"The US air campaign against the #IS has allowed #Assad to direct more of his military fire on Western-backed rebels" http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/12/...till-an-enemy/ …
"The US air campaign against the #IS has allowed #Assad to direct more of his military fire on Western-backed rebels" http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/12/...till-an-enemy/ …
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss
This will go down well with the Kurds. Hadi Amiri: Shia militias to be deployed to Kirkuk http://waarmedia.com/english/hadi-am...yed-to-kirkuk/
Michael Weiss @michaeldweissOriginally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Iraq's Sunni blocs halt parliament activities after sheikh's killing | TODAYonline http://www.todayonline.com/world/sun...baghdad-ambush …
Just released my weekly security report. IS picked up new offensive operations in Anbar Ninewa and Salahaddin. Paradox that casualties actually went down from previous week. Read more here.
Who is Azrael, nemisis of ISIS?
Temporary separate thread for maximum visibility.
Speicher Base (Iraq) (AFP) - Abu Azrael -- Father of the Angel of Death -- is the black-bearded, blade-wielding embodiment of the retribution many Iraqis want against brutal jihadists who seized swathes of their country.
A Facebook page dedicated to the fighter in the Imam Ali Brigades Shiite militia lists him as a "public figure" and has been "liked" more than 280,000 times."I swear to God, I am not merciful to them," Abu Azrael, whose real name is Ayyub Faleh al-Rubaie, told AFP at the Speicher military base near Tikrit, a city that Iraqi forces and allied paramilitaries are battling to retake.
"I never have any leniency for them," he said, referring to IS members.http://news.yahoo.com/abu-azrael-ira...133311351.htmlAbu Azrael listed half a dozen places where he took part in battles against IS, but said he was a fighter before the current conflict began.
He said he gained military experience with the Mahdi Army -- Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia that battled US forces in Iraq -- and also fought in the Damascus area against rebels seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Short video http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=079_1426548102
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
http://i.imgur.com/IPT1uLH.jpg
And you think this is a good thing??
If this was a Sunni cult figure rising up against those exploiting popular grievance with extremist perspectives, yes. But the emergence of a Shia hero is a whole new brand of escalatory trouble.
Robert C. Jones
Intellectus Supra Scientia
(Understanding is more important than Knowledge)
"The modern COIN mindset is when one arrogantly goes to some foreign land and attempts to make those who live there a lesser version of one's self. The FID mindset is when one humbly goes to some foreign land and seeks first to understand, and then to help in some small way for those who live there to be the best version of their own self." Colonel Robert C. Jones, US Army Special Forces (Retired)
Cold War Weaponry and Modern Military Hardware: Inside the ISIS Arsenal
Cold War Weaponry and Modern Military Hardware: Inside the ISIS Arsenal
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Iraq Agrees to Share Intelligence on ISIS With Russia, Syria and Iran
Iraq Agrees to Share Intelligence on ISIS With Russia, Syria and Iran
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Generation ISIS: The Western Millennials Stocking the Terror Army
Generation ISIS: The Western Millennials Stocking the Terror Army
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Why ISIS is Winning in Iraq
Why ISIS is Winning in Iraq
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C-SPAN Video Brief: Military Operations Against ISIS in Iraq & Syria
C-SPAN Video Brief: Military Operations Against ISIS in Iraq & Syria
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The reality for Sunni's living under Shia control.....
Reuters: 1000s of Tikritis returned after ISIS defeat in Apr., now live in fear of militias. Kidnappings & robberieshttp://www.reuters.com/investigates/...ort/iraq-abadi …
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Just published another interview for Musings On Iraq. I talked with Foreign Reports' Matthew Reed on his research into the Islamic State's oil industry. He believes rather than smuggling oil and refined products out through Turkey and other areas IS is now mostly selling to small local refiners in Syria and the Syrian government. This is in part due to coalition airstrikes and also due to local demand. Here's a link to the interview.
Kurdistan: The Permanent Solution to ISIS
Kurdistan: The Permanent Solution to Daesh
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