20 Coalition Bombs Drop On Mosul: Eyewitness Account

[oobydoobydoo]

https://www.facebook.com/permalink....142148691&id=552514844870022&substory_index=0

ISIS is making a general withdrawal from Aleppo and moving to try to consolidate its defense of Mosul, however the Coalition has other ideas. They are getting hammered... bad. Jordan has stepped up the airstrikes, and probably is pushing the US to up the ante too.

MOSUL EYE

Feb. 7th, 2015 - Mosul under heavy fire
At 1:00 PM, Feb. 7th, 2015, Mosul witnessed the second wave of the most aggressive airstrikes since the beginning of the coalition operation to liberate Mosul. This day’s airstrike was much larger than the previous strikes on the third of February , and the civilians named it “Moaz Al Kasasbeh Retaliation”.
I couldn't resist the idea of being away from the scene, so I visited the place in person. I arrived after dropping the 16th bomb, thinking that the bombardment had stopped already, but as soon as I arrived, I was startled by dropping four more bombs and I saw what I'm about to describe to you:
Mosul - The Western Bank of the city
Number of bombs - 20
Targeted Sites: General Land Transport Authority, The Industrial School, Former Northern intelligence office and former Feda’aiyeen Training Center.
Description of the sites: the above described sites form a single complex of facilities established on the grounds of Wadi Eqab; it is located directly at the opposite side from the road leading to Al Islah Al Zera’aie Road. ISIL have used the site as a workshop to produce massive car bombs (trucks and semi trucks) and a storage for the stolen ammo and equipment from the Iraqi army, police and security forces, In addition to retaining huge assets of the stolen funds by ISIL. At least 80 ISIL members work at those facilities, and their peak availability is at the early morning hours till 3:00 PM. All working staff at those sites were ISIL experts and engineers in producing car bombs.

How did the bombing start?
Eyewitnesses said: an aircraft dropped a bomb towards a black “Range Rover” SUV after it entered the General Land Transport Authority building, then the bombardment started to intensify after that, every three bombs are dropped at once. Columns of smoke started to elevate from the site turning into a black cloud over the place with strong odor of Sulfur and gunpowder and flying debris on the site. I was away from the site and the entire industrial district till this moment and I didn't want to just collect statements from eyewitnesses, so I rushed to the location. I was blocked from entering the site with my car and advised to leave my car at a distance as ISIL site guards informed me of the heavy bombing going on. I parked my car at a distance away from the site and I hurried with the rest of people who were running away. After a few moments, the aircraft dropped four more bombs and again, smoke and debris flew throughout the place and we ran hiding behind some concrete columns. And this is what I saw:
ISIL insurgents left their weapons behind and start to run for their lives. one of them was “too fat to run” and was carrying his Kalashnikov and a walki talki. He tried to run but he couldn't to catch up, so he dropped everything he carried and rushed towards a wall to hide behind it. then cars started to fill the streets rushing away from the bombing. ISIL insurgents start to ask people’s help to carry them away from the site but no one stopped to give them a ride to safety. And the most scene that showed the fake image of ISIL and revealed their weakness is one of them have literally “peed in his pants”!
I was looking them in their eyes. I didn't pay attention to the bombs, smoke or the bombing. I wanted to see their eyes; I wanted to see the horror reflecting in their eyes. I wanted them to live the same horrific moments that the civilians have lived every single moment of it because of their presence. The civilians were saying “this is God’s revenge for Moaz”. Another one was screaming “God never forgets” and another was shouting “More , More, give the more of their poison!”
That’s what I saw with my eyes ..

Conclusion and the results of the strike: Full destruction of the sites with all its equipment and staff.

Mosul Eye is basically a few guys (maybe just one?) in Mosul who creep around and report on ISIL activity, which is hardly a safe thing to do. Pretty crazy, but I give the guy props for driving towards the Airstrikes to get a story.

 

[MongGrel]

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Looks like Jordan is still pissed off.

 

[kage69]

I wish I knew why Abdullah is wasting his time and money like this. That backwards despot really needs to read this thread we have on Why Arabs Can't Win Wars.

This news reeks of amateur hour and Jordanian fear. The clumsy attack locations were clearly random and poorly executed. If only they had several F-22s.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I wish I knew why Abdullah is wasting his time and money like this. That backwards despot really needs to read this thread we have on Why Arabs Can't Win Wars.

