The Islamic state

[CNT36]

http://www.theguardian.com/media/20...-mps-calls-to-refer-to-islamic-state-as-daesh



But the head of the BBC rejected the demands, saying that using Daesh would not preserve the BBC’s impartiality as it risked giving an impression of support for the group’s opponents, the Times reports. He is said to claim that the term is used pejoratively by its enemies.

I think they might be discussing this on that This Week programme in a minute. I'm off to bed though.

 

[8ball]

I think they might be discussing this on that This Week programme in a minute. I'm off to bed though.

Yeah, wasn't convinced by the guy making the case. I think I've actually found something I agree with David Cameron about.

 

[Casually Red]

http://www.theguardian.com/media/20...-mps-calls-to-refer-to-islamic-state-as-daesh



But the head of the BBC rejected the demands, saying that using Daesh would not preserve the BBC’s impartiality as it risked giving an impression of support for the group’s opponents, the Times reports. He is said to claim that the term is used pejoratively by its enemies.

What a load of wank . Example , since the late 1990s right to this day BBC continually refers to " dissident" republicans , sometimes simply as " dissidents " , as if it's a perjorative . Sinn fein have most certaily not only coined the term , but also ensured the term is used as a perjorative , the word is basically an insult . The aforementioned have complained umpteen times about the use of this term and certainly regard it as an insult , but BBC use it as their stock in trade for over 15 years now .


Liars and hypocrites the BBC . God forbid some head chopper offer might write a letter to the Guardian complaining that their latest crucifixion video was subject to editorial bias due to the use of an Arabic as opposed to English acronym .

This is so bloody stupid there simply has to be a massive briefcase full of Saudi dosh responsible .

 

[J Ed]

Softer on ISIS than the disabled. wtf

 

[CNT36]

They're just telling it how it is.

 

[butchersapron]

Fred and Rose release a statement:

Don't be shocked when we say that none of us were forced against our will. In fact it is outrageous to think that an entire family could be kidnapped and made to migrate like this. It wasn't by the command of a single person in the family but by the command of the Khalifah of the Muslims. Who has called all Muslims, whether young or old, single or in families, to make hijrah to the state of Islam. A land that has established the Shariah, in which a Muslim doesn't feel oppression when practising their religion. In which a parent doesn't feel the worry of losing their child to the immorality of society. In which the sick and elderly do not wait in agony, tolerating the partiality of race or social class.

 

[butchersapron]

We say to those that are concerned for our safety to put your hearts at rest for we feel safer than we have ever felt before

What abut those yazidi slave girls - are they safer after your journey fred? Here we have the exact self-centred individualistic sense of understanding these perverts try to pin on 'the west'.

 

[frogwoman]

Or is it shocking that those attempts have clearly failed? That regardless of being born and bred in the west, the epitome of democracy, our Islam was not washed away? And despite the totalitarian rules that are in place, Muslims are still awaking to their obligations?

Just fuck off

 

[J Ed]

I hope that whoever wrote that dies a slow and painful death.

 

[teqniq]

ISIL weaves web of support in Gulf Arab states

 

[frogwoman]

I hope that whoever wrote that dies a slow and painful death.

What a nasty bit of work (not you.)

 

[frogwoman]

The irony of an ISIS member banging on about 'totalitarian rules'

But who is the REAL fascist? etc

 

[DotCommunist]

what is that style, I've noticed it in various communiques and writings from daesh and other islamist groups. Is it in the style of a muslim scholar, like how a paper on a hadith might be written[question mark]

 

[frogwoman]

In which a parent doesn't feel the worry of losing their child to the immorality of society.



Yeh, the people of kobane never have to worry about that

 

[frogwoman]

Those totalitarian rules, stopping me from keeping my hindu neighbours as slaves

 

[Flavour]

New video shows execution of 25 Syrian regime soldiers in amphitheatre of Palmyra

 

[Mr Moose]

What abut those yazidi slave girls - are they safer after your journey fred? Here we have the exact self-centred individualistic sense of understanding these perverts try to pin on 'the west'.

