Posted on 08/14/2014 11:09:45 AM PDT by GonzoII
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants are massing near the Iraqi town of Qara Tappa, 122 km (73 miles) north of Baghdad, security sources and a local official said, in an apparent bid to broaden their front with Kurdish peshmerga fighters.
The Sunni militants have made a dramatic push through the north to a position near Arbil, capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
The movement around Qara Tappa suggests they are getting more confident and seeking to grab more territory closer to the capital after stalling in that region.
"The Islamic State is massing its militants near Qara Tappa," said one of the security sources. "It seems they are going to broaden their front with the Kurdish fighters."
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Yep, and Obama will want to be “cautious”.
A target rich environment but Obooma says we are all a-ok in Iraq, crisis over, back to golf.
For anybody with a working air force, this is called “An Opportunity.”
If I was an Iraqi and feeling threatened, I’d mozy ASAP over to the Baghdad golf course. If Ø is gonna send help, surely that will be kept safe.
Obama said , Don’t worry ,they are just back to school shoppers
Really. How can the civilized world not respond to that target?.....again.
My thoughts exactly. These guys have to expose themselves sometime if they want more territory. I don’t understand what makes it so difficult to vaporize them.
We are too late and probably do not have the ordinates in place ... Prayers to be wrong.
“A good opportunity for airstrikes.”
Indeed, mass = targets.
One rule of N (where N is a large number) unknown to the Dork-O-dent, our State Department of Idiots, and the vast majority of our congressCRITTERS.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
A source claimed ISIS is attacking Kirkuk southwest of Arbil. Hmm..after failing to take Arbil directly go at the flanks.
B-52 time...
If Americans could be prosecuted they would be prosecuted for political gain, regardless of their innocence. Our mistake was in picking the wrong man to lead the government. (In truth, I’m not sure there is a right man.)
ping.
But Obama said today he won the War!
Obama’s bitch is Dempsey, he will see no bombing opportunity.
ping ... Tell me something please.
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