Posted on 10/28/2014 10:16:22 PM PDT by BlackVeil
Isis (Islamic State) and Jabhat al-Nusar militants were close to capturing Syria's second city after hundreds of jihadists took over the newly appointed governor's office in the provincial capital, Idlib.
It's believed 70 Syrian senior army officers were beheaded before government troops could recapture the building and save Idlib. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...
Robert Fisk is reporting as fact that many senior Syrian army officers were beheaded.
In a strange way, this does little to weaken morale in the Syrian govt forces, for they know they have no choice but to go on fighting. For if they lose, the end is death. Fighting on might mean death, also, of course. And so it goes ...
why someone does not give the order to utterly flatten Raqqa I cannot imagine .
Every cornered coyote/fox/wolf will fight to death.
The Iraqi army ran because they had a place to run.
They might fight in Baghdad because there is not much land left to run to.
The C-in-C is secretly rooting for ISIS?
Yeah, the Russians and Iranians are involved here. We know why zero doesn’t.
Yes, it is a base for real evil. There are many hostages kept there, but, considering their conditions, a swift end might be preferable.
Cheers to both sides, and may both sides finish what they’re trying to do.
Doing the work of BHO
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