U.S. Has Mapped The Islamic State's Safe Houses, But Will Not Launch Air -Strikes For Fear Of Civilian Casualties

Pictures show an IS Command and Control Centre in Syria before (L) and after it was struck by bombs dropped by a US F-22 fighter jet. This was the first time an F-22 was used in a combat role. Reuters

Washington Times: U.S. has mapped ISIS hiding spots, but won’t launch strikes for fear of civilian deaths

Civilian casualties, desire to study operations cited as reasons.

In a secret project tied to the overall U.S. campaign against the Islamic State, intelligence officials have spent months mapping out known physical locations of media safe houses where the extremist group’s operatives are compiling, editing and curating raw video and print materials into finished digital propaganda products for dissemination across the Internet.

Most of the locations are embedded in heavily residential areas in Syria, Iraq and Libya and are not being targeted by U.S. airstrikes because of Obama administration concerns about civilian casualties, according to sources who spoke to The Washington Times only on the condition of anonymity.

WNU Editor: I say .... give this intel to the Russians .... but I suspect that they will not.