tamur
June 15, 2014, 3:11pm
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Re: ISIS militants press forward, threaten to seize more Iraqi cities as soldiers bol
The fact that ISIS was kicked out of Al-Qaeda is indicative of how deranged they are - these pigs need top be vanquished. However on the flip side their level of organization is unparalleled amongst the Sunni extremists. They have been funding themselves through occupying strategic assets like refineries, granaries etc. Even when they occupied Mosul, they emptied out currency from the banks.
I don’t want to turn this thread sectarian, however that element can not be overlooked. This U.S. invasion of Iraq has done nothing but strengthen the Shia secret stretching from Iran to Lebanon. The fact that Maliki effectively shut out the Sunni political and tribal elite, did not help matters. The fact remains that Shias have outsized political influence in the ME at this time and they will be cut down to size in the near future.
WIth regards to ISIS, they will not be able to take Baghdad for a number of reasons: 1. The Iraqi army withdrew without a fight in the North (something that they master of – like the during the U.S. invasion). 2. Shia mobilization, even before the call by Ayatollah Seistani had begun. 3. Iranians have sent a detachment of the Revolutionary guards + advisers. 4. The U.S./Western powers may accelerate weapons deliveries to the Iraqi army.
Most of all, these ISIS cretins don’t even truly represent the Sunni community.
You cant blame them for not attacking as its not safe and no one wants another syria to happen . My Iraqi friend from Mosul says that ISIS was protecting the people of Mosul and allowing them to have a normal life as most of his family live there. The telegraph newspaper also supports this claim.