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| US official: Some 50,000 Islamic State terrorists killed since 2014 |
| 2016-12-09 |
| [IsraelTimes] Military official says number is ’conservative estimate,’ notes group has shown ’resilience. At least 50,000 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... snuffies have been killed by the US-led coalition since it began operations in Iraq and Syria in late 2014, a senior US military official said Thursday. "I am not into morbid counts but that kind of volume matters, that kind of impact on the enemy," the official said. The official, who spoke to Pentagon news hounds on condition of anonymity, said the number was a "conservative estimate," it’s a bit more than what others have stated before. US leaders have expressed reluctance to disclose specific numbers, and note that IS has been able to replace fighters rapidly, particularly early on. "I give them credit for being so resilient," the official said according to Fox News. In August, Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland said about 45,000 combatants have been taken off the battlefields. The official said coalition ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , where Iraqi troops are battling to retake the city, but civilian casualties are a risk. Since the launch of Operation Inherent Resolve began on August 2014, more than 125,000 sorties in Iraq and Syria have been carried out by the US-led coalition, the Pentagon said last month. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Sounds like a pretty robust JV team |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2016-12-09 13:41 |
| #8 and 100,000 have migrated to EU. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-12-09 13:17 |
| #7 Didn't Oblahblah say the ISIS only had about 35,000 total? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-12-09 13:03 |
| #6 If we only killed the right 100 terror financiers, wherever they may be, it would go further than killing the thousands of shovel and trigger terries. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-12-09 10:59 |
#5  Has it not been said... "this will be a very long struggle?" If you are victorious and destroy all of the terrorists, what crisis will there be, what motivation will future generations have to fund the complex ?A strong, victorious military is not your friend. Besides, those funds are needed elsewhere. Selective culling and strong media support (numbers game) will ensure product and 'crisis' sustainment. The 'enemy' must always be just at the gate. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-09 08:09 |
| #4 Fake news. Remember Obama told us that there are less than 35,000 IS? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-12-09 07:56 |
| #3 The hydra was allowed back into countries it departed from to recruit, train and equip more of its kind. It was also invited in by virtue signaling politicians. It will travel like the plague. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-12-09 07:46 |
| #2 But the Obama team didn't injure any mothers, children, fluffy bunnies, or baby ducks like that bad, bad Bush. On the other hand, they're supposed to be like the Hydra, right? Cut off one head and two more spring up? So how many bad guys have been created in the same time period? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-12-09 07:40 |
| #1 Just imagine how many terrorists could be killed if we were actually trying? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-12-09 01:15 |