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How Islamic State’s Win in Ramadi Reveals New Weapons, Tactical Sophistication and Prowess
WSJ.com ^ | May 26, 2015 | Margaret Coker

Posted on 05/26/2015 7:20:28 AM PDT by Biggirl

In late April, a commander for Islamic State said his forces were ready to launch an offensive to take Ramadi, and the group called for fighters to redeploy to Iraq from Syria.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: anbar; armsbuildup; iraq; isis; isisiraq; ramadi; ramandi; syria; weapons

1 posted on 05/26/2015 7:20:28 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

Not bad for the Junior Varsity...


2 posted on 05/26/2015 7:26:57 AM PDT by null and void (In a world where lies and propaganda masquerade freely as truth, communication is everything.)
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To: Biggirl

To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In ....so give us some Cliff’s Notes on the content key points.


3 posted on 05/26/2015 7:40:12 AM PDT by spokeshave
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To: Biggirl
This took off as they first took over assets of people they slaughtered and threw the money back into more Jihad like you would a business.

In America we would have businesses popping up all over with little regulation and low taxes. In the somewhat similar way Isis rewards the Isis business by making growth easy with little restrictions on how they get it done. Their competition (which is the civilized world) handcuffs itself with far higher moral restrictions while fighting back rendering the more civilized nation defenseless.
At some point this will go from a MANAGED situation to a war that needs winning at all costs and then we will be in a better place to win these barbarians.

4 posted on 05/26/2015 7:40:37 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: null and void

“Not bad for the Junior Varsity...”

Aren’t these guys the same one bragging about getting/buying a Pakistani NUKE? JV? LOL? until a major US city gets hit.


5 posted on 05/26/2015 7:43:06 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: 2001convSVT

obama will still insist they’re the JV...


6 posted on 05/26/2015 7:45:35 AM PDT by null and void (In a world where lies and propaganda masquerade freely as truth, communication is everything.)
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To: Biggirl
Well with all the stuff our soldiers were ordered to leave behind in Libya & Yemen.

Remember, the Benghazi consulate and CIA annex were not secured for a week after the terror attack.

7 posted on 05/26/2015 7:53:10 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: null and void
Connect the dots. For the past few months, the US has been arming, training, and funding Syrian rebels who are not terrorists. One can only assume they're terrorists.

The US is totally responsible for the existence and growth of ISIS.

8 posted on 05/26/2015 8:01:32 AM PDT by grania
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To: spokeshave

A trick that works almost all the time for WSJ articles — Copy the headline, then search for it in Google. A non-paywall link will be at the top.

...but I do agree thee should be a short outline posted.


9 posted on 05/26/2015 8:28:32 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: grania

It seems that leftist presidents always leave the world in worse shall than when they took office.


10 posted on 05/26/2015 8:55:57 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Rapid shifts from front to front were used effectively by the German Empire during WWII, and overwhelming firepower meant they ate up the Czar's armies, freeing something like 50 divisions from the eastern front and bringing them to bear against the west. The US entered the First World War not a moment too soon. Learning that lesson, the Germans wrapped up the western front before opening the eastern front. If they had fought a third one, they'd have learned that opening the eastern front isn't that great an idea in the first place, but hey, only Napoleon, and the army of the classical Persian Empire made the same mistake before. Humans are such slow learners. Thanks Biggirl.

11 posted on 05/26/2015 8:56:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: grania

I wonder what it would take to put that part of the world back to the pre Obama state?


12 posted on 05/26/2015 8:58:30 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (visit sports.quotelight.com)
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