The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Megathread

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derspiess

#2370
February 10, 2015, 10:09:46 AM
Quote from: citizen k on February 09, 2015, 07:44:29 PM
A month old, it shows the Battle of Kobane. Kurdish woman is wrapping her bloody hand during firefight at :48. DIY armored car 2:18:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuE9uWUhnis

Wow, some of the Kurds were actually taking aimed shots.  A rarity in that region.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Valmy

#2371
February 10, 2015, 10:16:56 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on February 10, 2015, 10:09:08 AM
What I was getting at is that everyone is cheering for the Kurdish fighters in Kobane against ISIS, and citizen k is posting propaganda videos from the YPG, which is affiliated with the PKK which has a communist ideology and is considered by the US and EU to be a terrorist organization.

Yes, I got your point.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Berkut

#2372
February 10, 2015, 10:23:27 AM
Communists can be fixed. Religious fanatics cannot. It is an easy choice.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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derspiess

#2373
February 10, 2015, 10:34:21 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 10, 2015, 10:16:56 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on February 10, 2015, 10:09:08 AM
What I was getting at is that everyone is cheering for the Kurdish fighters in Kobane against ISIS, and citizen k is posting propaganda videos from the YPG, which is affiliated with the PKK which has a communist ideology and is considered by the US and EU to be a terrorist organization.

Yes, I got your point.

My (possibly incorrect) understanding was that the YPG is affiliated with a party that is loosely affiliated with the PKK.  But I agree with Berkut-- with some "encouragement" old communists can mellow into Social Democrats (or at least Democratic Socialists) and in the context of the Middle East that's about the best I can hope for.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Caliga

#2375
February 10, 2015, 10:52:56 AM
Quote(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday confirmed the death of Kayla Mueller, a U.S. aid worker who had been held hostage by Islamic State militants, saying the United States would "find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible."

Mueller's family also said in a statement that they were "heartbroken" to learn of her death and released a copy of a letter she had written in 2014 while in captivity.

The comments by Obama and the family come four days after Islamic State said Mueller, a 26-year-old humanitarian worker, was killed on Friday when Jordanian fighter jets bombed a building where she was being held, although Jordan expressed doubt about the Islamist militant group's account of her death.

Mueller was determined to have died after her Islamic State captors reached out privately to her family over the weekend, a White House spokeswoman said.

"Over the weekend, the family received a private message from Kayla's ISIL captors containing additional information," National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said, using an acronym for Islamic State.

"Once this information was authenticated by the intelligence community, they concluded that Kayla was deceased," Meehan said.

Neither Obama nor the family gave details of the circumstances of her death.

Mueller was the last-known American hostage held by Islamic State, which controls wide areas of Syria and Iraq. She was taken hostage while leaving a hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo in August 2013.

"No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla's captivity and death," Obama said in a statement released by the White House.

"ISIL is a hateful and abhorrent terrorist group whose actions stand in stark contrast to the spirit of people like Kayla," Obama added.
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derspiess

#2376
February 10, 2015, 11:04:21 AM
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#2377
February 10, 2015, 11:05:32 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 10, 2015, 10:52:56 AM
"ISIL is a hateful and abhorrent terrorist group whose actions stand in stark contrast to the spirit of people like Kayla," Obama added.

Whoa, he called them terrorists??
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Admiral Yi

#2378
February 10, 2015, 11:09:15 AM
He has been doing that for a while now.

Caliga

#2379
February 10, 2015, 11:10:06 AM
What a shame.  She may have been naive but her heart was in the right place.
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Valmy

#2380
February 10, 2015, 11:10:20 AM
Quote from: derspiess on February 10, 2015, 11:04:21 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 10, 2015, 10:43:55 AM
Unless they have tenure.

:lol:

No longer a concern.  Nobody gets tenure anymore.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Siege

#2381
February 10, 2015, 05:02:37 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 06, 2015, 05:45:22 PM
I'm betting she's been dead for months now.  They probably killed her when they couldn't get the ransom back in August.  They are touchy about admitting to killing women.

After raping her multiple times.
Muslims love raping their enemies.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Siege

#2382
February 10, 2015, 05:07:37 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 10, 2015, 11:05:32 AM
Quote from: Caliga on February 10, 2015, 10:52:56 AM
"ISIL is a hateful and abhorrent terrorist group whose actions stand in stark contrast to the spirit of people like Kayla," Obama added.

Whoa, he called them terrorists??

But not islamic terrorists.
He never uses both words in the same sentence.

Nor does he mentions the actual name of Mohammed, because as a muslim he can't without saying PBUH, which would out him as a muslim to everybody.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Valmy

#2383
February 10, 2015, 05:09:19 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 10, 2015, 05:07:37 PM
Nor does he mentions the actual name of Mohammed, because as a muslim he can't without saying PBUH, which would out him as a muslim to everybody.

:lol:

You are alright Siege.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

derspiess

#2384
February 10, 2015, 05:21:55 PM
The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall
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