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2014-10-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IS Holds out after Week of Syria Air Strikes
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Posted by trailing wife 2014-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
 File under: Islamic State 

#1 The ISIS repor gained 6000-n-counting new fighters since the Bammer ordered the airstrikes.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-10-01 00:34||   2014-10-01 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 A fundamental goal of any serious military campaign would be the 'shaping of the battlespace.' Clearing Iraq first, thus leaving ISIS an 'avenue of egress' back into their former assembly areas in Syria might have been a more prudent strategy. Allowing them to push south toward Baghdad may have some unwelcomed, urban warfare consequences.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-01 07:15||   2014-10-01 07:15|| Front Page Top

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