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Major Operation To Retake IS-Held Towns In Iraq
Sky News ^
| 22. 8. 2014
Posted on 08/22/2014 2:25:15 AM PDT by GonzoII
Kurdish forces have started a major assault to try to retake the northeast Iraqi towns of Jalula and Sa'dya from Islamic State (IS) militants.
It comes as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the threat posed by IS extremists, who have seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq, was "beyond anything we've seen".
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Sky's Alex Crawford, reporting from the outskirts of Jalula, said the operation was being carried out by the Kurdish military's elite counter-terrorism unit, backed up by peshmerga forces.
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She said the towns, near the Iranian border and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, had been under the control of IS insurgents for more than two months.
The Kurdish forces have already taken back a major checkpoint, which the Sunni militants had controlled.
Alex Crawford said: "What is significant about this assault is that they (the Kurds) are doing this pretty much entirely on their own.
"They've had very little air support. There is no evidence of any outside weaponry, military hardware to back them up."....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; jayvee; peshmerga
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posted on
08/22/2014 2:25:15 AM PDT
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GonzoII
To: GonzoII
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posted on
08/22/2014 2:27:46 AM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
To: GonzoII
The Kurds are some of toughest, gutsiest fighters on the face of the earth. They have earned their right to a sovereign homeland. Once ISIS is dealt with, it’ll be to to begin that transition.
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posted on
08/22/2014 2:54:56 AM PDT
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ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: ScottinVA
*it’ll be TIME to begin....
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posted on
08/22/2014 2:55:46 AM PDT
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ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: Dagnabitt
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posted on
08/22/2014 2:56:00 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
To: GonzoII
Chuck Hagel the hand picked weasel for sec of defense says ISIS is “beyond anything we’ve seen” and Obama calling them a JV team. duh...
To: Blue Highway
“Obama calling them a JV team”.....
Odumbo would even MAKE the team, definitely the pot calling the kettle black?
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08/22/2014 3:41:10 AM PDT
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DaveA37
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posted on
08/22/2014 4:11:44 AM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: GonzoII
It comes as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the threat posed by IS extremists, who have seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq, was "beyond anything we've seen"."And we haven't been looking".
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posted on
08/22/2014 4:32:39 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: GonzoII
Organized and commanded by U.S. SpecOps no doubt, backed by serious U.S. Intelliegence assets.
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posted on
08/22/2014 4:33:49 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: ScottinVA
The Kurds are some of toughest, gutsiest fighters on the face of the earth. They have earned their right to a sovereign homeland. Once ISIS is dealt with, it’ll be to to begin that transition. The fact that it will really irritate the Turks and Iranians is just icing on the cake.
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posted on
08/22/2014 4:45:36 AM PDT
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Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
08/22/2014 6:28:48 AM PDT
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Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Dog
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posted on
08/22/2014 9:56:02 AM PDT
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Cap Huff
To: Oldeconomybuyer
That cartoon is so spot on..
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posted on
08/22/2014 10:04:44 AM PDT
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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