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| A remote camera shows a Rafale jet fighter, partially seen at right, and a pilot fly over Iraq Friday. |
PARIS — Joining U.S. forces acting in Iraqi skies, France conducted its first airstrikes Friday against the militant Islamic State group, destroying a logistics depot, Iraqi and French officials said.
Rafale fighter jets accompanied by support planes struck in northern Iraq on Friday morning and the target was “entirely destroyed,” President Francois Hollande said.
The four airstrikes on an Iraqi military installation overrun by the militants hit a munitions and fuel depot, a French military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss operational details.
Iraq’s military spokesman said dozens of extremist fighters were...(Click for more)
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No one has to wonder what France will have to do in order to combat ISIS on French soil.
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