Friday, October 17, 2014

A Look At The Number Of U.S. Airstrikes Against The Islamic State In Syria And In Iraq

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U.S. Airstrikes In Syria Are Now Dwarfing Those In Iraq, Thanks To The Fight For One Town -- Washington Post

The Syrian border town of Kobane is still in danger of falling to the Islamic State, more than a week after the U.S. military began launching airstrikes on militants there regularly. Hundreds of fighters have been killed, the Pentagon’s press secretary said Wednesday, but even more are swarming the area.

How frequently is the U.S. military dropping bombs around Kobane? This graphic, developed for Checkpoint, gets at the raw numbers of airstrikes in Syria recently, and compares them with what is occurring against the Islamic State in Iraq:

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WNU Editor: The below map from the Wall Street Journal gives the complete picture of U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State since the start of this campaign.

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Update:
This is not surprising .... Strikes have forced Islamic State to alter tactics, U.S. commander says (Washington Post)

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