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Tag Archives: Iraq
Raqqa Liberated
The onetime capital of the short-lived caliphate of the Islamic Republic of Iraq and Syria has been completely liberated by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces: A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters says it has taken full control … Continue reading
Posted in Jihad, Military
Tagged Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Libya, Military, Raqqa, Syrian Democratic Forces
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Islamic State Update: Hawija Falls, Final Push for Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor Fully Invested
Quick update on the ongoing destruction of the Islamic State. First, “Iraqi forces have driven Islamic State fighters from the northern city of Hawija, the militants’ final urban stronghold in Iraq, three years after they seized control of nearly a … Continue reading
Islamic State Near Collapse?
That’s what this headline implies. The truth is a little less dramatic: Raqqa is on the edge of full liberation and the Islamic State is in retreat everywhere else. Static lines of control that held for months in northern Raqqa … Continue reading
Islamic State War Update: Deir ez-Zor Relieved, Raqqa Crumbling, Tal Afar Captured
Before we turn our attention to North Korea, there’s still the war against the Islamic State to be won. And there’s lots of significant news there. First, Syrian government forces have just relieved the Islamic State’s three year siege of … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military
Tagged Deir ez-Zor, Foreign Policy, Gen. Paul Funk, Hama, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Military, Raqqa, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tal Afar, Uqayribat
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“The War George W. Bush Had Won, Barack Obama Had Lost”
This video is an antidote to the widespread revisionism that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a debacle from beginning to end and that George W. Bush was responsible for the rise of the Islamic State. One can question the … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged Dennis Prager, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Military, Obama, The Surge, video
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LinkSwarm for July 28, 2017
Supposed to hit 104° in Austin today, and 106° tomorrow. Try to keep your cool… “Why Was Wife of DWS’s Swindler Staffer Allowed to Leave the Country?” In early March [Imran’s] wife, Hina Alvi, suddenly left the country for Lahore, … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, ObamaCare, Republicans, Texas, video
Tagged 2018 Election, 2018 Texas Senate Race, 85th Texas Legislature, Afghanistan, al-Baghdadi, Austin, Beto O'Rourke, Bitcoin, Border Controls, convicted felon Brett Kimberlin, D.C., Dan Patrick, DC vs. Heller, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Foxconn, Fusion GPS, Guns, Hina Alvi, Imran Awan, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Joe Strauss, John McCain, Kid Rock, Lee Smith, LinkSwarm, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Steyn, Military, New York Times, North Korea, ObamaCare, rape, Russia, Special Session, Susan Collins, Swarthmore, Sweden, Tablet, Taliban, Texas, Tucker Carlson, video, Wikileaks, Wisconsin, Yazidi
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LinkSwarm for July 21, 2017
I’m getting to the point where my eyes automatically skip over stories with the words “Russia” or “Mueller” in the same way they skip over stories with the word “Kardashian.” So be advised the smattering of Russia news here is … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Jihad, Military, ObamaCare, Regulation, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas
Tagged 2018 Election, 2020 Presidential Race, Bexar County, Bill Moran, bulldozer, Communism, Crime, Dana Rohrabacher, DC Comics, Democrats, drugs, Elizabeth Warren, George Will, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Israel, Jihad, Joe Straus, John McCain, Josh Berro, Kamala Harris, Kid Rock, Kurt Eichenwald, Kurt Schlichter, Law and Justice Party (Poland), LinkSwarm, M1245A5 M-ATV, Magnitsky Act, Military, Natalia Veselnitskaya, Newsweek, O.J. Simpson, ObamaCare, Poland, Portugal, Qaraqosh, Qatar, Regulation, Republicans, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Social Justice Warriors, Syria, Texas, Turkey, War on Drugs
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The State of the War Against the Islamic State
The coalition of forces fighting the Islamic State continue to make steady advances on a number of fronts: Mosul is liberated, though mop-up operations against tiny pockets of resistance continues. They just pulled 28 mostly foreign born militants out of … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged Al Mayadin, al-Baghdadi, Brett H. McGurk, Deir ez-Zor, Donald Trump, Guns, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, James "Mad Dog" Mattis, Jihad, Kurds, Military, Mosul, Obama, Operation Wrath of Euphrates, Raqqa, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tabqa, video
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Mosul (Mostly) Liberated
Iraqi forces have declared victory over the Islamic State in Mosul, although evidently a small pocket of resistance right up against the Tigris remains. Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has visited Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces for their victory over IS … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Military, video
Tagged Haider al-Abadi, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Kurds, Military, Mosul, video
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