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Iraq
ISIS blows up runway of Mosul International Airport
2015-03-03
[IraqiNews.com] On Thursday, the ISIS elements blew up the runway of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
International Airport and booby-trapped a number of main bridges, in an attempt to separate the right coast from the left coast of the city, a local source in Nineveh province stated.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Elements of the ISIS group detonated the runway of Mosul International Airport after booby-trapped it with a large number of improvised bombs."

The source added, "They emplaced bombs under a number of main bridges in the center of Mosul in preparation for detonation," noting that, "This aims at isolating and separating the left coast from the right coast in case the security forces launched an attack on the city."

It is noteworthy that Mosul International Airport, located 5 kilometers away from the city of Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad), is Iraq's third-largest airports and was developed according to the international safety standards. It opened in 2008 after had been used by the US forces as a military base since 2003.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5   #4 How is Obama gonna get foreign flagged planes in there to resupply them now?

Just needs more pallets and parachutes.
Posted by: bbrewer126   2015-03-03 22:13  

#4  How is Obama gonna get foreign flagged planes in there to resupply them now?
Posted by: chris   2015-03-03 19:13  

#3  I'd like an akbars candy bar..
A copy of IS Squire...
annnd the second improvised bomb on the right.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-03-03 13:41  

#2  Now arriving at Gate 10... Gate 11... Gate 12...
Posted by: Raj   2015-03-03 13:27  

#1  Why didn't they rename it "Caliphate International Airport"? They maybe gotta better place from which to launch their worldwide conquest?
Posted by: Bobby   2015-03-03 12:57  

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