USAF prepares to strike secret targets of ISIS in Persian Gulf

#ISIS #predatordrone #hellfiremissiles #Mosul The Unites States Air Force is getting ready to launch air strikes on ISIS targets at a secret military base in the Persian Gulf even as news emerged that a leader of the extremist group has been injured in an attack.
Right now, the United States is leading a 60-plus member coalition and targeting the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria. In order to meet its objective, it has been carrying out frequent warplane and drone raids for more than a year.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 8 January 2016.

The MQ-1B Predator armed drones loaded with Hellfire air-to-surface missiles have been one of the most powerful weapons used by the USAF in the airstrikes against ISIS jihadists. In one of the latest casualties, ISIS leader and chief spokesman was injured in an airstrike in the Iraqi town of Barwanah, in Anbar province. This has been revealed by Iraq's Joint Operations Command.
This individual was being chased by the USAF for more than a month before the attack was launched. The injured ISIS leader was taken for medical treatment in the city of Hit after losing 'a large amount of blood' before he was shifted to Mosul amidst tight security.
Earlier, on January 5, the U.S. led coalition had carried out 36 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in its latest series of attacks against the extremist groups. A bomb factory was one of the successful targets in Iraq while 14 strikes near Manbij in Syria hit multiple targets. On the same day, construction diggers used by Islamic State terrorists to build defences were destroyed in airstrikes.
On January 1, among the targets destroyed were ISIS machine-gun positions and a team of jihadis armed with RPGs. Subsequently, two days later, British RAF Typhoon fighter jets bombed more mortar teams, snipers and machine-gunners, while Tornado jets dropped missiles on a truck-bomb and ISIS mortar and machine guns.

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#predatordrone #ISIS #Syria #Latakia #PresidentAssad The destruction of a MQ-1 Predator drone in Syria was the first direct attack carried out on any US aircraft. The drone had gone missing and, later, images surfaced that showed burned metal and mangled electronics. These are believed to belong to the first American aircraft to go down in Syria since the U.S. began airstrikes on ISIS inside the country.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 18 March 2015.
The images are thought to be from the coastal city of Latakia which is a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad. His regime is still fighting a bitter civil war against Islamic State militants.
From circumstantial evidence like two charred panels bearing the logo of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc - the company who produce the MQ-1 drone – it is presumed to be the drone that had gone missing. The Pentagon is trying to find out reasons of why the operators lost control of the drone.
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