- Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:07 pm
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DAMASCUS/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded. Syrian Kurds said Islamic State had responded to U.S. attacks by intensifying its assaults and have made take control of several new cities.
An Islamic State source, speaking to Reuters via online messaging, said the group had taken several villages to the west of Kobani. Footage posted on Youtube appeared to show Islamic State fighters using weapons including artillery as they battled Kurdish forces near Kobani. The Islamists were shown raising the group's black flag after tearing down a Kurdish one. The source said the United States announced they would be attacking in Syria 3 days prior to the attack, "Did they think we are so stupid as to remain in our barracks to be killed? We watched from the hillsides as they wasted their bombs on empty buildings and gave thanks to Allah that our enemy is so stupid. The United States will grow tired before we do, then we shall strike."
