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2014-01-05 Iraq

Fallujah residents flee, fearing major battle

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Posted by Fred 2014-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#1 Nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-01-05 00:33|| 2014-01-05 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Who is funding the ISIL?

Saudi,Qatar,Kuwait,UAE?

Posted by Paul D 2014-01-05 05:18|| 2014-01-05 05:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Define "it" Glenmore.

Fallujah?
Iraq?
Middle East barring Israel?
.....?

Posted by AlanC 2014-01-05 08:50|| 2014-01-05 08:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Good point, AlanC; I was referring to Fallujah. For now, anyway.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-01-05 09:59|| 2014-01-05 09:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Saudi,Qatar,Kuwait,UAE?

I'd say "do some research," but that apparently always falls on deaf ears. Anyway:

Saudi? Most likely.

Qatar? No. Even though the Sauds have forced a de facto coup in Qatar, the leadership still is more or less aligned with a Muslim Brotherhood-style of Islamism.

Kuwait? Possible but not likely, for various reasons.

UAE? Depends on which Emirate we're talking about. My take is that there's funding of ISIL/ISIS, but it's being done by private individuals.

You left out Syria. Yes, I know it's not one of your pet-peeve-nations you always mention in your rhetorical questions, but there's evidence that some Islamist factions are operating in various areas under an "understanding" with the Syrian government. Syria has also long threatened to expand its war to its neighbors.

I'd also add Pakistan, Iran, the Balkans, and Russia(?), in order of likelihood.

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-05 12:28|| 2014-01-05 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 You left out Syria. Yes, I know it's not one of your pet-peeve-nations you always mention in your rhetorical questions, but there's evidence that some Islamist factions are operating in various areas under an "understanding" with the Syrian government. Syria has also long threatened to expand its war to its neighbors.

As I pointed out earlier, Al Qaeda in Syria _acts_ like they're in league with Assad. They always talk tough about how they're going to finish taking Damascus _real soon now_ but they really only make the news when they're killing off competing groups of reportedly 'moderate' rebels.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-01-05 12:54|| 2014-01-05 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, and has anyone mentioned Turkey yet?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-01-05 13:00|| 2014-01-05 13:00|| Front Page Top

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-05 16:45|| 2014-01-05 16:45|| Front Page Top

#9 The US should have a presence in that arena as we did in Germany and South Korea. It was a stabilizing, powerful, presence. But of course the way this generation of people of the US and the many new immigrant invasion are voting these days, the US will no longer be a power within its own borders in the future.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-05 16:48|| 2014-01-05 16:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, and has anyone mentioned Turkey yet?

I considered it. The AKP is more aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood than al Qaeda or Salafists. I don't think they'd back ISIL. They might back al Nusra, possibly ISIS.

There's a couple of other nations in the region that might be backers or contain backers. But it'd either be major conjecture on my part, or controversial.

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-05 18:02|| 2014-01-05 18:02|| Front Page Top

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