These bastards will tweet how they have been housed and fed by their 'brothers and sisters' but fail to mention it'll be a house that used to belong to someone dead or fled, ethnically or otherwise cleansed.

 

[josef1878]

One day somebody will tweet how they all died in a bombing mission on paradise.

 

[frogwoman]

Report out this week by the institute for the study of war on ISIS governance in the regions it controls.

http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISIS_Governance.pdf


Heres another link that looks interesting, though i've not read it yet


http://www.e-ir.info/2015/01/07/beyond-arms-and-beards-local-governance-of-isis-in-syria/

 

[frogwoman]

From the first link:

The Islamic State’s June 2014 announcement of a “caliphate” is not empty rhetoric. In fact, the idea of
the caliphate that rests within a controlled territory is a core part of ISIS’s political vision. The ISIS grand
strategy to realize this vision involves first establishing control of terrain through military conquest and
then reinforcing this control through governance. This grand strategy proceeds in phases that have been
laid out by ISIS itself in its publications, and elaborates a vision that it hopes will attract both fighters and
citizens to its nascent state. The declaration of a caliphate in Iraq and Syria, however, raises the question:
can ISIS govern?
Available evidence indicates that ISIS has indeed demonstrated the capacity to govern both rural and urban
areas in Syria that it controls. Through the integration of military and political campaigns, particularly
in the provincial capital of Raqqa, ISIS has built a holistic system of governance that includes religious,
educational, judicial, security, humanitarian, and infrastructure projects, among others. Raqqa is the
central city in ISIS’s territorial network and thus it offers the most fully developed example of ISIS’s
Caliphate vision. However, Raqqa is not the only striking example of ISIS governance. Towns in Aleppo
province, in particular al-Bab and Manbij, are also host to a number of governance programs, as are select
towns in other provinces to varying degrees.
ISIS divides governance into two broad categories: administrative and service-oriented. Administrative
offices are responsible for managing religious outreach and enforcement, courts and punishments,
educational programming, and public relations. ISIS begins by establishing outreach centers and
rudimentary court systems first because these are less resource-intensive and less controversial among
the Syrian population. After consolidating militarily, ISIS generally progresses towards religious police,
stricter punishments, and a concerted educational system. These types of programs require more dedicated
personnel, resource investments, and greater support from the population.
ISIS’s service-oriented offices manage humanitarian aid, bakeries, and key infrastructure such as water
and electricity lines. In a similar fashion to its administrative offices, ISIS begins by offering humanitarian
aid, particularly during Ramadan, and coordinates with religious outreach events to provide food aid to
attendees. This is seen as less threatening and requires little personnel or resources from ISIS. As ISIS
takes sole control over territory, it expands to provide more services, often operating the heavy equipment
needed to repair sewer and electricity lines. ISIS has also attempted to manage large industrial facilities,
such as dams and a thermal power plant in Aleppo province.
In conjunction with these governance projects, ISIS has worked to legitimate its vision for a caliphate
as laid out in publications such as the English-language magazine Dabiq. ISIS has argued that it has
the duty to govern both the religious and political lives of Muslims. Under this model, ISIS leader Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi is both ISIS’s chief religious official and its senior statesman. ISIS sees itself as an all-
encompassing entity, one that eventually is meant to shoulder all the responsibilities of a traditional state.
Though maintaining some practical state functions that derive from effective urban management may not
be within his capacity.

 

[butchersapron]

From last year mate, still worth the read, esp if you have someone who can print it off at work...

 

[frogwoman]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...d-in-palmyra-by-young-islamists-10366533.html


I watched the video of the bit before the execution on the daily mails website. Its fairly disturbing and im not linking to it. Fucking bastards

 

[frogwoman]

http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-threat-gaza-turns-hamas-counterterrorism-player-israel-egypt-1940982

Not good


Almost a year since Hamas and Israel faced off in Gaza last summer, the two now face a common enemy -- the Gaza-based militants who have rebranded under the black and white flag of the ISIS. The rise of those extremists in Gaza is now threatening neighboring countries like Israel and Egypt, and giving Hamas, officially the enemy of Egypt and the sworn foe of Israel, leverage as the one entity that can stop ISIS from building a dangerous foothold between the two countries.

