Fallon told the BBC that aircraft fighter-bomber Tornado “identified and attacked the position of artillery which threatened the Kurdish forces and then attacked the armed car (belonging to the Islamic State) in the same neighborhood. “
– Both aircraft Tornado has returned safely to their bases and pre-estimate that Both attacks were successful – the minister said. Did not specify exactly when the attacks were carried out; is not known and their exact location.
British machine played an exploratory mission when they were called upon to support forces Kurdish attacked by jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) in the north-western Iraq.
This is the first raids carried out by Great Britain in Iraq since Friday he does not accept the British Parliament. Filed in the House of Commons request of the government concerned only air strikes in Iraq, without introducing ground forces there.
Six Machine Tornado Royal Air Force, stationed in Cyprus, for several weeks realizes observer mission in Iraq. From Friday five times they took to the air, equipped with laser-guided bombs and missiles, but did not open fire.
in the bombing of the Islamic State of organizations involved in Iraq, France and the USA. In recent months, Islamists have taken over large areas of IS in Iraq and Syria and created in these areas caliphate.
(MWL)
Great Britain: the first attacks against the State Islamic aviation – Onet.pl
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