Two Pentagon officials confirmed to The Daily Beast that the US-led coalition had issued warnings after residents of Raqqah posted photos of airdropped leaflets on Twitter, which urged them to flee the flashpoint city.
“The time….has arrived. It’s time to leave Raqqah,” one of the ominous leaflets read.
One Pentagon official, however, said that a ground or air attack could be months away, suggesting that the warnings were part of a psychological offensive.
“It’s part of our mess-with-them campaign,” the official explained to The Daily Beast.
The leaflets come as there have been reports that Daesh had declared a state of emergency in Raqqah, digging trenches and re-positioning combat capabilities and militants in and around the city; Press TV reported.
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