This news reeks of amateur hour and Jordanian fear. The clumsy attack locations were clearly random and poorly executed. If only they had several F-22s.

You could give him drones. Nukes would work too.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Does everyone realize that before the pilot was executed the US flew somewhere around 940 of the approximate 1,000 sorties?
Its hardly a coalition. Even with Jordan going ape crazy its still going to be a US deal.

 

[blastingcap]

You could give him drones. Nukes would work too.

I think kage is being sarcastic

 

[oobydoobydoo]

I wish I knew why Abdullah is wasting his time and money like this. That backwards despot really needs to read this thread we have on Why Arabs Can't Win Wars.

This news reeks of amateur hour and Jordanian fear. The clumsy attack locations were clearly random and poorly executed. If only they had several F-22s.

TIL bombing somebody = winning a war...?



He basically says he killed 5,000. You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here.... So I guess whatever works if you are such an inept airforce as Jordan's. Can't even figure out JDAMs.

 

[DrDoug]

Some survived so fair shoot. Would have preferred a good shoot but you take what you can get when stomping out these nutjobs.

 

[blastingcap]

TIL bombing somebody = winning a war...?



He basically says he killed 5,000. You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here.... So I guess whatever works if you are such an inept airforce as Jordan's. Can't even figure out JDAMs.

You are adding nothing positive to these conversations. Just confusion. Like here you are conflating Assad's bombing with Jordan's. Please come back only after you educate yourself.

 

[oobydoobydoo]

You are adding nothing positive to these conversations. Just confusion. Like here you are conflating Assad's bombing with Jordan's. Please come back only after you educate yourself.

Please reply when you can make a single post with one piece of information I don't already know. You are so dull... I'm falling asleep reading your droning pathetic excuses for insults. If you have nothing to contribute because you are too stupid to read one 10 page single spaced article, then you should shut the fuck up.


You are the first person on this forum to show so much blatant stupidity as to drive me to have no other recourse than to refer to you as fucking stupid as shit. Congratulations on that ignominious title!

 

[blastingcap]

Please reply when you can make a single post with one piece of information I don't already know. You are so dull... I'm falling asleep reading your droning pathetic excuses for insults. If you have nothing to contribute because you are too stupid to read one 10 page single spaced article, then you should shut the fuck up.


You are the first person on this forum to show so much blatant stupidity as to drive me to have no other recourse than to refer to you as fucking stupid as shit. Congratulations on that ignominious title!

Are you for real? I read Mosul Eye long before you posted this thread including that post. And Mosul Eye said nothing about Jordan carpet bombing anyone. Yet you wrote:

"He basically says he killed 5,000. You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here.... So I guess whatever works if you are such an inept airforce as Jordan's. Can't even figure out JDAMs"

Apparently because you confused Jordan's strikes with news reports claiming Assad's indiscriminate bombing killed 5000 people in recent days.

This in addition to your wild blatherings about "gorilla warfare" make it impossible for me to take you seriously. Anyone who knows anything about these types of conflicts would not make such a blatant typo two times in a row--the second after I snickered at the first. http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37151023&postcount=306 And now in this thread, your conflating Assad's bombing with Jordan's further demonstrates your lack of knowledge.

Most of your posts are either wild ramblings or self-congratulatory tripe about how the rest of us are too dumb to comprehend your ramblings. You know what, let's assume you are right. We are too dumb, okay? That means you will now leave this forum right?

 

[werepossum]

Are you for real? I read Mosul Eye long before you posted this thread including that post. And Mosul Eye said nothing about Jordan carpet bombing anyone. Yet you wrote:

"He basically says he killed 5,000. You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here.... So I guess whatever works if you are such an inept airforce as Jordan's. Can't even figure out JDAMs"

Apparently because you confused Jordan's strikes with news reports claiming Assad's indiscriminate bombing killed 5000 people in recent days.

This in addition to your wild blatherings about "gorilla warfare" make it impossible for me to take you seriously. Anyone who knows anything about these types of conflicts would not make such a blatant typo two times in a row--the second after I snickered at the first. http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37151023&postcount=306 And now in this thread, your conflating Assad's bombing with Jordan's further demonstrates your lack of knowledge.

Most of your posts are either wild ramblings or self-congratulatory tripe about how the rest of us are too dumb to comprehend your ramblings. You know what, let's assume you are right. We are too dumb, okay? That means you will now leave this forum right?

lol +1

Thou art wise.

