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| Kurds, IS in Heavy Fighting near Turkish Border |
| 2014-10-14 |
| [AnNahar] Heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy... broke out on Monday between Islamist jihadists and Kurdish fighters close to the Turkish border just north of the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, an Agence La Belle France Presse correspondent reported. The festivities threatened to cut all access from Kobane to the Turkish border and block the passage which which has so far allowed some 200,000 refugees from the Kobane area to find refuge in Turkey. Clashes with automatic gunfire and mortar fire were taking place an an area less than one kilometer (half a mile) from the barbed wire fence that marks the border between Syria and Turkey, the correspondent on the Turkish side of the border reported. Meanwhile the U.S.-led international coalition carried out at least two new air strikes against positions held by 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.... gunnies (IS) in and around Kobane. The first took place a little before 0430 GMT, witnesses said, while the second in the late morning struck at the heart of Kobane and sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky, the correspondent reported. Turkey has so far not intervened in the battle for Kobane despite building up its military presence on the border. Over the last day, new Turkish tanks and artillery arrived with their weaponry pointing towards Kobane. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 bman - possibly not. Remember the No Fly zone prior to OIF? We have been supporting, training and arming (clandestinely) the Kurds for decades, going back to Bush I and Clinton. I wager we have at least a few Kurds we trust (and trained) who may be involved in supporting the Syrian Kurds. Or maybe the CIA finally let their operations people in the Kurdish regions off the damned leash. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-10-14 17:26 |
| #7 We obviously have boots on the ground in Kobane, thus more frequent and more precise air strikes. |
| Posted by: bman 2014-10-14 16:00 |
| #6 Due to 21 US airstrikes, Kurdish YPG boots on the ground were able to retake 10 ISIS front line positions in Kobane. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 14:22 |
| #5 Kurdish YPG/YPJ has retaken Tal ash'aeer hill 5km West of Kobane. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 14:15 |
| #4 Drudge has the reason the Turks want the US to be more active bombing ISIS. Their air force is too busy bombing the Kurds. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-10-14 07:30 |
| #3 Had me on USUS. Ummah Soldiers of the United States? |
| Posted by: Boss Smiter of the Bunions2180 2014-10-14 06:56 |
| #2 *correction for above* USUS should read ISIS |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 01:56 |
| #1 ISIS 'Emir'/commander Saddam Jamal killed in YPG Ambush, eastern Kobane, USUS Commander Mahmud Al Tunisi killed by US Led airstrikes in Kobane. Kurdish women fighters capture ISIS tank. YPG "air strikes targeted this morning a large number of terrorists' positions" |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 01:55 |