From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve
News Release
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military
forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists
in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve
officials reported today.
Officials reported details of the latest strikes, which took
place between 8 a.m. March 6 and 8 a.m. today, local time, noting that
assessments of results are based on initial reports.
Airstrikes in Syria
Attack, fighter and bomber aircraft conducted 12 airstrikes
in Syria:
-- Near Kobani, six airstrikes struck three tactical units,
destroyed two fighting positions and damaged one heavy machine-gun position.
-- Near Kobani, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit
and destroyed five ISIL fighting positions.
-- Near Kobani, five airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical
unit, an ISIL modular oil refinery and destroyed seven ISIL fighting positions
and an ISIL vehicle.
Airstrikes in Iraq
Attack, fighter, bomber and remotely piloted aircraft
conducted 32 airstrikes in Iraq:
-- Near Mosul, six airstrikes struck four ISIL tactical
units, destroyed two buildings, two check points, two ISIL vehicles and one
mortar, damaged an anti-air defense artillery gun and a weapons cache, and
neutralized an excavator.
-- Near Tal Afar, two airstrikes destroyed two anti-air
defense guns.
-- Near Fallujah, two airstrikes struck two tactical units
and destroyed one fighting position and one sniper position.
-- Near Kirkuk, one airstrike struck one tactical unit and
destroyed one vehicle and one weapons cache.
-- Near Huwayjah, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical
unit and destroyed six ISIL excavators and an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Fallujah, four airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical
units, an ISIL fighting position and destroyed three ISIL vehicles.
-- Near Haditha, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit
and destroyed an ISIL mortar tube and an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Kirkuk, an airstrike struck multiple ISIL fighting
positions.
-- Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit
and destroyed two ISIL excavators.
-- Near Tal Afar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL bomb factory
and an ISIL tactical unit.
-- Near Qaim, an airstrike struck an ISIL staging area.
-- Near Fallujah, four airstrikes struck two ISIL large
tactical units, an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed nine ISIL vehicles, two
ISIL buildings, two ISIL armored vehicles and an ISIL storage facility.
-- Near Haditha, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit
and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Kirkuk, two airstrikes struck an ISIL large tactical
unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL bunker.
-- Near Tal Afar, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL excavator.
Part of Operation Inherent Resolve
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent
Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat
they pose to Iraq, Syria, the region, and the wider international community.
The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist
group's ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.
Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Iraq include the
United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and
the United Kingdom. Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Syria include
the United States, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Separately, a U.S. bomber aircraft yesterday attacked a
staging area used by the Khorasan group, a network of veteran al-Qaida
operatives plotting external attacks against the United States and its allies,
officials said. The airstrike near Aleppo, Syria, struck a large tactical unit
and destroyed four buildings and three tents, they added.
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