enhanced_deficit
06-16-2014, 01:07 PM
Dramatic developments in the aftermath of Obama's Syrian Freedom Fighters support and Bush's Operation Iraqi Freedom.. with US tax payers funding in the middle of it all.
June 15, 2014, 09:00 am
Stopping ISIS requires action in Syria
Extremist militants affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS), the successor organization to Al-Qaeda in Iraq, have scored a series of spectacular victories in recent days. On Monday, ISIS overran Iraq's oil-rich second city of Mosul to seize control of vast weapons stores, and armored Humvees supplied by the US. ISIS has also seized about $429 million in cash from Mosul's central bank and kidnapped dozens of Turkish consular officials. Now, the group has the Iraqi capital Baghdad in its sights, and numerous military experts believe the city is vulnerable.
How did we get here? The fall of Mosul and subsequent advances by ISIS could not have happened without the growing strength of ISIS in Syria. Local officials in Mosul report that many ISIS fighters entered Mosul from the adjacent Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. A Stratfor analysis released in the wake of the offensive observes that "The most notable element of these attacks was the use of technicals in rapid raids -- similar to tactics used in Syria, but much less common in Iraq." This implies that ISIS applied techniques it learned in Syria to successfully execute the attacks.
Furthermore, ISIS had been steadily advancing toward the Iraqi border from Deir Ezzor for a month before this week's attacks. On May 14th, rebel Deir Ezzor Military Council head Muhannad Al-Tallaa estimated that his position relative to ISIS was "poor" and would worsen "because we are running out of ammunition and ISIS have superior military equipment.” Five days before the Mosul offensive, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights indicated that ISIS had been making consistent gains in northern Deir Ezzor, and had acquired control of territory on the Iraqi border. Clearly, ISIS has been able to quickly exploit its new territorial holdings in Deir Ezzor to dramatic effect.
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Syria's rebels paid a steep price for their offensive. In the northwestern province of Aleppo, a rebel stronghold for nearly two years, Assad regime forces made significant inroads during January 2014. They cut a crucial rebel supply line in the province and recaptured their first piece of territory in Aleppo City proper. They also launched an intensive "barrel bomb" campaign on Aleppo City that turned many neighborhoods into ghost towns.
ISIS has since stabilized its western front in Aleppo, turning east toward Deir Ezzor and the Iraqi border. On May 21st, a Syrian rebel spokesman in Deir Ezzor estimated that ISIS had transferred roughly 3,000 fighters into the province since February. For a militant organization estimated to have roughly 10,000 fighters under its command, this represented a very substantial redeployment. The redeployment eastward undoubtedly improved ISIS fortunes in both Deir Ezzor and in Mosul.
As ISIS fighters parade toward Baghdad in American-made armored Humvees (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tRFn3GPuSHQ), it is safe to say that weapons are in the wrong hands.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/209307-stopping-isis-requires-action-in-syria
Advanced radios captured by Iraqi insurgents could spell trouble
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff June 16 at 7:00 AM
An image downloaded on June 11, 2014 from the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria waving their trademark flag after they allegedly seized an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi province of Salahuddin. AFP PHOTO
Iraq’s security forces, propped up by American equipment and weapons, have been routed by a contingent of insurgents bent on extending their territory from strongholds in Syria deep into Iraq. As Mosul and other cities fell, the West saw a host of images of once-American Humvees and helicopters firmly in the hands of its enemies.
Outrage followed shock, as years of effort in Iraq by the U.S. military seemed to unravel in a coup-de-grace that played out over the Internet. Analysts speculated that the newly seized weapons and vehicles could turn fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria into an even stauncher foe.
Yet, among the towed Black Hawk helicopters, Howitzer cannons and Humvees plastered all over social media lies an unseen weapon that could make the ISIS fighters exponentially more lethal if employed properly: advanced radio equipment.
The issue gained attention on Twitter on Wednesday after former Army Spc. Alex Horton posted a picture (https://twitter.com/AlexHortonTX/status/476767109062885377) on Twitter of an ISIS fighter posing with a cache of ammunition and explosives. Atop one of the many olive drab crates was what Marine Capt. Brett Friedman said was a possible charging station for the AN/PRC-153 radio.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/06/16/advanced-radios-captured-by-iraqi-insurgents-could-spell-trouble/?tid=trending_strip_1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUsVmMe1Ho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUsVmMe1Ho
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRUeJYFZ94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRUeJYFZ94
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Syrian in Israeli hospital: ‘Most fighters know they will get good care here’
By REUTERS
09/15/2013 02:43
IDF mum on how the steady flow of wounded from the Syria civil war enter Israel, looking for treatment.
http://www.jpost.com/HttpHandlers/ShowImage.ashx?id=226464&h=236&w=370
Israeli nurse treating a Syrian patient in Nahariya, September 2013. Photo: Reuters
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Syr...re-here-326110 (http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Syrian-in-Israeli-hospital-Most-fighters-know-theywill-get-good-care-here-326110)
Syria: The Strange US/Israel/Al-Qaeda Ménage à Trois
Daniel McAdams at 15:44 pm EDT on September 28, 2012
A little more than a week after the extremists linked to Al-Qaeda by our own US government set up and murdered Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the United States would send an additional $45 million to the very same Al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise.
