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| Over 80 IS Fighters Killed in U.S. Strikes in Libya | ||||
| 2017-01-20 | ||||
...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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jihadists were killed in a U.S. aerial blitz on training camps in Libya, including fighters involved in plotting attacks in Europe, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday. The Pentagon made the highly unusual decision to conduct the air strikes with a pair of B-2 stealth bombers
...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... Wednesday's massive strike saw the B-2s and Reaper drones unleash about 100 bombs on the IS training camps -- equating to more than one bomb per jihadi that was killed. The camps were located about 45 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of the coastal city of Sirte, Qadaffy's former home town that IS for a time turned into a stronghold as it attempted to expand its presence in Libya. Speaking on his last day in office, Carter said the targets "certainly are people who were actively plotting operations in Europe, and may also have been connected with some attacks that have already occurred in Europe." The air assault came a month after the United States had officially wrapped up its military operations in and around Sirte. The Pentagon launched that mission, Operation Odyssey Lightning, on August 1 and it comprised about 500 strikes. When operations concluded last month, following Sirte's "liberation," the Pentagon left open the possibility of conducting additional anti-IS attacks if Libya's Government of National Accord asked for help in doing so. Wednesday's strike was conducted in full coordination with the GNA, Pentagon front man Peter Cook said, noting the operation had been authorized by outgoing President Barack Obama That’s just how white folks will do you.... He displayed brief footage taken ahead of the strike showing a group of men standing by two camouflaged pick-up trucks and unloading what appeared to be bombs or rockets. Officials said no civilians were thought to have been killed and no women or children were present during the massive strike. Cook would not discuss why the Air Force chose to use the B-2s, or whether it was a show of force as Obama leaves the White House ahead of President-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's inauguration on Friday. | ||||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 Last Iran assault attempt didn't have long reach assets or integrated service elements. Good rehearsal. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-20 18:18 |
| #7 Practice - for the real thing. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-20 18:11 |
| #6 Pretty expensive way to deliver explosives - flying 1/3 of the way around the world. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-01-20 12:34 |
| #5 But look at Muslims in the West, where somebody else pays the bills, and where most Jihadis come from. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-20 11:42 |
| #4 Fun, Zenobia F! Ask and ye shall receive, g(r)omgoru. From the CIA World Factbook Libya page: Total fertility rate: 2.04 children born/woman (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 11 Contraceptive prevalence rate: 41.9% (2007) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-20 09:28 |
| #3 We watched, amused, from very far, A pasha wield his scimitar: He spun and slashed, but when he'd freeze, There still were several thousand bees, And every time he stopped to pray, The bees redoubled their affray, So in the end, as Allah willed, His tombstone read, "A million killed!" |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-20 08:02 |
| #2 I don't see why you enjoy it so much gorb - have you looked up their birth rates? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-20 02:01 |
| #1 More on this from yesterday. Could you post this again tomorrow, too? For some reason I find this just as enjoyable each time I read it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-01-20 00:08 |