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US bombs ISIS island in Iraq’s Tigris River
Stars and Stripes ^ | September 10, 2019 | Chad Garland

Posted on 09/10/2019 9:22:37 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing

Coalition and Iraqi forces carried out airstrikes Tuesday against an island south of Mosul in the Tigris River believed to be a safe haven for the Islamic State group in Iraq.

Fireballs exploded across Qanus Island in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, as plumes of smoke billowed up into the sky, a video posted on Twitter showed. Black-clad Iraqi counter-terrorism troops are seen watching over the operation from the ground.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201909; counterterrorism; daesh; iraq; isis; mullahworshippers; qanusisland; salahuddin; terrorism
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BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Now THIS is how you OBLITERATE the enemy..

If someone can find the VIDEO of this, please post, thanks!

1 posted on 09/10/2019 9:22:37 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Trump’s sheer strategic genius has led to this great victory !!


2 posted on 09/10/2019 9:24:35 AM PDT by WashingtonFire (We stand for God, For Country and for Trump)
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To: WashingtonFire

https://twitter.com/search?q=Qanus%20Island%20in%20Iraq’&src=typed_query


3 posted on 09/10/2019 9:28:20 AM PDT by mplc51
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To: WashingtonFire

How about Epstein Island next ?


4 posted on 09/10/2019 9:28:56 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Y O W Z A !!!!


5 posted on 09/10/2019 9:30:48 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: mplc51

I can’t see it but if that’s the video, I give you 80,000 lbs. of thanks!


6 posted on 09/10/2019 9:31:51 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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7 posted on 09/10/2019 9:32:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Undoubtedly the island needed new carpeting...


8 posted on 09/10/2019 9:33:14 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: mplc51

I also checked LiveLeak.com and don’t see the video posted yet.


9 posted on 09/10/2019 9:33:15 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Red Badger

Trump’s version of the ‘highway of death’. Massive airstrike!


10 posted on 09/10/2019 9:34:08 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: SuperLuminal

A parting messing from John Bolton.


11 posted on 09/10/2019 9:34:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

messing=message


12 posted on 09/10/2019 9:34:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

https://twitter.com/OIRSpox


13 posted on 09/10/2019 9:34:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Red Badger

Trump also sending a message to North Korea, maybe.


14 posted on 09/10/2019 9:35:06 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb, bomb, bomb,

Iran.


15 posted on 09/10/2019 9:35:38 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

You have one too many bombs in there.


16 posted on 09/10/2019 9:39:00 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
Invite the enemy to the white house. Cancel on them. Follow them home.

BOLD!

17 posted on 09/10/2019 9:40:21 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Prov 24: Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not associate with those given to change.)
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To: Red Badger

Somebody’s got to say it....

I LOVE the smell of NAPALM in the morning!!!


18 posted on 09/10/2019 9:44:17 AM PDT by fredhead (Duty, Honor, Country.....Honor, Courage, Commitment)
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To: Red Badger

The munitions and fuel depots are easy to spot in that photo.


19 posted on 09/10/2019 9:45:54 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
an island south of Mosul in the Tigris River believed to be a safe haven

Unless you have a lot of boats, the only way on and off an island is via a bridge.......Not sure I would use it as a "safe haven".......

20 posted on 09/10/2019 9:46:57 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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