06-10-2014, 13:01
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Iraq militants seize Mosul
So instead of AQ primarily being in A-stan, they are taking over an oil rich country to run their "business" out of.
Didn't some people tell Barry that this is EXACTLY what would happen when he pulled all our troops out?
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Iraq militants seize Mosul, causing thousands to flee
Iraq's prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul and much of its province of Nineveh.
Nouri Maliki said "vital areas" of the city had been seized; some 150,000 people are believed to have fled.
Troops fled Mosul as hundreds of jihadists from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) overran it.
The US has said ISIS threatens not just Iraq, but the entire region.
State department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the situation in Mosul, Iraq's second city, was "extremely serious" and that the US supported "a strong, co-ordinated response to push back against this aggression".
Security sources also told the BBC on Tuesday that fierce fighting had erupted between Iraqi forces and ISIS fighters in a town called Rashad near Kirkuk, south-east of Mosul.
In a televised announced, Mr Maliki said that security forces had been placed on a state of "maximum alert".
He also said he had asked parliament to declare a state of emergency - which would broaden arrest powers and allow curfews to be imposed - and a "general mobilisation" of civilians.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27778112
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06-10-2014, 13:22
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Why would he listen He Knows All !!!!!
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06-10-2014, 13:41
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ISIS now has lots of US made equipment to use.....Fucking great.... 
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06-10-2014, 18:08
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A dress rehearsal? Bank on it. (The Golan Heights? Lebanon? Iraqi oilfields?)
The feeling that this is not the end is unavoidable.
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06-10-2014, 20:40
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And Obama says. " I didn't know there was a problem before I saw it in the news the same as you did."
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06-10-2014, 20:52
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Never served in OIF, but for my 10th Group Brothers. I know this is a salt on the wounds.
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06-11-2014, 05:56
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In the continuing saga of AQ taking over and Iraq, they strike a financial windfall. I hope they use it to fight Iran.... LINK
Mosul Seized: Jihadis Loot $429m from City's Central Bank to Make Isis World's Richest Terror Force
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The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (Isis) has become the richest terror group ever after looting 500 billion Iraqi dinars - the equivalent of $429m (£256m) - from Mosul's central bank, according to the regional governor.
Nineveh governor Atheel al-Nujaifi confirmed Kurdish televison reports that Isis militants had stolen millions from numerous banks across Mosul. A large quantity of gold bullion is also believed to have been stolen.
Following the siege of the country's second city, the bounty collected by the group has left it richer than al-Qaeda itself and as wealthy as small nations such as Tonga, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Falkland Islands.
The financial assets that the group now possess are likely to worsen the Iraqi governement's struggle to defeat the insurgency, which is aimed at creating an Islamic state across the Syrian-Iraqi border.
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They can probably use some of that money to learn to fly the Blackhawks and operate the HUMVEES they captured as well.
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06-11-2014, 07:01
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This is an example of why Bush (GW) should have not sent us into Iraq.
Last edited by VVVV; 06-11-2014 at 09:06.
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06-11-2014, 07:36
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This is an example of why Bush (JW) should have not sent us into Iraq.
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Yep.
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06-11-2014, 08:54
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This is an example of why Bush (JW) should have not sent us into Iraq.
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Not sure who Bush (JW) was, but I don't think the problem was going into Iraq as much as not accepting a realistic end state and getting out as soon as that was realized.
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06-11-2014, 14:08
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What is the over/under on how long it takes to get those hawks and 58's across the border to Iran?
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06-11-2014, 16:13
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06-11-2014, 16:30
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BBC is reporting that ISIS is moving captured Iraqi armor into Syria.
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06-11-2014, 16:32
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I am surprised that they haven't called in the Shias or Kurds yet.
That will be when the real fun starts.
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