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2019-04-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US military conducts aerial landing to arrest ISIS members in northern Syria
[ALMASDARNEWS] The U.S. Coalition carried out several raids on Saturday evening that targeted an 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....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) sleeper cell in the eastern region of the Euphrates River Valley, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported this morning.

According to the SOHR report, the U.S. military personnel raided the village of Takihi last night, where they targeted a house belonging to a suspected Islamic State sleeper cell.

During the raid, the U.S. military came under heavy gunfire from the suspected Islamic State fighters inside the home.

Eventually, the U.S. military was able to overwhelm them, killing five suspects, including one woman.

The U.S. military also tossed in the clink
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
eight of the suspects, who mostly of Iraqi and Syrian descent.

The U.S. also carried out a special mission that required them to conduct an aerial landing inside Raqqa city last night.

According to the SOHR report, the U.S. military landed in the northern part of the al-Badu neighborhood.

Once they landed there, the U.S. military arrested three arms dealers along Seif al-Dawla Street.

The three arms dealers were accused of selling weapons and supplies to the Islamic State inside of Raqqa.

Posted by Fred 2019-04-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [22 views ]  Top
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#1 If they knew the right houses to go to, the drones would have done the job. This is for intel and to make the case we can go anywhere.
Posted by Richard Aubrey 2019-04-15 00:50||   2019-04-15 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Hope they practiced.
The last time one of the captives fell out on the return.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-04-15 01:38||   2019-04-15 01:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Fell out? Uh huh. Made an example of most likely.
Posted by Thinerong Juting1940 2019-04-15 07:54||   2019-04-15 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 What's this arrested stuff
Posted by KBK 2019-04-15 22:18||   2019-04-15 22:18|| Front Page Top

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