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Iran commander Suleimani says IS 'nearing end'
YAHOO News ^ | 2/12/2015

Posted on 02/12/2015 10:56:32 AM PST by McGruff

An influential Iranian general who has reportedly been near the front line against the Islamic State group was quoted Thursday saying the jihadists are "nearing the end of their lives".

General Qassem Suleimani, the once rarely seen commander of the powerful Quds Force, has become the public face of Iran's support for the Iraqi and Syrian governments against jihadists.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
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To: Paladin2

“Turkey wants to be a hegemon too. Israel continues to have a nervous finger on the button.”
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If they haven’t already, the Israelis should move to add a considerable number of VERY large yield thermonuclear weapons to their stockpile of A-bombs and Neutron bombs.


21 posted on 02/12/2015 12:30:20 PM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

“The Other Islamic State We Should Be Most Worried About”
The Aspen Times (CO) | February 12, 2015 | Melanie Sturm
Posted on 02/12/2015 7:41:59 AM PST by Aspenhuskerette
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3256796/posts


22 posted on 02/12/2015 12:40:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
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Bashar al-Assad rules out joining coalition battle against Daesh during BBC interview
http://www.albawaba.com/news/bashar-al-assad-rules-out-joining-coalition-battle-against-daesh-during-bbc-interview-654888

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Denies US Cooperation in ISIS Fight
http://abcnews.go.com/International/syrian-president-bashar-al-assad-denies-us-cooperation/story?id=28853213

Syrian, Hezbollah troops advancing towards Israeli Golan
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4625602,00.html


23 posted on 02/12/2015 12:47:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t particularly want to destroy Iran. Persians are generally good folks. Just ‘cause they have a crappy government is no reason to attack all Iranians. Mostly they’re harmless, too, unless they manage to weaponize their nukes.


24 posted on 02/12/2015 2:08:39 PM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Rusty0604

Yup...that’s the statement


25 posted on 02/12/2015 3:00:42 PM PST by EBH (And the angel poured out his cup...)
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