Posted on 10/17/2014 7:44:02 AM PDT by Bettyprob
Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, saying it was the first time that the militant group had taken to the air.
The group, which has seized land in Syria and Iraq, has been flying the planes over the captured al-Jarrah military airport east of Aleppo, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report and US Central Command said it was not aware of Islamic State flying jets in Syria.
US-led forces are bombing Islamic State bases in Syria and Iraq. The group has regularly used weaponry captured from the Syrian and Iraqi armies and has overrun several military bases but this was the first time it had been able to pilot warplanes.
"They have trainers, Iraqi officers who were pilots before for (former Iraqi president) Saddam Hussein," Abdulrahman said.
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LOL!
only thing they can do with them is use them as human guided cruise missles
> Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets... “They have trainers, Iraqi officers who were pilots before for (former Iraqi president) Saddam Hussein,” Abdulrahman said.
Gee, I wonder if they captured any spare parts? Three whole planes? Old-school MiGs? Uh-oh, we’re in big trouble now.
This is a good time to be crippling our Armed Forces with ebola... (well, if you're on the other side...)
Exactly, how to auger in... to the US Embassy in Baghdad loaded with bombs. Hope there is CAP or they take out the airbase and planes.
Now they have an air force. How long before they have Nukes? When they do—Good bye Israel.
What if they are used as Kamakazis? Who would stop them? What if they flew to Baghdad? Iraqi Air Force stop them? What if they came in Low? What if they hit the Green Zone—US Embassy? Or the Airport? We need to be ready for anything they might plan.
ISIS is named after an Egyptian God.
How is a radical Islam group named after an Egyptian God???
How come ISIS has the same economic interest as Saudi Arabia?
If ISIS is a real radical Islamic group, then how come they do not attack Israel?
You don’t get jets unless a country is funding you. They simply cost too much money just to maintain.
It’s ALL OVER the Internet that ISIS is funded by Saudi Arabia.
Even the VP said it.
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