Posted on 11/18/2015 11:03:19 AM PST by Cecily
France is sending its biggest warship to the Middle East after it pummelled ISIS's Raqqa stronghold in a joint bombing campaign with Russia.
Air strikes in Syria have killed at least 33 ISIS terrorists in three-days of attacks in northern Syria, it has emerged.
The death toll was revealed as France sent the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, from its base in Toulon, southern France, to the Middle East to support the mission.
Dozens of jihadists have also been wounded in bombing raids which targeted weapons depots, barracks and checkpoints in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.
Dramatic images of footage of first French and then Russian airstrikes showed rockets hitting multiple targets. The latest Russian footage showed it targeting an ISIS-held oil-processing facility among other buildings.
France intensified strikes on Raqqa following last week's attacks in Paris that left 129 dead, with warplanes carrying out dozens of attacks on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
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Save the missiles, use cluster bombs.
This just after Turkey promised to target the Charles De Gaulle should she show up...
thank you France for not leading from behind.
Correction: That was Syria threatening the de Gaulle, not Turkey.
Turkey did that?
I am sure Assad of Syria had a bit of a talk with Putin and his objections have been “modified”. Putin has instructed his Admirals that French Warships are to be treated as Allies. I am sure Russia has given France some new targets to hit as well. Russia is sending some more big ships of her own as well.
Those are not the fuel air bombs are they?
We call it the “Daisy Cutter”.
The pretense of hitting oil supplies and production rather than ISIS Command and Control, seems to be comforting folks who should know better.
thank you France for leading by a Nose.
Save the cluster bombs, use napalm.
they are a rather nosey lot...
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