Posted on 09/24/2015 12:26:41 PM PDT by Trumpinator
German Anti-ISIS Coalition Chief Found Dead in Iraq Hotel
by Andy Eckardtand Sarah Burke
MAINZ, Germany — A German army chief in the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq was found dead in his hotel room there Wednesday, officials said.
Colonel Stephan Spoettel was found dead at 8:50 a.m. local time (1:50 a.m. ET) in the Cristal Erbil Hotel in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, the German armed forces said in a statement.
Spoettel was the head of the coalition's German training contingent in northern Iraq. There was no information to suggest suicide or "third-party involvement," the statement added.
Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. name for the coalition fighting the extremists across Iraq and Syria, said in a statement that a member of the coalition had died in Irbil on Wednesday, without providing further details.
"This incident is under investigation and further information will be released as appropriate," the statement added.
Lovers’ quarrel?
Yeah, sure.
Just how often do people die of natural causes, anyway?
No one said he died of natural causes...
I expect a lot more interesting deaths coming up soon.
Did you even bother to read the (joking) comment to which I made my (joking) reply?
Third-party involvement? Who was the 2nd party?
Well, actual, I did.
But it was just idle speculation...
You know, like no one does THAT around here. :-)
Germans are perverts...
so long as obama is alive as president, the mideast is lost
This whole ISIS situation is going downhill faster the Billy Johnson in Sarajevo. Bowbama fiddles....
Allen resigned from the service when his wife became seriously ill.
This is the guy to lead us to take our country back.
Between him and West the troops would follow them and so would I.
Excellent post, T.
Many points to ponder. This is a dark situation, it does not look good.
Better question. Did he get Obaminated?
Notice how all our real fighting commanders are getting forced out of the military and the pink panties Brigade is taking over, esp. in the Army and Navy.
[I think the Russians arriving loaded for bear is like the financial meltdown and the Madoff ponzi schemes. When the reality hit the fakers were exposed. When the reality of a Russian attack on ISIS in Syria then the fake western anti-ISIS campaign was exposed? Roaches running from the light?]
^^^^This.
Do you really think they blew $500 million to trained a couple dozen fighters?
Thank you! I butchered the sentence a little but I was typing on the phone while commuting and was in the zone.
No, I don’t. But since this was a secret op that many Republicans were also hot for like Graham and McCain I don’t think we will see any investigations.
Several days ago, an openly gay man was chosen by Obama to be the top commander of the Army. That appointment has to be approved by the senate and they will do it. Our military has gone to nothing under gay loving Obama.
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