn't be performing military operations. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-09-14 11:25 |
| #1 In what has been one of the more stupid policies enforced by the White House, until recently the bombing of oil tankers was off limits for fear of creating civilian casualties. Thus, month after month ISIS was able to continue funding its operation unhindered. Why the policy changed, and who was really responsible for it, is a question that awaits resolution. |
| Posted by: Shick de Medici6262 2016-09-14 07:30 |