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| France hits Raqqa - Water and Power cut off |
| 2015-11-15 |
 ht twitterMultiple media reports indicate that French military aircraft are targeting the de facto ISIS capital of Raqqa, Syria. At least 10 jets have dropped 20 bombs on 30 different targets in Syria. Sky News is reporting that French planes hit a jihadi training camp, recruitment center and an ISIS arms depot. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
#16 You cannot do carped bombing with 20 conventional bombs. Here is an image of Wesel, Germany, after bombing and battle in 1945. This is carpet bombing. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-11-15 23:12 |
| #15 Good job France. Bomb the city until it has been reduced to rubble. Then bomb it some more to make the rubble bounce. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2015-11-15 21:19 |
| #14 EPA recommended level for drinking water is 500 ppm. Come for the salty water, stay for the cholera! Good stuff, Alaska Paul. The Sky News artic uses 'carpet bombing' like it was a bad word. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-11-15 21:13 |
| #13 To be fair to Obama, the Raqqa basketball team sucks and is never on ESPN. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-11-15 20:56 |
| #12 Nice map, Alaska Paul. Sadly, Bright Pebbles, this from Frank G's Sky News link: Kiley added: "I think essentially what's gone on here is the coalition have said 'this is your turn to hit back as France rather than as the coalition'. "But I don't think this should be seen as some kind of carpet-bombing campaign. One can only hope the Sky News reporter has misread his tea leaves. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-11-15 20:35 |
| #11 I started reading about the Tabqa dam upstream, and also about the Turkish one upstream from Tabqa. Hydroelectric operating at 1/6 design capacity, limping along. Then I wondered about salinity of the Euphrates. Seems that the Euphrates going into Iraq in 1979 was 1080 ppm. In 2001 it was up to 4500 ppm. EPA recommended level for drinking water is 500 ppm. Over demand on a limited resource. Typical behavior for most of that region. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-11-15 20:32 |
#10 Good catch, Commodore Frank! For your edification, fellow Rantburgers, here is a sat photo of the town, via Google Earth. It sits on the north bank of the Euphrates River, and is 25 miles east of the Tabqa Dam. Al Raqqah has a long long history, and has changed hands many times over many centuries, and has been leveled a few times too. Now the de facto capital of ISIS, for what that is worth. I put Lat-Long grid for you targeters. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-11-15 20:05 |
| #9 I will believe it a serious attack when ordnance equivalent in TNT equivalent per raid is measured in kilotons. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-11-15 19:39 |
| #8 Hey, just wait until they hit russia in the homeland. I'm ready to see a whole shit load of those thermobarric weapons get used. Fuck the civilian casualties, fuck the roes, nust like Dresden in wwii, it's time to let some ppl know we tired of their bullshit. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-11-15 19:05 |
| #7 It's a reprehensible crime that Obama will do nothing and "Lead from behind". |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-11-15 18:51 |
| #6 If they do this everyday maybe I'll believe they actually want to degrade ISIS... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-11-15 18:18 |
| #5 As one of my FB friends noted: It's Football Sunday and ISIS has elected to receive |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-11-15 18:13 |
| #4 Dans chaude - bonne chance et bonne chasse, mes amis. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2015-11-15 17:47 |
| #3 Kill them all, France. And don't forget the ones living in your land. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-11-15 17:28 |
| #2 Made that today's headline. Good find, Frank G! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-11-15 17:16 |
| #1 Moar on SkyNews |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-11-15 16:37 |