According to AFP, an ISIS bomb factory in the Iraqi town of Hawijah that specialized in building Vehicle-Born Improvised Explosive Devices was destroyed by a US airstrike Wednesday morning. Reportedly, the blast was heard 34-miles away in Kirkuk;<\/p>\n
Mobile phone photos obtained by AFP that were said to show the site of the explosion picture damage on a massive scale.<\/p>\n
They show a huge field of debris — cinderblocks, metal roofing, the twisted remains of vehicles — that stretches as far as the eye can see.<\/p>\n
IS has made vehicle bombs, in some cases huge trucks packed with explosives, a central feature of its military tactics<\/p>\n
Hawijah, located 225 kilometres (140 miles) north of Baghdad, is an IS stronghold that lies at the crossroads of several fronts in Iraq.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Casualties are said to be pretty high, you know, like our hopes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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