Posted on 02/14/2015 2:38:54 AM PST by lowbridge
Heads bowed in terror the orange-clad Kurdish fighters are paraded through streets filled with jeering militants in the latest horrifying video release from Islamic State.
In a grim echo of the terrible fate which befell Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh the captives, reportedly Peshmerga fighters, are dressed in orange jumpsuits and shackled in cages.
Just as Lt. al-Kaseasbeh was burned alive on camera, IS are planning to do the same with their latest prisoners, according to posts on social media.
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But the Pentagon said the capture of the town did not represent a major setback in the war effort against the Islamists who have overrun large areas of Iraq and Syria.
'This is arguably the first in at least a couple of months, if not more, where they (IS) have had any success at all at taking any new ground,' Kirby said.
'So this is an enemy that we still assess to be in a defensive posture.'
He added: 'It's one town. It's not all of Anbar. It's not all of Iraq.
'We need to keep it in perspective.'
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On Wednesday President Obama formally requested from Congress the authority to use military force in the war against ISIS.
The proposal does not ask for the deployment of ground troops.
During a press conference the president said: 'Our coalition is on the offensive, ISIL is on the defensive and ISIL is going to lose.'
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Does not matter, it will eventually get down to one bully. Islamic states have always been held with a strong man and terror...islam is a horror for the people living under its thumb. These people fight back then they are the evil ones deserving of death. Only the quiet sheep who keep quiet and let the the bullies have their way survive for a while.
The only way these people get any freedoms is for a tribe to band together and fight back and force islam down like Saddam Hussein or Qaddafi etc. but once again you have an evil strong man and his tribe harming his people other ways. Wood-chippers instead of fire hanging over your heads but you do get night clubs.
Islam is the problem.
When fighting the muzz, NEVER surrender! Go down fighting, and take as many of them down with you.
NOw don’t go getting on your high horses!
Dumbo gave ISIS permission to continue this barbarism.
And sadder still ... our leadership has no spine ... and he has stated that he will side with muslims. That is why these groups of animals still exist.
“What is that manic in the White House going to do about these savages?????”
Probably supply them with more gasoline and matches.
Along with guns and ammo.
In that regard, Jordan’s king set a great example.
"You typical white grandma types just guzzle beer while you cling to your Bibles, clutch your guns, and discriminate against people not born in the United States."
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