Counter-ISIL Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq - USDOD

[TomSea]

Excerpted:

Counter-ISIL Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq

From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 13 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, a strike engaged an ISIL supply route.

-- Near Shadaddi, six strikes engaged six ISIL tactical units and destroyed four fighting positions, two supply caches and a vehicle.

-- Near Ayn Isa, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a fighting position.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, four strikes destroyed seven ISIL oil wellheads.

-- Near Palmyra, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two vehicles.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber and fighter aircraft conducted nine strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Rutbah, a strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Kisik, a strike engaged an ISIL staging area and destroyed two tunnels.

-- Near Mosul, five strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and a chemical weapons facility, destroying three tunnel entrances, a tunnel, a rocket rail, a vehicle and a trench. A a trench network was damaged.

-- Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes engaged an ISIL weapons factory and destroyed two boats.

Read More At: http://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/973855/counter-isil-strikes-hit-terrorists-in-syria-iraq

[dfwgator]

It's ISIS, not ISIL, despite what Obama and Kerry choose to call it.

[TomSea]

"Near Dayr Az Zawr, four strikes destroyed seven ISIL oil wellheads."

This was interesting, we are hitting their oil.