Creation of the Islamic State
Yesterday Baiji oil refinery finally fell to pro-ISIS tribes. They have kept all the workers on line and Baghdad has not cut off the oil supply. ISIS also controls two small oil fields in northern Iraq. With the administration it's trying to set up in Mosul and its on-going experience in Syria we're seeing the expansion of an actual ISIS administrative unit being created in northern Iraq right now.
Balad AFB: American PMC in danger
Outlaw09:
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Anything to the report of US contractors being trapped at Balad airbase?
Twitter has a few Tweeets from today, which suggests that 200 US civilian contractors for the Iraqi state are @ Balad AFB (due to be the home of F16s). The source is this:http://www.special-ops.org/200-u-s-c...ihadists-iraq/
It appears that a few hundred staff were flown out earlier, leavinga smaller group behind. See:http://myemail.constantcontact.com/-...id=AXrVSkmPbCw
Surrender and die: ISIS executes prisoners
Some grim photos of ISIS prisoners before and after execution on Twitter just. Earlier there were reports of over a thousand Shia ISF being executed, with a larger number of Sunni prisoners released.
Not unexpected given the history of ISIS.
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2) pic.twitter.com/QhLW8G8mGf
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