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Islamic State crisis: Jordan air strikes 'destroy' IS hideouts
BBC ^ | 8 February 2015 Last updated at 10:02 ET

Posted on 02/08/2015 8:58:05 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Jordan says it has carried out 56 air strikes in three days on Islamic State logistics sites and hideouts.

"We achieved what we aimed at," Air Force chief Gen Mansour al-Jbour said.

Jordan intensified its strikes after captured pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh was shown being burned alive by the IS.

Jordan has carried out nearly 20% of all sorties by the US-led coalition against IS in Syria so far, Gen Jbour said, adding: "We are determined to wipe them from the face of the Earth."

IS seized control of large areas of Iraq and Syria last year, prompting hundreds of raids by coalition war planes.

The focus of Jordan's air strikes is reported to be Raqqa, the IS stronghold in Syria, but no specifics were given.

Gen Jbour said the strikes had degraded nearly 20% of the militants' capabilities.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isis; jordan; jordanisis; jordanretaliates; jordanretliates; syria
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1 posted on 02/08/2015 8:58:05 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I wish America would load up the Jordanian Air Force with napalm. It would be outstanding to see these ISIS bastards being toasted alive.


2 posted on 02/08/2015 9:00:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Look! Snowflakes! We're all gonna die!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Gen Jbour, 20% is not enough!

The enemy must be wiped out 100%.

3 posted on 02/08/2015 9:02:54 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Could it be, that all it takes to wipe out the vermin is a smartly led coalition of regional forces under the guidance and assistance of US?!

If so...what have we been waiting for?

4 posted on 02/08/2015 9:05:10 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: SandRat
Jordan is getting serious and doing their part,

Fox News Channel is on this...this morning,.

5 posted on 02/08/2015 9:12:14 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Awgie

I’ve wondered a couple of things.

How was Jordan able to wipe out their hideouts in such short order and America and its so-called coalition could not?

How could they launch 56 air strikes in 3 days and nobody else could carry this out?

This makes me wonder if there is deliberate delaying. Is this commander-in-chief stalling, warning the enemy, dithering and intentionally not coming down hard on these savages?


6 posted on 02/08/2015 9:14:42 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That is a brilliant idea - 200,000 eyes for an eye....


7 posted on 02/08/2015 9:15:21 AM PST by capydick ("If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.")
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To: Awgie
If so...what have we been waiting for?

The administration calls it "strategic Patience"
8 posted on 02/08/2015 9:15:25 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Air Jordan - It kinda has a nice ring to it.


9 posted on 02/08/2015 9:16:24 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: JudyinCanada

The answer is a 4 letter word — I R A N.

Destroying ISIS means that the Shite Iran wins, which no Sunni Arab country would want.


10 posted on 02/08/2015 9:20:18 AM PST by sagar
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To: JudyinCanada

I doubt there’s much hand wringing over target selection, which is something the US has done since Vietnam.


11 posted on 02/08/2015 9:21:41 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: JudyinCanada
At the beginning of the recent campaign against ISIS, obama made it clear he would be choosing the targets. In retrospect it appears he is throwing the game - in this case the war.


12 posted on 02/08/2015 9:26:26 AM PST by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Wring hands over target selection and pulled punches started under another dem president.

Remember Korea?

13 posted on 02/08/2015 9:29:03 AM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: Excellence

LOL! Not bad at all.


14 posted on 02/08/2015 9:29:53 AM PST by eyedigress
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To: Dan(9698)

Not quite that old, but I remember reading something to that effect.


15 posted on 02/08/2015 9:35:59 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: magooey

Oh no. Obama is choosing the targets? No military experience, no brains, and he’s outright stated that he would side with muslims if push came to shove....that explains it. He’s losing intentionally.


16 posted on 02/08/2015 9:36:02 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I sure hope they don’t break any rules of engagement!


17 posted on 02/08/2015 9:36:38 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Awgie

If we run it Obama will start the ROE crap again.


18 posted on 02/08/2015 9:39:11 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: JudyinCanada
Jordan isn't overly concerned with collateral damage.
19 posted on 02/08/2015 9:41:59 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: JudyinCanada

>He’s losing intentionally.<

.
Do his military commanders know this?

If so, one must wonder whose side they’re on.


20 posted on 02/08/2015 9:49:10 AM PST by 353FMG
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