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Islamic State Thread
By Altimaomega 2014-10-01 01:05:10
We did bring combat troops home.
Not all of them. ok my bad, we still have some in Afghanistan, but we have long since withdrawn from Iraq.
Changing the name from "troop" to "adviser, mercenary" does not count. We still have thousands of personal in Iraq and it looks like things are only getting worse in that area.
By Jetackuu 2014-10-01 01:26:31
There's a large difference.
By Ramyrez 2014-10-01 08:17:23
are you baking chicken on your dashboard o.o?
I said pay no attention to Rodney!
He's a beat-up, sun-bleached stuffed reindeer that's been riding on dashboards in my wife's family's vehicles for like two decades. Her dad was going to get rid of him so she rescued him several years ago and now he rides on her dashboard.
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By Jetackuu 2014-10-01 08:20:01
are you baking chicken on your dashboard o.o?
I said pay no attention to Rodney!
He's a beat-up, sun-bleached stuffed reindeer that's been riding on dashboards in my wife's family's vehicles for like two decades. Her dad was going to get rid of him so she rescued him several years ago and now he rides on her dashboard. 1. I hope you wash that thing from time to time.
2. I just got a whole 'nother insight into your psych that I'm not sure if I enjoy or not.
But that picture is mild to what we have around here, but yeah I have some family up north, rural Pennsylvania is very similar to rural VA.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-10-01 08:28:35
Oh, Confederate flags. The calling cards of racists. Oh, I mean 'rebels'. Yeah, rebels.
By Ramyrez 2014-10-01 08:31:16
The picture is just an example I happened to take the other day to illustrate this point to someone else. It just nicely fit the discussion.
Quote: 2. I just got a whole 'nother insight into your psych that I'm not sure if I enjoy or not.
*shrug* I'm still not sure what I think of the things in my head and I live in here.
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By Jetackuu 2014-10-01 08:34:32
The picture is just an example I happened to take the other day to illustrate this point to someone else. It just nicely fit the discussion.
Quote: 2. I just got a whole 'nother insight into your psych that I'm not sure if I enjoy or not.
*shrug* I'm still not sure what I think of the things in my head and I live in here.
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By Jetackuu 2014-10-01 08:39:30
I can't believe I watched that whole thing.
By Ramyrez 2014-10-01 08:40:17
I can't believe I watched that whole thing.
At work, can't view. All I can see is a still of the professor.
By Jetackuu 2014-10-01 09:50:11
I can't believe I watched that whole thing.
At work, can't view. All I can see is a still of the professor. lame, it's a poorly cut together long clip of him laughing like a loon.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-10-05 19:44:17
Quote: Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes battled the Islamic State group for a key Syrian town Sunday, with one woman defender blowing herself up using the jihadists' own tactic.
IS fighters seized part of a strategic hill overlooking the town of Kobane late on Saturday, a monitor said, but their progress was slowed by new strikes from the coalition of Washington and Arab allies.
A Kobane local official, Idris Nahsen, said IS fighters were just one kilometre (less than a mile) from the town and that air strikes alone were not enough to stop them.
He complained of a lack of coordination between the coalition and Kurdish fighters on the ground.
In a sign of the Kurdish defenders' determination to keep the jihadists at bay, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the woman suicide bomber blew herself up at an IS position east of Kobane.
"The operation caused deaths, but there is no confirmed number," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said of the first reported instance of a female Kurdish fighter employing a tactic often used by IS itself. Kurds battle for key Syria town, woman suicide bomber hits IS
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-10-05 19:48:24
Quote: The Pakistani Taliban have expressed their support for Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq.
In a statement marking the Muslim festival of Eid, the group appealed to Islamists there to unite against the "enemy" - the US-led alliance.
IS has taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq, but has also been battling al-Qaeda-linked rival militant groups.
The Pakistani Taliban has been waging its own insurgency against the Islamabad government since 1997.
'Forget rivalries'
Saturday's statement was issued by the leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Maulana Fazlullah, sent by his spokesman.
Addressing IS in Syria and Iraq, he said: "We are proud of your conquests against the enemies. We are with you in good and bad times."
"In these troubled days, we call on you to be patient and stay united as your enemies are now united against you. Forget rivalries."
The statement said the global Muslim community would "stand by you in these tough times and help with what we can".
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil in Islamabad says there has been little evidence so far of an agreement between IS and the Pakistani Taliban.
