From the third-story window of a barren government office building he now squats in as a refugee, Nasir Abdul is watching his city being destroyed. Two helicopter gunships had just finished strafing the city, and now people were pointing toward a Vietnam-era attack aircraft circling overhead. The plane, an OV-10 Bronco, turned and dove straight down on the city center, firing off two bombs before suddenly pulling up its nose and spiraling away. "It feels impossible that this is happening," the 45-year-old Abdul said, as the sound of gunfire crackled in the distance. The main group leading the siege, the Maute, has deep roots in the city — "in terms of relatives, in terms of connections, in terms of culture, heritage," he said.

Source: Fox News June 11, 2017 08:37 UTC