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Islamic State: Key Iraqi town near US training base falls to jihadists
[BBC] 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) has captured an Iraqi town about 8km (5 miles) from an air base housing hundreds of US troops, the Pentagon says. US officials downplayed the fall of al-Baghdadi, which is within striking distance of the Ain al-Asad air base. Ain al-Asad was itself attacked by IS on Friday though the forces of Evil were repelled, officials say. Until its fall, al-Baghdadi was one of the few towns in the western Anbar province still held by the Iraqi army. Rear Adm John Kirby, a Pentagon front man, said the development had to be put into perspective. It was the first time in the last a couple of months that the murderous Moslem group had taken new ground, he said. Posted by: Fred 2015-02-14 |
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