U.S. Military Operation Inherent Resolve: Iran says U.S. drone strikes killed two of its advisers in Tikrit ... p261

Sky News Newsdesk ‏@SkyNewsBreak 17s18 seconds ago
Foreign Office says it is aware of a further I.S. video appearing to show journalist John #Cantlie in #Kobani and is analysing its content

Perfect... Send a number of high-end western hostages to Kobani so the US stops airstrikes...

Remarks by the President and First Lady on the End of the War in Iraq
(December 14, 2011)

As your Commander-in-Chief, I can tell you that it will indeed be a part of history. Those last American troops will move south on desert sands, and then they will cross the border out of Iraq with their heads held high. One of the most extraordinary chapters in the history of the American military will come to an end. Iraq’s future will be in the hands of its people. America’s war in Iraq will be over.

[link to www.whitehouse.gov]

orit perlov ‏@oritperlov 18m18 minutes ago
RT @NoeNicholas: Jordanian Salafist tells paper elite Jordanian troops actively fighting in N. Iraq

Military Studies ‏@ArmedResearch 58s59 seconds ago
VIDEO: Latest out of #Kobane, #Syria. Rapid gunfire and a massive explosion. via @rConflictNews

Obama Is Getting Slammed For His 'Goldilocks Approach' To ISIS And Syria

Experts and even some in the administration have started to hint at serious flaws in Obama's strategy to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS, also known as ISIL or the Islamic State. For instance, the administration plans to only train the rebels to defend territory — not go on the offensive — something that could provide an unintentional boost to Assad regime forces.

[link to www.businessinsider.com]

What's the Difference Between Shia and Sunni Muslims?
[link to islam.about.com]

Sunnis and Shias: Islam's ancient schism
[link to www.bbc.com]

Sunni Islam
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Shia (Shiite) Islam
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Does ISIS Have Access to Chemical Weapons in Iraq and Syria?

Experts say there is little evidence that ISIS is using anything stronger than chlorine — a chemical only prohibited when used as a weapon. Chlorine was not among the chemical stockpiles handed over to U.N. inspectors by the Assad regime last year.

[link to www.nbcnews.com]

Military Studies ‏@ArmedResearch 32m32 minutes ago
#ISIS did not take #Kobane, #Syria. Frontlines same as before. ISIS has 40-50% of town. via @jenanmoussa

Military Studies ‏@ArmedResearch 7m7 minutes ago
#BREAKING: #ISIS attack Saladin Governorate Police Station in #Iraq.

@SamSchmodt
#iSIS=FSA=anti assad groups. Kurds must not allow them(FSA) to control Kurdistan. Kurds reach sea taking Aleppo #kobane #ypg

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@Tburgeswatson
Kurdish #Peshmerga fighters are transiting Turkey on their way to Kobane to help to defend the besieged town #Kobane #soskobane

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DRUDGE REPORT ‏@DRUDGE_REPORT 2m2 minutes ago
Pentagon: Strikes Have Failed to Stall ISIS Gains... [link to drudge.tw (secure)]

Military Studies ‏@ArmedResearch 12m12 minutes ago
#UPDATE: Rumors that #ISIS have anti-aircraft weaponry is indeed true. #Iraq #Syria

[link to english.alarabiya.net (secure)] …

Conflict News ‏@rConflictNews 30m30 minutes ago
Now: Fierce clashes in #Dujayil north of #Baghdad between #ISIS and #Iraq-i army via @SeniorB

Michael Weiss ‏@michaeldweiss 49m49 minutes ago
Nusra Front seized 7 towns and villages in Idlib, new execution by IS in Aleppo and casualties in Homs and Damascus: [link to syriahr.com (secure)] …

Thread: BREAKING NEWS: DHS orders enhanced security at federal buildings across the country due to terror concerns.

Isis attack on Idlib: Assad's army leaders 'slaughtered' as jihadists nearly take Syrian provincial capital

Syria almost lost its second city to the jihadists of Isis and Jabhat al-Nusra last night when hundreds of fighters stormed into the provincial capital, Idlib, captured the newly installed governor’s office and began beheading Syrian army officers. By the time government troops recaptured the building, at least 70 soldiers – many senior officers – had been executed, leaving one of the oldest cities in Syria in chaos. “They were slaughtered,” a message to Damascus said before the army was able to declare Idlib saved.

[link to www.independent.co.uk]

Iraqi Peshmerga soon to enter Kobani to fight ISIS

"The Peshmerga have been ready for a few days, then had logistical problems, but they no longer do," Brig. Gen. Halgurd Hikmat said of the Iraqi Kurdish forces. "They will possibly be leaving today or tomorrow."
He added that "we now have an agreement with Turkey on this."

[link to www.cnn.com]

The Military OP should be called SUPERFICIAL WAVERING instead, what a fucking theater

Last Edited by Bes Maat on 10/28/2014 07:41 PM

I'll vote for it.

I'm just all for calling it what it really is

@ArmedResearch: #BREAKING: @syriahr confirms that #Nusra Front & #ISIS worked together to fight against Hazzm Movement in #Idlib, #Syria. Dead on all sides.

@SkyNewsAust: #BREAKING: Reports Australia's most senior Islamic state leader Mohammad Ali Baryalei has died in the middle east. More on Ch 601.

The Associated Press ‏@AP 47s48 seconds ago
BREAKING: Iraq official: Islamic State group lined up 30 men in a town west of Baghdad, shot them dead.

Conflict News ‏@rConflictNews 9m9 minutes ago
8 air strikes in #Kobane targeting #ISIS and 6 air strikes in Iraq near Fallujah and Sinjar via @CENTCOMCGPAO

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

Yet, such huge amount of daily terror against Syria and its citizens has not
won the due interest of most Arab and international media; and in case of
dealing with it, they focus on its effect upon the collapse of the state, and not
upon the nature of such denounced destructive and criminal terrorist act, a
matter considered as an encouragement for further devastation and terror.
Any one pursuing this matter needs little contemplation to realize the duality
of criteria in the political and information dealing with what is happening in
Syria on one part, and the involvement of some Arab and Western media in
covering up the terror of the armed groups and their participation in shedding
more Syrian blood on the other.
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The Syrian Uprising in Context
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A collection of articles and info.


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A ‏@iRevolt9 17s18 seconds ago
Kurdish activists say three FSA battalion "~150 fighters" entered Kobani "to join fight against ISIS".