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France Drops 20 Bombs On Isis Stronghold Raqqa
Sky News ^ | 11-15-2015

Posted on 11/15/2015 1:42:17 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com

French jets carry out their biggest bombing raid in Syria after Islamic State gunmen massacre 132 people in Paris.

French fighter jets have dropped 20 bombs on the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria. The planes hit a jihadi recruitment centre, training camp and arms depot run by the extremist group, according to the French defence ministry. A spokesman described it as a "massive" attack and France's biggest to date in Syria. The bombing raid was launched from air bases in United Arab Emirates and Jordan, and involved 10 of France's 12 fighter jets based there. It follows Friday's terror attacks which left 132 people dead in the French capital. IS fighters said they carried out the gun and bomb massacre on busy bars, restaurants and a music venue. Sky's Sam Kiley, in northern Iraq, said the French airstrikes should not be seen as a "wanton act of revenge, but France saying we want to do all the strikes". He said they were not carpet-bombing raids, but precision-guided operations that had been well planned in advance.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: parisattacks
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1 posted on 11/15/2015 1:42:17 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Don’t stop there!


2 posted on 11/15/2015 1:43:39 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ. -- Pope St. Pius X /// Democrats are Cruz'n for a Bruisin' in 2016!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

So what will they do to the ones living in France?


3 posted on 11/15/2015 1:43:40 PM PST by funfan
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Anybody on Free Republic still doubt Western Civilization is at war with Islam?

Well, okay, POTUS is refusing to acknowledge the reality, but how about anyone else?


4 posted on 11/15/2015 1:47:18 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

[Sky’s Sam Kiley, in northern Iraq, said the French airstrikes should not be seen as a “wanton act of revenge”]

Huh? What’s wrong with a little payback? Or a lot of payback?


5 posted on 11/15/2015 1:48:16 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Well - its a pretty meager start... but what about the tens of thousands of likely terrorists they have already allowed to take root in their own land? Until they do something about that...

Exterminating the roaches in the neighbor a few blocks over doesn’t do much to stem the pests in your own home...


6 posted on 11/15/2015 1:48:23 PM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: funfan

> So what will they do to the ones living in France?

Why, let them go, of course.

See ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3360634/posts


7 posted on 11/15/2015 1:48:26 PM PST by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Wow... it takes nearly 150 ppl killed to finally grow some balls...


8 posted on 11/15/2015 1:48:52 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

If there is no Collateral damage, you are not dropping enough bombs.

Sorry but that is the harsh truth.


9 posted on 11/15/2015 1:52:08 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: funfan

“So what will they do to the ones living in France?”

napalm


10 posted on 11/15/2015 1:52:39 PM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: BlessedBeGod

“He said they were not carpet-bombing raids”

Screw the carpet bombs, lay down a footprint of B61s.


11 posted on 11/15/2015 1:53:07 PM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Do better than a drone just NUKE THEM


12 posted on 11/15/2015 1:53:26 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Westbrook

> So what will they do to the ones living in France?

Offer them the choice of a free ticket to Syria or a free bullet in the brain.


13 posted on 11/15/2015 1:54:18 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

They should drop just one. Break the ice.


14 posted on 11/15/2015 1:56:21 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Buy gold, silver, land, guns, and ammo.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
"The planes hit a jihadi recruitment centre, training camp and arms depot run by the extremist group, according to the French defence ministry."

If we knew where these places were before why weren't they attacked before? I mean we (French, Americans, Russians, British, etc) were watching ISIS recruit, train and store weapons and we did about it until the French just now attacked them? Weird.

15 posted on 11/15/2015 1:57:35 PM PST by StormEye
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To: StormEye
Correction:
If we knew where these places were before why weren't they attacked before? I mean we (French, Americans, Russians, British, etc) were watching ISIS recruit, train and store weapons and we did nothing about it until the French just now attacked them? Weird.
16 posted on 11/15/2015 1:59:26 PM PST by StormEye
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Madonna: "Love ISIS away" (Drudge)

Insane stupidity doesn't come close to describing leftists kooks like Madonna and her protected, elitist class.


17 posted on 11/15/2015 1:59:30 PM PST by newfreep (TRUMP/Cruz 2016 - "Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I heard on the news that we have 800,000 people on a watch list. Can that possibly be true?


18 posted on 11/15/2015 1:59:40 PM PST by Hildy
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
Obama announces “humanitarian aid” for “victims of senseless French bombing”./sarc
19 posted on 11/15/2015 1:59:45 PM PST by festusbanjo (Obama..Incompetent, Untrustworthy, Lawless, Arrogant. The one that our founders warned us about.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Wake me up when they decide to bomb ISIS Operation Linebacker style.

Anything else is a half measure.


20 posted on 11/15/2015 2:00:55 PM PST by Shadow44
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