Yes you read that right: The US is sending another $45 million to assist in Syria the same people it is fighting in Afghanistan and the same people who killed US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya.
Interestingly, the US, Israel (http://m.forward.com/articles/163169), and Al-Qaeda (http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_al-qaeda-leader-urges-support-for-ousting-syria-s-assad_1740552) all agree that the rebels in Syria, many of whom are foreign jihadists, must succeed in overthrowing the Assad government. That is like an all-you-can-eat luncheon buffet in front of hungry conspiracy theorists.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/...enage-a-trois/ (http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/syria-the-strange-usisraelal-qaeda-menage-a-trois/)
Syrian Civil War Fueling Bloody Resurgence of Al Qaeda in Iraq (http://matthewaid.tumblr.com/post/58409385761)
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--N1FHxmDcAI/U0FzxXpvaCI/AAAAAAAAd0M/MSZSDekdlvU/s1600/ISIS.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=ZEQ8X1iiLrQvDM&tbnid=GQ4ss4ftMTmCaM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneoclassics.blogspot.com%2F2014%2 F04%2Fchechen-and-albanian-fighters-in-iraq.html&ei=BUOfU_LTNaq_8gGctoDwBQ&bvm=bv.68911936,d.cWc&psig=AFQjCNEo-Xvo25V5eQGZCgRubgITNEFN1w&ust=1403032698070365)
ISIS Fighters
June 15, 2014, 09:00 am
Stopping ISIS requires action in Syria
Extremist militants affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS), the successor organization to Al-Qaeda in Iraq, have scored a series of spectacular victories in recent days. On Monday, ISIS overran Iraq's oil-rich second city of Mosul to seize control of vast weapons stores, and armored Humvees supplied by the US. ISIS has also seized about $429 million in cash from Mosul's central bank and kidnapped dozens of Turkish consular officials. Now, the group has the Iraqi capital Baghdad in its sights, and numerous military experts believe the city is vulnerable.
How did we get here? The fall of Mosul and subsequent advances by ISIS could not have happened without the growing strength of ISIS in Syria. Local officials in Mosul report that many ISIS fighters entered Mosul from the adjacent Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. A Stratfor analysis released in the wake of the offensive observes that "The most notable element of these attacks was the use of technicals in rapid raids -- similar to tactics used in Syria, but much less common in Iraq." This implies that ISIS applied techniques it learned in Syria to successfully execute the attacks.
Furthermore, ISIS had been steadily advancing toward the Iraqi border from Deir Ezzor for a month before this week's attacks. On May 14th, rebel Deir Ezzor Military Council head Muhannad Al-Tallaa estimated that his position relative to ISIS was "poor" and would worsen "because we are running out of ammunition and ISIS have superior military equipment.” Five days before the Mosul offensive, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights indicated that ISIS had been making consistent gains in northern Deir Ezzor, and had acquired control of territory on the Iraqi border. Clearly, ISIS has been able to quickly exploit its new territorial holdings in Deir Ezzor to dramatic effect.
..
Syria's rebels paid a steep price for their offensive. In the northwestern province of Aleppo, a rebel stronghold for nearly two years, Assad regime forces made significant inroads during January 2014. They cut a crucial rebel supply line in the province and recaptured their first piece of territory in Aleppo City proper. They also launched an intensive "barrel bomb" campaign on Aleppo City that turned many neighborhoods into ghost towns.
ISIS has since stabilized its western front in Aleppo, turning east toward Deir Ezzor and the Iraqi border. On May 21st, a Syrian rebel spokesman in Deir Ezzor estimated that ISIS had transferred roughly 3,000 fighters into the province since February. For a militant organization estimated to have roughly 10,000 fighters under its command, this represented a very substantial redeployment. The redeployment eastward undoubtedly improved ISIS fortunes in both Deir Ezzor and in Mosul.