But recently, our correspondent adds, supporters of IS have been spotted in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar distributing pamphlets praising the group. Pakistan Taliban vow support for IS in Syria and Iraq
By maldini 2014-10-05 20:06:27
Kurds using suicide bombing tactics /shocked!!!
That means the situation is really really bad... the kurds aren't the kind of people that believe in all that garbage.. I'm really shocked.
Taliban supporting ISIS - wut in the?!
I know Taliban are pretty extreme, but ISIS is off the charts crazy. You would think the Taliban would be supporting Al Qaeda; their allies who fought with them against the USSR.
This all smells like Bolsheviks to me.. the beheadings, the massacres, the killing of kids/women...
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-06 06:45:48
Wait, you are surprised that radicals are supporting radicals?
That's the real shock there.
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By Blazed1979 2014-10-06 06:54:14
Wait, you are surprised I didn't read the article and don't know the difference between Taliban and Al Qaeda and ISIS but I'm going to make a witty statement which will appeal to idiots like me and show the informed of us just how ignorant I am.
By maldini 2014-10-06 06:58:35
I'm waiting for him to call Taliban "tur'ur'ists" so I can show him how his government is negotiating and backpedaling on "tur'ur'ists".
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2014-10-06 07:05:11
I'm waiting for him to call Taliban "tur'ur'ists" so I can show him how his government is negotiating and backpedaling on "tur'ur'ists".
Yeah, that'll show him. King would be totally shocked to find out Obama is doing something wrong.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-06 07:05:34
Wait, you are surprised I didn't read the article and don't know the difference between Taliban and Al Qaeda and ISIS but I'm going to make a witty statement which will appeal to idiots like me and show the informed of us just how ignorant I am. Spoken like a true idiot.
Or are you saying that the Taliban is indicative to the Muslim faith teachings. In which case.....
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-06 07:06:29
I'm waiting for him to call Taliban "tur'ur'ists" so I can show him how his government is negotiating and backpedaling on "tur'ur'ists".
Yeah, that'll show him. King would be totally shocked to find out Obama is doing something wrong. Actually, I'm shocked when Obama and his administration under his "leadership" (lol) doesn't do anything wrong.
By Voren 2014-10-06 07:12:50
difference between Taliban and Al Qaeda and ISIS
There's not a whole hell of a lot of difference between the three. Fundamentally, maybe, but to the average Joe:
Taliban = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizes local villages in and around Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up or the very least take credit for blowing said shits up, could give a flying-*** about local villages.
ISIS = the new Taliban/Al Qaeda, pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizing Iraq and surrounding areas.
There's probably some nuances that are different between the three, but when it comes to brass tax, no one gives a *** which one of the three is on the trigger end of an AK-47, they look the same: pissedoff Middle Easterner that's trying to kill what they're aiming at.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-06 07:15:26
difference between Taliban and Al Qaeda and ISIS
There's not a whole hell of a lot of difference between the three. Fundamentally, maybe, but to the average Joe:
Taliban = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizes local villages in and around Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up or the very least take credit for blowing said shits up, could give a flying-*** about local villages.
ISIS = the new Taliban/Al Qaeda, pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizing Iraq and surrounding areas.
There's probably some nuances that are different between the three, but when it comes to brass tax, no one gives a *** which one of the three is on the trigger end of an AK-47, they look the same: pissedoff Middle Easterner that's trying to kill what they're aiming at. But don't forget, none of them are terrorists according to maldini.
They are labeled as such by an oppressive government who wants to control the minds of every innocent person in the Middle East. Oh, and that government wants to spread evil Christianity to the region also, where we all know that the Muslim faith is correct and that we should all follow it, regardless if we want to believe in that ***or not!
Never mind the constant bombings and beheadings of their own culture and society. That's American propaganda and not true. Now if you excuse me, I got to bomb a 7-11 and behead some infidels.
By maldini 2014-10-06 07:21:08
difference between Taliban and Al Qaeda and ISIS
There's not a whole hell of a lot of difference between the three. Fundamentally, maybe, but to the average Joe:
Taliban = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizes local villages in and around Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up or the very least take credit for blowing said shits up, could give a flying-*** about local villages.
ISIS = the new Taliban/Al Qaeda, pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizing Iraq and surrounding areas.
There's probably some nuances that are different between the three, but when it comes to brass tax, no one gives a *** which one of the three is on the trigger end of an AK-47, they look the same: pissedoff Middle Easterner that's trying to kill what they're aiming at.
