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"You Can Run, But You Can't Hide": US Military Taunts Daesh
The US-led coalition battling Daesh has taunted the group, after releasing a video showing fleeing fighters being blown up by a missile.
The footage shows a vehicle speeding along a desert road near Qayyarah, Iraq, before exploding in a large fireball, with the caption 'you can run, but you can't hide' running along the bottom.
A version of the video was posted on Twitter alongside the words "When Daesh can't quite get up to 88 mph" - an apparent reference to the Back to the Future film series, where a DeLorean car driving at that speed can travel through time.
ICYMI: When #daesh can't quite get up to 88 mph... MORE STRIKES: https://t.co/CLKyzCpYqQ#defeatdaesh#bttfpic.twitter.com/ZLaQJXTD7D
— Inherent Resolve (@CJTFOIR) 3 September 2016
Iraqi soldiers backed by coalition aircraft retook Qayyarah from the group last month, with an assault now planned on the Daesh stronghold of Mosul next.
The country's Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, says the offensive will be wrapped up by the end of the year.
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