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2014-10-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US: Coalition airstrikes killed several hundred of ISIL militants in Syria
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Posted by Fred 2014-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top
 File under: Islamic State 

#1 His remarks came as White House front man Josh Earnest said that early evidence showed the US-led air campaign against ISIL was succeeding.

Only where there are EFFECTIVE boots on the ground.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-16 00:08||   2014-10-16 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Several hundred? Who's counting, Robert McNamara?

[obscure reference to Vietnam-era over-counting]
Posted by Bobby 2014-10-16 07:53||   2014-10-16 07:53|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not that obscure to some of us of a certain age, Bobby.

If you would have added up all the 'body-counts' published back then, it probably totaled around a million.

Reality was significantly less.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-10-16 08:19||   2014-10-16 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 ...also a micro-managed war from the White House.
Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-16 08:36||   2014-10-16 08:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Bush DOD always brushed off questions about enemy KIA, because it did harken back to the "5 O'clock Follies".
Posted by Shipman 2014-10-16 08:39||   2014-10-16 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Wonder how many of us 'burgers remember those "counts" by the whiz kids.....brings back a lot of lousy memories.
Posted by AlanC 2014-10-16 12:29||   2014-10-16 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope the IS becomes the WAS soon, but I'm not optimistic.
Posted by Korora  2014-10-16 12:36||   2014-10-16 12:36|| Front Page Top

#8 29,500 to go.
Posted by KBK 2014-10-16 12:50||   2014-10-16 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Several hundred?? They just got a 10,000 man reinforcement last week. Pissing on a forest fire we are, we are!
Posted by 49 Pan 2014-10-16 15:02||   2014-10-16 15:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Several hundred eh? Never saw the comment "several hundred" in any BDA from previous conflicts, but things do change.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-16 15:47||   2014-10-16 15:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Kobane Kurdish defenders appear to have gotten ground control down very well. They directed precision strikes against 3 different ISIS sniper positions today.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-16 16:11||   2014-10-16 16:11|| Front Page Top

#12 YPJ Fighters in Kobane. Beauty vs beasts.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-16 16:16||   2014-10-16 16:16|| Front Page Top

#13 Kurds report now have 90% control of Kobane. Assaulting ISIS positions on meshte nur hill outside of Kobane.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-16 16:24||   2014-10-16 16:24|| Front Page Top

#14 The Fisticuff Kurds of Kobane.
Posted by swksvolFF 2014-10-16 16:25||   2014-10-16 16:25|| Front Page Top

#15 Do the math. No fly zone, close to 10 years protecting Kurds after Desert Storm. OIF, Turks screwed us, but someone on the ground arranged for the 173 r&d to have favorable Drop Zone. A decade of training and supporting the regional parts of the "Iraqi army" in Kurdish Iraq. Lots of Intel developement throughout the region, with very supportive and friendly population in the Kurds.

Is it hard to imagine that there would be no trouble locating well trained resources the Syrian Kurds would trust from just across the border in Iraq? And just happen to know how to direct US airstrikes after close to 2 decades working with US operatives... Probably trained in the U.S. Gear available by coincidence...

The only thing I'm wondering is what took them so long.
Posted by OldSpook 2014-10-16 16:38||   2014-10-16 16:38|| Front Page Top

#16 Kurdish translator is physically in the Joint Operations Command Center taking coordinates from Kobane YPG representative who gets that information from special units in Kobane used strictly for the purpose of identifying targets. Coordinates are then forwarded to aircraft for air strikes.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-16 16:40||   2014-10-16 16:40|| Front Page Top

#17 Amazing what happens when you actually give proper support. I suppose Obama must have been scared into letting the proper military gear/people help due to political legacy considerations. Either way I'm extremely pleased the Kurds are no longer being hanged out to dry by us in Kobani.
Posted by Charles 2014-10-16 20:42||   2014-10-16 20:42|| Front Page Top

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