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Islamic State reportedly on Baghdad’s outskirts after week of victories
Stars & Stripes ^ | 10/3/2014 | Mitchell Prothero

Posted on 10/03/2014 6:12:56 PM PDT by markomalley

Edited on 10/03/2014 6:35:47 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Islamic State militants have taken control of key cities in Iraq

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; isis; isisbaghdad; rop

1 posted on 10/03/2014 6:12:56 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Sure would be nice if S and S would talk to all the retired/seperated soldiers, both whole and maimed, and ask them what they think about their CinC throwing away their service and sacrifice.


2 posted on 10/03/2014 6:16:19 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: markomalley

Will it be a total waste of blood and treasure as Viet Nam was??? And the Congress continues to fiddle while the world burns.


3 posted on 10/03/2014 6:16:44 PM PDT by EagleUSA (eraer)
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To: markomalley

Basically the Obama bombing campaign is nothing but a ruse. Or that ISIL is the stalking horse for a supposedly secure route for gas and oil pipelines to Europe. Of course this means that Europe will be weakened while islam will be strengthened.


4 posted on 10/03/2014 6:17:22 PM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: EagleUSA
Will it be a total waste of blood and treasure as Viet Nam was??? And the Congress continues to fiddle while the world burns.

Congress should do...what???

5 posted on 10/03/2014 6:19:45 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
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To: EagleUSA

Just keep voting Republican no matter what folks. That way ‘our guys’ can do more of the nothing they are now.


6 posted on 10/03/2014 6:20:42 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: markomalley

Send in The War On Poverty Army! They can use their M-911 Obamaphones to call for air Strikes! They can hack at them with their EBT Cards! And if they get wounded, they can get Obamacare! It’s time those Democrat voters put a little skin, like their own skins, into the game.


7 posted on 10/03/2014 6:27:08 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: markomalley
How is it that with the military hitting them they have the logistical support to advance?

/rhetorical question

8 posted on 10/03/2014 6:34:57 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Democrats: the Party of slavery to the immensely wealthy for over 200 years.)
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To: markomalley

“fake ID card that said I was Sunni,”

Okay, who the hell came up with the idea of having religion on people’s ID card in THIS region?


9 posted on 10/03/2014 6:38:03 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: markomalley

General Jack Keane is wrong on Baghdad in my opinion.

He thinks ISIS would be repelled because of all the Shi’ites. Most of these are civilians with little to no combat experience, they will RUN for their lives. Yes, some of Tehran’s elite militias will remain, but they will get no help from the Iraqi military who are even more likely than civilians to run away.

ISIS would only need a chlorine truck bomb driven into the seat of government to sow total panic as the leadership are decimated, then a blitzkrieg, block by block, and they’d have Baghdad within a few days.


10 posted on 10/03/2014 6:44:02 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: markomalley

I can’t see Iran letting Baghdad fall. If Iraq falls Iran will surely be next.


11 posted on 10/03/2014 6:52:34 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Norm Lenhart

If you vote democrat you need a head examination


12 posted on 10/03/2014 6:58:44 PM PDT by reefdiver (The fool says there is no God. And the bigger fools sees direct evidence and rages against it.)
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To: reefdiver

Dem/Rino. Same thing. One passes the laws the other funds.


13 posted on 10/03/2014 6:59:35 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: EagleUSA

>Will it be a total waste of blood and treasure as Viet Nam was???<

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It already is.

How are we going to reconquer Iraq from ISIS?

Remember what it took to prepare for Gulf War II?


14 posted on 10/03/2014 7:04:29 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: markomalley

Nice, we will have to do it all over again. How many times do we need to invade that country? Next time can we please just finish the job?


15 posted on 10/03/2014 7:10:37 PM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun free zones?)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
I can’t see Iran letting Baghdad fall. If Iraq falls Iran will surely be next.

No, Iran will be held for later.

Before that, we will see them take out Jordan and Southeast Turkey.

Eventually, the goal will be:

But they will want to secure the rest of Bilad al Sham first.

16 posted on 10/03/2014 7:10:51 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

Ros-Lehtinen: ‘We’ve Got To Kill Them Like Cockroaches’

It was still in my paste buffer so...


17 posted on 10/03/2014 7:12:52 PM PDT by infool7 (The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
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To: EagleUSA

“Will it be a total waste of blood and treasure as Viet Nam was??? And the Congress continues to fiddle while the world burns.”
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With Hussein as Commander in Chief, what exactly can Congress do at the moment? Have the House send its Sergeant at Arms & his small security staff to fight ISIS?


18 posted on 10/03/2014 7:20:31 PM PDT by House Atreides (ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
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To: Viennacon

“fake ID card that said I was Sunni,”

Okay, who the hell came up with the idea of having religion on people’s ID card in THIS region?
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Sunni and Shia can frequently be distinguished by their names. Have the wrong name and you can get iced.


19 posted on 10/03/2014 7:23:33 PM PDT by House Atreides (ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

the seige of Baghdad is coming—like the seige of Constantinope or the seige of Lenningrad it will go down as one for the history books. Iran will let it fall. obama will do too little, too late.


20 posted on 10/04/2014 12:49:54 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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