Posted on 02/16/2015 4:58:23 PM PST by BenLurkin
Egyptian warplanes struck hard at ISIS militants in neighboring Libya, killing as many as 64 militants and destroying the Islamist terror group's training camps and weapons caches a day after a sickening video surfaced showing black-clad jihadists beheading 21 Coptic Christians.
The strikes came in two waves after Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi went on national television in the world's most populous Arab nation and vowed revenge was coming. The address was followed by the airing of military video showing the planes taking off for the mission and an Armed Forces General Command statement saying the strikes were "to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers."
"Avenging Egyptian blood and punishing criminals and murderers is our right and duty," the Egyptian military said in the statement, which was broadcast on state television.
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Maybe someone here who is familiar with the region could opine on whether an Egyptian annexation of Libya would work or not.
64 ain’t enough.
HOORAY President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi
#19 Great placement. Thanks.
if Obama and Hillarys Muslim brotherhood comrades were still in power in Egypt, there would be no ‘punishing’ of those demonic murderers of the Coptic Christians,
Where's the eyebleach?
> Airstrikes alone will never end the Isis threat. Its just kicking a hornets nest.
flamethrowers work for me...: )
> This begs the question: WHY DOES OBAMA VIEW CONGRESS IRRELEVANT TO THE IRAN THREAT BUT RELEVANT TO THE ISIS THREAT?
Because Barry is cut from the same cloth as ISIS. They are both Muslim Brotherhood and want the 12th Imam to rise. Their will is his own. The stupid LIVs do not even suspect he is anything other than what he says he is...
We need to unleash all holy hell on them... That’s what they’re begging for and that’s what they deserve.
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