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2017-06-28 Iraq

Iraqi Army begins big offensive in Mosul to defeat ISIS for good

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Posted by Fred 2017-06-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 at one time, ISIS was suppose to have been vanquished by the start of 2017, then by the time Obama left office, then it was before the end of Ramadan

a cruel and evil bunch but tenacious fighters

Posted by lord garth 2017-06-28 00:11|| 2017-06-28 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 You can't vanquish ISIS because ISIS is the very essence of Muslim soul.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-06-28 05:29|| 2017-06-28 05:29|| Front Page Top

#3 the assailants were hunted down by shop owners and local residents who beat them to death before security forces managed to interfere.

I find it concerning that the local shopkeepers were able to eliminate the terrorists before the police arrived.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2017-06-28 11:30|| 2017-06-28 11:30|| Front Page Top

#4 On the other hand, the ISJV thought they could operate with impunity, and armed men were beaten to death.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-06-28 12:25|| 2017-06-28 12:25|| Front Page Top

#5 facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...

Put another way, figures never lie, but liars always figure.

Posted by Elmiting Angemble5896 2017-06-28 15:51|| 2017-06-28 15:51|| Front Page Top

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