Posted on 09/25/2015 6:15:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
Their identities are secret. They work after sundown, preferring deserted areas of the city. No one knows where they will strike next. They target different neighborhoods each time.
Their mission is simple: to kill Islamic State militants.
Their targets never vary, but their methods do. Sometimes they use snipers to take out a militant. Sometimes they plant roadside bombs and blow up cars. Sometimes they stab their victims, sometimes strangle them.
They are Mosul's vigilante brigades, shadowy groups of civilians turned armed assassins who risk their lives to kill Islamic State gunmen — as well as those who support them.
The Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, has done its best to eliminate these assassins, tracking down and killing as many of them as it can. But local people in Mosul say these anonymous resistance fighters have had an impact, that ISIS has covered up the killings and changed how its gunmen operate in Mosul. Hiding behind beards
"Do you know why IS ordered all men [in Mosul] to grow their beards?" the young man asks with a laugh. "It's because they don't want to be recognized."
The young man says he is part of an anti-ISIS group called the Brigades of Mosul that assassinates ISIS militants. He tells RFE/RL's correspondent in Mosul that his group has taken out ISIS gunmen using sniper rifles. Since then, the militants have tried to disguise themselves so they blend in with the public, the young man says.
The young man, who refuses to give his name, says he and his friends have also planted bombs in Mosul to target ISIS vehicles. Because of the attacks, ISIS militants now drive unmarked cars so they are not so visible, he says. Resistance is not futile?
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Hat tip!..........................
In another administration I would tip my hat to our covert operations, but I know this is not the case here.
Obama will not be happy with this development.
Bout time you boys manned up.
Watch and learn.
Kill every man with a beard? Works for me!
This seems to be independent operatives, but where do they get their ‘sniper rifles’? Or is the reporter just calling any old rifle a ‘sniper’ rifle?....................
Women too?......................with beards, that is........................B^)
These guys are killing our enemies; however, they are not our friends. Were they not killing ISIS, they had just as soon kill American soldiers.
Obama was beyond stupid to give up a stabilized Iraq to the rabble. Bush was not smart to invade.
From the article:
Armed anti-ISIS groups are not a new phenomenon in Mosul, according to RFE/RL’s correspondent in the Iraqi city.
They sprang up almost as soon as the militants overran the city last summer. Their names — the Brigades of Mosul, the Revenge of Nineveh, the Lions of Nineveh, the Brigades for the Liberation of Mosul — are testament to their members’ pride and intense desire to retaliate against ISIS.
FUOBAMA.........................
The first rule of war is there are no rules.....................
I like it...
Don’ t mess with the Kurds.................................
Rogue? Sound like Patriots to me.
Brave young men and women............................
Classic unconventional warfare. Love it!
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