By Michaela Whitton (ANTIMEDIA):
After weeks of media excitement and public anger as to whether Britain
would join the dozen nations reportedly bombing both Iraq and Syria, an
eerie silence has befallen the British media.
While the Oxford English Dictionary defines an airstrike as “an attack made using aircraft,” some might say that the term sounds a bit too light and fluffy for what are actually 510lb laser-guided Paveway IV bombs. The British bombs dropped in Syria landed within hours of MPs cheering for intervention in the December 2nd Commons vote.
“Following the vote in the House of Commons last night, Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft flew their first offensive operation against Daesh terrorist targets inside Syria,” the U.K. Ministry of Defence claimed after jets struck six targets on an oilfield, 35 miles inside Syria’s eastern border with Iraq.
Since then, tumbleweeds have blown through the British press, and the deafening silence prompted Anti-Mediato contact Airwars to find out what is going on.
While the Oxford English Dictionary defines an airstrike as “an attack made using aircraft,” some might say that the term sounds a bit too light and fluffy for what are actually 510lb laser-guided Paveway IV bombs. The British bombs dropped in Syria landed within hours of MPs cheering for intervention in the December 2nd Commons vote.
“Following the vote in the House of Commons last night, Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft flew their first offensive operation against Daesh terrorist targets inside Syria,” the U.K. Ministry of Defence claimed after jets struck six targets on an oilfield, 35 miles inside Syria’s eastern border with Iraq.
Since then, tumbleweeds have blown through the British press, and the deafening silence prompted Anti-Mediato contact Airwars to find out what is going on.