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2014-11-12 Iraq

Iraqi militias grow brutal in anti-ISIS fight

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Posted by Fred 2014-11-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iraq

#1 More please, with increased enthusiasm and speed.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-11-12 04:19|| 2014-11-12 04:19|| Front Page Top

#2 ahhhh, the RoP and the Muslim way of war.

Posted by AlanC 2014-11-12 07:15|| 2014-11-12 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 wa wa SNACKBAR!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-11-12 10:29|| 2014-11-12 10:29|| Front Page Top

#4 You cannot expect 7th-Century barbarians to fight using the West's "civilized" means. That's about like asking a dog to climb trees.

Posted by Old Patriot 2014-11-12 13:04|| 2014-11-12 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 What they're best at. And when they're killing each other, they're not killing us.

Posted by tu3031 2014-11-12 13:27|| 2014-11-12 13:27|| Front Page Top

#6 They were poster boys for UNHRC before it?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-11-12 14:56|| 2014-11-12 14:56|| Front Page Top

#7 When government forces are ineffective militias or vigilante forces tend to grow to do their jobs. They tend to be less disciplined and more ruthless. They scare governments.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-11-12 17:00|| 2014-11-12 17:00|| Front Page Top

#8 After the Malmedy Massacre Americans generally didn't take SS prisoners. The Canadians having experienced the SS practices in Normandy hadn't taken too many prisoners since then either. You get done on to you what you do on others.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-11-12 20:41|| 2014-11-12 20:41|| Front Page Top

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