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originally posted by: Andromerius
The U.S. is carpet bombing Syria right now.
originally posted by: watchitburn
"precision" strikes on some unlucky family's car full of kids.
originally posted by: CarlLaFong
Report from US Central Command: 2 B1-B lancer bombers were used.
More than 85 targets struck in Iraq and Syria.
125 precision munitions used.
At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States. The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces.
US defense officials said a combat strike mission involving several B-1B "Lancer" heavy bombers is currently enroute toward the Middle East alongside KC-135 Aerial-Refueling Tankers from RAF Lakenheath in the UK, which will accompany the bombers for their transit towards US Central Command’s Area-of-Responsibility.
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: Andromerius
Response from your source:
"Honestly getting to the point were I am expecting a report of B-52's launching from the Eisenhower to start circulating. "
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Andromerius
The U.S. is carpet bombing Syria right now.
I hope you do know there really isn't anything we do that is called carpet bombing. Russia might be close to that type of military action, but it isn't something we do, or even call anything we do.
October 7, 2023-January 19 14,000+
In the early days of the war in Gaza started by the Hamas infiltration and attack on Israeli civilians, more than 6,000 rockets were fired from Gaza. The bombardment continued for months. More than 1,000 rockets misfired and landed inside the Gaza Strip. More than 2,000 of the total were fired from Syria or Lebanon.
President Biden, who earlier Friday attended the dignified return of the three Army reservists killed in the Jordan drone attack, signaled more action is to come. "Our response began today," Biden said in his first statement on the strikes in Iraq and Syria.
"This afternoon, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets at facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces," he added.
"It will continue at times and places of our choosing. He ended saying, "The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world," he continued. "But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond."