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2014-06-25 Iraq

Kerry: Militants Pose 'Existential' Threat to Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#1 Not if you believe the Daily Show's opening skit the other night...apparently ISIL is fixing potholes and rescuing kittens as opposed to Darth Cheney's approach. Then they giggled around the assassinations and executions and bombings for some sub-skit about Cheney crying.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-06-25 12:44|| 2014-06-25 12:44|| Front Page Top

#2 * WORLD NEWS > [HuffPo] IFF ISIS IS SUCH A THREAT, WHY NO AIRSTRIKES?

At minima, USAY, USN heavy airpower includ Drones could be BUFF'ing the ISIS/ISIL Hard Boyz while the Bammer's 300 SPECOPS Advisors are still in the process of arriving in-country - the US = US-Allies would be saving or helping a friendly Govt.???

As opposed to inspiring the Hard Boyz to ..

* WORLD NEWS > [DailY Beast] ISIS COULD OPEN A THIRD FRONT IN LEBANON.

* SAME > [Middle East Online] ISIL CONTROL OF IRAQ-SYRIA BORDER THREATENS TO EXPAND SCOPE OF WAR.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > AL-NUSRA FRONT PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO ISIL [ISIS], SAYS NGO |MIDDLE EAST EYE.

* DAILY MAIL.UK > COULD ISIS NOW BE TWICE AS POWERFUL? MEMBERSHIP OF EXTREMIST GROUP SAID TO DOUBLE IN SIZE AS IT MERGES WID AL-QAEDA'S 15,000
-STRONG SYRIAN OFFSHOOT [Al-Nusra] ON BORDER WID IRAQ.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-06-25 23:13|| 2014-06-25 23:13|| Front Page Top

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