WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says American jet fighters and drones have conducted four more airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq, taking out armored carriers and a truck that were firing on civilians.
U.S. Central Command says the Islamic State militants were firing on Yazidi civilians taking shelter in the Sinjar mountains. In a statement, the military says the militants were firing on civilians indiscriminately.
Central Command says the strikes near Sinjar were spread out, with three before noon Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday and one about 3 p.m.
The military says indications suggest that the strikes were successful in destroying the armored vehicles.
This is the third round of airstrikes against Islamic State forces by the U.S. military since they were authorized by President Barack Obama.
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Eleven years later, we are still cleaning up the mess George W. Bush and Dick Cheney made in Iraq. With no end in sight, and nothing but the continued failure of the Bush doctrine to look forward to.
Maybe we should drop mission accomplished banners on the insurgents, they may not have seen George Dumbass Bush and his dumbass codpiece showboating 11 years ago.
Bush said it was all about WMD and it wasn’t. Bush said mission accomplished and it wasn’t. Bush said we needed to be out and we are.
Now Bush is painting his toenails and we are left to make sense of his folly.
Folly; the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. 2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal. 3. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
Ah, so nice to see, foreign policy back to “normal”.
Plunk your magic twanger froggie!
Could you please go to your room if you’re going to pluck your twanger?