US-led coalition jets strike Syrian town after IS shelling
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MURSITPINAR: US-led coalition jets struck suspected Islamic State targets at least twice in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Saturday after fierce shelling by the insurgents hit the town centre.
Shelling continued after the strikes, according to witnesses.
Islamic State militants have been battling Kurdish fighters for a month to take control of the town near the Turkish border, but stepped-up coalition air strikes have helped Kurds fend off the advance.
The coalition has been bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq since August and extended the campaign to Syria in September.
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Oct 18, 2014 07:34pm
Please stop killing innocent people in the name of your agenda. US-led coalition had the air-strike on a town which was already under shelling from IS and the shelling continued after the airstrike. So you did not achieve anything except strengthening IS. And this is what your real agenda is.
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Oct 19, 2014 12:16am
IS militants asked for it with their extremist mindset. Any extremist group deserves this, be it Taliban or IS.
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Oct 19, 2014 03:48am
and US-led coalition will bomb the same town after some time to kill kurdish terrorists.. that's how it works.
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