Pentagon Announces More than 300 Airstrikes Against ISIS Since August
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Department of Defense/YouTube(WASHINGTON) — Since August, the U.S military has launched more than 300 air strikes targeting Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby announced at press briefing Tuesday.
Kirby stressed that the attacks on the Sunni extremist group are planned carefully to avoid the risk “of collateral damage or civilian causalities.”
His announcement came as Britain undertook its first military campaign against ISIS Tuesday by giving air support to Kurdish fighters in northwestern Iraq.
Although the U.S. and its allies have had some measure of success in helping to stop the advance of the militant group, Kirby warned it would not be a swift operation.
He told reporters, “No one said this would be easy or quick and no one should be lulled into a false sense of security by accurate air strikes. We will not –we cannot — bomb them into obscurity.”
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