1. Taliban have never attacked the US on its soil. They have no ambitions for anything outside of Afghanistan/Pakistan. They have many red lines. They have political goals. They're represented in the loya jurga. They're part of Afghan society. They have no war with any ideologies.
2. Al Qaeda - want to see an Arabian Gulf without american military presence. They're an international terrorist organization with some red lines.No real central command, they vary in their ideologies as they're pretty much just a bunch of incoherent unorganized splinter cells today.
3. ISIS - want to establish a state. They have no red lines. They don't differentiate between children and women and soldiers. They want to impose their ideology on everyone - the entire world.
But I found you're comparison amusing.
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By Blazed1979 2014-10-06 07:26:40
difference between Taliban and Al Qaeda and ISIS
There's not a whole hell of a lot of difference between the three. Fundamentally, maybe, but to the average Joe:
Taliban = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizes local villages in and around Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda = pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up or the very least take credit for blowing said shits up, could give a flying-*** about local villages.
ISIS = the new Taliban/Al Qaeda, pissedoff Middle Easterners that hates the U.S., likes to blow shits up, and terrorizing Iraq and surrounding areas.
There's probably some nuances that are different between the three, but when it comes to brass tax, no one gives a *** which one of the three is on the trigger end of an AK-47, they look the same: pissedoff Middle Easterner that's trying to kill what they're aiming at. But don't forget, none of them are terrorists according to maldini.
They are labeled as such by an oppressive government who wants to control the minds of every innocent person in the Middle East. Oh, and that government wants to spread evil Christianity to the region also, where we all know that the Muslim faith is correct and that we should all follow it, regardless if we want to believe in that ***or not!
Never mind the constant bombings and beheadings of their own culture and society. That's American propaganda and not true. Now if you excuse me, I got to bomb a 7-11 and behead some infidels.
Are you a *** moron?
Where has Maldini ever said they're not terrorists. You're pure ignorance astounds me.
Because he can actually differentiate between different organizations and their motives that equates to him saying they're not terrorists?
This is the problem with American politics. Most American Politicians can't differentiate between Uzbekistan and Kazakhastan and Pakistan.
You're a fanatical and you would probably categorize us all together as "brown people".
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By maldini 2014-10-06 07:29:08
Apparently if you give an accurate representation of the facts King thinks you're at odds with America and want everyone to follow your religion.
Fascinating.
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By maldini 2014-10-06 07:30:24
Wait, you are surprised I didn't read the article and don't know the difference between Taliban and Al Qaeda and ISIS but I'm going to make a witty statement which will appeal to idiots like me and show the informed of us just how ignorant I am. Spoken like a true idiot.
Or are you saying that the Taliban is indicative to the Muslim faith teachings. In which case.....
I would try to understand how you reached that assumption, but short of mind altering drugs and a few concussions, I doubt I would be able to.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-06 07:49:07
Where has Maldini ever said they're not terrorists. I'm waiting for him to call Taliban "tur'ur'ists" so I can show him how his government is negotiating and backpedaling on "tur'ur'ists". He is implying that they aren't.
This is the problem with American politics. Most American Politicians can't differentiate between Uzbekistan and Kazakhastan and Pakistan.
You're a fanatical and you would probably categorize us all together as "brown people" I wonder if you will ever realize the hypocrisy in the above quote....
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-06 07:50:12
Apparently if you give an accurate representation of the facts King thinks you're at odds with America and want everyone to follow your religion.
Fascinating. Last I checked, America doesn't have a state forced religion.
Wish I could say the same about the Middle East. It's either believe in Islam or die.
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By Cerberus.Senkyuutai 2014-10-06 08:21:58
Apparently if you give an accurate representation of the facts King thinks you're at odds with America and want everyone to follow your religion.
Fascinating. Last I checked, America doesn't have a state forced religion.
Wish I could say the same about the Middle East. It's either believe in Islam or die. Last I checked, you have your president showing religious habits/customs/signs and talking about it every time he talks big. This works for every single president. You even have this in your *** court houses. And then, you have a *** "in god we trust" on your *** currency.
Talk about hypocrisy? May want to lay low on that one. Your country has more examples about religious fanatical idiots than the middle east, do you even realize that? Just because they do not kill people does not make them any less of what they are: religious fanatics.
Seriously, do not even talk against religion if you're from the US, it's full hypocrisy. If you disliked religious fanatics, you'd have changed country, no joke.
