ISIS Fighter Calls US Airstrikes Totally Ineffective

Business Insider ^ | 09/30/2014 | Jeremy Bender

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In an exclusive interview with CNN, a Syrian fighter with the group known as the Islamic State or ISIS said they were prepared for US airstrikes within Syria and the damage done against the organization was ineffective.

A Syrian ISIS fighter operating under the pseudonym Abu Tahla told CNN through Skype that the US and coalition airstrikes within Syria were expected.

"We've been ready for this for some time," Abu Talha said. "We know that our bases are known because they're tracking us with radars and satellites, so we had backup locations."

The ISIS headquarters that were targeted were emptied out, and ISIS fighters moved their supplies into civilian neighborhoods or buried them underground before the airstrikes came, the fighter said.

Abu Tahla taunted the interviewers about recent US strikes against ISIS oil refineries, noting that ISIS had other avenues of income besides oil sales. Abu Tahla also said that even if the US managed to push ISIS back in Iraq, it managed to advance in Syria.

Concerningly, Abu Tahla's remarks are echoed by the situation on the ground. Despite airstrikes, ISIS has advanced almost completely to the Turkish border in northern Syria. Only the Kurdish city of Kobane remains defiant to ISIS aggression, although the Kurds defending the city are thoroughly outgunned by the recent jihadist advance.

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That sortie was to support the Kurds in the North of Iraq.

Baghdad is under assault. I don’t see any air support there at all...

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In nearly all of the strike cams, look at the structures moments before the strike.......

Do you see any vehicles parked around the buildings????

ISIL is all bugged out and set up in residential neighborhoods. How are going to dig them out of there?