The Islamic state

[Pickman's model]

Bizzare map in the just published guardian article on the attacks.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/25/islamic-state-fighters-enter-syria-kobani?CMP=

 

[frogwoman]

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Thats dreadful

 

[butchersapron]

Thats dreadful

That's the new one - it's largely correct if not particularly detailed. The one before was an ISW sourced one with all dates stripped off - at a guess i'd say it was from october 2014 when ISIS was at it's syrian heights, before the YPG push back, before the rebel advances in the north and south etc. An embarrassing and revealing fuck up for any paper, let alone one that prides itself on the seriousness of its foreign reporting.

 

[peterkro]

I came to listening to radio4 this morning to hear the half witted announcer say IS had retaken Kobani,after a quick WTF fortunately the guy he was interviewing put him right in no uncertain terms.

 

[steeplejack]

It was John Humphries. He's almost as senile as Naughtie these days.

 

[butchersapron]

Apologies for our earlier map and many thanks to people for pointing out our mistake. The current map (above) better reflects the current situation

 

[butchersapron]

Still missing the third canton though.

 

[frogwoman]

New report on foreign fighters from bosnia

http://atlanticinitiative.org/proje...the-foreign-fighters’-bosnian-contingent.html

 

[Geri]

The Kurdish massacre starts:

IS executes 23 Kurds in village near Kobane

 

[frogwoman]

 

[J Ed]

 

[Geri]

42 dead now as a result of the fighting.

 

[butchersapron]

Map changed again -whose going to get it for this pretty humiliating stuff:

 

[butchersapron]

Fucking idiots -following link NSFW. Not watched BUT NSFW

 

[frogwoman]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/25/trans...e-persecution-in-russia-to-join-isis-5266770/

Wtf is this story???

 

[frogwoman]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/26-Jun-2015/daesh-to-be-among-banned-outfits-soon

Wtf so daesh aren't even banned in pakistan yet

 

[Pickman's model]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/25/trans...e-persecution-in-russia-to-join-isis-5266770/

Wtf is this story???

i hope they didn't get a return, i don't think they'll need it.

 

[butchersapron]

Brecher on the latest YPG/J victory with some links to nice maps

http://pando.com/2015/06/17/the-war-nerd-a-glorious-victory-for-once/

Hers's his piece on the probs the recent victories may bring (if this gets paywalled someone let me know please) - they loved death yesterday gary:

The War Nerd: The YPG’s new problem against Islamic State is... Victory

So you Daesh love death, do ya? Well, you remind me of a line my Okie friend Kenny’s mom was always yelling: “You sure don’t act like it!”

If you Daeshies wanted death so badly, all you had to do was dig in along Highway 6 and wait for the Kurds to show. It didn’t take a giant military brain, guys. William friggin’ Westmoreland could’ve figured this one out: You block the road, dig in, and fight to the last man. I mean, duh!

There was no mystery about the Kurds’ battle plan: As soon as they consolidated their hold on Tal Abyad, they’d start south down Highway 6. Even a small force of defenders, well dug in and genuinely ready to die for the cause, could have held up a lightly-armed force like the YPG/J for a lot longer than a week. Hell, one Soviet battalion could have blocked that road for a month. What am I saying? One company could have blocked it for longer than a week. It takes a while to wipe out a whole company of soldiers who are genuinely willing to fight to the last man, even when the attackers have air support.

 

[Geri]

Death toll in Kobane has reached 146 civilians. Some of my Facebook friends are sharing some pretty horrific pictures, I've had to unfollow loads of them.

 

[butchersapron]

Death toll in Kobane has reached 146 civilians. Some of my Facebook friends are sharing some pretty horrific pictures, I've had to unfollow loads of them.

Going to be much bigger than that soon. jack shahine reckons 500 is nearer the mark.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Tweets about a mosque in Kuwait has been bombed, IS claiming responsibility.

- & a tourist hotel in Tunisia attacked by gunmen, 13 dead so far.

 

[Pickman's model]

Tweets about a mosque in Kuwait has been bombed, IS claiming responsibility.

- & a tourist hotel in Tunisia attacked by gunmen, 13 dead so far.

it's another busy day at the is office.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

16 confirmed killed at mosque

 

[8ball]

Tweets about a mosque in Kuwait has been bombed, IS claiming responsibility.

- & a tourist hotel in Tunisia attacked by gunmen, 13 dead so far.

Plus that attack in France...

 

[Mr.Bishie]

AP reporting that 2 hotels in Tunisia have been attacked!

 

[frogwoman]

Shitting fuck.

http://m.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuw...s-shiite-mosque-in-kuwait-13-killed-1.1541081

Fuck ISIS

 

[butchersapron]

Have no idea which thread to post on about the 3 (so far today) probably co-ordinated attacks - including the kobani, close villages, ay-al-arab-, al-hasakah stuff yesterday. If all isis linked shows they're really under pressure.

 

[butchersapron]

I read a piece one year ago when people were panicking that ISIS were going to take Baghdad, a phrase (or something like it) has stuck in my mind - ramadan is killing month for ISIS.

 

[Pickman's model]

Have no idea which thread to post on about the 3 (so far today) probably co-ordinated attacks - including the kobani, close villages, ay-al-arab-, al-hasakah stuff yesterday. If all isis linked shows they're really under pressure.

and maybe four if the france job turns out to be them

 

[butchersapron]

and maybe four if the france job turns out to be them

That wasn't a very clear post by me - the 3 so far meant France, Kuwait and Tunisia.