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Eugene

(61,819 posts) Wed Dec 17, 2014, 07:34 PM Dec 2014

U.S.-led coalition conducts 67 air strikes against Islamic State: task force

Source: Reuters

U.S.-led coalition conducts 67 air strikes against Islamic State: task force

WASHINGTON Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:21pm EST

(Reuters) - The United States and its allies have conducted 61 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq in the past the three days, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Wednesday.

The U.S.-led coalition also conducted six air strikes against the militant group in Syria, the statement said.

Forty-five of the strikes in Iraq were "conducted in support of the Peshmerga (KSF) and Iraqi security forces operating in the region" and destroyed 50 targets, including militant fighters and various fighting positions and equipment, the statement said.

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U.S.-led coalition conducts 67 air strikes against Islamic State: task force (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2014 OP

Bottom Line. Wellstone ruled Dec 2014 #1

Turning them terrrraists into red mist by nice antiseptic remote control drones Ward Dec 2014 #2

Wellstone ruled

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1. Bottom Line.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 07:50 PM

Dec 2014

If the Palestinian issue was resolved,there would be no Middle East conflicts,can only want.

Ward

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2. Turning them terrrraists into red mist by nice antiseptic remote control drones

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 08:10 PM

Dec 2014

and stand off missile strikes rather than hands on torturing them to death in filthy prison cells.

Pin point accuracy, no collateral damage involved.

My but we've come a long way in a short time.

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