Iraq & Syrian Civil Wars - Page 216

On August 27 2014 03:18 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
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On August 27 2014 06:56 jinorazi wrote:
isnt the western hypocracy in europe part of the problem when it comes to spawning new radicals? like "freedom, equal rights, blah blah, but muslims get the fuck out".

from what i understand, there are political parties in european nations that are dedicated to driving out muslims, preventing muslim immigration.

USA has mexicans to split the nation for "us and them", europe seems to use muslims for "us and them"

On August 27 2014 05:07 WhiteDog wrote:

What the fuck ? I blame ignorance. I believe muslim people just heard "Islamic state" and said yes of course I like it. By the way xDaunt : most european fighters in Syria and Iraq come from UK. UK is, right now, the european heart of radical islamism.
We don't have any problem with muslim in France by the way, we have "problem" with immigration from our ex colonies.

On August 27 2014 03:18 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
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"The battle in itself seemed tragically normal. Two Syrian opposition groups fought and there were heavy casualties on both sides. Then victorious rebels rifled through the pockets of the dead. One contained about $800 in cash -- and an American passport.

Douglas McAuthur McCain, of San Diego, California, was killed over the weekend fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the Free Syrian Army. Photos of McCain's passport and of his body -- which feature a distinctive neck tattoo -- have been seen by NBC News. According to an activist linked to the Free Syrian Army who also saw the body and travel document, McCain was among three foreign jihadis fighting with ISIS who died during the battle.

Syrian rebels, including the Nusra Front, seized control of the Syrian crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday, a pro-opposition monitoring group said.

"Al-Nusra Front and other rebel groups took the Quneitra crossing, and heavy fighting with the Syrian army is continuing in the surrounding area," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

He said at least 20 soldiers and four rebels were killed in the fighting for the crossing that began earlier on Wednesday.

The heavy fire strayed across the border into the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan, where the Israeli army said one of its officers was moderately wounded.

Six mortar shells crashed into the occupied portion of the Golan within hours, the army said, adding that it returned fire.

As the Islamic State continues to inflict humiliating defeats on Bashar Assad’s forces in east Syria, pro-regime activist's expressed rage on social media, demanding the ouster of the Defence Minister.

"Tafah al- Kail" (overstretched) is a hashtag circulated by Assad’s cyber activists, expressing their fear and concern.

Activists dubbed the regime’s Defence Minister, Fahd Jassem al-Freij, as the "death minister", saying everyone involved in the dramatic losses should be held to account.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 320 Syrian troops were killed in the fall of the Tabqa airbase, the last foothold in Raqqa province on Sunday.

On August 27 2014 03:49 xDaunt wrote:

UK is a little higher than I'd have thought. I'm not surprised by France though. That country has real problems with its Muslim minority.

250 SAA soldiers being paraded around in their underwear after being captured by Islamic State forces near Tabqa. Unverified reports are coming in that they were later executed.

On August 28 2014 14:55 FiWiFaKi wrote:


Because people care for their lives, and any extra hour you get to live is worth it to many.

Anyway, the fact that they keep filming all of this is definitely not helping them.

Gunmen opened fire on a Lebanese army position at the border with Syria on Thursday near a town seized by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgents earlier this month, triggering an exchange of fire, a security source said.

The fighting, which erupted before dawn, was still raging in late afternoon, with troops shelling the gunmen who had taken up position on the outskirts of the town, an AFP correspondent reported.

The Lebanese army had shelled militant positions in the border zone with Syria on Wednesday, a security source said.

It was the first such engagement since the fighters, including members of ISIS, withdrew from the town of Ersal three weeks ago following five days of deadly battles with the army.

The army had opened fire with artillery after observing suspicious movement by the militants, the source said.

There was no immediate word on casualties but the correspondent saw a wounded soldier being evacuated in a military vehicle as plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky over the town.

On August 29 2014 04:24 DrCooper wrote:
43 UN peacekeepers are captured by IS and 81 more are trapped.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/28/us-syria-crisis-peacekeepers-un-idUSKBN0GS1SY20140828

I really believe that somebody will have to put boots on the ground to stop IS. Airstrikes won't cut it.