Topic: The Let's go back to Iraq, now without WMDs Thread. About the IS(IS) threat. (Read 208881 times)

Strife26 · « **Reply #615 on:** February 10, 2015, 07:27:12 pm »

Collateral damage happens. Even if it's turned out that she's gone, it wouldn't surprise me if it's misinformation by IS regardless.

Zangi · « **Reply #616 on:** February 10, 2015, 07:50:01 pm »

Well, dead is dead. Pretty sure ISIS is more interested in ransoming her or executing her in a video.
What they say may be true or some grunt ended up killing her in an altercation or escape attempt. And why lie about her death if she is still alive? None of that gets them warfunds or 'credit'.

I guess I'm just cynical with the US trying to use her as a martyr...

MonkeyHead · « **Reply #617 on:** February 11, 2015, 02:14:00 pm »

... and even if she is dead, the fault lies with whoever took her as hostage, in any case.

Vilanat · « **Reply #618 on:** February 11, 2015, 03:26:14 pm »

Her family confirmed she is dead.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/10/family-kayla-mueller-confirms-aid-worker-killed

Vilanat · « **Reply #619 on:** February 13, 2015, 03:39:52 pm »

Relatively under the radar Yemen is becoming the new Iraq or Syria with the U.S backed government losing key control points to Houthi militants backed by Iran. The country is now torn in a battle between the Al qaeda and Iran backed Houthis in what looks like another proxy war in a regional power struggle between Syria/Iran/Hezbollah vs Turkey/Qatar/Muslim brotherhood vs Saudi arabia/Egypt/Al qaeda.

Houthis take over the american embassy and refuse allowing the fleeting marines to take their weapons

smjjames · « **Reply #620 on:** February 13, 2015, 04:41:29 pm »

The MidEast/Arab region just seems to be slowly descending into chaos isn't it? Parts of it anyway.

Baffler · « **Reply #621 on:** February 18, 2015, 12:17:30 pm »

Interesting article on how ISIS runs things in territory they control.

Wolfhunter107 · « **Reply #622 on:** February 22, 2015, 05:58:26 pm »

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31575908

Darvi · « **Reply #623 on:** February 22, 2015, 06:50:41 pm »

Throwing links without a summary of the content behind it is rude.

Dutchling · « **Reply #624 on:** February 22, 2015, 06:51:33 pm »

i think it may be about the uk

Morrigi · « **Reply #625 on:** February 23, 2015, 05:04:34 am »

Three girls from what are most likely English Muslim families, living in London, ran off to the Middle East to join ISIS, according to the story.

Zangi · « **Reply #626 on:** February 23, 2015, 09:04:28 am »

Breaking news, young people up and leave for ISIS cause propaganda....

martinuzz · « **Reply #627 on:** June 03, 2015, 04:36:09 am »

My newspaper reports that in Palestine, Hamas has started to fight IS, which is trying hard to get a foothold in Palestine now too.
I hope for them that they succeed, for if IS were to get a foothold in Palestine, I can't imagine Israel doing anything but going all out on it, and burn the whole of Palestine to the ground, with 100% public support internally. IS in Palestine would be regarded by the whole Israelian population as too big a threat for the existance of Israel to not go all out. They might even use nukes, if the weather conditions are favourable (like, wind not blowing the fallout over Israel).

In a few days older news, IS captured a northern province of Syria, and is now at the border of Turkey. Uncomfortably close to Europe.

Loud Whispers · « **Reply #628 on:** June 03, 2015, 05:00:08 am »

The net flow of ISIS soldiers is still an outflow of Europe to Syria and Iraq. I doubt it'd get any worse for Europe barring an outright invasion into the Mediterranean.
In happier news, ever since the fighting began it's estimated 10,000 ISIS fighters have been killed since the start of the coalition assault. They are losing to attrition hard and fast, and would explain why they beefed up their propaganda campaign. They desperately need foreign fighters to replace their losses.
Caliph getting rekt

martinuzz · « **Reply #629 on:** June 03, 2015, 05:09:34 am »

I dunno. I hear other voices say that, even though they lost 10000 men since the start of the coalition attacks (which have been ongoing for a year, longer if you take into account that Hezbollah and Iran started actively sending troops to fight IS even before America sent it's first coalition troops in June 2014), their recruitment plus conscription of occupied cities yields them a net gain in troops, despite the losses.

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