February 12, 2016
Release # 20160212-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTHWEST ASIA — On Feb. 11,
coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and
Iraq. In Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes coordinated with
and in support of the Government of Iraq using ground-attack, attack, fighter,
and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.
The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last
press release:
Iraq
* Near Habbaniyah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two
ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Kisik, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Mosul, six strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed 21 ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL weapons cache,
an ISIL supply cache, two ISIL assembly areas, and suppressed an ISIL mortar
position.
* Near Qayyarah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL
fighting positions.
* Near Ramadi, five strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and
destroyed four ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL machine gun, an ISIL bed down
location, an ISIL command and control node, and two ISIL vehicle borne
improvised explosive device (VBIED) facilities.
* Near Sinjar, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed five
ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
an ISIL fighting position.
* Near Tal Afar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL
checkpoint.
Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base
safely.
A strike, as defined in the CJTF releases, means one or more kinetic events
that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single,
sometimes cumulative effect for that location. So having a single aircraft
deliver a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is
multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of buildings and
vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative
effect of making that facility (or facilities) harder or impossible to use.
Accordingly, CJTF-OIR does not report the number or type of aircraft employed
in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of
individual munition impact points against a target.
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation
to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria,
and the wider international community.
The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the group's
ability to project terror and conduct operations. Coalition nations which have
conducted strikes in Iraq include Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Jordan, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Coalition
nations which have conducted strikes in Syria include Australia, Bahrain, Canada,
France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom,
and the United States.