The United States launches 36 tons of bombs on an Iraqi island "infested by the Islamic State"

The US-led coalition launched a mbadive air strike in Iraq on September 10 on an island "infested" by the Islamic State. This military action was conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolution – launched against this terrorist group in 2014 – with the aim of destroying the safe haven for the IS in which the island was located. Qanus at the Tiger, in the Iraqi province of Salah ad Din, north of Baghdad.

According to a statement posted on the operation's website, US-F-15 and F-35 aircraft participated in the air attack, which launched 36 tons of ammunition to prevent "fighters from EI to hide in the thick vegetation ". of the insula.

The action was captured on video from an American plane. and ground by Iraqi forces. On the images you can see that virtually the entire island has been bombarded from beginning to end, with thick columns of smoke rising from several points of impact.

After the attack, the 2nd Battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces launched "ground cleansing operations with a view to destroying an important transit center for the IS members who are moving from Syria and the Jazeera Desert in Mosul, Makhmour and the Kirkuk region, "the statement said.

Another video shows how the Iraqi army travels in inflatable boats upstream of the island.

RT