Posted on 08/23/2014 9:10:15 AM PDT by GonzoII
Western intelligence agencies have been assisting the Syrian government of Bashar al Assad fight militants of Isis (now called the 'Islamic State'), by providing details on the location of militant leaders for targeted air strikes.
The information was passed to Assad's government by German intelligence service Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), which acted as an intermediary, a source told the Independent...
In recent weeks, Syrian forces have launched a series of airstrikes against Islamic State commanders and headquarters, as they battle to halt the advance of jihadist forces from their stronghold in the east of the country.
The Assad regime has been accused of covertly supporting Islamic State in the belief that it would swallow up other rebel groups, but Islamic State militants have scored a series of victories against the Syrian army, forcing Assad to step up his campaign against them.
In July and August Islamic State drove jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra from the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor, and took key Syrian army bases in Raqqa province and Hasakh.
Currently, the Syrian army is engaged in a fierce battle to hold Tabqa airbase in Raqqa province. Its fall would lead Hama, Syria's fourth largest city, open to attack from Islamic State fighters.
Islamic State is also poised to cut off supply lines between Turkey and rival rebel groups in Aleppo, after seizing territory in the north, compromising the Syrian army's attempts to retake the city.
US 'must attack Syria' to defeat Islamic State
On Thursday, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, said that US forces would have to attack Islamic State forces in Syria, as well as Iraq, to defeat it.
US forces have been launching airstrikes in northern Iraq to support beleaguered Kurdish peshmerga, after Islamic State forces seized swathes of northern Iraq.
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People need to understand the big picture...and not be clouded by politics....this is about killing a monster.
Mind boggling!!!
Here's another one, proof the Ferguson police are using monsters:
Right you are. Obama and Jarrett are not happy to see ISIS attacked.
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy?
No wonder the ME is screwed up.
Add John ‘I started a joke about kids serving in Iraq’ Kerry and Barry ‘I am late for my T-off’ Obama, and no wonder the ME is screwed up even more.
Carter created turmoil in the ME that has lasted for decades. The Obama team has surpassed his mess.
Obama and Kerry acted stupidly.
If the Saudis feel threatened, they will overrule Obama or any other likely US president who would like to butt out.
Somebody must be overruling Obama.
The thought certainly crossed my mind.
People who realize the threat ISIS poses are taking over foreign policy in the ME. Maybe domestic policy is next. Obama might be relegated to playing a lot more golf.
The cross channel invasion is scheduled for June 6’th.
Mark your calendars everyone.
My name....is Horace!
Hands up! Don’t shoot. No justice, no peace!
If the Saudis feel threatened, they will overrule Obama or any other likely US president who would like to butt out.
Right you are. Obama is such a disaster in every area that he is going to be relegated to playing a lot more golf.
‘’The enemy of my enemy is my friend’’. Beside, nations don’t have allies they only have interests.
The other two I just faintly remember.
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