Posted on 09/13/2014 7:06:43 PM PDT by tobyhill
Iraq's prime minister said Saturday he has ordered the army to stop shelling populated areas held by militants in order to spare the lives of "innocent victims" as the armed forces struggle to retake cities and towns seized by the Islamic State extremist group this summer.
"I issued this order two days ago because we do not want to see more innocent victims falling in the places and provinces controlled by Daesh," Haider al-Abadi told a news conference in Baghdad, referring to the Islamic State group by its Arabic acronym.
He accused the militants of using civilians as a human shield to stop the advance of Iraqi security forces. But he vowed to continue military operations against the al-Qaida breakaway group, which seized large territories in the north and west in an unprecedented June offensive.
"We will continue to chase them (IS fighters) and we know that they are hiding behind the civilians," he added.
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My friend, I swear that it is no different than putting a girl’s soccer team up against Manchester United.
I hope I live long enough to see a Congressional Book of Infamy in which the names of all Democrats describing their criminality and incompetence is established and that all students from first grade through graduate school be required to study and make reports on.
There are no innocent victims in ISIS controlled areas. All are either ISIS fighters or converted to ISIS or dead. Innocent survivors are all somewhere else.
The peace was tenuous from the start. The historical enmity between Shiites and Sunnis was likely not to last anyway. And there, sits Iran with its nuclear weapons program. So what did the M/Fer in Chief decide to do? He pulled the troops out. Then he destabilized SYRIA for the love of Pete. Destabilized Syria, and then Iraq was destabilized. WHAT AN UNPRECEDENTED RETARDED CRAP SANDWICH OBAMA TURNED OUT TO BE!
“multiple big thermonuclear devices across islumic regions”
OK, so we won’t do it. Maybe the Russians will give it a try?
This guy is a joke. We paid malarkey $40 million of printed money and flew him to a castle in the Qatar—( Pronounced KAAA TARRR). He is laughing it up. You don’t know it but the idea was to get these Sunni cut throats to join in the the Iraq government. If any were that stupid they would — and their families would all die. So there will be no “good Sunnis” in Iraq government. But now the puppet Shiite we installed as PM is feeling frisky and says we can’t kill the Sunni bastards. What now obama?
there can be no mercy , no quarter
the Daesh must all die , those that they shelter behind , sin loi VC
Yes he did. Unfortunately, we are stuck with that crap sandwich for another 2 years.
The evil that men do lives on. We are stuck with the results of his catastrophic policies for many more years to come.
Not to be a pessimist, but...
Active Duty ping.
LOL!!!!!!
The last time we were together they argued, not with me, the most conservative member of the family, but they argued with each other. The topic of their argument? They could not agree on who should be the first female president. One faction advocated vociferously for Hillary Clinton, the other for Michelle Obama.
Yes, liberals are that stupid.
God help us.
I wonder what they would say if Michelle and Hillary expired from Ebola, who would be their third choice?
They would probably be torn between Nancy Pelooser and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
The Re-Baathification of Iraq
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/21/the_re_baathification_of_iraq
Military Skill and Terrorist Technique Fuel Success of ISIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/world/middleeast/army-know-how-seen-as-factor-in-isis-successes.html?_r=1
Radio Tecnico: How The Zetas Cartel Took Over Mexico With Walkie-Talkies
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/radio-tecnico-how-zetas-cartel-took-over-mexico-walkie-talkies
If the Idiot El Presidente didn’t dither, ISIS could have been eliminated crossing the Western Iraqi Desert.
It would have been great live fire practice for our Pilots. But no, he had a Tee Time to keep.
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