Today is the 18th anniversary of the 9-11 tweeorist attacks on America.
2,977 Americans were killed by Islamist killers on that day.
On this historic day President Trump bombed the hell out of an ISIS compound on a Tigris River Island.
The US dropped 40 tons of laser-guided bombs on an ISIS stronghold on the Tigris River in Iraq.
“We’re denying Daesh the ability to hide on Qanus Island.” The US-led coalition has dropped more than 40 tonnes of bombs on an island in the Tigris River, about 175 miles northwest of Baghdad, which officials claim is “infested” with Isis militants https://t.co/JnjbOUBJ21
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) September 11, 2019
The Washington Examiner reported on the attack.
Massive explosions lit up the island of Qanus, which some are calling “ISIS Island,” early Tuesday morning on the Tigris River. The operation’s goal was to destroy a major transportation hub for ISIS fighters traveling from Syria into Iraq.
U.S. military used Air Force F-15s and the new F-35s to carry out the bombing.
In a statement referring to ISIS by the Arabic word for the group, “Daesh,” Maj. Gen. Eric Hill, commander of Special Operations Joint Task Force said that the massive bombardment was meant to deny “Daesh the ability to hide on Qanus Island.”
“We’re setting the conditions for our partner forces to continue bringing stability to the region,” he added.
Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Myles Caggins III posted a dramatic video of the bombing. The video shows dozens of explosions across the surface of the island. Iraqi counterterrorism troops are seen watching the operation from the ground.
