{"id":32442,"date":"2015-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/"},"modified":"2015-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/","title":{"rendered":"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>French warplanes have pounded the Islamic State group&#8217;s de facto Syrian capital Raqa, destroying a command post and a training camp.<\/h3>\n<p>In its first air strike against IS since the string of deadly Paris attacks claimed by the jihadist group, 12 warplanes, including 10 fighter bombers, dropped 20 bombs on the targets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Australian Ambassador to France Stephen Brady on FIVEAA Breakfast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/233210706&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first target destroyed was used by Daesh (another Arabic acronym for IS) as a command post, jihadist recruitment centre and arms and munitions depot. The second held a terrorist training camp,&#8221; a French defence ministry statement said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The planes left from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates and was conducted in co-ordination with American forces, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>French President Francois Hollande on Saturday blamed the Islamic State group for the gun and suicide attacks that left at least 129 dead in Paris on Friday, calling them an &#8220;act of war&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to European correspondent Charles Miranda reporting from Paris on FIVEAA Breakfast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/233218057&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/adelaide-anger-over-talia-brothers-investigation\">CROWS NOT HAPPY, SAYS CAROLINE WILSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/difficult-decision-says-new-crows-development-coach-paul-thomas\">&#8216;DIFFICULT DECISION&#8217; SAYS NEWEST ADDITION TO CROWS COACHING TEAM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French warplanes have pounded the Islamic State group&#8217;s de facto Syrian capital Raqa, destroying a command post and a training camp. In its first air strike against IS since the string of deadly Paris attacks claimed by the jihadist group, 12 warplanes, including 10 fighter bombers, dropped 20 bombs on the targets. LISTEN to Australian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-32442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v20.2.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"French warplanes have pounded the Islamic State group&#8217;s de facto Syrian capital Raqa, destroying a command post and a training camp. In its first air strike against IS since the string of deadly Paris attacks claimed by the jihadist group, 12 warplanes, including 10 fighter bombers, dropped 20 bombs on the targets. LISTEN to Australian [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FIVEAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/16nov_jets_800x600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/\",\"name\":\"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold - FIVEAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/\",\"name\":\"FIVEAA\",\"description\":\"Always Adelaide\",\"alternateName\":\"FIVEAA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\",\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tim Ashdown\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/author\/tashdown\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold - FIVEAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold","og_description":"French warplanes have pounded the Islamic State group&#8217;s de facto Syrian capital Raqa, destroying a command post and a training camp. In its first air strike against IS since the string of deadly Paris attacks claimed by the jihadist group, 12 warplanes, including 10 fighter bombers, dropped 20 bombs on the targets. LISTEN to Australian [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/","og_site_name":"FIVEAA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa","article_published_time":"2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/16nov_jets_800x600.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tim Ashdown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_site":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Ashdown","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/","name":"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold - FIVEAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/french-fighter-bombers-pound-is-stronghold-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"French fighter bombers pound IS stronghold"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/","name":"FIVEAA","description":"Always Adelaide","alternateName":"FIVEAA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687","name":"Tim Ashdown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tim Ashdown"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/author\/tashdown\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32442"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=32442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}