FReepathon day 40.
Two percent a day keeps the 404 away.
Posted on 08/10/2014 8:10:35 AM PDT by GonzoII
The United States conducted new air strikes on Islamic State targets near Arbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, the U.S. military's Central Command said on Sunday.
The strikes, launched by drone aircraft and U.S. fighter jets, were aimed at protecting Kurdish Peshmerga forces as they face off against Islamist militants near Arbil, the site of a U.S. consulate and a U.S.-Iraqi joint military operations center, Central Command said in a statement.
"At approximately 2:15 a.m. EDT, U.S. aircraft struck and destroyed an (Islamic State) armed truck that was firing on Kurdish forces located in the approaches to Arbil," Central Command said. Four other strikes on armed trucks and a mortar position followed, it said.
Kurdish forces, supported by U.S. air strikes, took back two towns in northern Iraq from Islamic State militants but it will take time to turn the tide of the conflict, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters.
Hoshiyar Zebari said the Kurds had recaptured the towns of Guwair and Makhmur...
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Obama should ensure the support for the Kurds continues.
I could care less on the number of strikes.
Sorry but the fact that we took out a single artillery cannon initially makes me highly skeptical about the other 4 strikes.
Clinton bombed the Serbs from 10k feet above-effective?
> Kurdish forces, supported by U.S. air strikes, took back two towns in northern Iraq from Islamic State... Hoshiyar Zebari said the Kurds had recaptured the towns of Guwair and Makhmur...
Bury their dead bodies in pig carcases.
Is your question Was Clinton's bombing effective, or is bombing from above 10K effective?
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