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| ISIS potentially an ‘enormous’ threat in Afghanistan: Gen. Cleveland |
| 2016-04-16 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A front man for the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan has said 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.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has the potential to be an ’enormous’ threat in Afghanistan. The chief of communications for the coalition, Brigadier General Charles Cleveland, kept in touch with the world by Obamaphone, ...was ruled by a Democrat machine from 1942 through 1971. After the river caught fire during the administration of Carl Stokes they tried a Republican, then went back to being Democrats when the party hacked up Dennis Kucinich ... , has said the threat exists despite the group has received major setbacks during the recent months, pointing towards the growing US forces "Obviously, we’ve all seen them, how rapidly they are able to spread, in other parts of the world," Gen. Cleveland said during a briefing at Pentagon. He said between January and March, the United States has carried out 70 to 80 The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) carry out operations against ISIS, and the Taliban fights against ISIS, he added. According to Gen. Cleveland "Here in Afghanistan, one of the things that appear[s] to be common to just about everybody is that nobody really wants ISIS in the neighborhood." The General further added "And so, whether it’s the Taliban attacking ISIS, whether it’s locals trying to rise up against them or the ANDSF operations and now some of our unilateral strikes, we do think they are being contained more than they probably were last fall." The General did not have a specific number of how many ISIS fighters remain in the country. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... earlier estimated indicated there are about 1,000 to 3,000 fighters, and that the number is probably on the lower end of that range, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |