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2015-03-11 Arabia

How Falling Oil Prices Are Hindering Iraq's Ability to Fight Islamic State

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Posted by Fred 2015-03-11 10:57|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 The Bloomberg jewel heist article refers to an AFP article on the subject, but misses a key bit in the opening sentence of the An Nahar version:

A group of "battle-hardened" armed thieves...

I read that early this morning, thought it an odd description, but didn't think to connect it with jihadis.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-03-11 12:20|| 2015-03-11 12:20|| Front Page Top

#2 The "military wing" of the Kurds is a combination of the PKK (Ocelan's commies, kinda--look for the red star and the hammer and sickle on their flag)

YPG even more so.

Posted by Pappy 2015-03-11 12:34|| 2015-03-11 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Filed under Fred Explains It All. If I had PrezBO's email address, I'd send him a copy. No, not the president@whitehouse.gov one, I mean his personal AOL account.

Posted by SteveS 2015-03-11 12:45|| 2015-03-11 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL! This explains it all and is definitely a classic!

Thanks Fred!

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-03-11 13:25|| 2015-03-11 13:25|| Front Page Top

#5 There are some pretty intricate politix holding the mix together that I can't really follow anymore for lack of sources

We must all hang together, otherwise...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-03-11 13:49|| 2015-03-11 13:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Of course, we backed Stalin in the fight with Hitler. Sometimes life doesn't give you good/bad choices, just bad/worst choices.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-03-11 16:12|| 2015-03-11 16:12|| Front Page Top

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