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| Isis air strikes: British jets carry out latest attack on militants in Iraq | Isis air strikes: British jets carry out latest attack on militants in Iraq |
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| Britain has carried out its latest military action in the war against Isis, dropping bombs on a building used by militants. | Britain has carried out its latest military action in the war against Isis, dropping bombs on a building used by militants. |
| The Ministry of Defence has said two RAF Tornado jets attacked Isis forces who were firing on Iraqi troops from a building near Ramadi. | The Ministry of Defence has said two RAF Tornado jets attacked Isis forces who were firing on Iraqi troops from a building near Ramadi. |
| The RAF jets, based in Akrotiti, Cyrpus, resumed sorties in support of local ground forces in Iraq after a pause in respect of the Muslim holiday of Eid. | The RAF jets, based in Akrotiti, Cyrpus, resumed sorties in support of local ground forces in Iraq after a pause in respect of the Muslim holiday of Eid. |
| RAF Tornadoes have joined US-led bombing missions against Isis targets in northern Iraq after MPs gave the go-ahead ten days ago for Britain to join the military action. | |
| Yesterday it was reported that the former Chief of Defence Staff had argued Western grounds troops should be depoloyed to Iraq to back up the forces battling the advance of Isis militants. | |
| General Lord David Richards warned that airpower alone would not be enough to defeat Isis forces as he said he feared that political leaders did not appreciate the scale of the task they faced. |