 

[oobydoobydoo]

Are you for real? I read Mosul Eye long before you posted this thread including that post. And Mosul Eye said nothing about Jordan carpet bombing anyone. Yet you wrote:

"He basically says he killed 5,000. You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here.... So I guess whatever works if you are such an inept airforce as Jordan's. Can't even figure out JDAMs"

Apparently because you confused Jordan's strikes with news reports claiming Assad's indiscriminate bombing killed 5000 people in recent days.

This in addition to your wild blatherings about "gorilla warfare" make it impossible for me to take you seriously. Anyone who knows anything about these types of conflicts would not make such a blatant typo two times in a row--the second after I snickered at the first. http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37151023&postcount=306 And now in this thread, your conflating Assad's bombing with Jordan's further demonstrates your lack of knowledge.

Most of your posts are either wild ramblings or self-congratulatory tripe about how the rest of us are too dumb to comprehend your ramblings. You know what, let's assume you are right. We are too dumb, okay? That means you will now leave this forum right?

Why am I not surprised you two agree? Maybe you two can put your brains together and figure out how to read one simple article? Individually, you can't even be trusted to read widely reported headlines. No I was not talking about the Hama massacre, I was talking about this:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-approximately-7000-is-members-killed-in-strikes/

I won't ask you to read it, because I know you can't understand it anyway.

 

[blastingcap]

What a surprise! The two most retarded posters in this forum agree! Maybe you two can put your brains together and figure out how to read one simple article? Individually, you can't even be trusted to read widely reported headlines. No I was not talking about the Hama massacre you imbecile, I was talking about this:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-approximately-7000-is-members-killed-in-strikes/

I won't ask you to read it, because I know you can't understand it anyway.

Are you trying to rewrite history now? This is your exact quote:

TIL bombing somebody = winning a war...?

He basically says he killed 5,000. You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here.... So I guess whatever works if you are such an inept airforce as Jordan's. Can't even figure out JDAMs.

So you are saying

1. Your literal words were "He basically says he killed 5,000." No, he did not say ANYTHING of the sort. If you actually read what he wrote, it sounds like the strikes were well-targeted and killed few if any civilians. You accuse others of not reading that post yet you seem to not have read it at all.

2. You continue bu saying "You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here." So you explicitly made a claim of Jordan killing 5000 in 3 days. Which is absurd. The only news that even approximates 5000 deaths in 3 days is the news of Assad's latest bombing offensive. http://syriahr.com/en/2015/02/al-as...icopters-kill-and-wound-about-5000-in-5-days/

3. Since you got owned so badly above, you are trying to make it sound like you were talking about the entire Coalition air offensive over the last 6 months--not just Jordan's--since the very beginning, killing 7000 people.

But that's not what you wrote.

5000 does not equal 7000.
6 months does not equal 3 days.
Jordan does not equal the entire Coalition.

You may want to consider leaving this forum before you embarrass yourself further. You have no credibility left at all.

 

[oobydoobydoo]

Are you trying to rewrite history now? This is your exact quote:



So you are saying

1. Your literal words were "He basically says he killed 5,000." No, he did not say ANYTHING of the sort. If you actually read what he wrote, it sounds like the strikes were well-targeted and killed few if any civilians. You accuse others of not reading that post yet you seem to not have read it at all.

2. You continue bu saying "You don't kill 5,000 people in 3 days hitting precision targets. Jordan is carpet bombing cities here." So you explicitly made a claim of Jordan killing 5000 in 3 days. Which is absurd. The only news that even approximates 5000 deaths in 3 days is the news of Assad's latest bombing offensive. http://syriahr.com/en/2015/02/al-as...icopters-kill-and-wound-about-5000-in-5-days/

3. Since you got owned so badly above, you are trying to make it sound like you were talking about the entire Coalition air offensive over the last 6 months--not just Jordan's--since the very beginning, killing 7000 people.

But that's not what you wrote.

5000 does not equal 7000.
6 months does not equal 3 days.
Jordan does not equal the entire Coalition.

You may want to consider leaving this forum before you embarrass yourself further. You have no credibility left at all.

LMFAO you think you can bully me with your flailing attempt to distract from the fact that you had no clue that Jordan had said anything about killing thousands? So I didn't remember, off the top of my head, the exact numbers... how is that in any way less credible than your lack of knowledge about anything at all?