By Blazed1979 2014-10-06 08:47:54
Apparently if you give an accurate representation of the facts King thinks you're at odds with America and want everyone to follow your religion.
Fascinating. Last I checked, America doesn't have a state forced religion.
Wish I could say the same about the Middle East. It's either believe in Islam or die.
haha.. Believe in Islam or die? You know there are countries in the middle east that have Islam as the official religion, but muslims are the minority? Such ignorance!
I envy you in some ways, the world must seem like such a simple place for you, black and white. So much for you to learn! you should be excited!
ISIS are crazy, but some parts of 'murica are "full retard"
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By volkom 2014-10-06 08:49:13
It doesn't specify which God. and we only shake hands with the pope.
we pray in congress but its only out of tradition
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Quote: Islamic State urges attacks on U.S., French citizens, taunts Obama
Residents of Tabqa city and Islamic State militants tour the streets in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base in northeast Syria, August 24, 2014.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State urged its followers on Monday to attack citizens of the United States, France and other countries which have joined a coalition to destroy the ultra-radical group.
Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani also taunted U.S. President Barack Obama and other Western "crusaders" in a statement carried by the SITE monitoring website, saying their forces faced inevitable defeat at the insurgents' hands.
The United States is building an international coalition to combat the extremist Sunni Muslim force, which has seized large expanses of territory in Iraq and Syria and proclaimed a caliphate erasing borders in the heart of the Middle East.
Adnani said the intervention by the U.S.-led coalition would be the "final campaign of the crusaders", according to SITE's English-language transcript of an audio recording in Arabic.
"It will be broken and defeated, just as all your previous campaigns were broken and defeated," Adnani said, according to the recording, which urged followers to attack U.S., French, Canadian, Australian and other nationals.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the group's call showed once again, "if it needed to be shown, the barbarity of these terrorists, and shows why we must fight them relentlessly..." In a statement, he added, using an Arabic acronym for the militants: "We must also eliminate the risk that Daesh represents to our security."
U.S. and French warplanes have struck Islamic State targets in Iraq, and on Sunday the United States said other countries had indicated a willingness to join it if it goes ahead with air strikes against the group in Syria too.
Washington has also committed $500 million to arm and train Syrian rebels and to send 1,600 U.S. military advisers to Iraq to help fight Islamic State, while stressing the U.S. personnel would not engage in combat.
Adnani mocked Western leaders over their deepening military engagement in the region and said Obama was repeating the mistakes of his predecessor, George W. Bush.
"If you fight it (Islamic State), it becomes stronger and tougher. If you leave it alone, it grows and expands. If Obama has promised you with defeating the Islamic State, then Bush has also lied before him," Adnani said, according to the transcript.
"DRAGGED TO DESTRUCTION"
Addressing Obama directly, Adnani added: "O mule of the Jews, you claimed today that America would not be drawn into a war on the ground. No, it will be drawn and dragged ... to its death, grave and destruction."
Obama, who has spent much of his tenure since 2009 extracting the United States from Iraq after its costly 2003 invasion and occupation, is sensitive to charges that he is being drawn into another long campaign that risks the lives of U.S. soldiers.
While Obama has ruled out a combat mission, military officials say the reality of a protracted campaign in Iraq and possibly Syria may ultimately require greater use of U.S. troops, including tactical air strike spotters or front-line advisers embedded with Iraqi forces.
In his statement, Adnani criticised Kurdish fighters who are battling the Islamic State militants in both Syria and Iraq.
"We do not fight Kurds because they are Kurds. Rather we fight the disbelievers amongst them, the allies of the crusaders and Jews in their war against the Muslims," Adnani said.
He added that there were many Muslim Kurds within the ranks of the Islamic State army.
On Monday, Syrian Kurdish fighters halted an advance by Islamic State to the east of a predominantly Kurdish town near the border with Turkey, a spokesman for the main Kurdish group said.
Adnani also condemned Saudi Arabia, whose senior Muslim clergy have denounced Islamic State and whose ruling royal family has joined other Arab states in a pledge to tackle militant ideology as part of a strategy to counter the group.
Adnani condemned Western inaction over Syria's conflict, in which President Bashar al-Assad's forces have been embroiled in civil war with mainly Sunni Muslim fighters since 2011. He said the West had "looked the other way" when barrel bombs were dropped and chemical weapons were used against Muslim civilians.
"So know that – by Allah – we fear not the swarms of planes, nor ballistic missiles, nor drones, nor satellites, nor battleships, nor weapons of mass destruction."
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