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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Fri, 26 May 2017 12:38:33 +0100   
   Handsome Jack  wrote:   
      
   > burfordTjustice  posted   
   > >On Fri, 26 May 2017 11:15:50 +0100   
   > >Vidcapper  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> It's the first I've heard of it...   
   > >   
   > >of course it is..   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >as a Jihad apologist you should know the facts!   
   > >   
   > >ISIS Tricked US Into Bombing Building Where 100 Innocents Held   
   > >Captive   
   > >   
   > >The Islamic State lured U.S.-led forces into conducting an airstrike   
   > >in March that killed more than 100 civilians in the northern Iraqi   
   > >city of Mosul, a top American military official said Thursday.   
   > >   
   > >An investigation into the March bombing found that the terror group   
   > >rigged a house with more than 1,000 pounds of explosives, put   
   > >civilians in the basement, and employed two ISIS snipers on the roof   
   > >to bait the U.S.-led coalition to attack.   
   > >   
   > >U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Matthew Isler, the investigating officer   
   > >for U.S. Central Command, told Pentagon reporters that the bomb used   
   > >by the American jet, a GBU-38 (500-pound bomb), would not have   
   > >caused the type of damage associated with the destruction of the   
   > >building.   
   > >   
   > >The probe found that the U.S. bomb triggered secondary explosions   
   > >from devices clandestinely planted in the lower floors of the   
   > >concrete building, Isler said. He said neither the Iraqi troops nor   
   > >the Americans who authorized and conducted the airstrike knew   
   > >civilians were in the building or that the explosive materials were   
   > >present.   
   > >   
   > >Isler added that the home's 30-inch concrete walls were "completely   
   > >pulverized," but the GBU-38, which has a 192-pound warhead, could   
   > >not have caused such destruction. The GBU-38 is designed to take out   
   > >enemy combatants on roof tops, not collapse entire structures.   
   > >   
   > >The American bomb "wouldn't even dent any of the surrounding walls,"   
   > >he added.   
   > >   
   > >How ISIS managed to smuggle in half a ton of explosives remains in   
   > >question, but Isler said bad weather over two days prior to the   
   > >airstrike hampered the U.S. military's ability to conduct drone   
   > >reconnaissance over the target area in Mosul and that the weather   
   > >combined with intense fighting led to "multiple opportunities" for   
   > >ISIS to smuggle in both the explosives and the civilians into the   
   > >building.   
   > >   
   > >"We don't know when it was moved to the residence," Isler said. "No   
   > >one saw ISIS move explosives into that area."   
   > >   
   >   
   > Are we seriously expected to believe that pile of self-serving shite?   
   >   
      
   You and your types are not...continue on...   
      
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