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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US-Led Strikes Hit Islamic State, Al Qaeda-Linked Group In Syria
2014-11-16
[Ynet] US-led air strikes hit 10 units of 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....
 fighters in Syria in recent days, as well as gunnies with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group, US Central Command said in a statement on Friday.

Seventeen strikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani also destroyed 10 fighting positions, a building and several vehicles in addition to striking the Death Eater units, the statement said. A strike near Raqqa also destroyed an Islamic State training camp, it said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#16  "They are saying Obama would be arming the wrong people, again"

On purpose, EH. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara   2014-11-16 21:34  

#15  It is reported that Obama may be honoring the request of various Shia militias for American weapons. Sources say those militias are anti-American and attacked American troops in the past.

They are saying Obama would be arming the wrong people, again.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 19:39  

#14  Your welcome Besoeker.

For the Kurds, another day at the office.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 17:12  

#13  Thanks Ebbo. Those are some hard core little fokr's.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-11-16 16:52  

#12  More small arms against tanks.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 16:20  

#11  Kurds take on tanks with AK47s and RPGs. Month old video but a rare look at such confrontations. You will notice the ISIS tank operators appear reluctant to get too close to the Kurdish fighters.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 16:04  

#10  Kurds allowed 11 ISIS, mostly international members assemble for an assault in an area behind the front lines, and then the guerrillas annihilated them.

They are using their knowledge of the area to carry out guerrilla tactics.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 15:32  

#9  Thank you Shipman.

Battle Map: Kobane 11/16/2014



Link to cut and paste into your browser to see the details better.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2lemKtCQAAigC4.jpg
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 15:24  

#8  Okay. I choose to believe.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-11-16 14:06  

#7  Yizidi refugees and their suffering are very real. Not photo shopped.



Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 13:09  

#6  Be careful EH photoshopped Aryan augen are not helpful.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-11-16 12:31  

#5  As remaining ISIS elements in Kobane are surrounded, Kurds have fixed bayonets in anticipation of desperate close quarters attacks by ISIS.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 12:24  

#4  YPJ sniper armed with custom made Kurdish sniper rifle.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 01:47  

#3  ISIS may be 7 times larger than Western Intel estimates.

The Islamic State (Isis) has recruited an army hundreds of thousands strong, far larger than previous estimates by the CIA, according to a senior Kurdish leader. He said the ability of Isis to attack on many widely separated fronts in Iraq and Syria at the same time shows that the number of militant fighters is at least 200,000, seven or eight times bigger than foreign in intelligence estimates of up to 31,500 men.

Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of the Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said in an exclusive interview with The Independent on Sunday that "I am talking about hundreds of thousands of fighters because they are able to mobilise Arab young men in the territory they have taken."

He estimates that Isis rules a third of Iraq and a third of Syria with a population of between 10 and 12 million living in an area of 250,000 square kilometres, the same size as Great Britain. This gives the jihadis a large pool of potential recruits.

(Link)
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 01:04  

#2  Innocent Yazidi children threatened by ISIS.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 00:55  

#1  Young British Muslims speak out against ISIS.

Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2014-11-16 00:51  

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