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First Airstrikes Against ISIS From British Military

Belinda Cai |
September 30, 2014 | 12:52 p.m. PDT

Web Producer

RAF Tornado. (Richard Fisher/Flickr)
RAF Tornado. (Richard Fisher/Flickr)
The British military made its first airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq with two RAF Tornado GR4 aircrafts on Tuedsay. This is four days after Parliament approved the United Kingdom's involvement.

SEE ALSO: US Launches First Air Strikes On ISIL In Syria

British planes bombed an ISIS heavy weapon position and shot a missile at an armed pickup truck, according to UK's Ministry of Defence. They described the strikes as a success based on an initial assessment.

Read more on The Guardian and CNN.

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