Qanus Island is a river island located in the Tigris River in Saladin Governorate, northern Iraq.[1]
After it became a staging area for the terrorist organization Islamic State during an insurgency in the 2010s, it was bombed on 10 September 2019.[2] American F-15 and F-35 fighter jets dropped 40 tonnes of explosives (more than 80.000 pounds of laser-guided bombs) by the US-led coalition forces.[3][4] According to Major General Eric T Hill, "We're denying Daesh the ability to hide on Qanus Island".[5]
References edit
- ^ Axe, David (13 September 2019). "Why Did America Drop 40 Tons of Bombs on This Iraqi Island?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Air Strike Update: Daesh denied island safe haven". Inherent Resolve. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Leon, Melissa (12 September 2019). "Satellite image shows 'ISIS-infested' island bombed by US reduced to smoking craters". Fox News. FOX. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Video shows explosives being dropped on IS occupied territory in Iraq". BBC News Online. BBC Online. BBC. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "'IS-infested' island wiped out by 40 tonnes of explosives". Sky News. Sky UK. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.