During the mosque raid, Hamas also arrested several members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, an Egyptian militant group that last year became ISIS' first branch outside of Iraq and Syria, underscoring how the threat of a rising ISIS in Gaza is directed toward Egypt, not just Israel.

 

[frogwoman]

From last year mate, still worth the read, esp if you have someone who can print it off at work...

Anything more recent along the same lines?

 

[butchersapron]

Anything more recent along the same lines?

Probably, i have a big folder full of this stuff but i can't access it right now as monitor is on blink on my desktop pc and i've failed to upload it to google drive. Have look in here though, can't remember what i have in there, prob something useful somewhere.

 

[frogwoman]

http://understandingwar.org/backgro...inai-launches-largest-offensive-sheikh-zuweid

Whats happening with ISIS in sinai then? Some of this looks pretty worrying.

Key Takeaway: ISIS’s most complex ground assault outside Iraq and Syria to date occurred in northern Sinai on July 1, suggesting the expansion of ISIS’s ground warfare to the Near Abroad. Previously ISIS’s attacks patterns across the region had primarily featured notable spectacular attacks. ISIS likely seeks to reduce Egyptian security force positions in the Sinai in order to increase its freedom of maneuver as it escalates to more aggressive campaigns, potentially involving international targets such as the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) based in Sinai. Further, it will contribute to increasing levels of violence in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood continues to undermine President Sisi’s legitimacy two years after Mohammad Morsi’s ousting.

ISIS’s Wilayat Sinai launched a wave of simultaneous attacks on July 1 targeting as many as 21 Egyptian military and police positions in North Sinai, focused primarily on the city of Sheikh Zuweid. Nearly eight hours of clashes between the insurgents and Egyptian security forces left several dozen dead and more wounded by some estimates. Conflicting reports among local media, Wilayat Sinai, and the Egyptian government obscure the exact death toll. ISIS’s operation included simultaneous ground assaults on Egyptian military positions and three suicide bombings targeting checkpoints in Sheikh Zuweid and allegedly the officer’s club in al-Arish, although there has been no confirmation of any suicide operations in al-Arish. The Egyptian military, backed by F-16 fighter jets, eventually forced the insurgents to withdraw from Sheikh Zuweid. ISIS’s Wilayat Sinai immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, declaring it used heavy and light weapons, RPGs and mortars, guided missiles, and air defense weapons to force away Egyptian aircraft from the locations under siege. The statement released by Wilayat Sinai also asserted its responsibility for launching three suicide attacks.

- See more at: http://understandingwar.org/backgro...-offensive-sheikh-zuweid#sthash.gRvGbM6U.dpuf

 

[butchersapron]

Whilst i'm here, here's a folder of stuff relating to PKK/kurds/history etc

 

[frogwoman]

http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobil...hadi-bride-in-her-own-terrifying-wo.131020906

Quite bad article with quotes from aqsa mahmoods blog.

 

[butchersapron]

http://ekurd.net/eight-former-briti...rdish-fighters-in-syrian-kurdistan-2015-03-17

a bunch of utter walts. 'call of duty' weapons handling skills, an upside down knife taped onto a shoulder strap - if there's more than 5 days service with the army cadets between this pox of fantastists and loopers i'll be stunned.

utter fucknuggets.

Anyone know what happened to this lot or did they turn out to be edl fantasists?

 

[frogwoman]

Just been looking at the tumblr blog again, im not going to link to it but theres loads of stuff complaining about how its now more difficult to get into syria and telling people not to complain about how things 'arent perfect' because its a 'new born state'

Theres also some absolutely terrible poetry