ISIS bunkers near Mosul bombed by CF-18 Hornets

Military | 207297 hits | Dec 12 9:06 pm | Posted by: Hyack

Two CF-18s Hornets bombed an extremist fighting position about 250 kilometres southwest of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city.

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by raydan
Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:19 pm
I'm going to play geography police... 250km is near!!! That puts it in the Syrian Desert somewhere near Ar Rutbah. That's nowhere near Mosul.
by wildrosegirl
Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:34 pm
"raydan" said
I'm going to play geography police... 250km is near!!! That puts it in the Syrian Desert somewhere near Ar Rutbah. That's nowhere near Mosul.

Two CF-18s Hornets bombed an extremist fighting position about 250 kilometres southwest of Mosul

They weren't targeting Mosul.
by raydan
Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:53 pm
It's like saying that Québec City is close to Ontario.
by wildrosegirl
Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:13 pm
"raydan" said
It's like saying that Québec City is close to Ontario.

That's funny.. here, 250kms really considered close.

Hell, we consider Edmonton to be "close" and it's 450kms.

Perspective....
by raydan
Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:37 pm
How's this for perspective... saying 2 places are close in Iraq when they're 250km away is like saying 2 places are close in Canada when they're 2500km away.
by Alta_redneck
Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:56 pm
If a none Canadian asks me where I'm from, I say Calgary, only because Calgary is closer than Edmonton, but it's still 110 kms away.
by ShepherdsDog
Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:00 pm
400 km is a grocery shopping trip or doctor's appointment for us
by Jabberwalker
Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:47 pm
How far do you have to drive to get bombed?
by ShepherdsDog
Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:34 pm
Nearest Lutheran Church is the same distance.
by Jabberwalker
Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:38 pm
Mein Himmel!
by bootlegga
Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:21 pm
"raydan" said
I'm going to play geography police... 250km is near!!! That puts it in the Syrian Desert somewhere near Ar Rutbah. That's nowhere near Mosul.

To the average person who is often ignorant of geography (and politics, current events and many other things), it's just easier to say that than a target in the middle of nowhere.
by raydan
Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:29 pm
"bootlegga" said
I'm going to play geography police... 250km is near!!! That puts it in the Syrian Desert somewhere near Ar Rutbah. That's nowhere near Mosul.

To the average person who is often ignorant of geography (and politics, current events and many other things), it's just easier to say that than a target in the middle of nowhere.
So you're saying that reporters are often ignorant of geography, politics, current events and many other things...

Yup, that sounds about right.
by andyt
Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:42 pm
double post
by andyt
Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:49 pm
"raydan" said

So you're saying that the Canadian Forces are often ignorant of geography, politics, current events and many other things...

Yup, that sounds about right.

Fixed that for you:
James Bezan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence, told the House of Commons on Thursday that CF-18s struck their target Wednesday. “Our CF-18s dropped one 500-pound bomb on an ISIL [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] vehicle checkpoint about 250 kilometres to the southwest of Mosul,” Mr. Bezan said.
Where do you think he got the info from? It's not like reporters are in spotter planes or ground positions to verify where the bombs are dropping for themselves.

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