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Pentagon: 1,700 bombs dropped in US-led war on ISIL
The Pentagon says the US and its allies have dropped more than 1,700 bombs
in air assault on the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
The US Central Command said in a statement on Thursday that American and
allied aircraft have flown some 6,600 sorties over the past 10 weeks in
their war against ISIL.
According to the Pentagon, US warplanes have been conducting airstrikes
against ISIL in Iraq since mid-August. Some Western states have also
participated in some of the strikes in Iraq.
Since late September, the US and some of its Arab allies -- Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates -- have been carrying
out airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from
Damascus or a UN mandate.
According to the Central Command statement, US fighter jets have carried out
the overwhelming majority of the airstrikes so far.
It added that out of 632 bombing raids Washingtons allies conducted only 79
of the airstrikes.
It also said that 346 strikes have taken place in Iraq, while 286 were
carried out in Syria.
The ISIL terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012
to destabilize the Syrian government, control large parts of Syria's
northern territory. ISIL sent its fighters into Iraq in June, quickly
seizing large swaths of land straddling the border between the two
countries.
GJH/GJH
EM
On the 49th Parallel
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in
anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni
katika machafuko"
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