Just shut up now before you make a bigger fool of yourself. Or take your own advice and leave, you clearly do nothing here of value. Lol.

 

[oobydoobydoo]

So much self ownage by blasting cap! I wonder if he'll double down?


Lol @ being off by <50% on the numbers being somehow worse than not even knowing it happened. For the record, I didn't go through your post history at all, and you can check that! Why? Because I wouldn't want to subject myself to reading that kind of boring drivel. I also never report your personal attacks, why? Because I'm sure the mods feel the exact same way. LOL!

 

[blastingcap]

So much self ownage by blasting cap! I wonder if he'll double down?


Lol @ being off by <50% on the numbers being somehow worse than not even knowing it happened.

LMFAO you think you can bully me with your flailing attempt to distract from the fact that you had no clue that Jordan had said anything about killing thousands? So I didn't remember, off the top of my head, the exact numbers... how is that in any way less credible than your lack of knowledge about anything at all?


Just shut up now before you make a bigger fool of yourself. Or take your own advice and leave, you clearly do nothing here of value. Lol.

Bro, I've probably followed the Syrian civil war for longer than you have. I've probably followed Mosul Eye longer than you have. I read that article about Arab armies literally years ago. I've known Coalition claims of deaths WAY longer than you have.

You weren't just a little bit off, you were completely wrong. Mosul Eye never said 5000 deaths by Jordan in 3 days like you claimed. No part of that statement is remotely true. Don't even try to pretend like you were talking about the entire Coalition bombing campaign. Your words were plain to see: 5000 deaths in 3 days by Jordan. That's what you said.

But please, continue digging yourself a deeper hole. Just like you did with "gorilla warfare." Do you think you're impressing anyone other than yourself, armchair general?

 

[oobydoobydoo]

Bro, I've probably followed the Syrian civil war for longer than you have. I've probably followed Mosul Eye longer than you have. I read that article about Arab armies literally years ago. I've known Coalition claims of deaths WAY longer than you have.

You weren't just a little bit off, you were completely wrong. Mosul Eye never said 5000 deaths by Jordan in 3 days like you claimed. No part of that statement is remotely true. Don't even try to pretend like you were talking about the entire Coalition bombing campaign. Your words were plain to see: 5000 deaths in 3 days by Jordan. That's what you said.

But please, continue digging yourself a deeper hole. Just like you did with "gorilla warfare." Do you think you're impressing anyone other than yourself, armchair general?

Wow, you are persistent in your BS! What I said was that Jordan is carpet bombing cities. How is 7,000 in 5 days (not 6, count from the time the bombs dropped) so much more "precise" than 5,000 in 3? Are you really that bad at math? It's still what, 1400 a day? Wow, sooo much less than 1666 a day from my figure!!


You are so ridiculous with this stupid argument and you are being made to look like such an idiot out of your own ignorance. I would say give up now, but the damage is already done. Everyone knows how dull you are.







I am sure you will come back and post another 3 page smokescreen to distract from your blunder on not even knowing what was going on with these airstrikes, yet trying to call me out. I have stuff to do, but I will be back later to make you look like an even bigger fool if you decide to continue your crusade.

 

[PokerGuy]

blastingcap: don't feed the troll. He's obviously an idiot just spewing bs hoping nobody actually has a clue about what's happening.

 

[blastingcap]

Wow, you are persistent in your BS! What I said was that Jordan is carpet bombing cities. How is 7,000 in 5 days (not 6, count from the time the bombs dropped) so much more "precise" than 5,000 in 3? Are you really that bad at math? It's still what, 1400 a day? Wow, sooo much less than 1666 a day from my figure!!


You are so ridiculous with this stupid argument and you are being made to look like such an idiot out of your own ignorance. I would say give up now, but the damage is already done. Everyone knows how dull you are.

You accuse people of not reading but it's so clear you don't read the own articles you cite to. This was your citation: http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-approximately-7000-is-members-killed-in-strikes/

The article says:

"Approximately 7,000 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since Jordan began participating in coalition airstrikes, the country&#8217;s air force chief claimed on Sunday."

7000. By the entire Coalition. Since Jordan started participating in airstrikes about 6 months ago.

1. Mosul Eye said NOTHING about 5000 or 7000 deaths. He said he did. He did NOT. Read his post, the same post you claim other people didn't read.

