"Why This Small Iraqi Town Became A Breeding Ground For" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Apr 2016 10:15 p.m. PST |
… Jihadists? "No matter where you turn when covering ISIL's two years of terror in Iraq and Syria, one name repeatedly crops up: Tal Afar. The town, with an estimated 200,000 residents when ISIL (a.k.a. the Islamic State), captured it two years ago, is perched on the dusty plains of northern Iraq, just shy of the Syrian border. Its native sons are thought to have taken a lead role in massacring Yazidis in nearby Sinjar during the summer of 2014. When ISIL seized the Mosul Dam for 12 days that August, a water engineer who'd previously managed Tal Afar's drainage system was put in charge of it. Even now, with ISIL on the back foot, Afaris have cultivated a reputation as fierce guardians of the caliphate's shrinking territory. Last month an American airstrike reportedly killed Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, a deputy to the self-declared "caliph" of ISIL, who had spent much of his career in Tal Afar. It is thought to have provided at least half a dozen ISIL commanders and hundreds of foot soldiers…"
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| Tango01 | 26 Apr 2016 10:41 a.m. PST |
I was waiting for the "Nuke them all"… (smile) Amicalement
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| paulgenna | 26 Apr 2016 12:20 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I know that one personally. |
 Legion 4  | 26 Apr 2016 1:21 p.m. PST |
Yes, I say drop tobacco products, junk food and porno on the town and wait … |
| Tango01 | 26 Apr 2016 10:32 p.m. PST |
(smile) Send them some lawers in parachute… in a couple of days… they were doomed!… Amicalement
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| Legion 4 | 27 Apr 2016 7:53 a.m. PST |
Didn't Shakespeare say in one of his plays, "First we'll kill all the Lawyers" … ? I'm not advocating that, just quoting ol' Billy Shakes !  |
| Tango01 | 27 Apr 2016 10:35 a.m. PST |
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| Mako11 | 28 Apr 2016 2:19 a.m. PST |
That's not a bad idea Legion. Perhaps some small, airline sized bottles of hard liquor too, which can be easily concealed. Yes, I know they claim they don't drink, but the terrorists seem to break that rule pretty regularly. Who says guns and alcohol don't mix? |
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