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2015-04-21 Iraq

Saddam’s secret service and officers are ISIS’ backbone

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-21 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 More evidence that Obama's cut-n-run in Iraq for the election was a disaster.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-04-21 00:43|| 2015-04-21 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Aren't they getting a bit "long in the tooth" for this?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-04-21 01:46|| 2015-04-21 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Its the elders that send young men to their deaths.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-04-21 06:02|| 2015-04-21 06:02|| Front Page Top

#4 I see from the pic that ISIS is still going with the Fedayeen Saddam 10' foot tall soldier propaganda?

Posted by JohnQC 2015-04-21 08:08|| 2015-04-21 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 ...Lots of these guys survived ODS and OIF, because 1) their job was to hide out until called for, and 2) they are vicious bullies who tend not to challenge trained men with guns.

Old they may be but they are the keepers of the flame, and we should have learned by now that berserk Muslims - be they fundies or more sectarian - know how to play a long game. We've NEVER learned.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-04-21 08:54|| 2015-04-21 08:54|| Front Page Top

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