ISIS in Iraq and Syria

[RedTiger]

Beyond any shadow of a doubt he has mental issues.

Bro that is so insightful

 

[Redplane]

Trump’s presser has been great so far. Significantly better than the usual dry announcements that Obama and Dubya used to make.

He’s mainly focusing on the operation to kill Baghdadi and throwing in a few examples of how he cried and fled and ultimately detonated himself and his three young children. Whether true or not, it’s far more in-depth (and chilling to other terrorists) than what we usually hear from other leaders. This is Trump after all so the chances of it not being a reality show spectacle are slim to none.

Oh dear, we've lost Raoul.

 

[Raoul]

Oh dear, we've lost Raoul.

You just have Trump derangement syndrome. Sad!

 

[Relevated]

Trump: now, I won't explain in detail the situation with kayla...


Then goes on to describe how Baghdadi found her to be beautiful, captured her and made clear it was personal captivity, then he killed her.

 

[Sir Matt]

Trump: now, I won't explain in detail the situation with kayla...


Then goes on to describe how Baghdadi found her to be beautiful, captured her and made clear it was personal captivity, then he killed her.

This was incredibly gross and offensive. I doubt her parents want this to be dragged out and put in such words. They've already had to deal with the reality of it and don't need Trump using it for self-gratification.

 

[SteveJ]

That comment is very revealing: even when he tries to show empathy, his thinking is all wrong from the start. He belongs in Police Squad.

 

[Sir Matt]

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[Sultan]

Can we get Ed Woodward out there to plan out a succession?

Trump's doing an excellent job, bro. He's outdoing Woodward.

 

[2cents]

What the feck...

 

[Raoul]

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[Sir Matt]

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[Raoul]

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Makes perfect sense. You can't expect operations to not be affected while simultaneously reducing resources in the area.

 

[Sir Matt]

Apparently corrupt members of the YPG/SDF had been smuggling families to Idlib in empty oil tankers, and the Iraqis flipped one who gave up Baghdadi.

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[RedTiger]

What the feck...

 

[Sir Matt]

What the feck...

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[2cents]

@2cents who's the second in line?

There are now unconfirmed reports that an ex-Ba’thist officer called Abdullah Qardash is expected to succeed.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/isis-new-leader-baghdadi-running-things-1468025?amp=1

 

[sun_tzu]

There are now unconfirmed reports that an ex-Ba’thist officer called Abdullah Qardash is expected to succeed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Qardash
According to wiki he actually took over day to day operations in August and was effectively running the show anyway

 

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[Moiraine]

World need another evil then. Lets see what they come up with!

 

[2cents]

Wonder if this is Qardash?

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[RedTiger]

Wonder if this is Qardash?

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[Hanks]

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That's 2 whistleblowers from OPCW with the same claims now.

 

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[Foxbatt]

Isis survives because of covert support from some nations.

 

[2cents]

ISIS seem like old news right now, but this story is worth mentioning. Rukmini Callimachi was one of a huge number of journalists and think-tankers who made a career out of the ISIS phenomenon, establishing herself at the New York Times and most famously publishing their award-winning “Caliphate” podcast which was/is hugely popular. I’m pretty sure I’ve posted some of her tweets and perhaps reports on here before.

Anyway it turns out the bulk of the podcast was based on information provided by a fraud, the NYT have issued a major correction, returned the award, and reassigned Callimachi. See here from the NYT and here for analysis.

 

[calodo2003]

ISIS seem like old news right now, but this story is worth mentioning. Rukmini Callimachi was one of a huge number of journalists and think-tankers who made a career out of the ISIS phenomenon, establishing herself at the New York Times and most famously publishing their award-winning “Caliphate” podcast which was/is hugely popular. I’m pretty sure I’ve posted some of her tweets and perhaps reports on here before.

Anyway it turns out the bulk of the podcast was based on information provided by a fraud, the NYT have issued a major correction, returned the award, and reassigned Callimachi. See here from the NYT and here for analysis.

Smacks a bit of the Judith Miller debacle.

 

[VorZakone]

ISIS seem like old news right now, but this story is worth mentioning. Rukmini Callimachi was one of a huge number of journalists and think-tankers who made a career out of the ISIS phenomenon, establishing herself at the New York Times and most famously publishing their award-winning “Caliphate” podcast which was/is hugely popular. I’m pretty sure I’ve posted some of her tweets and perhaps reports on here before.

Anyway it turns out the bulk of the podcast was based on information provided by a fraud, the NYT have issued a major correction, returned the award, and reassigned Callimachi. See here from the NYT and here for analysis.

Goes to show again how sceptical we must be at all times.