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2015-11-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

France launches 'massive' airstrike on Isis stronghold of Raqqa

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Posted by Steve White 2015-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 What ye'all wondering is will they persist? What I'm wondering: the next time IDF bombs Gaza, will the frogs have the brass to criticize?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-11-16 01:56|| 2015-11-16 01:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Begs the question, why were these LOC's and strategic sites not bombed previously ?

Posted by Besoeker 2015-11-16 03:50|| 2015-11-16 03:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I read someplace - 20 bombs?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-11-16 08:43|| 2015-11-16 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 What are the odds the French Foreign Legion is in the process of putting their own special stamp on some interesting operations against ISIS?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2015-11-16 12:16|| 2015-11-16 12:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Another begged question - is the government in Baghdad still paying the salaries of its employees is Daesh-occupied Mosul?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-11-16 15:40|| 2015-11-16 15:40|| Front Page Top

#6 You need a raid of 30 B-52s and you get a kiloton of TNT equivalent. That is the order of magnitude of a raid if you want to make something happen.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-11-16 19:41|| 2015-11-16 19:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Or you could just nuke the place. Even a low-yield bomb would be an unmistakable sign of intent.

Posted by SteveS 2015-11-16 20:57|| 2015-11-16 20:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Low yield? Raqqa Crater needs fusion.

Posted by Shipman 2015-11-16 23:02|| 2015-11-16 23:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Low yield? Raqqa Crater needs fusion.

Pesky civilians.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-11-16 23:15|| 2015-11-16 23:15|| Front Page Top

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