Breaking: France Launches Airstrikes against ISIS Capital of Raqqa

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Rumors have been floating on social media for the past hour, but France has now confirmed the attack:

France has launched a series of airstrikes on an ISIS stronghold in Syria, the French Defense Ministry told The Associated Press on Sunday.

It comes after ISIS claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated terror attacks that left 129 people dead and injured 352 more in six locations throughout Paris on Friday.

Sunday’s strikes targeted the ISIS-held city of Raqqa in Syria, The Associated Press reports.

French officials told the Associated Press 10 fighter jets dropped 20 bombs, striking an ISIS command and control center, jihadi recruitment center, a munitions depot and a training camp.

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  1. Miffed White Male Member
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    4:51 AM EST ⋅ Nov 18, 2015

    Instugator:

    Max Ledoux:

    Proud Skeptic:Obviously they knew about this target already. Makes you wonder why they didn’t bomb it a week or a month ago.

    If I were president, of France or the United States, I would have dropped a nuclear bomb on Raqqa Friday evening.

    (Actually, I would have done that a year ago…but I’ll never be president.)

    Oooh – that would give other signatories of the Non proliferation treaty the perfect excuse to nuke us back – or enter a wider war against the US – because that is what is required when a nuclear armed state attacks a non-nuclear armed state with nukes.

    Bring it on.  We’ve got more than they do.

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  2. Instugator Thatcher
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    7:20 AM EST ⋅ Nov 18, 2015

    Miffed White Male:

    Instugator:

    Max Ledoux:

    Proud Skeptic:Obviously they knew about this target already. Makes you wonder why they didn’t bomb it a week or a month ago.

    If I were president, of France or the United States, I would have dropped a nuclear bomb on Raqqa Friday evening.

    (Actually, I would have done that a year ago…but I’ll never be president.)

    Oooh – that would give other signatories of the Non proliferation treaty the perfect excuse to nuke us back – or enter a wider war against the US – because that is what is required when a nuclear armed state attacks a non-nuclear armed state with nukes.

    Bring it on. We’ve got more than they do.

    Actually, Russia outnumbers us at least 2 to 1. Tactical nukes aren’t included in Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties.

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  3. Joseph Eagar Member
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    11:23 AM EST ⋅ Nov 18, 2015

    Miffed White Male:

    Instugator:

    Oooh – that would give other signatories of the Non proliferation treaty the perfect excuse to nuke us back – or enter a wider war against the US – because that is what is required when a nuclear armed state attacks a non-nuclear armed state with nukes.

    Bring it on. We’ve got more than they do.

    I still don’t understand how that is preferable to just conquering the territory.

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