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Tag Archives: Iraq
Islamic State Shrinks Again
The ongoing destruction of what remains of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is more of a process than a series of discrete battles at this point. A story I’ve been watching develop the last few weeks has finally … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Al Masdar News, Bashar Assad, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor, Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, Golan Heights, Hama, Homs, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jazerra Storm, Jihad, Jordan, Latakia, Middle East, Military, Rojava, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces
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Everything In the Middle East Is Blowing Up
Or to put it another way, everything in the Middle East is blowing up slightly more than usual: Hajin, reportedly the last Islamic State stronghold in Syria, has come under sustained attack by coalition forces. There are supposedly some 4,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Euphrates, Foreign Policy, Gaza, Hajin, Hamas, Hodeidah, Houthi, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Israel, Jihad, Military, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Yemen
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LinkSwarm for June 1, 2018
We told liberals they wouldn’t like the new rules being applied to them, but they didn’t listen. Liberals get Roseanne Barr fired, conervatives get Samantha Bee’s sponsors to pull out. (Disclaimer: I didn’t watch either of their shows.) How #NeverTrump … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court
Tagged #NeverTrump, A-10 Warthog, Border Controls, Bradley Manning, Congressional Review Act, Democrats, Evergreen State College, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Samantha Bee, San Antonio, Social Justice Warriors, Star Wars, Supreme Court, Texas, Tommy Robinson, Trump Derangement Syndrome, UK, WisCon
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SDF Finally Clearing Euphrates Pocket
After Deir Ez-Zor fell in early November of 2017, it looked like the war against the Islamic State in its own, self-professed caliphate was all but over. But then a funny thing happened. That theater of the war seemed to … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged al-Baghdadi, Baqhous, Deir ez-Zor, Euphrates, Foreign Policy, Hajin, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Kurds, Middle East, Military, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces
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LinkSwarm for May 11, 2018
You know what doesn’t seem to be happening today? An all-out war between Israel, Syria and Iran. The media is killing the Democratic Party by trying to help it and focusing on trivial bullshit. Is Robert Mueller destroying the Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Guns, Media Watch, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2018 Election, Ann Althouse, antifa, Austin, Bret Easton Ellis, California, Crime, Democrats, Dick's Sporting Goods, Donald Trump, Elections, Florida, Foreign Policy, George Deukmejian, Global Warming, Google, Guns, Iraq, Janet Museveni, Jihad, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Michael Avenatti, Mossberg, Nancy Pelosi, Portland, Republicans, Richard Overton, Robert Mueller, Roberto Alonzo, Springfield Armory, Stella Nyanzi, Uber, Uganda, unemployment
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Islamic State Launches Several Attacks Around Kirkuk
Like Wesley in The Princess Bride, the Islamic State is just mostly dead, not dead dead. This was driven home by several recent attacks near Kirkuk, which was officially liberated from the Islamic State by Kurdish forces since 2014, and … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged al-Hashd al-Shaabi, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Kirkuk, Kurds, Military
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Islamic State All But Destroyed
After having secured the Syrian border, Iraq has declared the war against the Islamic State over. Syria strongman Bashar Assad’s patrons the Russians have likewise declared Syria liberated from the Islamic State as well. Both of these statements are slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged al-Baghdadi, Bashar Assad, Deir ez-Zor, Egypt, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, John Bolton, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Military, Omar Mohammed, rape, Russia, Sufi, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Yazidi
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Deir Ez-Zor Falls
The Syrian army just ousted the Islamic State from their last urban stronghold in Syria. Syrian government forces have liberated the last remaining Isis stronghold in the country as the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate continues to crumble. The Syrian military said … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Abu Kammal, Deir ez-Zor, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Military, Qaim, Russia, Syria
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Guns, Tyranny and Asymmetrical Warfare
One Standard Anti-Second Amendment Talking Point is that the Second Amendment is outdated and can’t possibly provide a bulwark against tyranny, because no group of citizens armed merely with legal firearms could possibly stand up to the technological might of … Continue reading
Posted in Guns, Military
Tagged Afghanistan, asymmetrical warfare, Guns, Iraq, Military, Posse Comitatus Act, Scott Adams, Second Amendment
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