"On The Frontline With The Shia Fighters Taking ..." Topic

…The War To Isis.

"The new Iraqi "border" is marked by a two-metre-high wall of earth. The berm, as it is known, cuts through farmland and orchards, separating the shrinking lands of the Iraqi state as it has existed for 95 years from the expanding territory of the new Islamic caliphate.

On the northern side, the black flags of Islamic State (Isis) shimmer in the afternoon haze. But on the Iraqi side it is not a national flag that flutters but a black Shia banner.

"This land is what separates good from evil," says a Shia fighter, pointing at the no man's land between the two forces. "Here you see the flag of Imam Hussein and there you see the black flags of Isis. This is the same history repeating itself," he says, referring to ancient Sunni-Shia enmities that played out on these plains centuries ago…"
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No real surprise there … the surprise would be Shia Iraqi or otherwise, got off their and went on a "jihad" against ISIS … But at this point that might be too much to hope for/expect at this time …

Well, the Shias did blow up a Sunni mosque in Iraq the other day.

Not sure if it was independent, or an ISIS-leaning mosque, but it seems the war is ongoing.

I'm actually surprised there hasn't been more spill-over into Iran, but perhaps they keep that quiet, and/or have more secure borders than some in the region.