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2014-08-16 Iraq

ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish official

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Posted by Fred 2014-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 MilBloggers claim the ISIS/ISIL is holding back most of their firepower, + instead are using only those captured US equipment, MBTS, + CSVS, etc. from the defeated Iraqi Army garrisons in Mosul to fight the Kurds + Yazidis???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-08-16 00:07|| 2014-08-16 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Be nice if those captured vehicles squirted their position when triggered to do so on the GPS downlink.

Posted by KBK 2014-08-16 08:01|| 2014-08-16 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Where are they planning on using that held back fire power, Joe? Any word on that?

Posted by AlanC 2014-08-16 08:22|| 2014-08-16 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Syria, most likely. The other possible is Baghdad and environs, once they close the southern gap.

My take is that ISIS is using the crazies and fanatics as shock troops.
The captured equipment is bonus; it it's destroyed, no big deal. There's also maintenance and support base for it, so they'll use it until it breaks.

I'll go so far as to say the "self-proclaimed caliph" is not much more than a distraction. The hardcore element is safely ensconced someplac eelse , possibly in another, non-affected country.

Posted by Pappy 2014-08-16 19:24|| 2014-08-16 19:24|| Front Page Top

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