Brilliant or reckless? US and Arab nations launch air strikes on Islamic State fighters in Syria

By Paul McGeough
Updated September 24 2014 - 5:23pm, first published 1:19am
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Washington: In a dramatic expansion of the US-led war on Islamist jihadis, manned and unmanned American and Arab fighter aircraft launched their first air strikes on Syria early on Tuesday, dumping cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs on Raqqa, the so-called Islamic State's headquarters, and on the Syria-Iraq border which cuts through the jihadis' turf.

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