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| Islamic State bombs ancient bridge, prevents Kurdish advancement to Raqqa |
| 2015-03-15 |
| [ARA] After fierce festivities with the Kurdish joint forces, 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... 's (IS/ISIS) gunnies blew up Saturday evening the strategic bridge of Qara Qozak in the countryside of Kobane to disturb the movement of the Kurdish fighters in the area, military sources reported. Speaking to ARA News on the phone, Abu Ali Osman, a member of the joint forces, said that IS bully boyz bombed the ancient bridge of Qara Qozak, in an attempt to prevent the advancement of the joint forces to the group's strongholds on the other side of Euphrates river. "Following the collapse of the hardline group's defenses, the group bombed the bridge as a protective strategy against the arrival of the Kurdish joint forces," he said. Osman also pointed out that the remaining part of the bridge is filled with explosives. After the bridge's bombardment, the countryside of Kobane is detached from the western and southern banks of the Euphrates River. The Kurdish forces can only reach the group through the Tishreen Dam and the Euphrates Dam in Raqqa. On Friday, at least 30 Islamic State gunnies were killed during festivities with the joint forces near the Qara Qozak bridge, while four Kurdish fighters from bit the dust. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I thought the Syrian Army forces destroyed that bridge last year. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-03-15 08:14 |