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ISIL oil trucks, worth $11 million, destroyed in massive airstrike


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U.S.-led coalition aircraft destroyed an estimated $11 million worth of oil and trucks over the weekend in the largest single airstrike this year against the Islamic State’s black market oil trade in Syria.

“You’re going to have multiple effects from this one strike,” Air Force Lt. Gen, Jeffrey Harrigian, commander in the Middle East, said Tuesday. “We’ll have to see what this does to their ability to generate fighters.”

Waves of aircraft destroyed 83 oil tankers sitting in the open in Sunday’s attack.

The attacks were ordered after a pilot spotted some vehicles gathering in Deir ez-Zorprovince, a key oil-producing region in Syria controlled by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

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The coalition command sent a surveillance aircraft over the area. The command then quickly directed A-10 attack planes, F-16s and two coalition aircraft, which together launched more than 80 weapons, including bombing and strafing runs, at the vehicles.

After the coalition bombing campaign began two years ago, militants have since learned to avoid concentrating their forces or supplies in the open to avoid airstrikes.

“This is a very good indication that they’re having trouble commanding and controlling their forces,” Harrigian told USA TODAY in a telephone interview from his headquarters in Qatar.

The strikes follow a similar miscalculation made by the militants in June, when several convoys of fighters and weapons attempted to flee the Iraqi city ofFallujah. Coalition airstrikes killed more than 300 militants and destroyed at least 200 vehicles.

Last year, the U.S.-led coalition launched a campaign, called Tidal Wave II, aimed at crippling the Islamic State’s ability to generate revenue from selling black market oil. The campaign is named after a World War II operation to bomb refineries that were fueling the Nazi war machine.

Airstrikes aimed at the Islamic State's oil operations have resulted in the destruction of more than 600 oil tanker trucks and other infrastructure.

The strike this past weekend was the third largest on oil tanker trucks during the two-year air campaign in Iraq and Syria.

The State Department estimated that the Islamic State had generated more than $1 million in oil revenue per day at its peak.

In the initial Tidal Wave II strikes last year, the coalition dropped leaflets on oil tankers before launching attacks, encouraging the drivers to flee their vehicles.

New military rules don’t require leaflets to be dropped, but pilots fire warning shots, typically consisting of bombs or rockets that are not aimed directly at the convoy.

“We’ll do that ... to give them a chance to run,” Harrigian said.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/09/islamic-state-oil-trucks-destroyed-massive-strike/88459864/?ref=yfp

 

Progress, methinks!
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..."new military 'rules'..."   REALLY...?! Are they serious...?  ..."warning shots..."...?!

It's the damned evil da'esh for pete's sake...!  THERE ARE NO RULES !

Rules made by ho'bummer to CRIPPLE US so we'll suffer heavy losses and he can complete his personal

mission to cripple our US Military and cut US down to size per his promises to his lefty minions...?!

To make sure we can't stem the PLANNED tide of the spread of his radical Islamic terror pals...?

 

NUKE 'EM ALL. :angry:

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16 minutes ago, SgtFuryUSCZ said:

..."warning shots..."...?!  THERE ARE NO RULES !

Agreed Sgt. Instead of warning shots, drop pre-emptive bags of marshmallows and tell 'em to enjoy the fire. The guys driving the trucks know what they're doing and who they work for. They know how to use a rifle and sword.

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The other side of the fence.. Some truck drivers may be held hostage to drive the trucks. They or their families may be under threat of death if they DON'T drive the trucks. They may want to see ISIL eradicated as much as we do. How the heck does one determine a good guy from a bad guy?  If all drivers are known as bad and  support ISIL then they should be eliminated.

But how do you make that judgment call with certainties ? Good people die in war and collateral damage is going to happen, but if the US keeps blowing away everybody in sight,

then the middle east will never come to peace with the west. Tis a fine line that has to be walked. 

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16 hours ago, pontiyak said:

The other side of the fence.. Some truck drivers may be held hostage to drive the trucks. They or their families may be under threat of death if they DON'T drive the trucks. They may want to see ISIL eradicated as much as we do. How the heck does one determine a good guy from a bad guy?  If all drivers are known as bad and  support ISIL then they should be eliminated.

But how do you make that judgment call with certainties ? Good people die in war and collateral damage is going to happen, but if the US keeps blowing away everybody in sight,

then the middle east will never come to peace with the west. Tis a fine line that has to be walked. 

The best things in life RV

yak

 

I'm sure you make a valid point but the bottom line is you can't interview each truck driver or each person wearing a suicide vest. It probably would have been the humane thing if the US would have gone through a couple of cities in Japan an told all the good people to leave because we were about to drop a couple of big bombs that would level your cites but just possible. When your in a war zone you know the risk an the consequences, I worked in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past 10 years an could have been blown up at anytime.

I would disagree that the US blows away everyone in site but tries to strategically bomb the bad guys. I also think the Middle East will never come to peace with west because of its culture. Countries like Saudia Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, UAE don't really like us but love our money just like we love their oil. 

 

 

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DoD:  Your more right than I'm wrong. I understand what coalition forces have to deal with, and sometimes they can't pick and choose.

Especially when everybody over there, good and bad, wear the same style clothing.

I did derive a little humor when I  thought about what those leaflets might have  said. :P

 

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On 8/10/2016 at 3:54 PM, pontiyak said:

The other side of the fence.. Some truck drivers may be held hostage to drive the trucks. They or their families may be under threat of death if they DON'T drive the trucks. They may want to see ISIL eradicated as much as we do. How the heck does one determine a good guy from a bad guy?  If all drivers are known as bad and  support ISIL then they should be eliminated.

But how do you make that judgment call with certainties ? Good people die in war and collateral damage is going to happen, but if the US keeps blowing away everybody in sight,

then the middle east will never come to peace with the west. Tis a fine line that has to be walked. 

The best things in life RV

yak

 

I reluctantly recognize your potentially valid point. But even the Nazi Captive Jewish Slaves, forced to work in German War Industries in WW II, accepted death over success of the enemy. They even did what they could to sabotage the war products they worked on. Reportedly using low grade parts where they could, even drilling 49% of the way down from the top and 49 % up from the bottom on Howitzer barrels as often as they could. If they were real captives/slaves they wld do something like that.  Thanks, blow em away.

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