As ISIS fighters parade toward Baghdad in American-made armored Humvees (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tRFn3GPuSHQ), it is safe to say that weapons are in the wrong hands.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/209307-stopping-isis-requires-action-in-syria
Advanced radios captured by Iraqi insurgents could spell trouble
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff June 16 at 7:00 AM
An image downloaded on June 11, 2014 from the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria waving their trademark flag after they allegedly seized an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi province of Salahuddin. AFP PHOTO
Iraq’s security forces, propped up by American equipment and weapons, have been routed by a contingent of insurgents bent on extending their territory from strongholds in Syria deep into Iraq. As Mosul and other cities fell, the West saw a host of images of once-American Humvees and helicopters firmly in the hands of its enemies.
Outrage followed shock, as years of effort in Iraq by the U.S. military seemed to unravel in a coup-de-grace that played out over the Internet. Analysts speculated that the newly seized weapons and vehicles could turn fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria into an even stauncher foe.
Yet, among the towed Black Hawk helicopters, Howitzer cannons and Humvees plastered all over social media lies an unseen weapon that could make the ISIS fighters exponentially more lethal if employed properly: advanced radio equipment.
The issue gained attention on Twitter on Wednesday after former Army Spc. Alex Horton posted a picture (https://twitter.com/AlexHortonTX/status/476767109062885377) on Twitter of an ISIS fighter posing with a cache of ammunition and explosives. Atop one of the many olive drab crates was what Marine Capt. Brett Friedman said was a possible charging station for the AN/PRC-153 radio.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/06/16/advanced-radios-captured-by-iraqi-insurgents-could-spell-trouble/?tid=trending_strip_1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUsVmMe1Ho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUsVmMe1Ho
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Will Neocons-Al Qaeda alliance end well? (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?427051-Will-Neocons-Al-Qaeda-alliance-end-well&)
They have joined forces against secular Christian friendly government in Syria.
Controversial zionist Charles Krauthammer making neocons' case for alliance with Al Qaeda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRUeJYFZ94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRUeJYFZ94
Obama's $195 Million Aid Package for Al Qaeda-Led Syrian Rebels (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/08/obamas-195-million-aid-package-for-al-qaeda-led-syrian-rebels-latest-move-against-assad-but-whats-the-end-game/)
www.theblaze.com (http://www.theblaze.com/.../obamas-195-million-aid-package-for-al-qaeda-led...%E2%80%8E)
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Syrian in Israeli hospital: ‘Most fighters know they will get good care here’
By REUTERS
09/15/2013 02:43
IDF mum on how the steady flow of wounded from the Syria civil war enter Israel, looking for treatment.
http://www.jpost.com/HttpHandlers/ShowImage.ashx?id=226464&h=236&w=370
Israeli nurse treating a Syrian patient in Nahariya, September 2013. Photo: Reuters
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Syr...re-here-326110 (http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Syrian-in-Israeli-hospital-Most-fighters-know-theywill-get-good-care-here-326110)
Syria: The Strange US/Israel/Al-Qaeda Ménage à Trois
Daniel McAdams at 15:44 pm EDT on September 28, 2012
A little more than a week after the extremists linked to Al-Qaeda by our own US government set up and murdered Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the United States would send an additional $45 million to the very same Al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise.
Yes you read that right: The US is sending another $45 million to assist in Syria the same people it is fighting in Afghanistan and the same people who killed US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya.
Interestingly, the US, Israel (http://m.forward.com/articles/163169), and Al-Qaeda (http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_al-qaeda-leader-urges-support-for-ousting-syria-s-assad_1740552) all agree that the rebels in Syria, many of whom are foreign jihadists, must succeed in overthrowing the Assad government. That is like an all-you-can-eat luncheon buffet in front of hungry conspiracy theorists.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/...enage-a-trois/ (http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/syria-the-strange-usisraelal-qaeda-menage-a-trois/)
Syrian Civil War Fueling Bloody Resurgence of Al Qaeda in Iraq (http://matthewaid.tumblr.com/post/58409385761)
Syrian Civil War Fueling Bloody Resurgence of Al Qaeda in Iraq. August 16, 2013. Syrian War Fueling Attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq, Officials Say.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--N1FHxmDcAI/U0FzxXpvaCI/AAAAAAAAd0M/MSZSDekdlvU/s1600/ISIS.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=ZEQ8X1iiLrQvDM&tbnid=GQ4ss4ftMTmCaM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneoclassics.blogspot.com%2F2014%2 F04%2Fchechen-and-albanian-fighters-in-iraq.html&ei=BUOfU_LTNaq_8gGctoDwBQ&bvm=bv.68911936,d.cWc&psig=AFQjCNEo-Xvo25V5eQGZCgRubgITNEFN1w&ust=1403032698070365)
ISIS Fighters