French and Belgian bombing raid on Iraq yesterday night

[kritikvernunft]

Four Belgian F-16 and two French mirage fighter jets have carried out a bombing raid on Iraq yesterday. They have tried to target specifically production facilities for IEDs ("Improvised Explosives Devices"). The article is just local news in France and Belgium, I guess (link in Dutch).

As you know, IEDs render the use of tanks and armoured vehicles hazardous, and are in fact, ineffective. These IEDs have proven to be a very effective tool to combat occupation troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the French and the Belgian bombers thought that they knew what exactly to bomb, they clearly have quite a few intelligence operatives in the territory of the insurgency. There is no way that they could know what to bomb just by looking at things from the air.

Apparently, the fighter jets took off from airstrips in Jordan. This implicates the Jordanian elite quite a bit. I wonder how destabilizing this is going to work on Jordan on the long run? It is also clear that the insurgency must be looking for ways to infiltrate into Jordan and render these airstrips ineffective. Furthermore, the longer they use fighter jets, the more likely the insurgents will adapt to them, and render them ineffective too, or even find ways to knock them out of the air. Still, the fighter jet seems to be pretty much the last weapon still standing at the moment.

Since the IS has used previous bombing raids as a justification for their bombings in Paris and Brussels, I wonder if the intelligence services in France and Belgium believe that they can prevent new boomerang bombings? There is no information about their views in the article. Counter-intelligence certainly did not work last time.

This war is obviously all about infiltration and counter-intelligence to combat infiltration ...

[Abz2000]

It is better to attack all countries possessing nuclear bombs, i pray that Allah causes the people of the countries possessing nuclear bombs to demand their governments to disarm before they cause themselves and their governments to be destroyed.
Weird huh? How unjust strength is turned unto a cause of weakness and terrorization of the people who possess such unjust strength and the prayers of the weak and oppressed are turned into strength.

[kritikvernunft]

How unjust strength is turned unto a cause of weakness and terrorization ...

At the moment, their strength comes from informers on the ground. How else do they know what places to bomb? The insurgents produce IEDs in these locations. It is obvious that some people have been talking. They must be buying the information ...

[sister herb]

As I wonder how destabilizing this is going to work on Jordan on the long run?

Jordan is a master with walking a tightrope while political situation around of it is in the chaos. I wouldn´t be worry about it.

Since the IS has used previous bombing raids as a justification for their bombings in Paris and Brussels

My only wish is that Muslims worldwide wouldn´t believe any more the propaganda of daesh. They surely use attacks against themselves as part of it - and try to justify their own attacks against civilians, both in the West or in the East.

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[Abz2000]

At the moment, their strength comes from informers on the ground. How else do they know what places to bomb? The insurgents produce IEDs in these locations. It is obvious that some people have been talking. They must be buying the information ...

Chapter Name:Al-Ghafir Verse No:16يَوْمَ هُم بَارِزُونَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌ لِّمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

{16*040:016*Khan:The Day when they will (all) come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah.
Whose is the kingdom this Day? (Allah Himself will reply to His Question): It is Allah's the One, the Irresistible!

040:016*Maulana:The day when they come forth. Nothing concerning them remains hidden from Allah. To whom belongs the kingdom this day? To Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all).

040:016*Pickthal:The day when they come forth, nothing of them being hidden from Allah. Whose is the Sovereignty this day? It is Allah's, the One, the Almighty.

040:016*Rashad:That is the day when everyone will be completely exposed; none of them will hide anything from GOD. To whom belongs all sovereignty on that day? To GOD, the One, the Supreme.

040:016*Sarwar:Nothing will remain hidden from God concerning them on the day when they appear before God (from their graves) (It will be asked), "To whom does the kingdom belong on this Day?" (It will be answered), "The kingdom belongs to the Almighty One God".

040:016*Shakir: (Of) the day when they shall come forth, nothing concerning them remains hidden to Allah. To whom belongs the kingdom this day? To Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all).

040:016*Sherali:The day when they will all come forth; nothing concerning them will be hidden from ALLAH. 'Whose is the Kingdom this day !' It is ALLAH's, the one, the Most Supreme.

040:016*Yusufali:The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: not a single thing concerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose will be the dominion that Day?" That of Allah, the One the Irresistible!