After ISIS Execution, Angry King Abdullah Quotes Clint Eastwood to US Lawmakers
After ISIS Execution, Angry King Abdullah Quotes Clint Eastwood to US Lawmakers
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After a fiery execution: who is weaker now?
After Daesh murdered Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kassasbeh who is weaker now? ISIS or Jordan, a coalition member. Three very different articles caught my attention.
First from Haaretz (Israeli) a short report that starts with:
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Jordan's King Abdullah vowed a relentless war against Islamic State on their own territory...
Link:http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.640813?
A longer report by Al-Jazeera, which highlights the internal situation as shown in this passage:
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Unusually for Jordan, public demonstrations on behalf of the pilot have taken explicit aim at King Abdullah, who many accuse of dragging his country — and Kassasbeh, personally — into a war it has no incentive to fight. Even the pilot’s Bararsheh tribe, whose loyalty has long helped prop up the Hashemite monarchy, has taken to the streets to call Abdullah a "coward" who takes orders from the U.S. It did not help matters that Abdullah was on a visit to Washington on Tuesday when news broke about Kassasbeh.
Link:http://america.aljazeera.com/article...s-revenge.html
The BBC has a multi-part report and Shiraz Maher, of ICSR, comments:
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By burning to death Jordanian pilot, militant group Islamic State is leveraging its power to asymmetrically shock its enemies....
(He ends with) The United Arab Emirates has gone a step further and withdrawn from the coalition altogether, citing fears for the safety of its pilots.That is perhaps the most potent weapon Islamic State possess today - the carefully curated asymmetry of fear.
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31129416
There is a parallel thread on the 'Management of Savagery', which helps explain what is happening on our screens - if you view the Daesh video of the pilot's murder - and how it affects us all. Link:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=21675
RIP Muath al-Kassasbeh
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A local move which expects favourable ripples around
In an adroit, if dangerous move Jordan has:
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...announced the release of Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi, a pro-al Qaeda, anti-Islamic State jihadist ideologue earlier today. And the news was quickly celebrated by Maqdisi's allies on social media.
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Later) No official explanation for Maqdisi's release has been given. But a Jordanian "security source"
told Reuters that "Maqdisi was expected to denounce the immolation of the Jordanian pilot" as being contrary to "faith values."
And a Jordanian television station is
already advertising an "exclusive interview" with Maqdisi, who
criticizes the Islamic State once again.
Link:http://www.longwarjournal.org/archiv...ihadists_c.php
Muslims primary target of war waged by terrorists — King
This report is based on a speech King Abdullah was due to give in Washington DC, to a conference. It has some interesting passages and I cite only one:
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I am a Hashemite, a descendant of the Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]. My father the late King Hussein taught me, by everything he did, our traditions of service, moral courage, justice and brotherhood. He was a soldier who believed in peace, as I have been a soldier and believe in peace. This is what it means to be a Muslim. These are the values I teach my children and they will hand on to theirs.
Link:http://jordantimes.com/share-content...s----king.html
Anonymous Now Targets ISIS Members
Anonymous Now Targets ISIS Members
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How many fight for Daesh?
I don't recall Joel Wing commenting on this issue, so here is a review on WoTR:http://warontherocks.com/2015/02/how.../?singlepage=1
It ends with:
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It still isn’t clear precisely how many fighters ISIL has, but its total force is likely to be closer to 100,000 than to 30,000.
Some Questions for Those Pushing for US Troops Against ISIS
Some Questions for Those Pushing for US Troops Against ISIS
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The Islamic State has its best and worst days ahead of it.
A long article from The Atlantic by Graeme Wood, entitled 'What ISIS Really Wants' and the sub-title is the shortest read:
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The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
Link:http://www.theatlantic.com/features/...-wants/384980/
Author's mini-bio:http://gcaw.net/about-2/
The author has some choice, direct passages, here is one:
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Some observers have called for escalation, including several predictable voices from the interventionist right (Max Boot, Frederick Kagan), who have urged the deployment of tens of thousands of American soldiers. These calls should not be dismissed too quickly: an avowedly genocidal organization is on its potential victims’ front lawn, and it is committing daily atrocities in the territory it already controls.
One way to un-cast the Islamic State’s spell over its adherents would be to overpower it militarily and occupy the parts of Syria and Iraq now under caliphate rule. Al‑Qaeda is ineradicable because it can survive, cockroach-like, by going underground. The Islamic State cannot. If it loses its grip on its territory in Syria and Iraq, it will cease to be a caliphate.
Malcolm Nance (SWC member) just Tweeted:
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This is a good analysis but thinks
#ISIS is new Twitter to AQs old Facebook.They're OBL's great caliphate army
ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group
ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group
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