Kurds fight back as Islamic State attempts to take centre of battleground city

AFP via The Journal.ie ^ | 4 minutes ago

[GonzoII]

KURDISH FIGHTERS THWARTED a bid by Islamic State group jihadists to advance into the centre of the battleground Syrian town of Kobane early today, a monitoring group said.

The attack came after the IS militants overran Kurdish headquarters in the border town on Friday..

[Yosemitest]

Check out this photo that, I believe, was taken in JUAREZ, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas.

[clearcarbon]

Must be Occupy Juarez. I wonder who’ve they’ve selected as speaker.

[Yosemitest]

Moochelle might have been "Community Organizing" her friends in JUAREZ ?

[Bobalu]

That ain’t Juarez!

I used to eat lunch there every day...and that don’t look like Juarez.

Video I made in Juarez a few years ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFNM4VM236E&list=UUboQUEpIdkC0ju44HtZ2ojQ

[gleeaikin]

I’ve spent time in Mexico, and I am inclined to agree with you.

[Yosemitest]

Okay.
Read this.

West Texas Sheriff prepped for ISIS fight
TYLER WHITE, MRT : SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 : Updated: September 8, 2014 10:34am


Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter offered candid remarks to CNN on Friday regarding the militant group ISIS, stating his office is prepared for terrorist cells attempting to cross the border into Texas.

When CNN anchor Don Lemon asked what message Painter wants conveyed to the terrorist group, he firmly stated,
"If they rear their ugly head, we'll send them to hell."

The sheriff said he received an alert bulletin that ISIS — Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — may have formed a terrorist cell in or near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a Mexican border city across from El Paso.
He said the alert warned law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for such activity.

The Reporter-Telegram contacted the FBI for a statement on the reports, but the organization is currently not commenting on the subject.

This is a serious issue for Painter, the former president of the Sheriff's Association of Texas. He said the situation is made worse by Texas' open border.

Painter said a reported 10 million to 15 million "undocumented aliens" have crossed the border. However, like the ISIS report, there is scarce evidence to support both claims, he said.

But Painter said the reports should be treated as a real threat. ISIS agents or cohorts, he said, might already be inside U.S. borders and planning a potential attack on American soil.

"I think it'd be naive to say that (ISIS is) not here," he told CNN.

Painter said he worked near the border at Presidio for eight years, and during that time, he noticed areas where people could easily slip into the U.S. He said many immigrants in the U.S. with visas might go unchecked when renewal time comes around and there are lax efforts for keeping tabs on people entering the country.

"Where is the safety and where is the security for this nation if that's not taking place?" he asked.

Midland County deputies go through emergency management training twice a year in coordination with other local and federal law enforcement agencies. He said the multi-agency partnership is beneficial in creating a prepared response.

"You have to work with each other," he said to CNN. "There's no way you can do your job without depending on the public and without depending on each other."

Gov. Rick Perry previously warned that terrorist forces from Iraq might already have crossed into the United States through an unsecured border with Mexico. He said this is an important issue that needs to be resolved, according to Reporter-Telegram records.

Painter said that President Barack Obama and the federal government need to take quick and appropriate action to weaken ISIS leadership. For Painter, that means striking ISIS hard at the source: Iraq and Syria.

"What needs to happen is that there needs to be enough bombs dropped on (ISIS leaders), that every time they hear a jet propeller they urinate themselves down both legs."

[SampleMan]

That picture wasn’t taken in Mexico. That said I have no doubt that ISISlam is coming over the border. I hopebush’s security is better than Obamas. As taking and killing him on U.S. soil would be a huge victory to ISIS.

[Yosemitest]

Reference post #7, where is "Ciudad Juarez, Mexico" in Juarez ?

[OleShep]

PLEASE - PLEASE - somehow find a way to urge USA and other nations GO HELP the Kurds! They are good folks! Not Muslims! Kurds helped USA in Gulf War! They have been discriminated against by the nations which surround them, the world - and now by the USA! The Kurds have protected Christians in Iraq. Is there anyone out there with influence here? REmember Saddam killed them en masse with WMD (he didnt have?)

Kurdistan (3 pages info)
http://cj.myfreeforum.org/about1981.html

[kaintucky]

Obama lied and Kurds died.

[Lion Den Dan]

Reference post #7, where is "Ciudad Juarez, Mexico" in Juarez ?

Ciudad means city. City of Juarez is in the Mexican State of Juarez across the river from ElPaso, TX.

[EricT.]

That looks more like Kurdistan than Mexico.

I’ve been to both.

I’m pretty sure there aren’t any Toyota pickups in Mexico with crew-served weapons, and the people on the sidewalks are wearing traditional Kurdish dress.

[Yashcheritsiy]

ISIS is finding out that tanks and APCS aren’t as useful in major cities as they are in the desert plains.

[SunkenCiv]

The Turks will either have to fight ISIS, or ISIS won’t engage the Turks (if they are allies); either way, the Turks can’t let the Kurds fail at Kobane. But they may give them just enough help that they don’t cave, keeping them busy fighting ISIS.

[Gator113]

There is no way that I will ever bother going into Mexico. I would love to see the coastlines, but your vid shows enough reason for me to pass on that entire country.

Your Dangerfield clip cracked me up.

[potlatch]

The image URL tells you that it is IRAQ.

http://s3.freebeacon.com/up/2014/06/ISIS-iraq.jpg

[Does so]

Don’t give Snopes any more fodder!

[potlatch]

Don’t have a clue what you mean.
The person who posted that picture in post #2 thought it was Mexico when the URL clearly states Iraq.

[tet68]

There is a term for this kind of fighting...
A Forlorn Hope.