Qanus Island

Qanus Island is a river island located in the Tigris River in Salah Ad Din Province, northern Iraq.[1]

After it became a staging area for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terrorist organization 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
  1. Axe, David (13 September 2019). "Why Did America Drop 40 Tons of Bombs on This Iraqi Island?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. "Air Strike Update: Daesh denied island safe haven". Inherent Resolve. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Video shows explosives being dropped on IS occupied territory in Iraq". BBC News Online. BBC Online. BBC. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. "'IS-infested' island wiped out by 40 tonnes of explosives". Sky News. Sky UK. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

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