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bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts) Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:25 PM Jun 2014

Iraq Insurgents Reaping Wealth as They Advance

BAGHDAD — When Qaeda-style insurgents overran the northern city of Mosul, among the war booty they seized were what they claimed were five American-made helicopters.

Noting that they were still nearly new, the group said in a posting on Twitter, “We’ll expect the Americans to honor the warranty and service them for us.”

“Not only are they effective jihadists but they have a sense of humor,” said Toby Dodge, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics, who related that anecdote.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/world/middleeast/isis-iraq-insurgents-reaping-wealth-as-they-advance.html?ref=world&_r=0

Sure!! Bring them in for service any time.

On another note; Is the Iraqi military so under funded or under equipped and both civilian population and military so beat down and tired that they don't care what happens?

Am I missing or have I missed something?

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Iraq Insurgents Reaping Wealth as They Advance (Original Post) bearssoapbox Jun 2014 OP

ISIS isn't necessarily unwanted Takket Jun 2014 #1

Of course: 'insurgents', not 'terrorists'. delrem Jun 2014 #2

Takket

(21,563 posts)

1. ISIS isn't necessarily unwanted

Reply to bearssoapbox (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:43 PM

Jun 2014

ISIS is a, more or less, Sunni movement. So they are not getting resistance from Sunni areas they "invade". In effect ISIS are the ones being greeted as liberators in many cases. The farther south they go the bloodier this is going to get.

This is what happens when you let morons with no understanding of ethnic divides draw up nonsensical lines to make a country.

"Iraq's modern borders were mostly demarcated in 1920 by the League of Nations when the Ottoman Empire was divided by the Treaty of Sèvres. Iraq was placed under the authority of the United Kingdom as the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. A monarchy was established in 1921 and the Kingdom of Iraq gained independence from Britain in 1932. In 1958, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of Iraq was created."

delrem

(9,688 posts)

2. Of course: 'insurgents', not 'terrorists'.

Reply to bearssoapbox (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 12:00 AM

Jun 2014

"“Not only are they effective jihadists but they have a sense of humor,” said Toby Dodge, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics"

Well, let's just hope that Maliki is "regime changed" in a "Mission Accomplished" moment!

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