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ISIS so weakened by Russian airstrikes and desertion it could be destroyed in hours
Express ^ | 10/5/2015 | Nick Gutteridge

Posted on 10/05/2015 8:31:05 PM PDT by Signalman

ISIS is now so fragile that its so-called calipahate could be wiped out in a matter of hours, a top terror expert said today.

Western and more recently Russian airstrikes, chaotic leadership and mass defections have weakened the jihadi group to such an extent that it would be unable to repel even a small invasion force.

A terror analyst told Express.co.uk that the fanatics have vastly exaggerated their military strength and called on Western leaders to launch a co-ordinated fightback which would obliterate the hate group.

Dr Afzal Ashraf said ISIS has become its own worst enemy with its campaign of terror against the West, which has prompted an international backlash.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: airstrikes; isis
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1 posted on 10/05/2015 8:31:05 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

I guess allah wills it. /s


2 posted on 10/05/2015 8:32:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Signalman

Odd it took obama soooooo long and they got stronger every day!


3 posted on 10/05/2015 8:34:13 PM PDT by null and void (The voter pool needs chlorine, or maybe formaldihyde...)
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To: Signalman

No thanks to Barry boy agent Zero battle obfuscater.


4 posted on 10/05/2015 8:34:34 PM PDT by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Need a Patton like swift attack before they can regroup. Crush them and take their capital—The march on Mosul! US should be ready to hit Mosul with Kirds.


5 posted on 10/05/2015 8:35:07 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Signalman

Very difficult to believe. BUT IF TRUE, welcomed. But not true.


6 posted on 10/05/2015 8:36:52 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Signalman

Can we get the Russians to come here and take out the Liberals?


7 posted on 10/05/2015 8:41:09 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: null and void

The ISIS problem was supposed to be impossible, but now the Russians are ‘taking out the trash’.

Remember this the next time some lefty scoffs and says we can’t deport all the illegals:

We “can’t” because Barry & Co. won’t. As here.

Back in ‘59 Eisenhower sorted out our squatters in three months. it looks like Putin is taking less time and there the bad guys are shooting back.


8 posted on 10/05/2015 8:42:09 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Signalman

FRANCE COMMENCES LETHAL AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWNOQQeSk_o


9 posted on 10/05/2015 8:44:12 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Signalman

The Daily Express updated their headline to include Russian airstrikes so I call the story bogus.

Original headline: “ISIS left so weakened by airstrikes and desertion it could be wiped out in just HOURS”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/609680/Islamic-State-ISIS-Russian-bombing-terror-Syria-Caliphate-defeat

Express must be pimping for the Russians, these stories are unproved.

Still with this in the story:

“Last month it emerged that half of the group’s fighters have now been killed, whilst others are deserting en masse after their salaries were slashed.”

“Last month”, so the Russian strikes began about September 30.


10 posted on 10/05/2015 8:44:42 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: tumblindice

No welfare = No illegals.

It really is that simple.


11 posted on 10/05/2015 8:44:55 PM PDT by Bobalu (Russians.... not ashamed of being white!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Obamas been arming them from the beginning. Those accidental drops of food and weapons isis grabbed up were not accidental.


12 posted on 10/05/2015 8:47:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Signalman

But Obama was just too morally pure to put a few boots on the ground and take them out - ohhh noooo, he would never do anything so nasty, even if it meant destroying ISIS and cutting of its recruitment and attraction for all those dysfunctionals who were looking for a rationale to attack the US - I guess that next Peace Prize will go to Putin....


13 posted on 10/05/2015 8:48:24 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Bobalu
No welfare = No illegals. It really is that simple.

No, the vast majority of illegal aliens are working. You must shut off the job magnet in addition to welfare benefits.

Illegal aliens get benefits thru their US born children who are US citizens at birth.

14 posted on 10/05/2015 8:50:17 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Secret Agent Man
Obamas been arming them from the beginning. Those accidental drops of food and weapons isis grabbed up were not accidental.

Actually, the Iraqis are pissed at us because during the fight at Falujah (the recent one) they could see US helecopters behind ISIS lines re-supplying them.

15 posted on 10/05/2015 8:53:13 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: Signalman
I suspect ISIS was a Russian invention. Something to justify their moving in and taking over Syria, then the whole Middle East. I also suspect Obama was in on the scheme, despite his and Kerry's moans and groans.

From Aug 23, 2015:

"a recent investigation conducted by Novaya Gazeta, one of the few independent newspapers left in Russia, complicates this cozy tale of counterterrorist cooperation. Based on extensive fieldwork in one village in the North Caucasus, reporter Elena Milashina has concluded that the “Russian special services have controlled” the flow of jihadists into Syria, where they have lately joined up not only with ISIS but other radical Islamist factions.

In other words, Russian officials are adding to the ranks of terrorists which the Russian government has deemed a collective threat to the security and longevity of its dictatorial ally on the Mediterranean, Bashar al-Assad."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/23/russia-s-playing-a-double-game-with-islamic-terror0.html

16 posted on 10/05/2015 8:56:51 PM PDT by ETL (Too many idiots, not enough time)
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To: Signalman

Gee,that’s a shame./s

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17 posted on 10/05/2015 9:00:17 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Vic S

That sounds like BS. We aren’t flying Blackhawks in and delivering the supplies that way. The Gulf States and we pay for things, and we hire Turkish and local smugglers.

If you have proof of that, you need to post it. It sounds like BS.


18 posted on 10/05/2015 9:00:48 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: null and void

19 posted on 10/05/2015 9:00:53 PM PDT by Daffynition (*We are not descended from fearful men*)
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To: Signalman

the truth revealed— Ayatollah Obama has never seriously gone after ISIS, because they are, as Eric Holder would say, “his people”

Sad to see there come a day when a former KGB man and now leader of Russia is actually a better human being than the POTUS. these are dark times indeed.


20 posted on 10/05/2015 9:03:52 PM PDT by Cubs Fan ( liberalism=totalitarianism- http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/06/the-new-totalitarians-are-here/)
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