Mosul has fallen

[1911ly]

I'd bet (given the chance) most would like the change.

 

[T.Lex]

BBC News - Iraq air strikes 'kill senior Islamic State members'

A senior Islamic State military commander in Iraq has been killed in an air strike on the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi state media report.
Iraq's defence ministry also said a top aide to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in a strike on Mosul, but neither death has been confirmed.

That would be a good sign. Apparently it is a coalition of Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga and Shi'a militias playing the "boots on the ground" role.

 

[mrjarrell]

Looks like those early days when IS was capturing and killing the Iraqi soldiers was sheer hell. This is from one of the survivors.

Escaping an Islamic State execution in Iraq - Middle East

 

[mrjarrell]

Putin decides to side with IS.

BBC News - Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria

 

[mrjarrell]

Looks like they're ramping up the airstrikes and are now doing support for ground troops. They've also said that their planes will be authorised to react to any threat from Syrian air defences. That's ballsy.

US begins expanded campaign against ISIL

 

[mrjarrell]

A little more on the matter of Syrian interference.

[h=1]US Will Retaliate If Syria Interferes In Airstrikes[/h]

 

[BogWalker]

A little more on the matter of Syrian interference.

US Will Retaliate If Syria Interferes In Airstrikes

So, are we legitimately going after ISIS, or is the current administration trying to sneak us into a war with Syria?

 

[mrjarrell]

So, are we legitimately going after ISIS, or is the current administration trying to sneak us into a war with Syria?

Well, they're going after them from the air in Iraq and, supposedly, Syria. We'll just have to wait and see. They have pulled off a crap load of air strikes so far and are engaging to aid Iraqi and Kurdish troops on the ground. At some point the people of the region are going to have to step up and put boots on the ground. The Aussies have stationed troops and planes in the UAE to help out, we'll just have to wait and see who else steps up. I don't want to see American troops back on the ground in Iraq. We've already lost enough people there, as it is.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

ISIL reportedly uses chemical weapons in Iraq.

Here are the tweets: Report: ISIS used chemical weapons in assault on Iraqi Security Forces | Twitchy

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

ISIL reportedly uses chemical weapons in Iraq.

Here are the tweets: Report: ISIS used chemical weapons in assault on Iraqi Security Forces | Twitchy

Bush leave them behind? Because we know there were none there...

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Bush leave them behind? Because we know there were none there...

We invaded Iraq for chlorine gas? Lol?

 

[Redhorse]

Looks like they're ramping up the airstrikes and are now doing support for ground troops. They've also said that their planes will be authorised to react to any threat from Syrian air defences. That's ballsy.

US begins expanded campaign against ISIL

A little more on the matter of Syrian interference.

US Will Retaliate If Syria Interferes In Airstrikes

Well that's a good way to fight both ISIS and Assuad. Why not? I mean, America does find the need to be in EVERYONE'S business, both domestic and foreign. I say we let the Kurds take Kurdish lands in Syria and more so in Iraq, push for their independence, then buy their oil at a reduced price for supporting them. Sounds like a good friendship to me, sorta like a second Israel since the Kurds don't hate them anyways.

 

[T.Lex]

France is getting into the live fire training that is IS/Iraq/Syria(/Afganistan).
BBC News - Islamic State: France ready to launch Iraq air strikes

France's president says he has agreed to the Iraqi government's request for air support for forces fighting the jihadist group, Islamic State (IS).
Francois Hollande told reporters that French air strikes would only target the jihadist group's positions in Iraq, and not neighbouring Syria.
He also insisted that he would not send ground troops.
France is already carrying out reconnaissance flights over Iraq and providing weapons to Kurdish fighters.

ETA:
Attack in Baghdad with mortars and suicide bombs.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29260017

Not sure how we can do this without becoming the Shi'a Air Force.

 

[mrjarrell]

IS is still a very dire threat in Syria and have managed to drive the Kurds there out of their towns. 45,000 of them.

BBC News - Syria crisis: 45,000 'flee Islamic State' into Turkey

 

[mrjarrell]

The US is now bombing IS in Syria. Can't wait to see how this pans out.

US begins bombing ISIL positions in Syria - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

 

[Slawburger]

The latest clash between the Daesh/IS/ISIS/ISIL and the Iraqi Army didn't go so well for the Iraqi Army.

Clashes between ISIS militants, Iraqi soldiers have left dozens dead, 68 captured | Fox News

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

The US is now bombing IS in Syria. Can't wait to see how this pans out.

US begins bombing ISIL positions in Syria - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Syria approves, Russia disapproves

 

[mrjarrell]

So how long will this bombing campaign go on? "Years". Who didn't see this coming?

Pentagon: ISIS campaign could last years | TheHill

 

[Redhorse]

So how long will this bombing campaign go on? "Years". Who didn't see this coming?

Pentagon: ISIS campaign could last years | TheHill

Time to invade everyone.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

So how long will this bombing campaign go on? "Years". Who didn't see this coming?

Pentagon: ISIS campaign could last years | TheHill

Maybe we have a serious excess of bombs leftover from afghan, iraq, libya, pakistan etc that we NEED to get rid of?