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Iraq
U.S. Targets IS Training Camp in Iraq for First Time
2014-09-19
[AnNahar] U.S. aircraft have targeted a training camp for Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq, bombing buildings, troops and vehicles in the first such air strike, military officers said Thursday.

"In total, one air strike near an ISIL (Islamic State group) training camp southeast of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
 destroyed an ISIL armed vehicle, two ISIL-occupied buildings and a large ISIL ground unit," the U.S. Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, said in a statement.

It was the first time U.S. aircraft had targeted a training camp since the air campaign began on August 8, a U.S. military officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Agence La Belle France-Presse.

A second air raid damaged an IS ammunition depot southeast of Baghdad, Central Command said.

The air strikes, which involved both bombers and fighter jets, took place over the past 24 hours and "all aircraft exited the strike areas safely," it said.

U.S. warplanes have conducted 176 air strikes against the Sunni forces of Evil since August 8, mostly in northern Iraq.
Posted by:trailing wife

#13  Up to 200 ISIS Fighters + Wannabes repor killed.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-09-19 22:33  

#12  A-10's would be a nice choice but General Mitchell isn't here to show us how to operate land based aircraft from a carrier and none of Obumbles flag officers have the balls to tell him otherwise. witness the around the cuff sniping over boots on
the ground
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-09-19 18:57  

#11  U.S. Targets IS Training Camp in Iraq for First Time

Not good enough.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-09-19 15:47  

#10  Theft. On a grand scale.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-09-19 15:24  

#9  Lotta Toyota Land Cruisers in that parade. I can't afford one, how can they...
Posted by: Steve White   2014-09-19 15:19  

#8  Beso, would I be incorrect thinking two A-10s would make hash out of this lineup in about 2 minutes?
Posted by: AlanC   2014-09-19 14:58  

#7  In broad daylight, how difficult would one these convoys be to bomb ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-09-19 14:14  

#6  I am wondering what their train-up process is, gonna have some softies coming in. I'd think good training camps would make tempting targets.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-09-19 11:53  

#5  Let's hope this doesn't appear in the newspaper. Champ will be very upset that something was hit. I'd say heads are going to roll but that is a bad choice of phrases. Someone might get fired over this would be a better choice.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-19 09:41  

#4  an ISIL armed vehicle, two ISIL-occupied buildings and a large ISIL ground unit
So that's a deuce with a 50, two hard floor tents and a full size pickup?
Posted by: Skidmark   2014-09-19 09:15  

#3  $200,000 missile for a $25,000 truck! That will show em

We have more missiles than they have trucks...
Posted by: chris   2014-09-19 09:14  

#2  UMMMM- Rockeye!
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-09-19 08:49  

#1  Wow. They got beyond vehicles and mortar pits? Who's gonna tell Champ?

I hope they used Rockeyes, but I feel bad about that hope - doesn't somebody think cluster bombs are bad?
Posted by: Bobby   2014-09-19 08:20  

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