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US and other nations begin air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Pentagon says


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US and other nations begin air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Pentagon says.

22 September 2014 Last updated at 21:35 ET

US begins air strikes in Syria


US and other nations begin air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Pentagon says

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  US begins airstrikes over Syria
  
  BREAKING NEWS: THE US LAUNCHES its first wave of bombing attacks over Syria, with multiple aircraft, including bombers, fighters and drones, striking at about 20 ISIS targets, reportedly including command and control centers, training camps and weapons depots, US officials say.
  
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U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS inside Syria for first time

By Mariano Castillo and Jim Scuitto, CNN
updated 9:47 PM EDT, Mon September 22, 2014
Source: CNN

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• United States hits targets inside of Syria
• President Barack Obama had said earlier this month he was prepared to do so
• Military officials had said they were ready for the order

(CNN) -- U.S. jets began airstrikes in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, early Tuesday, the first strikes against the terror group inside the country since President Barack Obama's announcement this month that he was prepared to expand the American efforts beyond targets in Iraq, a U.S. official told CNN.

The U.S. and "partner nation forces" began striking ISIS targets using fighters, bombers and Tomahawk missiles, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said, though he didn't specify a geographic location.

Citing the ongoing operations, Kirby said the Pentagon would not provide additional details immediately.

With the airstrikes, the United States enters a new level of engagement in the ongoing Syrian civil war. Obama had resisted U.S. military action in Syria, but as the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq made sweeping advances in both Middle Eastern neighbors, calls for such a step grew.

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"I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are," Obama said in a September 10 speech. "That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven."

The message of the speech was clear -- it was a matter of when, not if -- the United States would carry out airstrikes inside Syria.

Last week, U.S. officials told CNN that the military had everything in place it needed to strike ISIS inside Syria and was awaiting Obama's go-ahead to do so.

For weeks, intelligence and military targeting specialists have been working around the clock on a list of targets, the officials said. It is unlikely that the President reviewed all the targets individuall, but was presented broad guidance with analysis about the risks of bombing inside Syria, as well as the rewards in terms of attacking ISIS.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told the House Armed Services Committee last week that he and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey signed off on plans to strike ISIS in Syria.

"CENTCOM's plan includes targeted actions against ISIL safe havens in Syria -- including its command and control, logistics capabilities, and infrastructure," Hagel said last week. "Our actions will not be restrained by a border that exists in name only."

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'The Turk' taken out



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The al Qaeda-linked group and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say Abu Yousef al-Turki died in Tuesday's air strikes. FULL STORY

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