elth's article is spot on.
Although with the Russians now rolling them back and with other developments, you've got to imagine that ISIS is going to lose a lot of its territory over the next few weeks.
elth's article is spot on.
Although with the Russians now rolling them back and with other developments, you've got to imagine that ISIS is going to lose a lot of its territory over the next few weeks.
The Kurds have had a notable success against them in the previous few days, which they celebrated by burning Iraqi Sunnis out of their houses. Lads...
So... did we kinda sneak some grunts in during the whole Arab spring or have I imagined that?
Load of shite. "Middle Eastern Wars" are no more (or less, for that matter) in Europe than they were after Madrid or London. Terrorists are just doing what terrorists do. France has a problem due to it's history, demographic and social particulars; it's situation is unique. That's not to say that it won't happen here (or elsewhere in Europe) at some point. We all know it definitely will. But then we've known that for more than a decade. Friday night doesn't change anything on that score.
Bit late, but Madonna can fuck off.
PB is getting on my jugs on Facebook. Article after article of shit. What about this? What about that? It's our faults! Crank.
Jord.
By the way why don't the bombers just raze their cities to the ground? There are no civilians there, just monsters that hold similar ideals. Fucking take them all out. Men, women and children.
The Russians were kicking fuck out of it last night as well. They took out the ISIS fire brigade(!) amongst other things.
Anyone who willfully chooses to live under IS rule should be fair game.
People are still trying to escape. The brilliant documentary on channel 4 showed a group helping people make it out.
I'm beyond giving a shit. Let's help them escape via incineration.
They mix with civilians. That's why this kind of response is rough. Its a very visible response, though. I can't imagine the French government getting applause for "Guys, we're not doing this. Too many eggs to break and people to piss off." A covert response just gets seen as weak..
Hypothetical - say IS do get fucked off the face of the earth.
What happens then? Assad regains control? What about the warring sub-groups? The Kurds?
Escape from ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2fdtBDww2A
Struggling to actually find a link for it though.
@GS - I don't find your bullshit particularly interesting either. Feel free to ignore it if you don't like it.
How is this any different than the ISIS approach?Originally Posted by Magic
Lol at taking Magic seriously.
We'd get a few bad guys as well though.
The Kurds will presumably secure regional autonomy for themselves (which the Americans oppose because Turkey), but it's worth remembering that half of what ISIS 'control' in Syria is shitty desert. It would be relatively easy for whatever government emerges to keep all of that reasonably quiet once they've fucked off.
Giving them a day to leave is a bit counter-productive don't you think?
Brilliant.
Close all the borders!
Kill them all for still being in Syria!!
NCIS used that as a plot years ago. Terrorist wankers were using transactions in a SimCity type game to communicate times and locations, as I remember.
www.raqqa-sl.com/en
Necessary reading, I think.
That website in general or did you mean to link a specific article?
Tinder's just full of French flags now.
My PC wouldn't let me copy/paste this yesterday
While I'm looking at my own Twitter profile. I did enjoy this after the Kay Burley tweet
They've only gone and taken the guy on the run alive.
Belgian police arrest Paris suspect - report
Belgian broadcaster RTL reports that police have arrested Salah Abdeslam, suspected of being involved in the Paris attacks, in the Belgian suburb of Molenbeek. Abdeslam was the subject of the French police wanted order. The RTL report has not yet been confirmed.
His brother was named by French police as a bomber who carried out a suicide attack on one of the locations targeted on Friday night.
Abdeslam Salah Photograph: DSK/AFP/Getty ImagesAccording to multiple reports, police carried out a raid in Molenbeek this morning and closed several roads.
Witnesses at the scene described hearing explosions followed by orders given by police through a loudspeaker.
One man was apparently then ordered to come to the window with his hands raised.
Salah is alleged to have rented the black Volkswagen Polo used by the group that attacked the Bataclan concert hall.
He is said to have been born and lived in Belgium, although French police have described him as a French national.
In the hours after the attacks, French police stopped Abdeslam and two other men close to the border with Belgium, but allowed them to go on their way because their names were not at that stage on any wanted list.
Ibrahim Abdeslam, the brother of on-the-run attacker Salah, was identified by prosecutors as the man who rented a Seat vehicle used in the attacks.
He carried out the suicide attack at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe. Ibrahim, 31, was a French national based in Belgium.
'Tragedy hipsters' - the ones all going 'What about Beirut? What about Kenya six moths ago?'
Nickfootie
Anonymous have declared war on ISIS.
I bet ISIS are quaking in their boots.