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2019-01-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US-led coalition bombs Syrian mosque being used by IS
[IsraelTimes] Airstrike comes day after four US soldiers killed in suicide kaboom, underlining jihadist group’s continued presence despite looming troop pullout.

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State
...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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group destroyed a command center housed in a Syrian mosque on Thursday, officials said.

Coalition aircraft "destroyed an ISIS command and control facility in a mosque in Safafiyah," a coalition statement read, using an alternate acronym for IS.

"ISIS continues to violate Law of Armed Conflict and misuse protected structures like hospitals and mosques, which cause a facility to lose its protected status," the statement added.

IS holdouts in Syria are mainly in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
 File under: Islamic State 

#1 No excuses needed for bombing anything ISIS touches.
Posted by gorb 2019-01-18 11:25||   2019-01-18 11:25|| Front Page Top

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