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Russian long range bombers attack ISIS in Deir Ezzor |
2017-02-04 |
[ALMASDARNEWS] Russia’s Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers have delivered ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... ’s ammunition depots near the town of al-Mayadin in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. "Russia’s Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers flying from domestic airfields, have crossed the airspaces of Iran and Iraq to deliver "According to the data recording equipment, all the intended targets were destroyed," the statement adds. The Sukhoi Su-30SM and Su-35S fighter jets, flying from the Hmeymim airbase, have been covering the Tu-22M3 bombers during the "After completing their combat mission, all the Russian aircraft returned to their base airfields," the Defense Ministry said. On January 18, Russia’s General Staff said that the Islamic State holy warriors were continuously attacking the positions of the Syrian troops near the city of Deir ez-Zor. "Taking advantage of their numerical superiority, the holy warriors continue to attack the positions of the Syrian troops. In case the city is taken by terrorists, the residents will face a true genocide. The population of Deir ez-Zor may be exterminated," Head of the Main Operations Department of Russia’s General Staff Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi said then. After that, Russia has several times used long-range bombers to carry out strikes in the Deir ez-Zor province. |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 F-15 on steroids, with the hated but much copied F-111 wings. Nice. Really. Nice... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-02-04 15:33 |
#1 Lend - Lease !! Russkies take off from Whitman AFB! |
Posted by: borgboy 2017-02-04 15:00 |