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Pentagon asks media to scrap old footage of ISIS columns
FoxNews.com ^ | 5/15/15 | Fox News

Posted on 05/15/2015 5:25:13 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Full title..."Not how they roll: Pentagon asks media to scrap old footage of ISIS columns"

ISIS may be on the move, but not the way you see on television, claims the Pentagon.

Footage of the menacing, black-clad terrorist army rolling across the desert in long convoys predates U.S.-led air strikes that have forced the jihadists to travel more discreetly, say senior State Department and Pentagon officials. They have asked television networks to stop using stock footage that makes the terror army seem more mobile - and more formidable - than they say it actually is.

“One Toyota speeding down the road by itself at night with its headlights off,” would be a more accurate image, said Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 20150515; alqaeda; isis; journalism; jvteam; media; mediabias; pentagon; propaganda; spin
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We're heading back to the "ISIS is just the JV team" story. The media should be outraged.
1 posted on 05/15/2015 5:25:14 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Yay, Obama has ISIS on the run, what a great Commander-in-Chief!</dumbasslib>


2 posted on 05/15/2015 5:29:21 PM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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“that makes the terror army seem more mobile - and more formidable - than they say it actually is.”

Well, how did they just capture the provincial capital Ramadi? Speeding Toyotas with the headlights off don’t capture entire cities.


3 posted on 05/15/2015 5:30:49 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Didn’t they just take Ramadi or something?


4 posted on 05/15/2015 5:32:22 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

They have new clips.

they paid a lot for the new ones.


5 posted on 05/15/2015 5:36:24 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"Told ya' so" "Told ya' so." "Told ya' so."

Winston Smith

6 posted on 05/15/2015 5:38:44 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Yeah. Evidently, they’re paying no attention to the media that they are trying to stifle and control.


7 posted on 05/15/2015 5:40:34 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Make A Donation To Free Republic Tonight.)
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To: Bryan24

Speeding Toyotas with the headlights off don’t capture entire cities. —

One Speeding Toyota at night, no headlights.

Gets pulled over and ticketed. Hauled in to the cop shop. Trojan Horse. Wreaks Havok.


8 posted on 05/15/2015 5:41:25 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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PROCON :" Yay, Obama has ISIS on the run, what a great Commander-in-Chief!"

The " dumbasslib " needs three weeks to change his underwear, what do want ... ?
Something as simple as a "Wart-Hog" eliminating the JV team in a line-up, and then OBungler will have nothing to talk about for 2 1/2 weeks ?
CHeech !
Something has to happen so we wont talk about his foreign policy debacles , trade agreements, or the fact that he runs around the White Mosque in Moochelles lingerie .

9 posted on 05/15/2015 5:45:26 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Let’s keep pretending there is no ISLAMIC TERRORIST THREAT....


10 posted on 05/15/2015 5:46:26 PM PDT by G Larry (Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
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The Pentagon understands that the best recruiting tool ISIS has is the appearance that they are successful and winning battles - even if Obama doesn’t.....


11 posted on 05/15/2015 5:47:29 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thug Obama has just recently said that he wanted the news reported differently....

It is just beginning.


12 posted on 05/15/2015 5:47:49 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz is the only true Conservative in this race.)
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Well the JV team just seized control of Ramhadi.


13 posted on 05/15/2015 5:48:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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I don’t think it’s just beginning. I think that it’s in the advance stages. He’s just leaking it out slowly.

Frog in a blender sort of strategy.


14 posted on 05/15/2015 5:50:20 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Make A Donation To Free Republic Tonight.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Kinda like reporting full employment or students are eating healthy lunches.


15 posted on 05/15/2015 5:50:25 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Bryan24

Obviously, they rode in on donkeys.....


16 posted on 05/15/2015 5:52:21 PM PDT by 22202NOVA (Tagline? I don't need no stinking tagline!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Wow. Now the Pentagon is helping King Zero cover for ISIS as they rampage across the Middle East. Just wow.


17 posted on 05/15/2015 5:55:43 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
If true, not a bad day's work for a couple of jihadis in a pickup truck:

REPORT: US Troops Flee Habbaniyya Base Near Ramadi From ISIS Gateway Pundit ^ | 5-15-2015 | Jim Hoft

Posted on ‎5‎/‎15‎/‎2015‎ ‎12‎:‎56‎:‎18‎ ‎PM by tcrlaf There are numerous reports from Ramadi, Iraq that US troops have fled from the nearby Habbiniyya Base east of the city. The Ramadi city center was taken by ISIS today. (Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

18 posted on 05/15/2015 5:59:24 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Scrambler Bob

One Toyota could still get zapped by one A-10.


19 posted on 05/15/2015 5:59:32 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Great idea. Depict ISIS fighters kissing babies and handing out Obama phones, but keep showing clips of Republicans pushing senior citizens off the cliff in a wheelchairs...


20 posted on 05/15/2015 5:59:52 PM PDT by DJ Frisat (Proudly providing the NSA with provocative textual content since 1995!)
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