2. 7000 in 6 months is not the same as 5000 in 3 days or 7000 in 3 days or whatever garbage stat you next make up.

3. The entire Coalition is doing the bombing, not Jordan. You followed up your made-up stat of Jordan killing 5000 in 3 days with accusations that Jordan carpet-bombed, and didn't know how to bomb properly. The USAF drops the vast majority (over 80% and perhaps over 90%; there's a difference between # of sorties flown vs bombs/missiles dropped) of bombs by the Coalition. What you are really doing is accusing the USAF of carpet bombing indiscriminately and killing 7000 in 3 days. Which is blatantly false propaganda because it was 7000 in 6 months, the vast majority of deaths being Daesh and not civilians.

Are you an Iranian or something trying to spew misleading or outright WRONG data? Go away.

 

[blastingcap]

blastingcap: don't feed the troll. He's obviously an idiot just spewing bs hoping nobody actually has a clue about what's happening.

I'm beginning to think he's an Iranian (Persian) with an ax to grind or something, since he talks trash about Arab militaries and tries to make it sound like Jordan carpet-bombed cities because it is incapable of more precise attacks. How have the mods not kicked him out already, ugh.

 

[oobydoobydoo]

You accuse people of not reading but it's so clear you don't read the own articles you cite to. This was your citation: http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-approximately-7000-is-members-killed-in-strikes/

The article says:

"Approximately 7,000 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since Jordan began participating in coalition airstrikes, the country&#8217;s air force chief claimed on Sunday."

7000. By the entire Coalition. Since Jordan started participating in airstrikes about 6 months ago.

1. Mosul Eye said NOTHING about 5000 or 7000 deaths. He said he did. He did NOT. Read his post, the same post you claim other people didn't read.

2. 7000 in 6 months is not the same as 5000 in 3 days or 7000 in 3 days or whatever garbage stat you next make up.

3. The entire Coalition is doing the bombing, not Jordan. You followed up your made-up stat of Jordan killing 5000 in 3 days with accusations that Jordan carpet-bombed, and didn't know how to bomb properly. The USAF drops the vast majority (over 80% and perhaps over 90%; there's a difference between # of sorties flown vs bombs/missiles dropped) of bombs by the Coalition. What you are really doing is accusing the USAF of carpet bombing indiscriminately and killing 7000 in 3 days. Which is blatantly false propaganda because it was 7000 in 6 months, the vast majority of deaths being Daesh and not civilians.

Are you an Iranian or something trying to spew misleading or outright WRONG data? Go away.

1) I NEVER SAID MOSUL EYE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS

2) YOU ARE RETARDED AND # 3 PROVES IT

3)http://www.christiantimes.com/artic....rejoins.bombings.against.jihadists/50872.htm



I will leave it to you to deactivate your forum account now that your reputation here is in shambles, LOL

 

[oobydoobydoo]

I'm beginning to think he's an Iranian (Persian) with an ax to grind or something, since he talks trash about Arab militaries and tries to make it sound like Jordan carpet-bombed cities because it is incapable of more precise attacks. How have the mods not kicked him out already, ugh.

Wow so now you're speculating about my race? For once I am going to report your post, because in my opinion you are not only an idiot, but also a bigot. And no, I'm not even an arab lol.




Enjoy your vacation.

 

[blastingcap]

1) I NEVER SAID MOSUL EYE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS

2) YOU ARE RETARDED AND # 3 PROVES IT

3)http://www.christiantimes.com/artic....rejoins.bombings.against.jihadists/50872.htm



I will leave it to you to deactivate your forum account now that your reputation here is in shambles, LOL

1) Yes you did.

2) I love you too.

3) Lol so now you scramble to find some other source other than the one you already cited that actually DISPROVES you. Guess what, your new source is simply wrong. Their editor should be fired if that's representative of the quality of their reporting.

Here's a real newspaper: http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...t-has-carried-out-56-air-strikes-against-isis

"Jobour said more than 7,000 Isis militants had been killed since Jordan began participating in coalition air strikes."

7000 Daesh dead over months of Coalition bombing. Not 3 days. Not Jordan.

I don't think anyone with any common sense would believe that Jordan could have killed 7000 militants in 3 days with only 56 F-16 sorties using conventional bombs as opposed to nuclear, chemical, or biological bombs.

But common sense is in short supply with some people.