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Russia pounds Islamic State strongholds with vengeance

by IBNS 20 Nov 2015, 07:59 pm

Moscow, Nov 21 (IBNS) Russian planes continues to pound the Islamic State jihadists in Syria with vengeance as bombs being dropped are emblazoned with the words "For our people" and "For Paris" after Moscow vowed retaliation following the bombing of a plane over Sinai.

Russian television broadcast a video in which a man is seen scrawling "For our people!" and "For Paris!" in black pen on  bombs minutes before a warplane is set to take off from the country's airbase in Syria.

"For our people! For Paris! Pilots and technicians of #Hmeymim airbase sent a message to terrorists by airmail," the Russian defence ministry said on its official Twitter account.
Earlier this week Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to "punish" those behind a bomb attack that brought down a passenger jet over Sinai last month, killing all 224 people, mostly Russians.

Russia has been conducting a bombing campaign in Syria since September 30, the country's largest foreign intervention outside the former Soviet Union since the occupation of Afghanistan in 1979.