Posted on 10/15/2014 8:11:51 PM PDT by GonzoII
Washington (AFP) - US-led air strikes on a Syrian border town killed "several hundred" Islamic State fighters but it may still fall, officials warned Wednesday, acknowledging significant jihadist gains in Iraq and Syria.
While Iraqi troops prevented the jihadists from seizing a lynchpin provincial capital near Baghdad, a senior US envoy admitted IS forces have scored important advances in Iraq,
John Allen, a retired four-star general and US envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State, said it would take time to build up local forces to defeat them there and in Syria.
In the border town of Kobane, Kurdish defenders backed by a flurry of US-led air strikes were reported to have stopped IS fighters from gaining ground and even recaptured some positions.
US Central Command said American aircraft carried out 18 raids near Kobane over two days, hitting 16 IS-occupied buildings.
In Iraq, government forces beat back an hours-long jihadist attack on Ramadi, capital of Anbar province.
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BULL!
Politically expedient propaganda!
Period!
Sounds like “the virgin pool” is really taking a hit.
It’s called leading from behind.
I'm betting that these vermin are going to be deeply disappointed with what they face "on the other side".
I see all of this as nothing more than political theater. It could be reported that Obama managed to kill 10,000 terrorists — big deal, it’s all propaganda directed at us.
Lies, lies and more damn lies.
You can watch it on TV.
He has squandered Bush’s victory in Iraq.
Pray America wakes
ISIS will stay in that region. U.S. strikes are temp, band-aid approach. You can't get rid of ISIS and alike by bombing them. It's a matter of ideology and that ideology for ISIS comes from the U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the first instance. Kill a thousand ISIS fighers, and a thousand more will surface. You need to eradicate the ideology, not just related fighters.
Smoke, dust, planes, & BS.
No dead people!
Certainly nothing to indicate “hundreds”.
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