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Iraq
82 ISIS militants, including senior learders, flee Mosul for Syria
2015-09-18
[IraqiNews] Dohuk -- Media official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
 Saeed Mamouzini announced on Thursday the escape of 82 ISIS bandidos gunnies from Mosul into Syria, attributing the reason to the collapse of morale and splits in the ranks of the organization.

Mamouzini said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "82 bandidos gunnies from ISIS fled during the last two days from the city of Mosul to Syria," noting that "Among the escapees were three leaders belonging to ISIS."

Mamouzini attributed the reasons for this to "the collapse of the morale among the bandidos gunnies in Mosul and splits in the organization in Mosul," adding that "ISIS leader, His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us...
 has recently arrived in Mosul from Syria in order to raise the morale of gunnies."
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  It should be noted that we've seen leader (emir) used to describe everything from a patrol leader to the top man of the organization. Not a major point, but still.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-09-18 12:15  

#2  Factor in urban terrain, strong tribal organization, a dislike of outsiders, etc.Posted by Pappy


Sounds like Atlanta.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-09-18 11:34  

#1  collapse of morale and splits in the ranks of the organization

Basing it on open-source, it seems because the Syrian front is being run by "internationals" using their own people in their units, plus first pick of the would-be fighters coming in, with Turkish logistic support (at a minimum.) Plus, the Islamic State has taken over territory that is essentially no-man's land with a scattered and dispirited populace.

Meanwhile the Iraqi front is likely being run by ex-Saddam Baathists with a force consisting of a combination of locals, probably some Saudis and other AP volunteers, and 'rejects' from the Syrian front. I suspect the Iraqi front is also second in line for war materiel. Much of the captured Iraqi materiel has been moved into Syria. Factor in urban terrain, strong tribal organization, a dislike of outsiders, etc.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-09-18 11:31  

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