US warplanes carpet-bomb an ISIS-infested island in northern Iraq with 40 TONS of laser-guided explosives in a bid to wipe out all of their terrorist strongholds and stop the flow of fighters to Syria
The video shows explosions creating mushroom clouds billowing from island
US-led coalition said warplanes dropped the 40 tons of bombs on the island in the Tigris River 'infested' with members of the Islamic State group
The coalition said F15 and F35 warplanes took part in the bombing on Qanus Island in the central province of Salaheddine, north of the capital Baghdad
Strikes comes days after President Trump decided to cancel Afghan peace talks
Data shows that strikes have also picked up in Afghanistan with US jets dropping nearly 800 bombs against targets in Afghanistan last month
In DC, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Afghan peace talks are on hold
By Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:26 EDT, 10 September 2019 | Updated: 20:56 EDT, 10 September 2019
The US-led coalition says American warplanes have dropped 40 tons of bombs on an island along the Tigris River that's 'infested' with members of the Islamic State group.
A video was shared on Twitter by the military on Tuesday. In the caption of the tweet, Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) spokesman Col Myles B. Caggins, said: 'Here's what it looks like when @USAFCENT F15 and F35 jets drop 36,000kg of bombs on a Daesh [ISIS] infested island.'
The video showed massive explosions creating mushroom clouds billowing from the Qanus Island that appeared to have been subjected to carpet bombing.
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