RAQQA RESIDENTS ON US STRIKES: ‘I WOULD NOT WISH THEM ON MY WORST ENEMY’ (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 14:27

When the bombs rained down on Raqqa in eastern Syria early on Tuesday, many families were already huddled in their homes awaiting the inevitable.

The first strikes landed just after 2am, directed at sites that Islamic State (Isis) has openly used and that had long been flagged as targets. The jihadis were no longer there though, having blended in with Raqqa’s civilian population, where they knew they would be safer.

By daybreak, the governorate building, an Isis command post for the past 15 months, a TV station and a Syrian military base had been destroyed. According to several residents who spoke to the Guardian, up to 30 people were killed. Most, if not all, were militants.

The rest of the city remained hunkered down until the roaring jets and whining drones above had long gone.

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