Russia pounds IS jihadists with 'For Paris' bombs - YaY!
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Subject: Russia pounds IS jihadists with 'For Paris' bombs - YaY! Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:59 am
Russia is pounding the Islamic State jihadists in Syria with bombs emblazoned with the words "For our people" and "For Paris" after Moscow vowed vengeance 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 aerial 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 airbase sent a message to terrorists by airmail," the Russian defence ministry said on its official Twitter account.
"The armed forces are conducting an aerial campaign of retribution," the defence ministry said in a separate statement, adding the military had begun coordinating their operations with the French.
Earlier this week Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to hunt down and "punish" those behind a bomb attack that brought down a passenger jet over Sinai last month, killing all 224 people, mostly Russian holidaymakers, on board.