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| Champ's empty building bombing campaign continues. |
| 2014-10-01 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is grappling with significant intelligence gaps as it bombs Iraq and Syria, and it is operating under less restrictive targeting rules than those President Barack Obama imposed on the CIA drone campaign in Pakistan and Yemen, according to current and former U.S. officials. The U.S. military says its airstrikes have been discriminating and effective in disrupting an al-Qaida cell called the Khorasan Group and in halting the momentum of Islamic State militants. But independent analysts say the Islamic State group remains on the offensive in areas of Iraq and Syria, where it still controls large sections. And according to witnesses, U.S. airstrikes have at times hit empty buildings that were long ago vacated by Islamic State fighters. Probably didn't take long for ISIS to figure out they needed avoid large buildings and sleep elsewhere. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Both current + retired USDOD Top Eggs have told the Bammer that unless the US' Muslim partners are willing to fight agz fellow Muslims, the US-NATO/EU will likely have to act unilaterally in thier own NatSec interests + send in their own ground troops in order to defeat the ISIS. At last check, as per the MSM-Net all the mostly US-led aistrikes are seemingly accomplishing is causing the landlubber ISIS + aligned Hard Boyz to dig in for the long fight. Lastly, Rising Iran = future OWG Co-Superpower Iran is steadfast in refusing to use its conventional military to fight the ISIS unless its nuclear issues wid the US-West + Israel are settled first. Wehell, surprise, surprise - NOT - the ISIS aka ISIL is closing in on the Turkish border. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-01 21:53 |
| #4 So, Shipman, you saying that Obastard is going to bomb the Chinese embassy? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-10-01 19:25 |
| #3 ..without the follow up of competent ground troops to occupy and secure. Using people clothed in other uniforms who run away when confronted by hardboys doesn't work. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-10-01 15:49 |
| #2 This is jogging my memory. Same story but Serbia? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-01 12:15 |
| #1 ISIS sees through the rhetoric and knows Obama is just putting on a false show. This emboldens them tremendously. They love it. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-01 10:37 |