Mosul has fallen

[Redhorse]

Wow

very scary. I had been agains intervention, but I am in favor of carpet bombing like ww2 if they are advancing in the open field

juan

This is exactly what we should do. One day of none stop bombing would finish them, draw them out in the open and bomb em.

 

[mrjarrell]

Slow and steady. More troops, choppers and drones being sent.

US to deploy more troops to Iraq - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

 

[T.Lex]

This president has no clue about foreign policy or effective use of the military.

Do things by half-measures and expect half-measure results.

 

[jamil]

This president has no clue about foreign policy or effective use of the military.

Do things by half-measures and expect half-measure results.

Well, the red lines don't help much either.

 

[mrjarrell]

Well, this should get the regional powers in gear.

ISIS Member Says They Will Destroy The Kaaba In Mecca, 'Kill Those Who Worship Stones'

 

[T.Lex]

Yowza. That's pretty harsh, even for islamofascists.

Maybe USians will pay more attention to the internal divisions of Islam. (Including the USians in the State Department.)

 

[Redhorse]

Well, this should get the regional powers in gear.

ISIS Member Says They Will Destroy The Kaaba In Mecca, 'Kill Those Who Worship Stones'

Yupp, they're toast.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Abu Bakr urges Muslims to flock to new state.

Militant leader calls for Muslims to build state

 

[RockofStrength]

Well, this should get the regional powers in gear.

ISIS Member Says They Will Destroy The Kaaba In Mecca, 'Kill Those Who Worship Stones'

Yeah, I'm sure their leadership is looking to draw the wrath of every Islamic country down on them.

 

[mrjarrell]

Yeah, I'm sure their leadership is looking to draw the wrath of every Islamic country down on them.

No-one has said they were very smart.

 

[RockofStrength]

No-one has said they were very smart.

True, but they do seem to have some minor sense of self-preservation. I could see the first "everybody on earth approves" jihad being declared if they truly destroyed that rock.

 

[T.Lex]

And... another example of strange bedfellows.

Iran sending aircraft to help Iraq:
BBC News - 'Iranian fighter jets deployed' to help Iraq fight Isis

Of course, it looks like Russia delivered a few of them to Iraq a few days ago, but Iran is the owner of these ground attack aircraft:

The article points out additional irony:

... [T]he majority of these aircraft used to be part of the Iraqi Air Force - seven Su-25s sought refuge in Iran during the First Gulf War.

Live long enough, you'll see everything.

 

[Redhorse]

And... another example of strange bedfellows.

Iran sending aircraft to help Iraq:
BBC News - 'Iranian fighter jets deployed' to help Iraq fight Isis

Of course, it looks like Russia delivered a few of them to Iraq a few days ago, but Iran is the owner of these ground attack aircraft:

The article points out additional irony:


Live long enough, you'll see everything.

I read where Russia rushed them to Iraq, they're from Iran now?

 

[mrjarrell]

Maliki is offering an amnesty. Not sure the sunni's are going to take him up on that. He doesn't seem to have anything backing him up.

Iraqi PM offers amnesty to rebel Sunni tribes - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

 

[ATOMonkey]

Giving your enemy the opportunity to surrender when he's kicking your ass is kind of stupid...IMO.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Sajad Jiyad points out that nearly all of ISIL's leadership, including Abu Bakr of Baghdad, was in U.S. custody . . . until freed by the United States.

https://twitter.com/SajadJiyad/status/484432786854772736/photo/1

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Jihadis from West threaten to bring the Jihad home from the training ground in Iraq:

https://twitter.com/MurtazaGeoNews/status/484455886325579778

 

[jamil]

Jihadis from West threaten to bring the Jihad home from the training ground in Iraq:

https://twitter.com/MurtazaGeoNews/status/484455886325579778

They're just misunderstood. If we just leave them alone and stop supporting Israel they'll be nice to us. Remember, they only want to hack our heads off and call us infidels because George Bush called them terrorists.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Sajad Jiyad points out that nearly all of ISIL's leadership, including Abu Bakr of Baghdad, was in U.S. custody . . . until freed by the United States.

https://twitter.com/SajadJiyad/status/484432786854772736/photo/1

Thats rather suspicious if true.

 

[T.Lex]

I read where Russia rushed them to Iraq, they're from Iran now?

Both, is my understanding. Russia sent some and they've apparently been augmented with Iran's. Hey - great opportunity for some training on the Frogfoot.

Kinda wish we were sending some A-10s over there.

Maliki is offering an amnesty. Not sure the sunni's are going to take him up on that. He doesn't seem to have anything backing him up.

I understand that it is an Islam-thing. There's a culture of offering amnesty - an opportunity to repent. Hardly ever happens, which then justifies what the west considers "atrocities."

Those ISIS execution videos are a variation of that. Those guys were offered the opportunity to convert to ISIS. They didn't, or at least were not convincing enough. They died.

In related news, Saudi Arabia is getting more active.
Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq: al-Arabiya TV

Saudi Arabia deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers abandoned the area, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said on Thursday, but Baghdad denied this and said the frontier remained under its full control.
...
King Abdullah has ordered all necessary measures to protect the kingdom against potential "terrorist threats", state news agency SPA reported on Thursday.