Saturday, February 27, 2021

Satellite Images Show The Damage Caused By A U.S. Airstrike Against Iranian-Backed Militias In Syria Two Days Ago

CNN: Satellite images reveal extent of damage caused by Biden administration's first military action 

(CNN)The windows blew open. The building shook. At 1:30 a.m. local time Friday, a resident of al-Bukamal, a city near the Syrian-Iraqi border, was jarred from his sleep. Speaking under the condition of anonymity for security reasons, he told CNN the explosions were unlike anything he had heard before. 

What he likely heard was the sound of seven 500-pound bombs slamming into a compound near the border. The compound, according to the Pentagon, was used by two Iranian-affiliated Iraqi militias, Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada. 

Before-and-after satellite images released by Maxar Technologies, a space technology company, show vividly just how much destruction those bombs wrought. 

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WNU Editor: Cannot tell much from the satellite image. The buildings look small, and they were destroyed. 

The planes that were used for this airstrike were F-15E Strike Eagles, and seven 500-pound bombs were released .... U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle jets used in strikes against Iran-backed militias, Pentagon says (Washington Times).

7 comments:

Jac said...

The Iranian's will not be impressed.

Anonymous said...

Could we assume the buildings in the bottom are singlewide trailers? 2 of them. Then the other dozen or so "boxes" look to be Conex boxes.

The trailers could be left over form the Iraq war. SO really no money was spent on them other than to move them or for upkeep. Maybe they are newer form spec ops pulling out of a base in the last 2 or 3 years.

Wish we had a vehicle for scale. Is the road one or 2 car widths wide? The value of the buildings is not the point. What may have been in them ammo, weapons would be.

Unless there were nice secondaries, then no ammo storage? For all we know it was an impressive strike, but not in a good way. It signaled weakness.

Anonymous said...

Biden sends a message to Iran, but with a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer

Wet noodle more like it

Anon said...

How to impress Iran Jac? Are you war monger? Instead of seing it as an act of impressing Iran, just consider it just a warning, Do you see US as a weak country by not satisfying your ideals? Jac try to see yourself as among the people could die if you were Iranian. Do you know how powerful the US in case they just have to satisfy you? It could spread a wrath of deaths among people just like you.

fazman said...

Yep, a tickle not even a slap

Anonymous said...

Russia was not bombing our troops in Iraq.

When Russian PMC's attacked our troops, 300 of them died.


300 > 22

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These are not fake vote tabulations. These are real body bags

300 > 22

These are not fake vote tabulations. These are real body bags


300 > 22

These are not fake vote tabulations. These are real body bags


300 > 22

These are not fake vote tabulations. These are real body bags


300 > 22

These are not fake vote tabulations. These are real body bags


300 > 22

These are not fake vote tabulations. These are real body bags

Anonymous said...




Russian toll in Syria battle was 300 killed and wounded: sources

www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-casualtie-idUSKCN1FZ2DZ