US Warplanes Begin Striking Mosul

BasNews, Erbil ^ | 04.09.2014 | Hawar Abdulrazaq

[GonzoII]

Since early Thursday morning, United States military planes have begun shelling the outskirts of Mosul, a Sunni-majority city in northern Iraq and military post of Islamic State (IS) militants.

According to a source from the Peshmerga forces stationed near Mosul, US warplanes began bombing the hideouts of IS militants in Mosul and the surrounding areas in the ill-lit hours of dawn.

The current shelling began in the neighborhoods of Somar and Intisari, which are on the outskirt of Mosul.

US planes also attacked high buildings in the city that have been used as hideouts and supply storage by the Jihadi group.

A few days ago, US warplanes dropped thousands of paper leaflets on Mosul, urging residents to stay clear of places occupied by the Islamic State militants.

Since early June, Mosul and other Sunni areas in northern Iraq have been overrun by the Islamic State, looking to create a new caliphate. Ever since their brutal occupation, thousands of people from Mosul have fled to the Kurdistan Region.

[GonzoII]

The fight is on....

[molson209]

Will Obama stop when ISIS starts shouting , “Your killing Children” ,D’oh

[SpinnerWebb]

bwahahahaha... my first thought exactly.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Well, kind of...

[GonzoII]

"You can shell targets from a warplane?"

Cut 'em some slack, they've been reporting well thus far. ;0)

[Daus]

You can shell targets from a warplane?

Well, not to excuse this poorly informed writer, but the C-130 Spectres had cannons. :)

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Are they shelling ISIS? or Christians?

[11th Commandment]

A-10's have cannons... The aircraft is armed with a General Dynamics GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm cannon, mounted in the nose of the aircraft.

But you are still correct, planes don't shell...

[molson209]

Puff, the Magic Dragon

[Cementjungle]

You can shell targets from a warplane?

Warplanes are equipped with assault rifles.

[elhombrelibre]

AC130. Just plain awesome.

[elhombrelibre]

“AC” not “C.”

[elhombrelibre]

The AC130 has a 105 Howitzer; it shoots a shell. It’s the same shell fired out of the 105mm used by light infantry. The cartridge case is shorter, but the projectile is identical.

[b4its2late]

That thing is awesome and should kick the crap out of a lot of those ISIS dirtbags. I also heard Hagel say he thinks there are more than 100 of them with US passports. AMF’s!

[elhombrelibre]

Spooky is an AC47. Spectre is an AC130.