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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
La Belle France airstrike hit ISIS oil centers in Deir ez-Zor province
2015-11-10
[ARA News] DAMASCUS – French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Monday that the French army has bombed an oil supply center held by militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) in eastern Syria.

French warplanes hit Sunday an oil supply center in the ISIS-held Deir ez-Zor province.

“We intervened in Syria… yesterday evening with a strike on an oil supply center near Deir Ezzor on the border between Iraq and Syria,” Le Drian told reporters during a visit to Dakar, Senegal.

France has recently joined anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria after President Francois Hollande decided to take part in the campaign.

Bombing the ISIS-held oil supply center came during a third wave of French airstrikes in Syria.

The earlier raids targeted ISIS-led training camps for foreign jihadists suspected of preparing to conduct attacks in France.
Posted by:badanov

#3  It does appear these Lions of Islam are more mercenary than fanatical being all about the money...I think a lot of them will start heading for the exits when checks start to bounce.

When ISIS stops being a strong horse, the jihad tourists will flow to the next cool battleground or go home, their sworn alliegance to the glorious commander conveniently forgotten. Given the steady trickle of surrenders to the Peshmerga, more would be heading for the exits now, if only the ISIS guards would allow it.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-11-10 10:35  

#2  Nah, we'd be blamed for the environmental mess that would result...
Posted by: Steve White   2015-11-10 09:17  

#1  I think we should adopt the French approach of hitting these guys in the pocketbook and let the operational activities wither on the vine.

Bombing oil facilities and pipelines etc., is a real kick in the balls for ISIS. It does appear these Lions of Islam are more mercenary than fanatical being all about the money...I think a lot of them will start heading for the exits when checks start to bounce.
Posted by: Mystic   2015-11-10 00:11  

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