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| U.S.-led Strikes Hit IS Oil Targets as Britain Joins Coalition |
| 2014-09-28 |
| [AnNahar] The U.S.-led coalition widened its air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria Saturday as British warplanes took off on anti-jihadist missions over neighboring Iraq. Seven targets were hit in Syria, the Pentagon said, including an IS building and two armed vehicles at the border crossing in the besieged Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobane. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said IS rockets also hit the town, for the first time since the jihadist assault began on September 16, wounding 12 people. The jihadist advance on the town has sent 160,000 refugees streaming into Turkey. Other targets in Syria included IS vehicles and buildings near al-Hasakeh, as well as an IS command and control facility near Minbej, U.S. Central Command said. Meanwhile, Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 combat jets armed with laser-guided bombs took off from Britain's RAF Akrotiri base on Cyprus for missions over Iraq but returned after seven hours without having used their weapons. "On this occasion no targets were identified as requiring immediate air attack by our aircraft," a defense ministry spokesman in London said. Belgium and Denmark have also approved plans to join France and the Netherlands in launching air raids against the militants in Iraq, allowing Washington to focus on the more complex operation in Syria, where IS is based. Saturday was the second time U.S.-led air strikes had been reported around Ain al-Arab since the IS advance began. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Nothing like slaying holy cows. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-09-28 08:29 |