U.S. Pounds IS In Kobane After First Talks With Syria Kurds
[AnNahar] U.S.-led warplanes pummelled jihadists attacking the Syrian town of Kobane Friday as the Pentagon said there was no imminent threat to Baghdad despite a wave of deadly bombings.
Six strikes hit Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group positions close to the front line in the east of Kobane, taking advantage of new coordination with the town's Kurdish defenders, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Posted by: trailing wife 2014-10-18 |