ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)

I think he's being prematurely optimistic, seeing as how the Iraqi operation has yet to succeed, and that even if they do manage to evict ISIS from Tikrit, it's still a big IF on whether they can hold on to it. And we're not even talking about retaking the rest of Iraq, either.

I agree he is very much jumping the gun on that. However it is priceless that someone with relevant experience and some exposure in English language media is willing to call out the highly dubious public positions of the Saudis and other state sponsors of Sunni terrorists.
 

solarz

Brigadier
I just had a thought... You know those orange jumpsuits ISIS put their prisoners in? Who supplies them with that? You would think that they would want to spend every cent they have on weapons and soldiers, but no... they can afford to go the extra mile of putting all their prisoners in orange jumpsuits.
 

kwaigonegin

Colonel
I just had a thought... You know those orange jumpsuits ISIS put their prisoners in? Who supplies them with that? You would think that they would want to spend every cent they have on weapons and soldiers, but no... they can afford to go the extra mile of putting all their prisoners in orange jumpsuits.
I don't think they paid a single penny for it lol... if I have to guess those jumpsuits probably came from former Iraqi prisoners they either murdered or freed when they took over towns like Mosul, Tikrit, Kabanni etc.

I may be wrong but I seriously doubt those prison garbs came fresh and spanking new from the clothing manufacturer ;)
 
Wonder who is double dealing? It should be obvious no average adult, never mind children, can get themselves halfway around the world into a warzone without help or guidance from someone with field knowledge. Interesting note regarding the police letters.

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Turkey: Foreign Spy Detained Over UK Girls
14:42, UK, Thursday 12March 2015

Turkey says it has detained a "foreign spy" for helping three British schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State.

The Turkish foreign minister said an intelligence agent working for one of the states in the US-led coalition had helped London teenagers Kadiza Sultana, 16, Shamima Begum, 15, and Amira Abase, 15, get to Syria.

In an interview published on the official Anatolia news agency, Mevlut Cavusoglu said: "Do you know who helped those girls? He was captured.

"He was someone working for the intelligence (service) of a country in the coalition."

Mr Cavusoglu said the agent in question was not American nor from an EU state but did not elaborate.

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The three schoolgirls flew from Gatwick to Istanbul on 17 February and are feared to have continued to Syria to become so-called "jihadi brides".

The girls, who all attended Bethnal Green Academy in East London, are believed to be staying in a house in the IS militants' stronghold, Raqqa.

The teenagers are thought to have stolen family jewellery to fund their trip, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told MPs earlier this week.

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They paid more than £1,000 in cash to a travel agent for their flights to Turkey, the Home Affairs Select Committee heard.

It also emerged the trio were among seven schoolgirls who were handed letters by the police about another 15-year-old from Bethnal Green Academy who ran away to Syria in December.

Earlier, relatives of the girls demanded an apology from the Met for failing to send the crucial letter directly to their parents.

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Abase Hussein, Amira's father, insisted if he had seen the police letter he would have talked his daughter out of leaving and taken away her passport.

Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe apologised for failing to communicate more directly with the families - but insisted there was nothing more the force could have done to stop the girls leaving the UK.

CCTV footage emerged last week which appeared to show the girls at a bus station in Istanbul.

They were seen wrapped in heavy winter jackets and carrying packed sports bags and holdalls.

The footage was recorded less than 24 hours after the trio left their London homes, telling their families they would be out for the day.
 

ShahryarHedayat

Junior Member
Iranian Made T72z in Tikrit



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