[ALMASDARNEWS] On Tuesday evening, the 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....
released a 20-minute propaganda video covering last year’s battles for Rutbah and Ramadi along with recent raids on Iraqi outposts across the desert of western Anbar.
The astonishing battle footage shows upwards of 100 Iraqi Army corpses and approximately 50 US-manufactured vehicles seized by the Islamic State during the hit-and-run offensives. In addition, large stockpiles of weapons and ammunition were recovered by the jihadist belligerents.
The video also celebrated deceased ISIS commanders who were involved in planning the Anbar offensives, including Abu Ishaq al-Askri who died due to an American
Despite ISIS hinting to the contrary, the Iraqi Armed Forces won both battles as ISIS ended up being routed towards the border of western Iraq. Nevertheless, the hardline group did recover significant quantities of war booty.