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Iraqi Kurds, buoyed by U.S. airstrikes, eye taking back more Sunni Arab towns from ISIS
Los Angeles Times ^ | 09/03/2014 | NABIH BULOS

Posted on 09/04/2014 8:51:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 09/04/2014 9:03:29 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Jubilant boys flashed victory signs and unfurled a Kurdish flag at the entrance to this abandoned village, signaling the latest advance of fighters known as peshmerga against militants in northern Iraq.

On a nearby wall, "Peshmerga," spray-painted in gold scrawl, blotted out the black-and-white insignia of the militant group Islamic State.


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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; iraq; isis; kurds

1 posted on 09/04/2014 8:51:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The press gleefully spins every “brilliant military success” for Obama.


2 posted on 09/04/2014 8:57:13 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: SeekAndFind
We don't tolerate any terrorist activities.
3 posted on 09/04/2014 9:00:02 AM PDT by eizverson22
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To: SeekAndFind

No Blood for Oil! Another US president bombing Iraq AGAIN


4 posted on 09/04/2014 9:00:37 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: 4rcane

The last pres not to bomb Iraq was Reagan.


5 posted on 09/04/2014 9:13:35 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Theoria

True, but Reagan did bomb Libya.


6 posted on 09/04/2014 9:54:04 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: SeekAndFind

~ ISIS Won The Toss And Elected To Receive ~

ISIS has won the toss and has elected to receive photo pics_that_are_so_poignant_and_fasci_zps5af95690.jpg

7 posted on 09/04/2014 10:48:25 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: SeekAndFind
Go kurds. As far as the ISIS POS you capture, I really don't care what happens to them.
8 posted on 09/04/2014 1:05:38 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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