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| To Libya and Back: Inside a Stealth Bomber Strike Against ISIS |
| 2017-02-14 |
| [PM] An MQ-9 Predator soars high above the camp, the camera in its sensor ball fixed on the Islamic State fighters below. The foot soldiers are unloading rocket-propelled grenades and artillery shells from the backs of pickup trucks, likely unaware of the American unmanned aircraft overhead. Still, their fear of prying aerial eyes is noticeable as they stretch tarps across vehicles to obscure their shapes from above. This ISIS encampment is one of several in the desert southwest of the Libyan city of Sirte. Late last year, U.S. warplanes helped local forces drive ISIS from the city. Some of those fighters have regrouped in these camps, others have gathered here from elsewhere. There are more than 100 Islamic State fighters spread across these sites. It's mid-January and the presidency is days away from a change in administration. The U.S. ended combat in Sirte a month earlier. Now, ISIS fighters are regrouping in a familiar place when they feel safe from U.S. intervention. They are mistaken. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Estomago full of tostadas, Red salsa all over mis patas, I pray to the Virgen (or vascular surgeon) When staggering out of Estrada's. (not really ;-)) |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-02-14 19:09 |
| #6 I had the Combo plate #4 at Estrada's Mexican Food last night. Ima guessrn that wasn't on their menu delish, by the way |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-02-14 18:01 |
| #5 flight path deniability Also let's us know who in the area can actually see them. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-02-14 15:07 |
| #4 A magnificent beast. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-02-14 14:55 |
| #3 Good article. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-02-14 13:54 |
| #2 "flight path deniability" - good to know this |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-02-14 13:45 |
| #1 Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, chooses the B-2—an odd choice. The stealth bombers are built for a Cold War mission: to evade radar and drop bombs (even atomic) and get out undetected. It also provides countries on the flight path deniability as to permited overflight in their airspace. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-14 13:40 |