ISIS' latest weapon: 'Franken-trucks'
Nov 23, 2015 17:37:15 GMT -5
Post by Shoshanna on Nov 23, 2015 17:37:15 GMT -5
ISIS' latest weapon: 'Franken-trucks' welded with metal and packed with explosives
Tom Batchelor
ISIS 'Franken-trucks' are being used on the battlefield in northern Iraq
According to an American general operating on the frontline against ISIS militants, the barbaric group has begun welding metal plates onto cars and vans that are then laden with explosives, creating a fast-moving, highly-accurate mobile bomb.
Twisted fighters who are prepared to die for the death cult are then strapped into the vehicles before driving at speed directly towards their target.
US soldiers have dubbed the crudely-made but deadly machines 'Franken-trucks', saying they were like "something out of a movie".
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Jihadis are reportedly using up to 15 of the deadly new weapons in each operation as they battle Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq.
Major General Peter Gersten told American broadcaster CBS: "These 'Franken-trucks' are something out of a movie, something you see in a science fiction movie.
"These are vehicles that they've welded metal plates to, loaded them with high explosives, put a suicide bomber inside of them, and set themselves off. That is their precision weapon."
The 'Franken-truck' being driven towards its target
Up to 15 'Franken-trucks' can be used in just one attack
But the adapted vehicles pale in comparison to the sophisticated military hardware being deployed by Western powers.
ISIS militants in Iraq are being pounded by a coalition of superpowers including the UK, US, France, Canada and Australia.
'Franken-trucks' are no match for the devastation wrought by a single laser-guided missile strike by an RAF Tornado.
An ISIS militant climbing into the cab
The wreckage of one of the machines
The worrying development, which further underlines the depravity of ISIS, comes as the US reasserts its aim to wipe the terror group from the map.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the key to destroying the organisation was a series of "rapid" strikes.
He said: "I'd like to see us go faster.
"The president [Barack Obama] would like to see us go faster."
David Cameron has promised to set out a "comprehensive" strategy for tackling ISIS on Thursday that will include British air strikes on the terrorists' bases in Syria.
The Prime Minister confirmed he would be coming to Parliament to "make the case" for wider military action after holding talks with French president Francois Hollande in the wake of the attacks on Paris.
Mr Cameron said ISIS - also known as Isil or Daesh - was "not some remote problem thousands of miles away".
He added: "It has already taken the lives of British hostages and carried out the worst attack against British people since 7/7 on the beaches of Tunisia, to say nothing of the seven terrorist plots right here in Britain that have been foiled by our security services over the past year.
"On Thursday I will come to this House and make a further statement responding personally to the Foreign Affairs Committee. I will make the case for Britain to join our international allies in going after Isil in their headquarters in Syria, not just in Iraq.
"I will explain how such action would be one element of a comprehensive and long term strategy to defeat Isil in parallel with major international effort to bring an end to the war in Syria."
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Tom Batchelor
ISIS 'Franken-trucks' are being used on the battlefield in northern Iraq
According to an American general operating on the frontline against ISIS militants, the barbaric group has begun welding metal plates onto cars and vans that are then laden with explosives, creating a fast-moving, highly-accurate mobile bomb.
Twisted fighters who are prepared to die for the death cult are then strapped into the vehicles before driving at speed directly towards their target.
US soldiers have dubbed the crudely-made but deadly machines 'Franken-trucks', saying they were like "something out of a movie".
Related articles
Jihadis are reportedly using up to 15 of the deadly new weapons in each operation as they battle Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq.
Major General Peter Gersten told American broadcaster CBS: "These 'Franken-trucks' are something out of a movie, something you see in a science fiction movie.
"These are vehicles that they've welded metal plates to, loaded them with high explosives, put a suicide bomber inside of them, and set themselves off. That is their precision weapon."
The 'Franken-truck' being driven towards its target
Up to 15 'Franken-trucks' can be used in just one attack
But the adapted vehicles pale in comparison to the sophisticated military hardware being deployed by Western powers.
ISIS militants in Iraq are being pounded by a coalition of superpowers including the UK, US, France, Canada and Australia.
'Franken-trucks' are no match for the devastation wrought by a single laser-guided missile strike by an RAF Tornado.
An ISIS militant climbing into the cab
The wreckage of one of the machines
The worrying development, which further underlines the depravity of ISIS, comes as the US reasserts its aim to wipe the terror group from the map.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the key to destroying the organisation was a series of "rapid" strikes.
He said: "I'd like to see us go faster.
"The president [Barack Obama] would like to see us go faster."
David Cameron has promised to set out a "comprehensive" strategy for tackling ISIS on Thursday that will include British air strikes on the terrorists' bases in Syria.
The Prime Minister confirmed he would be coming to Parliament to "make the case" for wider military action after holding talks with French president Francois Hollande in the wake of the attacks on Paris.
Mr Cameron said ISIS - also known as Isil or Daesh - was "not some remote problem thousands of miles away".
He added: "It has already taken the lives of British hostages and carried out the worst attack against British people since 7/7 on the beaches of Tunisia, to say nothing of the seven terrorist plots right here in Britain that have been foiled by our security services over the past year.
"On Thursday I will come to this House and make a further statement responding personally to the Foreign Affairs Committee. I will make the case for Britain to join our international allies in going after Isil in their headquarters in Syria, not just in Iraq.
"I will explain how such action would be one element of a comprehensive and long term strategy to defeat Isil in parallel with major international effort to bring an end to the war in Syria."
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