Why Can't Muslim Terrorists be Stopped? --- because they're like warmongering zionists ... unable to live in peace with their neighbors.
let them kill each other. On Friday, August 8, 2014 11:34:22 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/07/235800/why-cant-islamic-state-be-stopped.html > > > Why can’t Islamic State be stopped? Analysts say it’s better armed, better > organized > > By Nancy A. Youssef > > McClatchy Washington BureauAugust 7 > > [image: Mideast Islamic State] > > Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 - a photo which has been verified and is consistent > with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic > State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) marching in Raqqa, Syria. > > UNCREDITED — AP > > WASHINGTON — The Islamic State’s push toward the Kurdish city of Irbil on > Thursday came as unwelcome news to those who’d believed that the Kurdish > peshmerga militia would be the force most capable of halting the militant > Islamists’ momentum. > > The United States had such confidence in the Kurds that, in June, it moved > its Joint Operation Center and some embassy staff to Irbil, where roughly > 40 U.S. military advisers are now stationed. > > Until this week, life in Irbil has been relatively normal despite the > Islamic State offensive, which began with the fall of Mosul, Iraq’s second > largest city, in early June. Everyone assumed that the Islamic State was > shying away from confronting the peshmerga, with its substantial reputation > as a fighting force. > > But then the Islamic State moved against cities last week that were > defended by the peshmerga, and the peshmerga retreated. On Thursday, the > Islamic State captured at least four towns on the highway to Irbil and > defeated peshmerga forces attempting to break its siege of the Mosul Dam. A > near panic took hold in the Kurdish capital as militia forces rushed to set > up a defensive line at Kalak, 25 miles northwest of Irbil. > > It was another victory for the Islamic State, which before the peshmerga > had defeated Syrian forces throughout much of eastern Syria, including > recent seizures of major Syrian bases in Raqqa and Deir el Zour, and had > sent Iraqi army forces fleeing almost to the gates of Baghdad. > > What has made the Islamic State forces seemingly unstoppable? > > Observers on the ground and analysts in Washington believe that the latest > push was possible because the peshmerga forces are stretched trying to > defend a frontier with the Islamic State that is nearly 900 miles long. The > Islamic State is also better equipped, with U.S.-supplied weapons that its > forces have looted from every Iraqi military based it has seized. It also > has recently captured major Syrian arsenals. > > On Twitter, the Islamic State often posts photos of its bounty from > military bases, which include rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, artillery > and weapons that are far more sophisticated than those in the peshmerga > arsenal. > > The Islamic State also has the advantage of momentum. According to the > Long Wars Journal, citing a tweet by the Islamic State, its forces have > taken control of 17 communities in the area around Mosul. Its push > stretches all the way to Diyala province in northeast Iraq, which borders > Iran. On Thursday, the Islamic State claimed to control the Mosul Dam, the > largest water supply source in Iraq _ a claim U.S. and Iraqi sources > confirmed. > > And perhaps most importantly, the Islamic State has very simply put > together a smarter offensive plan. Its push toward Irbil is believed by > many not to be a move to take that city but to force the peshmerga to > defend its capital, allowing the Islamic State to harden its grip on places > nearby it’s more interesting in holding. > > “No one is doing what ISIS is doing,” said Jessica Lewis, a research > director at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, using an > acronym for the Islamic State derived from its previous name, the Islamic > State of Iraq and Syria. “ISIS thins out and strategically targets their > adversaries. They are more thoughtful about their offense.” > > In Sunni-dominated Iraqi cities like Mosul and Fallujah, the Islamic State > successfully co-opted or intimidated residents, allowing its forces to move > in and take over. In Kurdish-defended areas, it’s forced the peshmerga to > defend multiple locations along the lengthy frontier. > > *The Kurds have made no secret of their limitations. They have repeatedly > asked the United States for help. * > > Many analysts believe that the Islamic State’s current push in northern > Iraq, seizing cities such as Sinjar and Bartella that lie east of Mosul, is > intended to create a buffer between the Kurdish region and the > self-declared Islamic caliphate. For the Islamic State, cities like Sinjar > potentially form the outer border of a contiguous state. > > “They are trying to carve out the territorial integrity of their Islamic > State,” Lewis said. > > Against this backdrop, Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud > Barzani reportedly issued a statement this week, condemning the Islamic > State for attacking Christians, thousands of whom fled to the Kurdish > region. > > Lewis said there was another reason to doubt that the Islamic State wants > to seize Irbil. Unlike Mosul, where the Islamic State had operated for > years and had built a support network, Irbil is a Kurdish city of 1.5 > million people committed to keeping the Islamic State out. Moreover, Irbil > does not border the proposed Islamic caliphate. > > Rather, Lewis believes the Islamic State wants to lock peshmerga forces > into defending the capital, which would leave other places that it seeks to > control vulnerable. It allows the Islamic State to decide the terms of > battle _ something it has been able to do since early June. > > “ISIS is maintaining the initiative,” she said. > > > Read more here: > http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/07/235800/why-cant-islamic-state-be-stopped.html#storylink=cpy > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmN3AwMjA4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MDc1MTAyNjI-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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