ISIL War in Iraq and Syria

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[Costin_Razvan]

I saw about three guys on that hill.

Spending thousands of dollars on just the bombs to kill two of them was surely worth it.

[white-wolf]

This is third time same video posted on same page. Do Members read previous posts actually?

[Flavius Julius Nepos Augustus]

This is third time same video posted on same page. Do Members read previous posts actually?

your link wasn't working. And the guy above posted more videos.

[spacial]

redeemed

[athanaric]

PS: as for above videos... nice to see these fanatics fulfilling their journey to heaven.

Would be better with napalm, though.

[spacial]

Would be better with napalm, though.

I wonder how many disfigured and amputees there are, in the ranks of ISIL? ISIL will surely not release such images.

What goes on in the minds of radicals that go to Syria to join ISIL? Anyhow, I guess it's a kind of evolutionary process that's taking place.

How dumb must one be, to think ISIL will sustain in the long run? As if Turkey, Iran, Israel, Jordan and Saudi-Arabia would let them be (even ignoring the US and the West). They've not got the slightest chance... It's like a large-scale, temporary killing spree.

In a few years that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will vegetate in a cave seeing his fighters killed en mass - or he'll be killed by a drone attack.

[mrmouth]

ISIL will surely not release such images.

IS doesn't care about their wounded or dead. They leave both to rot in the sun. Kurds sometimes bury IS dead when they can because the sheer number and resulting stench of death is overwhelming. In turn, IS mutilates Kurdish KIA. Especially the female Kurdish fighters. They make a point out of beheading and mutilating the bodies of female Kurds.

So yeah - I'm totally cool with paying for expensive ordnance to remove a couple of these guys from the planet. Bill me.

Or even better, bill the countries they come from. We are doing the tax payers of those countries a great service by removing people they would have to jail and then commit intelligence assets to watch once released, for god knows how long. It's best when these people just disappear. They have no value.

[Copperknickers II]

I saw about three guys on that hill.

Spending thousands of dollars on just the bombs to kill two of them was surely worth it.

There are a lot of hills in the area around Kobane, and they afford a very good view of the town, giving whoever holds them a significant advantage, not to mention the morale boosting flag. They killed 3 guys, and symbolically destroyed the morale of the whole force by letting them know who owns the vantage points.

[Anna_Gein]

It is interesting the fact that the Tel Sheir hill was held by YPG shortly before ISIS advanced, as ISIS occupied the hill their asses got quickly JDAMed and then YPG returned in their previous positions. Seems that there is direct coordination between the Kurdish fighters in the ground and the US planes.

The coordination between Kurd forces and coalition forces have improved significantly during the two last weeks indeed. Excuse me to not provide links about it, I read it through french press. Air strikes have been continuously improving in quantity and quality. YPG is now able to call in strike in dedicated area and follow it by advances on the terrain.

Meanwhile the Coalition launched its larger strike yesterday night in Irak.

[snuggans]

I saw about three guys on that hill.

Spending thousands of dollars on just the bombs to kill two of them was surely worth it.

actually it's very good propaganda, that same video is being shared on social media, it was shared 3 times alone in the past two pages in this thread. i remember the video had around 2,000 views when i first saw it on the AFP youtube page, now it has over 170,000+ while the rest of the AFP videos unrelated to the war have less than 1,000 views each

[Costin_Razvan]

Good propaganda for what exactly? Showing America can only blow up 2 guys on a hill with tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment?

[snuggans]

Good propaganda for what exactly? Showing America can only blow up 2 guys on a hill with tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment?

that's the thing though, the fact that it was an overkill makes it even better because it adds some dark humor. maybe they're not the only ones that get off on making, watching, and spreading snuff-like videos of their victims, maybe to some people it's actually enjoyable watching them get obliterated like that on video. and "can only blow up 2 guys on a hill" is really painting it dishonestly, that was only one strike out of hundreds.

[Senex]

There were probably more IS fighters on the other side of the hill, I doubt it was just the 2.

[Request a new user name]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...Name=worldNews

Oil campaign not working, more proof that Obama isn't all in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities...rian_Civil_War

Any event, ISA has begun a push on Ras Al Ayn, at least 15 villages have fallen so far, but details are sparse because it just started and YPG's propaganda machine has yet to kick in, too busy on Kobane and smoking hash. But every bomb sucked up by Kobani isn't helping the far more critical Hasakah Region. ISA takes this area, its got substantial oil and grain reserves under its control.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10...ding-for-help/

This is embarrassing.

Well ISA certainly knows how to adapt on the fly to gain its strategic objectives.

[Treize]

Your sources do not back up your ludicrous claims.

[Lord of Nihilism]

First American casualty reported for the Iraqi War http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...tarted-in-iraq

Now it begins. I'm curious to see how many bodies the Americans are willing to throw at the ISIS to stop them, or if they're even willing to do it. The Americans supported the 2003 conquest of Iraq so I have no doubt Americans would support sending the US Army into Iraq again.

[Treize]

Wow so young...

[conon394]

First American casualty reported for the Iraqi War http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...tarted-in-iraq

Now it begins. I'm curious to see how many bodies the Americans are willing to throw at the ISIS to stop them, or if they're even willing to do it. The Americans supported the 2003 conquest of Iraq so I have no doubt Americans would support sending the US Army into Iraq again.

I don't see how follows from what looks dead by an accident

[Påsan]

First American casualty reported for the Iraqi War http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...tarted-in-iraq

Now it begins. I'm curious to see how many bodies the Americans are willing to throw at the ISIS to stop them, or if they're even willing to do it. The Americans supported the 2003 conquest of Iraq so I have no doubt Americans would support sending the US Army into Iraq again.

One guy dies from an accident spurs a "How many body bags are enough, America?"


This man could just as well have died in a US army base in Florida. Just that it would not have been news worthy.