{"id":8070,"date":"2015-01-07T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T09:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2015-01-14T07:27:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T07:27:33","slug":"raf-hammer-isil-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/news\/overseas-news\/2015\/01\/raf-hammer-isil-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF Hammer ISIL Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">RAF Reaper unmanned drone<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Attacks continue on into January over Iraq<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the early hours of 2 January, a <strong>Royal Air Force Tornado GR4<\/strong> armed reconnaissance patrol located an <strong><abbr title=\"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant\">ISIL<\/abbr><\/strong> armoured personnel carrier to the east of <strong>Al Qaim<\/strong>, and conducted a successful strike with a <strong>Brimstone<\/strong> missile. Later that day, a coalition surveillance aircraft observed <strong><abbr title=\"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant\">ISIL<\/abbr><\/strong> positions concealed within woods north-west of <strong>Ramadi<\/strong> and another Tornado mounted an attack with two <strong>Paveway IV<\/strong> precision guided bombs.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ISIL, Iraq, Al Qaim,\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>On 4 January, an <strong><abbr title=\"Royal Air Force\">RAF<\/abbr> Reaper,<\/strong> working in support of Iraqi army units, identified an <strong><abbr title=\"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant\">ISIL<\/abbr><\/strong> vehicle and engaged it with a <strong>Hellfire<\/strong> missile. Shortly afterwards, the <strong>Reaper<\/strong> discovered an <strong><abbr title=\"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant\">ISIL<\/abbr><\/strong> position close by, and attacked this with another <strong>Hellfire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>RAF, Hellfire, Reaper,<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Reaper<\/strong> and <strong>Tornado<\/strong> missions were also flown on the morning of 5 January. Tornados again patrolled the <strong>Al Qaim<\/strong> area, where they destroyed an <abbr title=\"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant\">ISIL\u00a0<\/abbr>\u00a0vehicle, being used to construct fortified positions, with a <strong>Brimstone<\/strong> missile while a <strong>Reaper<\/strong>, scouting ahead of Iraqi troops, spotted an armoured vehicle being moved by <strong><abbr title=\"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant\">ISIL<\/abbr><\/strong> on a heavy equipment transporter. 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