mo4ch:>Why did US just drop 40 TONS of bombs on this Iraqi island if ISIS is ‘long defeated’? | Mo4ch News

The promotional video of US jets carpet-bombing an “ISIS infested” island in Iraq comes amid tensions between Washington and Baghdad, and may have more to do with that than with the supposedly long-defeated terror group.The video, complete with dramatic music, shows F-15 as well as F-35 jets dropping what was said to be 80,000 pounds of munitions on Qanus Island, north of Baghdad. Operation Inherent Resolve officials said in a statement that the mission was intended to hamper the terrorist group’s "ability to hide in thick vegetation” in the area. Towards the end of the video, several Iraqi officers are shown watching the pillars of smoke rise up from the island, smiling approvingly as the US advisers accompanying them.While Western media enthusiastically replayed the video-game style footage, hardly anyone gave the full context behind the bombastic air raid.It just so happens that tensions are rising between the US and Iraqi governments, with members of the Iraqi parliament maki…