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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIslamic State reportedly on Baghdad’s outskirts after week of victories
IRBIL, IRAQ Islamic State militants have taken control of key cities in Iraqs western province of Anbar and have begun to besiege one of the countrys largest military bases in a weeklong offensive thats brought them within artillery range of Baghdad.
The Islamic State and its tribal allies have dominated Anbar since a surprise offensive last December, but this weeks push was particularly worrisome, because for the first time this year Islamist insurgents were reported to have become a major presence in Abu Ghraib, the last Anbar town on the outskirts of the capital.
Daash is openly operating inside Abu Ghraib, according to an Iraqi soldier, who used a common Arabic term for the Islamic State. I was at the 10th Division base there two days ago, and the soldiers cannot leave or patrol, he said, asking that he be identified only as Hossam because Iraqi soldiers are barred from speaking with foreign reporters. Daash controls the streets.
Hundreds of miles to the west, Islamic State forces continued their push into the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane, where it appeared unlikely that Turkey would intervene to stop the advance. Kurdish officials from the town said the Turkish government had yet to respond to their pleas for weapons, and reports from the Turkish-Syrian border said there was no evidence Turkey was preparing to take action.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/10/03/242105_islamic-state-reportedly-on-baghdads.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
The Islamic State and its tribal allies have dominated Anbar since a surprise offensive last December, but this weeks push was particularly worrisome, because for the first time this year Islamist insurgents were reported to have become a major presence in Abu Ghraib, the last Anbar town on the outskirts of the capital.
Daash is openly operating inside Abu Ghraib, according to an Iraqi soldier, who used a common Arabic term for the Islamic State. I was at the 10th Division base there two days ago, and the soldiers cannot leave or patrol, he said, asking that he be identified only as Hossam because Iraqi soldiers are barred from speaking with foreign reporters. Daash controls the streets.
Hundreds of miles to the west, Islamic State forces continued their push into the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane, where it appeared unlikely that Turkey would intervene to stop the advance. Kurdish officials from the town said the Turkish government had yet to respond to their pleas for weapons, and reports from the Turkish-Syrian border said there was no evidence Turkey was preparing to take action.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/10/03/242105_islamic-state-reportedly-on-baghdads.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
I wonder when/if the Iraqi Army is going to push ISIS out of their country or if they expect us to do it for them?
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Islamic State reportedly on Baghdad’s outskirts after week of victories (Original Post)
neverforget
Oct 2014
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neverforget
(9,433 posts)1. I guess Ebola is the new flavor of the week
neverforget
(9,433 posts)2. Kick
neverforget
(9,433 posts)3. Kick
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)4. They expect us to do it for them, and we probably will.
Boots on the ground is coming our way.
neverforget
(9,433 posts)5. unfortunately, I agree US combat troops will
eventually be back in significant numbers in Iraq.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)6. With the constant reporting about beheadings and unbelievable brutality
from ISIS, support is actually building for that. What burns me to the core is that none of this would be taking place if it weren't for that asshole dimwit Bush and his neocon pals.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)8. Other than to defend 'sunk costs' I don't know what
could possibly be used to defend that.
I think as a nation we've moved beyond convincing it would be to protect American freedom.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)7. Maybe the people of Bagdad ought to do something about that then. nt