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Iraq

IS fighters shave beards, abandon uniforms in Diyala to escape from Iraqi Army

2014-11-05

O brave, brave Lions of Islam!

[Iraq News] On Tuesday, Diyala province police chief Lt. Gen. Jamil Al-Shammari revealed that fighters of the so-called 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....
in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) abandoned their uniforms and shaved their beards in three areas within the province -- adding that such action is an indicator of the organization's attempts to find ways to escape after the blockade of its strongholds.

Shammari said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "We have information regarding ISIS abandoning their uniform which distinguishes its personnel -- also that most of its the elements have shaved their beards in the northern regions of Muqdadiya (35 km northeast of Baquba), in Mansuriya's ends (40 km east of Baquba), and in the outskirts of Jalawla (70 km north-east of Baquba)."

Shammari added, "Changes in uniforms and outward appearances of ISIS elements are an indicator of serious attempts to find ways to escape after blockading their strongholds over the past few weeks."

Posted by:Fred

#5 Do they also wear their own shoes when donning a burqa, Mullah Richard? That would explain our success in catching the cross dressers...

Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-05 17:15

#4 Kind of what the 'Fedayeen Saddam' to hide themselves among the locals did during the 2003 invasion.

A quick check by the American forces as to the type of footwear the 'displaced refugees' they encountered wore usually gave the bad guys away. The locals generally wore cheap beat-up shoes or flip-flops. The Fedayeen did not.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2014-11-05 13:50

#3 abandoned their uniforms and shaved their beards
and donned their burkas.

Posted by: Glenmore 2014-11-05 08:07

#2 Ok, no problem. Passport checks an Biometric ID's for all detained MAMS (Military Age Males). Log the data into international terror data-bases, and make sure the country of origin gets the data asap.

Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-05 07:27

#1 Maybe they're going under cover.

Posted by: Bobby 2014-11-05 07:17

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