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Kurdish fighters retake strategic Kobani hill
The Irish Times ^ | Tue, Oct 14, 2014

Posted on 10/14/2014 9:21:41 AM PDT by GonzoII

Kurdish fighters have retaken control of a strategic hilltop overlooking the town of Kobani near the border with Turkey.

News of the advance emerged after activists confirmed the US-led coalition had launched several air strikes on positions of Islamic State group militants in northern and eastern Syria.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees say some of the air strikes targeted the eastern town of Mayadeen.

The Observatory said the bombardment hit oil refineries near Mayadeen, sparking a huge fire.

Idriss Nassan, a local Kurdish official from Kobani, added that intense air strikes had hit members of the Islamic State group around the town.

Mr Nassan said Kurdish militiamen captured the Tel Shair hill that overlooks the town and brought down the black flag of the Islamic State group.

(Excerpt) Read more at irishtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; isis; kobane; kobani; kurds; syria; turkey
Just think, if these Kurds had some better arms what they could do.
1 posted on 10/14/2014 9:21:41 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII
Never-ending war, the only harm to innocent people.
2 posted on 10/14/2014 9:28:48 AM PDT by eizverson22
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To: GonzoII

“Just think, if these Kurds had some better arms what they could do”

I agree. But Obama sees them as a “problem”.


3 posted on 10/14/2014 9:30:30 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: GonzoII

I’m telling, these Kurds are really fierce fighters.

They only have AK-47 and rocket launchers to work with (including a depleting stockpile) while ISIS has tanks, humvees and other weapons they took from the abandoned US cache.

If the Kurds were only well-armed, imagine what they could accomplish...


4 posted on 10/14/2014 9:33:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: GonzoII

How anyone could not gain inspiration from these brave fighters defies logic.

God bless the Kurds.


5 posted on 10/14/2014 9:37:18 AM PDT by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: GonzoII

Yeah, just think what they could do with air support.

And I’d suggest we think of it, because Obola never will.


6 posted on 10/14/2014 9:38:45 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: GonzoII; All
“Just think, if these Kurds had some better arms what they could do”

Which is exactly why the Turks fear them. They should immediately declare their independence and statehood, if they haven't already...and the US and any other right-thinking country should recognize them immediately, and send them aid on an urgent basis. But of course, with our leadership, we will do the opposite.
7 posted on 10/14/2014 9:41:57 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Shellback pollywogs! U.S.S. William H. Standley, CG-32 1977-80)
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8 posted on 10/14/2014 10:00:07 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: SeekAndFind
"while ISIS has tanks, humvees and other weapons they took from the abandoned US cache."

Theoretically speaking, ISIS should have overrun most of Syria and Iraq with the weapons that they have compared to their opposition. However, they have little training in how to use them, no real experience in combined arms operations, and little to no logistical system. The result is that the new weapons are great for killing a few more people here and there, enhancing the misery across the region, and making it harder for their opposition to push them back.

9 posted on 10/14/2014 10:05:08 AM PDT by aegiscg47
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To: GonzoII

And while this side-show is going on, how about Baghdad?

If that city falls, then Iraq falls, and that is a strategic disaster.


10 posted on 10/14/2014 10:13:18 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: GonzoII

God bless these Kurds—they fight!


11 posted on 10/14/2014 10:16:08 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: notdownwidems
That is exactly why the Turks are willing to sit back and let ISIS kill them. ISIS is doing the dirty work for them and taking all the heat. It is a win/win for them.

IF the Kurds were armed properly they would have their own country. The Kurds in Syria, Turkey and Iran would join with the semi autonomous region of Iraq. You would then have the country of Kurdistan(loyal middle east, oil rich, ally of the US)

12 posted on 10/14/2014 10:22:26 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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13 posted on 10/14/2014 10:38:27 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: GonzoII

I think Obama sent the arms intended for the Kurds to Maliki and expected him to pass them along to the Kurds, so the Kurds never got them.


14 posted on 10/14/2014 2:54:08 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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