Posted on 03/28/2019 6:36:27 PM PDT by marshmallow
A four-year military operation to flush the Islamic State from its territory in Iraq and Syria ended on Saturday as the last village held by the terrorist group was retaken, erasing a militant theocracy that once spanned two countries.
Cornered in Baghuz, Syria, the last 1.5-square-mile remnant of the groups territory in the region, the remaining militants waged a surprisingly fierce defense and kept the American-backed coalition at bay for months.
They detonated car bombs and hurled explosives from drones. Suicide bombers ran across the front line under cover of darkness to attack the sleeping quarters of the coalition.
In the last weeks, the militants families fled for their lives, their black-clad wives streaming into the desert by the tens of thousands. Some of them defiantly chanted Islamic State slogans and lobbed fistfuls of dirt at reporters.
But after a grueling campaign, the last speck of land was finally wrested from the Islamic State.
This is a big moment not just for us, but for all of the world, said Kino Gabriel, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces, which led the operation. But we cannot say that ISIS is finished. It is true that they are finished on the ground as a standing army. But the ISIS threat remains around the globe.
President Trump vowed that the United States would remain vigilant and work with its allies in global counterterrorism efforts against ISIS until it is defeated wherever it operates.
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In the last weeks, the militants families fled for their lives, their black-clad wives streaming into the desert by the tens of thousands. Some of them defiantly chanted Islamic State slogans and lobbed fistfuls of dirt at reporters.
Slaughter every last one of them.
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What does Ilhan Omar have to say about this
“Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.
ISIS is dead and the President is innocent.
They’ll be back .....
“ISIS will be with us for generations!” - Branco 0bunglehead
Actually, the American air assets in the area could have killed every living being in the tiny area held by ISIS in 24 hours. But we did not do that because many civilians were mixed in with the ISIS fighters, including women and girls they had kidnapped and kept as slaves.
As usual the NY Times tries to spin the truth. They should have said "The brave American-backed coalition spent months fighting in very dangerous conditions to save the lives of innocent women and children, and even saved the women and children married to the ISIS fighters."
They’re in western Europe, and north America, and still coming in, in droves.
The real military op began when Trump became president. Mattis’ rules of engagement allowed the military to do their job. Nothing but chaos happened before then, eh, Chaos?
Trump’s fault!
And how many christians were murdered by these jihadi muslims before anyone started killing them back?
Islam and leftism are the enemies of freedom, folks.
JoMa
I wonder how many “brave” Jihadi’s escaped into the desert dressed as women?
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