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Brown Moses posted:ISIS had a social media campaign encouraging supporters to tweet images of support, so they did, and we geolocated a bunch Were there a lot of these?
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Kurtofan posted:Were there a lot of these? Quite a few, a lot weren't as dumb as the guys above though.
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I like that the guy in Paris seems to be taking a picture directly out of his apartment window. Can't see that backfiring.
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slavatuvs posted:I like that the guy in Paris seems to be taking a picture directly out of his apartment window. I can't see Paris ISIStard as anything but a troll. The Arabic handwriting looks super sloppy, like it's from someone who doesn't normally write in that language. Also, I can't tell what the second tag is supposed to be, since it doesn't match any of the spelling of any of the the hashtags used in the other snapshots.
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It says #paris if my schoolboy arabic skills are right.
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Kurtofan posted:Were there a lot of these? Maybe if twenty people quote all the images over and over again it will seem like more.
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Dodoman posted:It says #paris if my schoolboy arabic skills are right. As best it could be with no P in arabic I suppose.
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They all say Paris, Germany, Holland etc.
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Mozi posted:Maybe if twenty people quote all the images over and over again it will seem like more. I really wish the forums Twitter tags had something like the Image tags do, where they automatically turn all img into timg when they're quoted.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:thats not disconcerting at all. gonna sound trumpist, but it makes you wander how many dumb kids are willing to fight for them or do overseas shooting/bombings for them. Extremely few, actually. It turns out that people are actually quite unwilling to murder large groups of people from where they grew up. "Overseas" attacks are usually either locals persuing domestic grudges using a jihadist pretext (San Bernardino), disaffected hardened local criminals striking out (Paris), or foreigners blowing up ideological enemies (9-11).
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When ISIS blew up the Egyptair flight earlier this year, how long did it take for them to claim responsibility? I find it odd that no one has yet claimed responsibility for the latest downing. I think it lends credence to the crash being caused by something else, like mechanical failure or maybe the pilot downed it intentionally. Speaking of which, didn't a pilot intentionally crash an Egyptair flight like 10 years ago?
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Charliegrs posted:Speaking of which, didn't a pilot intentionally crash an Egyptair flight like 10 years ago? Yep.
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Operations by ISF to take back Fallujah from Daesh has begun. Interesting, given the Sadr protests. I wonder if this is a premature distraction from what is happening in Baghdad. I hope they planned this out.
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Charliegrs posted:When ISIS blew up the Egyptair flight earlier this year, how long did it take for them to claim responsibility? I find it odd that no one has yet claimed responsibility for the latest downing. I think it lends credence to the crash being caused by something else, like mechanical failure or maybe the pilot downed it intentionally. Speaking of which, didn't a pilot intentionally crash an Egyptair flight like 10 years ago? They claimed responsibility within a day or so, it was within maybe 36 hours.
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NikkolasKing posted:I've always been very critical of Germany's anti-free speech policies. But I was thinking now it might finally be a good thing. Just clarify Wahabism as not being a religion. Then declare it a hate group.
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Lascivious Sloth posted:Operations by ISF to take back Fallujah from Daesh has begun. Interesting, given the Sadr protests. I wonder if this is a premature distraction from what is happening in Baghdad. I hope they planned this out. That's how it looks now, according to Islamic World News: http://www.mediafire.com/view/dvd1itn1dho45zq/22may2016.jpg I guess they want to clear out all the Daesh strongholds in the south before concentrating all firepower on Mosul? Also, extra maps! A rewind of the back and forth in Northern Aleppo, and it's not looking good for the rebels: http://imgur.com/1naF4jp PetoLucem's latest on DeZ, looking precarious: https://imgur.com/0xQlCdp Remember Shingal? 
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@CombatChris1 60 minutes ago #Damascus : Rumors that ten SAA officers were killed and eight others arrested after a failed coup attempt at the Presidential Palace.
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RZApublican posted:On the other hand the word for years was that the officers were too afraid/tied to Assad to attempt a coup. If things have changed to the point where they aren't, poo poo's about to get interesting really quick. Could easily be a purge of officers the regime was afraid of instead of a coup attempt though. It's probably impossible to know for sure.
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Emanuel Collective posted:@CombatChris1 60 minutes ago interesting. must be very bad inside the assad camp if coups are being hatched .kinda hope Assad goes full Stalin and starts mass purges. that might gently caress up his military strength maybe cause defections.
