Posted on 09/29/2014 4:04:51 AM PDT by tobyhill
U.S.-led air strikes hit grain silos and other targets in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern and eastern Syria overnight, killing civilians and wounding militants, a group monitoring the war said on Monday.
The aircraft may have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian town of Manbij for an Islamic State base, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There was no immediate comment from Washington.
The United States has targeted Islamic State and other fighters in Syria since last week with the help of Arab allies, and in Iraq since last month. It aims to damage and destroy the bases, forces and supply lines of the al Qaeda offshoot which has captured large areas of both countries.
The strikes in Manbij appeared to have killed only civilians, not fighters, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Observatory which gathers information from sources in Syria.
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I agree....the target is Putin....A kind of “I dare you”...
LOL!
I guess we have all noticed that any European so called “parts of Obama’s coalition”, have said “no” to bombing in Syria.
They do not want any part of the eventual attacks on Assad that is planned. They told their nations that they wouldn’t do that. Shame our government lies to us all the time.
That Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral Kirby said that they will hit ISIS first and then Assad. He said that last week, but I didn’t hear the media mention that. We all know that is why they are going to arm and train “rebels” in Saudi Arabia.
If that were true the numerous Jews who have won Nobel Prizes would have erased Antisemitism in the world forever but this is not the case.
Haha. the game Obama has been playing for years is coming back to bite home...
There’s no way you can wage real war without collateral damage. the left has used the “human shield” argument for years but.now Bambi will have to kill civilians.
I agree. Sometimes I get enthusiastic writing about Obama. Who ever heard of a "mother trucker"?
Going after food stuffs? Wow, how humanitarian is that? Just goes to show that the Nobel Peace Prize is nothing more than a fancy door stop.
In the words on John McEnroe, You can not be serious!
Those Jews won the Nobel Peace Prize. I was referring to our illustrious leader, winner of a Nobel Piece Prize.
Wait till one of our guys are shot down.
This is Obama payback for Russia getting Assad to get rid of his WMD. Remember, Obama has taken the credit for that dispersal...another friggin' lie.
Hand picked by Obama!!
So, the strike only injured the militants, while killing innocent civilians? Not what was intended.
Does a wounded militant become a pacifant? If so, what extent of wounds does it take to pacify a militant?
That is what you get when you have Obama picking and choosing the targets.
Return that “peace” prize NOW, Clown Prince nobama.
Easier and cheaper to starve them to death than to shoot them!!!!
ISIS is a Russian ally?
What are Russia’s motives in being an ally with Iran?
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