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U.S. bombs 'millions' in ISIS currency holdings
In an extremely unusual airstrike, the U.S. dropped bombs Sunday in central Mosul, Iraq, destroying a building containing huge amounts of cash ISIS was using to pay its troops and for ongoing operations, two U.S. defense officials told CNN.
The officials could not say exactly how much money was there or in what currency, but one described it as "millions."
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This is a similar expansion to the target list as happened several weeks ago, when U.S. warplanes began hitting ISIS oil trucks.
The U.S. considers the Mosul strike extremely sensitive, as the building is in an area where civilians are also located, and there was a significant risk of civilian casualties.
Officials would not say how the U.S. learned of the location. But after getting intelligence about the so-called "cash collection and distribution point," U.S. aircraft and drones watched the site for days trying to determine when the fewest number of civilians would be in the area.
Because civilians were nearby during the daylight hours, and ISIS personnel were working there at night, the decision was made to strike at dawn on Sunday.
Thank you, Mr President, for not allowing the damn Repubs to pressure you into murdering innocent civilians.
No doubt, the GOP will be congratulating our military for their precise, surgical hits and for refusing to drop bombs on innocent people.
Or will the right just keep on lying about our military's more than 10K hits against ISIS? as well as the more than 65 other countries in the coalition following Obama's lead while Pooting trails along behind like a good little doggy. While they're at it, I'm sure the GOP will stop refusing any and all votes in favor of our military and/or our vets. Right?
Rhetorical question, of course.
In an extremely unusual airstrike, the U.S. dropped bombs Sunday in central Mosul, Iraq, destroying a building containing huge amounts of cash ISIS was using to pay its troops and for ongoing operations, two U.S. defense officials told CNN.
The officials could not say exactly how much money was there or in what currency, but one described it as "millions."
...
This is a similar expansion to the target list as happened several weeks ago, when U.S. warplanes began hitting ISIS oil trucks.
The U.S. considers the Mosul strike extremely sensitive, as the building is in an area where civilians are also located, and there was a significant risk of civilian casualties.
Officials would not say how the U.S. learned of the location. But after getting intelligence about the so-called "cash collection and distribution point," U.S. aircraft and drones watched the site for days trying to determine when the fewest number of civilians would be in the area.
Because civilians were nearby during the daylight hours, and ISIS personnel were working there at night, the decision was made to strike at dawn on Sunday.
Thank you, Mr President, for not allowing the damn Repubs to pressure you into murdering innocent civilians.
No doubt, the GOP will be congratulating our military for their precise, surgical hits and for refusing to drop bombs on innocent people.
Or will the right just keep on lying about our military's more than 10K hits against ISIS? as well as the more than 65 other countries in the coalition following Obama's lead while Pooting trails along behind like a good little doggy. While they're at it, I'm sure the GOP will stop refusing any and all votes in favor of our military and/or our vets. Right?
Rhetorical question, of course.