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SDF released another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UzSmM-5lr0
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Commander of the IRGC-QF Qassem Soleimani at the Fallujah operations room, meeting with some of the most powerful Iranian agents in the country. Some of those pictured are as follows Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: Effectively military commander of the Hashd/PMU. Convicted and sentenced to death in absentia for his part in the 1983 Kuwait bombings (related to this is another Iranian agent - Lebanese Hezbollah's Mustaffa Badreddine who was very recently murked in Syria). Fought for Iran as part of the Badr Brigade during the Iran-Iraq war. With the help of the Qods Force built Kata'ib Hezbollah, a rabidly sectarian Shia milita and US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation that wants to export the Khomeinist ideology of Absolute Wilayat al-Faqih to Iraq (effectively, this means establish a Shia theocracy in Iraq with the Iranian clerical establishment at its head). KH have been active in Syria fighting under IRGC command against the Opposition forces there. Akram al Kaabi: Leader of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. Openly talks about how he and his group see Khamenei as their authority and who they take guidance from, and that they would coup the Iraqi government if told to do so. Also Khomeinist in ideology like KH. Basically just read this article. Also have been heavily involved in the Aleppo area in Syria, again under IRGC leadership. Here is a picture of Soleimani with HHN fighters following a victory at the apex of the IRGC offensive in South Aleppo. Hadi al-Amiri: Current President of the Iranian-controlled Badr Organisation, fought for Iran in the Badr Brigade during the Iran-Iraq war. Chums with Soleimani and al-Muhandis. This group was probably the most significant single player in the whole "Shia death squads" thing during the Coalition occupation, in no small part to the fact that Badr figures often end up in powerful political positions. An example is the previous Badr president Baqir Jabr Al-Zubeidi who held several ministerial posts, including a stint as Interior Minister. This Ministry was/is in charge of many state paramilitary forces such as the Federal Police, the counter-insurgency units (such as the infamous Wolf Brigade), as well as border enforcement. I think it's also worth noting that on top of most of the big players in the Hashd (both individuals and militia groups) effectively being extensions of the IRGC, the overall Hashd/PMU itself is in fact part of the Interior Ministry and not the Ministry of Defence, and that the current Interior Minister in charge is a member of Badr last I remember. Radio Prune fucked around with this message at 03:31 on May 24, 2016 |
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fade5 posted:Interesting article on the SDF, released now that Votel's visit is over: Is there any shadow of a chance that the Syrian Kurds could come out of this with anything resembling Rojava? I mean they go to the proverbial bargaining table having shouldered a hell of a lot of bloodshed for their homeland but given how consistently everyone has decided "gently caress the Kurds" in the past is this supposed to be any different this time?
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Squalid posted:Wasn't there a rumor Qassem Soleimani got blasted somewhere in Syria? He looks alright in the pic, guess if he did get injured it wasn't too bad. Yeah and lending some credence to the rumor Iran threw a bizarrely homoerotic pageant in his honor afterwords. He dipped out for a while after that happened it seems e: iran strong 
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It appears that an airbase used by Russian forces near Palmyra has been almost completely destroyed in an IS attack. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36366664 ISIS claimed this attack a week ago, allegedly blowing up several aircraft and supply depots. It appears that 4 Mi-24s and one MiG-25 were destroyed in the attack, along with dozens of supply trucks. Seems likely to me that Russia is attempting to keep a massive loss of equipment and, potentially, manpower under wraps.
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fade5 posted:Interesting article on the SDF, released now that Votel's visit is over: quote:U.S. advisers say the Kurdish women are so tough they sometimes go into battle with suicide belts so they won’t be captured by Islamic State fighters who would turn them into sex slaves. This sounds like a Command & Conquer unit. Hard loving core.
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slavatuvs posted:It appears that an airbase used by Russian forces near Palmyra has been almost completely destroyed in an IS attack. Jesus, that's an expensive one.
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FAUXTON posted:Is there any shadow of a chance that the Syrian Kurds could come out of this with anything resembling Rojava? I mean they go to the proverbial bargaining table having shouldered a hell of a lot of bloodshed for their homeland but given how consistently everyone has decided "gently caress the Kurds" in the past is this supposed to be any different this time? In addition, that article noted that the US seems to have decided to work with the ground forces we've got, rather than trying to create a (Sunni Arab) army from scratch. That means the US is going to be looking at the SDF as a more long-term ally, since they're the only real force in Syria we've got now. (There's also the NSyA and various TOW-vetted groups, but they can't really make large advances like the SDF has done.) Blue Footed Booby posted:This sounds like a Command & Conquer unit. Hard loving core. 
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fade5 posted:... Absolutely, but this is a bit more  than a backup pistol with one bullet.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Absolutely, but this is a bit more It's more a martyrdom thing. Not very heroic to just shoot yourself.
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