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Devil Child

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 02:45 PM Jan 2017

US airstrike said to kill 100-plus al-Qaida in Syria

Source: Associated Press

U.S. warplanes bombed an al-Qaida training camp in Syria, killing more than 100 militants, marking the second major U.S. counterterrorism strike in the final hours of Barack Obama's presidency, a defense official said Friday.

The Syria strike was carried out by one B-52 bomber and an undisclosed number of U.S. aerial drones, the official said. The official, who was not authorized to publicly announce the operation and so spoke on condition of anonymity, said it happened at about noon Washington time on Thursday, less than 24 hours after a combination of B-2 stealth bombers and drones struck two military camps in a remote part of Libya, killing 80 to 90 Islamic State militants.


Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/8d478fa8423b4830978fc1b2bb84d6eb/



Thanks Obama! President Obama was never weak when it came to fighting terrorism. His leadership will be missed.
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US airstrike said to kill 100-plus al-Qaida in Syria (Original Post) Devil Child Jan 2017 OP
Trump will probably hold out for a Saudi/Qatari-backed condo deal. tenorly Jan 2017 #1
sniffles will need to one up him elmac Jan 2017 #2

tenorly

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1. Trump will probably hold out for a Saudi/Qatari-backed condo deal.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:06 PM
Jan 2017

"Ok. You can take 1,000 mi² and behead 100 Syrians - in return for guaranteed minimum occupancy of 45% at the Old Post Office. C'mon! You gotta love that deal!"

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