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by elleferrer 4316 days ago
We need more bellingcats' - this was a great find - can we expect a planned airstrike in this location any time soon?
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Why would you plan an airstrike and destroy a major highway because ISIS took a picture of themselves there?
If you read the end of the article you saw large amounts of construction around the training camp.
This is what I was thinking, but then I got downvoted to hell. Understandable, there are innocent civilians and children around - most brainwashed by ISIS. But, it looks like these training camps seem to stay close to the river - as seen in the Vice documentary, "The Islamic State" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzCAPJDAnQA#t=160
My apologies everyone - it was a facetious and tasteless remark, and my poor attempt at being funny, while being sarcastic at the same time.
Crowdsourcing military actions? How repulsive.
> can we expect a planned airstrike in this location any time soon?

I hope your not serious

Is that because you think ISIS should not be fought militarily, or because you think tactically a ground strike would be a better approach, or what?
I think it's more the flip tone of the message.
It's the trigger happiness
Because ISIS probably isn't there anymore.
Do you really expect someone with the authority to make a strike is going to post about it on the internet?
Maybe something to do with the location being in the middle of a city full of civilians.
It would indeed be the perfect weapon for a terrorist. Just post a picture of something on the Internet and have foreign military blast it to the ground. Create terror and blame americans, and anyone can do it.