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| With US Poised To Strike, Islamic State Abandons Bases |
| 2014-09-18 |
| [IsraelTimes] Jihadists in a Syrian stronghold near Iraq have abandoned some bases and redeployed their forces and armor from other positions, with the US military poised to strike, activists said Wednesday. The Islamic State has "started to empty out many of their bases and positions in Deir el-Zour province," said Abu Osama, an activist from the eastern region mostly under jihadist control. Speaking to AFP via the Internet, Abu Osama said all of the Islamic State's known positions in Eshara, a town about 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of Deir el-Zour's lovely provincial capital, had been "shut down." Abu Osama also said the jihadists had emptied out the former governorate building in Deir el-Zour city, which the Islamic State had turned into its main weapons storage depot in the area. And in the city of Mayadeen near the Iraqi border, "the Islamic State has pulled out of eight bases, leaving only three open -- the [former] post office, the military intelligence building and the religious court," he told AFP. "Even the oil fields are being emptied out. The families of the foreign jihadists who had been living in the residential buildings by the fields have been evacuated," he added. The Islamic State fought a major battle against rival jihadists and rebels earlier this year, taking control of the vast majority of oil-rich Deir el-Zour province and expelling all its rivals. The Damascus regime still controls parts of Deir el-Zour city, as well as the province's military airport. The jihadists pulled out amid the threat of expanded US In August, the United States launched The United States has since called for a global coalition to fight Islamic State and has threatened strikes on jihadist "safe havens," including those in Syria. According to an activist in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the Islamic State's main bastion, the jihadists have maintained their positions. "The bases have stayed put, though the Islamic State have pulled out their weapons from some of their positions," said Furat al-Wafaa, using a pseudonym for fear of retaliation. "But inside the city, the Islamic State's presence has been maintained despite the threat," he told AFP via the Internet. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Oil is trucked to Turkey to pay back Erdogan for his support. With a jihadi in the White House, NATO backing up ISIS via Turkey and Gaddafi's arsenal shipped as we speak to ISIS subsidiaries in Syria by Ketchup Kerry, thing should get "interesting" soon, including mall bombings in America...there is actually "Ethnic Cleansing" going on in America that the MSM is hiding now but the systematic murder of whites in black ghettos cannot be hidden forever. |
| Posted by: Hotspur666 2014-09-18 22:50 |
| #4 Who could have seen this coming? Th US announces it's going to bomb the crap out of ISIS so ISIS hides. Whatta concept. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-09-18 10:36 |
| #3 Someone is buying the oil albeit at cut-rate prices. When an illicit tanker docks, I believe the oil is going out in trucks, Mikey. One of their steady customers is reportedly President Assad of what remains of Syria. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-18 10:06 |
| #2 I guess we learned from Pearl Harbor that it ain't fair to attack without two weeks warning. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-09-18 06:24 |
| #1 They can't move the oil fields and refineries. They all should have been put out of commission months ago. Someone is buying the oil albeit at cut-rate prices. When an illicit tanker docks, it should be put out of commission while the transfer is going on. Sends the message to others not to buy oil from ISIS. This isn't rocket science, folks. |
| Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2014-09-18 02:38 |