Iraq declares end to Islamic State caliphate, Islamic State territory reduced by 60%

https://www.jihadwatch.org ^ | 06/30/2017 | Robert Spencer

[heterosupremacist]

al-Nuri mosque

[dsrtsage]

If they choose to be an islamic country then what difference does it make who rules, other than the “wrong” families get to horde all of the power and bennies

[Grampa Dave]

If, true, this has happened a week after 5 months of President Trump.

Remember Obama’s perfumed princes and princesses saying it would take over a decade to defeat ISIS.

Of course that was when Obama was hash tagging Isis, Isil or whatever he called them.

[Vendome]

When will this awful Crusade end? /S

[Vaquero]

And the other 40%???

[huckfillary]

For a very good insider’s view, I recommend watching The Green Prince, free on YouTube. It is the gripping account of Mosab Yousef, son of a high-ranking Hamas official, who collaborated for 10 years with Shin Bet. He wrote a book about his work “Son of Hamas.” Regardless of where you stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or the choice he made, it is an unparalleled and emotional account of espionage, intrigue, betrayal, and suspense.

[left that other site]

I can still see the dome. It isn’t quite destroyed enough.

Take care of that, please. :-)

[shanover]

I shall be a hypocrite, not to agree with the anti-war a-holes (if it were Obama, they would be on board), but to acknowledge that the invasion of Iraq was one of the stupidest US military blunders. I also think Sec. Powell is a jackass but "we break it" analogy rings true much further than we all expected.

What is the overall mission statement in the Mideast and ways and means to attain them with an exit strategy? Our military is exhausted and needs upgrade of Reagan Era levels. I see no reason for the death of one more American in the region.

IMHO, this administration should focus on the Pacific and Latin America in regards to foreign policy and military focus.

[skinndogNN]

These is good news, BUT do you know how many times in the last 15 years I’ve seen headlines that Mosul has been rescued and secured.

At least 10.

And we wouldn’t have to rescue it again, if it wasn’t lost some how again.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

In the end, one pile of rubble is much like another. How people can argue that there is some redeeming aspect to this part of the world other than the oil to be extracted, is beyond me.

[FateAmenableToChange]

al-Nuri mosque

I like what they've done with the place. Little bit of a fixer upper now, but it's got location, location, location...

[heterosupremacist]

I like what they've done with the place. Little bit of a fixer upper now, but it's got location, location, location... Spoken (written) like a Real Estate Broker!

[Hugin]

I have a dream where every mosque in the world looks like that.