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2015-05-10 Iraq

U.S.-led coalition intensifies airstrikes as ISIS transports tons of weapons from Syria to Anbar, says official

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 Killiong off logistics should be possible - its what the Zoomies have been trained to do since WW2

Posted by OldSpook 2015-05-10 11:29|| 2015-05-10 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 It's only possible if you can tolerate (accusations of) collateral damage.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-05-10 11:36|| 2015-05-10 11:36|| Front Page Top

#3 It should be easy to kill off these supplies.

There is no place to hide out on the western desert in Anbar. Not a bush or large rock. They should stick out like sore thumbs on a FLIR and should be sitting ducks.

That is, if we are flying enough missions to do the job and if we have our eyes in the sky tracking them.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2015-05-10 12:20|| 2015-05-10 12:20|| Front Page Top

#4 And enough lawyers to vet the targets, Bill.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-10 13:18|| 2015-05-10 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 So they have massive amounts of weapons in Syria? they control parts of Damascus? But they never finish Pencil-guy off?

HMM.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-05-10 13:55|| 2015-05-10 13:55|| Front Page Top

#6 @Thing: I daily wonder the same. Seems like Assad is better protected than the (thank G-d former) Fuhrer. How and by whom? Something stinks...

Posted by borgboy 2015-05-10 17:12|| 2015-05-10 17:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Must mean Andubar.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-10 21:36|| 2015-05-10 21:36|| Front Page Top

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