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Celebrations on Turkish border as Kurds raise their flag in Kobane after driving out Islamic State
Daily Mail ^
| 01/27/2015
| By DARREN BOYLE
Posted on 01/27/2015 8:26:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
- Kurdish troops now control more than 90 per cent of Kobane after
- U.S. led coalition aircraft pounded Isis positions 17 times in just 24 hours
- Thousands of civilians celebrated the Isis defeat in Kobane city centre
- Kurdish troops are advancing east of the city in a 'mopping up' operation
- Isis jihadis abandoned heavy weapons and fresh food during their retreat
Kurdish forces have managed to oust Isis terrorists from their Kobane stronghold on the Syrian - Turkish border after months of intense fighting.
It is believed that 1,800 people have died in the battle which lasted more than four months.
Foreign media were able to film some of the clashes from the relative safety of the Turkish side of the border.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; kobane; kobani; kurdistan; kurds; peshmerga; syria; turkey; waronterror
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/27/2015 8:27:26 AM PST
by
SeekAndFind
(If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
To: SeekAndFind
They are protecting the Turks from being invaded by ISIS but they won’t get credit.
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posted on
01/27/2015 8:31:35 AM PST
by
Lorianne
(fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
To: Lorianne
They won't get diddly... as usual!
They need to start making some demands!
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posted on
01/27/2015 8:38:57 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/27/2015 9:04:41 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
from the FRchives:
'hard money' hardest hit:
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posted on
01/27/2015 9:33:13 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SeekAndFind
A couple of fun videos at the site.
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posted on
01/27/2015 11:09:53 AM PST
by
arthurus
(It's true!)
To: SeekAndFind
The Canadians are doing the work Americans won’t do.
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posted on
01/27/2015 11:10:32 AM PST
by
arthurus
(It's true!)
To: Lorianne
The Kurds are the Israel of northern Iraq, doing the job no other nations will.
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posted on
01/27/2015 12:44:23 PM PST
by
LS
('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
02/09/2015 9:01:05 PM PST
by
CPT Clay
(Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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