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The battle for Mosul.. Joint forces to storm ISIS units
2015-02-16
[ARA] The Peshmerga forces have arrived in the outskirts of the city of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, in northern Iraq, which is under the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
's (IS/ISIS) control, amid preparations for storming the city with support of the U.S.-led international coalition, local sources from Mosul reported on Thursday.
Posted by:Fred

#1  A couple of dozen 6-aircraft ARCLIGHT strikes with 1000lb bombs would soften 'em up a bit, don't you think? Might kill a civilian or two, though...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2015-02-16 19:19  

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