[sunmars]

Also hearing reports right now, Central Banks in Mosul have been raided and over $420 million are in the hands of AQ and Isis.

Mosul governor calls for a robust action from Ankara: We need Turkey's help in Mosul.

Erdogan, this is your payback.

[sunmars]

Turkish foreign policy over the last years has been a disaster. We are seeing the results now.

[sunmars]

Several diplomats and their families are now missing including the consular general

[ThomasMore]

Thanks to Obama....

[mojito]

Mosul is now the capital of a Sunni Islamist state.

Iraq and Syria, as we've known them, are over and done with.

Welcome to the new middle east Barry, you broke it, you buy it.

[demshateGod]

I’m trying to avoid hyperbole. It’s hard. This is a big deal. It’s Obama’s fault for arming ISIS in Syria.

[M Kehoe]

Msg to the ISIL: the Turks will come and kill you with extreme prejudice and w/o remorse.

5.56mm

[mojito]

Update at the link:

“An al-Qaeda splinter group seized the Turkish consulate in Iraq's second largest city of Mosul on Wednesday and took 48 Turkish citizens captive, including the Turkish consul.”

Sounds like we have a full-blown hostage situation.

[House Atreides]

Flash News Bulletin from the White House:

Al-Qaeda is on the run. They’re running to Ramadi, Fallujah, Mosul, Takrit, etc. This is all thanks to Barrack Hussein Obama, peace be upon him, and his regime.