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2015-11-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by badanov 2015-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 At least five children have been killed in an airstrike believed to be conducted by the international coalition’s forces on a "school"

Posted by Frank G 2015-11-27 10:22|| 2015-11-27 10:22|| Front Page Top

#2 An 'Arc Light' is what is called for. Their tunnels and bunkers would be like tissue paper.
Sadly, it won't happen with this administration.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2015-11-27 11:12|| 2015-11-27 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 drink up!

Posted by Frank G 2015-11-27 11:18|| 2015-11-27 11:18|| Front Page Top

#4 According to Al Ahram:

The school, like others in Raqqa, has been taken over by ISIS.

In other words, it was being used to train up Lion Cubs in the skills of jihad, not the gentler arts of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-11-27 11:48|| 2015-11-27 11:48|| Front Page Top

#5 But what about the bunnies and kitties!!

Posted by AlanC 2015-11-27 13:19|| 2015-11-27 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd use the short-range attack Pickups for this mission. Ta hell with the expense sez I! You every seen a fully decked out F-150 dropped from 35,000 fetes with an indicated initial airspeed of 330 knots? You haven't? Why, back in the day, according to my cousin Steven, it was a common sight in the 'nam, course, but it was a long time ago, things were different then, pickups were made with American steel, you didn't mind the rattles because you knew your Union brothers had excellent, high paying low skilled jobs. One yours for the asking if you got home safely. The C-130(FO) was used for the dangerous mission, mostly to close the shipping channel on Haiaphong Harbour. Low and slow the C-130 would come in out of the dawn, lower the rear gate and roll out the F-150s, usually they were strippers with 3 on the tree, but on occasion a "Cleaveland" was dropped on a HVT (like 5 water buffalo). There are roumors that something called a "Ranchero" was used in the nascent SEAD mission. I dunno, it was a long time ago, things were different then.

Posted by Shipman 2015-11-27 14:00|| 2015-11-27 14:00|| Front Page Top

#7 "The children were busy in their peaceful classes (IEDs & decapitation techniques) when the bombs began to fall."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-11-27 14:03|| 2015-11-27 14:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Damn! Putin is blowing up Hiluxes again.....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-11-27 14:38|| 2015-11-27 14:38|| Front Page Top

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