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2014-10-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Kurds, IS in Heavy Fighting near Turkish Border

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 ISIS 'Emir'/commander Saddam Jamal killed in YPG Ambush, eastern Kobane,

USUS Commander Mahmud Al Tunisi killed by US Led airstrikes in Kobane.

Kurdish women fighters capture ISIS tank.

YPG "air strikes targeted this morning a large number of terrorists' positions"

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 01:55|| 2014-10-14 01:55|| Front Page Top

#2 *correction for above* USUS should read ISIS

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 01:56|| 2014-10-14 01:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Had me on USUS. Ummah Soldiers of the United States?

Posted by Boss Smiter of the Bunions2180 2014-10-14 06:56|| 2014-10-14 06:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Drudge has the reason the Turks want the US to be more active bombing ISIS. Their air force is too busy bombing the Kurds.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2014-10-14 07:30|| 2014-10-14 07:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Kurdish YPG/YPJ has retaken Tal ash'aeer hill 5km West of Kobane.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 14:15|| 2014-10-14 14:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Due to 21 US airstrikes, Kurdish YPG boots on the ground were able to retake 10 ISIS front line positions in Kobane.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 14:22|| 2014-10-14 14:22|| Front Page Top

#7 We obviously have boots on the ground in Kobane, thus more frequent and more precise air strikes.

Posted by bman 2014-10-14 16:00|| 2014-10-14 16:00|| Front Page Top

#8 bman - possibly not. Remember the No Fly zone prior to OIF? We have been supporting, training and arming (clandestinely) the Kurds for decades, going back to Bush I and Clinton. I wager we have at least a few Kurds we trust (and trained) who may be involved in supporting the Syrian Kurds.

Or maybe the CIA finally let their operations people in the Kurdish regions off the damned leash.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-10-14 17:26|| 2014-10-14 17:26|| Front Page Top

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