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2014-06-16 Iraq

The Iraqi Shi'a Mobilization to Counter the ISIS Offensive

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Posted by Squinty 2014-06-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq

#1 Here is a map: Situation Report: June 15, 2014

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-16 00:36|| 2014-06-16 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't let the press gloss this over: these Shiite militias are not the boy scouts, nor are they an armed rabble. These guys have been gunnies for years, and fought hard against US forces until the Surge wore them down, with better armed better informed military actions, and better cash payoffs.

These militias are not in a prisoner-taking mood. No quarter will be given, and as one of the Iraqis I know said to me in an email this weekend, before he and others head to Samarra to fight "We will push the ISIS out, and send them all screaming to hell"

Posted by OldSpook 2014-06-16 02:50|| 2014-06-16 02:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Set piece battles between terrorists---should be interesting.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-06-16 03:59|| 2014-06-16 03:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Payback for the slaughter and executions by the ISIS will be a bitch.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-06-16 08:33|| 2014-06-16 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 "There can be only one" phase. Pass the popcorn.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-06-16 09:28|| 2014-06-16 09:28|| Front Page Top

Execute a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) immediately and pass the salt.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-16 10:35|| 2014-06-16 10:35|| Front Page Top

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