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 Garuda.Chanti
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By Garuda.Chanti 2014-08-14 14:13:40
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Shiva.Nikolce said: »
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And when we use it we can claim we destroyed the weapons without saying how.
no deal

we need the explosions on tv to keep the viewers interested and to crank up the fear to keep the ammo profits up....
I'm surprised at you Niky. CGI fX are so much cheaper than airstrikes.

They look more real too.
By volkom 2014-08-14 14:15:53
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
Shiva.Nikolce said: »
Garuda.Chanti said: »
And when we use it we can claim we destroyed the weapons without saying how.
no deal

we need the explosions on tv to keep the viewers interested and to crank up the fear to keep the ammo profits up....
I'm surprised at you Niky. CGI fX are so much cheaper than airstrikes.

They look more real too.

can we get that in 3D?
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By Jetackuu 2014-08-14 14:16:42
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Needs some Megan Fox.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-08-14 14:20:00
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
I'm surprised at you Niky. CGI fX are so much cheaper than airstrikes.

They look more real too.

you just aren't evil enough to see the big picture. we sell the weapons that destroy the other weapons. we don't make any money when the weapons are stolen or resold or someone michael bay's it..
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-14 15:50:46
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He finally gave into pressure and stepped down:

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Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure with Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped down as prime minister, paving the way for a new coalition that world and regional powers hope can quash a Sunni Islamist insurgency that threatens Baghdad.

Maliki ended eight years of often divisive, sectarian rule and endorsed fellow Shi'ite Haider al-Abadi in a televised speech during which he stood next to his successor. Earlier, a leading figure in the Sunni minority told Reuters he had been promised U.S. help to fight the Islamic State militants.

Though there was no immediate comment from Washington the remarks by the governor of the Sunni heartland province of Anbar, such a move could revive cooperation between Sunni tribes, the Shi'ite-led authorities and U.S. forces that was credited with thwarting al Qaeda in Iraq several years ago.
Maliki finally steps aside as Iraq Sunni leader sees U.S. help
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By Odin.Godofgods 2014-08-15 11:34:35
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Seeing Iraq horror, Europe pledges aid and arms


An airman directs the loading of cargo into a Transall transport aircraft of German Bundeswehr at the airfield Hohn in Alt Duvenstedt, about 60 miles north of Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Germany sends humanitarian aid as drinking water, blankets, medicine and food to Irbil, northern Iraq.


BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday sought to forge a unified response to the rapid advance of Islamic militants in Iraq and the resulting refugee crisis, with several EU nations pledging more humanitarian aid and raising the possibility of directly arming Kurdish fighters battling Sunni insurgents.

The emergency meeting of the bloc's 28 foreign ministers in Brussels marked a shift toward greater involvement in Iraq, following weeks during which Europeans mainly considered the situation an American problem because of the 2003 U.S.-led Iraq invasion.

EU ministers pledged to step up their efforts to help those displaced by the advances of militants from the Islamic State group, with several nations announcing they will fly dozens of tons of aid to northern Iraq over the coming days.

"First of all we need to make sure that we alleviate humanitarian suffering," Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans told reporters. "Secondly, I believe we need to make sure that IS is not in a position to overrun the Kurds or to take a stronger hold on Iraq."

France has pledged to ship weapons to the Kurds, Britain is delivering ammunition and military supplies obtained from eastern European nations and is considering sending more weaponry. Germany, the Netherlands and others said they would also consider requests to arm the Kurds.

"These are crises ... that are of concern to our European neighborhood, to our security and stability," said Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini.


European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, right, speaks with Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, second left, and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, second right, during a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. France's decision this week to arm Kurdish fighters in the battle against Islamic militants marked a turning point in Europe's wavering stance on Iraq, with an EU emergency meeting on Friday seeking to forge a unified response to the Sunni insurgents' advance.

The IS militants' advances also bring danger closer to European shores. Officials say about 1,700 radical Muslims from France, Britain and Germany alone are believed to have joined the fighting. A radical French Islamist who had fought in Syria is suspected of killing four people at Brussels' Jewish Museum in May.

"All countries that believe in liberty, in human rights — all these countries are a target. Given the barbarity that we are facing, we must act with principle, values and determination," French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Wednesday.

The IS group swiftly advanced across northern and western Iraq in June, routing the Iraqi military and taking the country's second-largest city, Mosul. Thousands of people have been killed and more than 1.5 million have been displaced.

The plight this month of thousands of Yazidis, a religious minority, who fled from advancing IS militants and were trapped on a forbidding mountain range, was key to pushing Europe toward taking action.

France, Britain, Italy and Germany have stepped up humanitarian aid and are delivering dozens of tons of vital supplies to help the refugees in Iraq, including food items, drinking water and medical supplies.


German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen stands in front of a Transall transport aircraft of German Bundeswehr at the airfield Hohn in Alt Duvenstedt, about 60 miles north of Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was flying to Iraq over the weekend to meet with Kurdish leaders and the government in Baghdad to discuss what support is most needed.

At the meeting in Brussels, EU foreign ministers were also set to decide on a joint Iraq policy regarding humanitarian aid and arms deliveries, specifically on whether European weaponry can be sent directly to Kurdish forces or would have to go through the government in Baghdad.

Back in June, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the U.S. had a "special responsibility" toward Iraq, giving no indication that Germany was inclined to get involved. Even while acknowledging the need for action, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel echoed that sentiment Tuesday.

"Everything we're experiencing there right now didn't just fall out of the sky," Gabriel said. "I think it's appropriate for the Americans to meet their responsibilities there."

Germany's reluctance has crumbled in the face of images of Iraqi families trapped between a parched mountainside and armed insurgents.

"The cynicism, the brutality, the slaughtering of people, the decapitations — all that speaks to the fact that we have to react to an extraordinary situation there," Steinmeier told ZDF television late Wednesday.

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By Bismarck.Ramyrez 2014-08-15 11:35:39
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Jetackuu said: »
Needs some Megan Fox.

But like, 2007-8 era Megan Fox.

Pre-drastic plastic surgery.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-15 12:27:43
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This is what happens when you try to force regime changes via 'freedom fighters', 'moderate rebels', and just outright invade a country.

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U.S. counterterrorism officials have dramatically ramped up their warnings about the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), concluding that the well-armed group is expanding its ambitions outside the Middle East and may be planning terror attacks against western Europe — and even the U.S. homeland.

ISIL's conquest of vast swaths of Iraqi territory this spring and summer netted it a “significant” arsenal of U.S. weapons from two Iraqi military bases, including hundreds of tanks, heavily armored Humvees, assault rifles, and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, officials say. One U.S official tells Yahoo News ISIL is now considered “the most potent military force” of any terrorist group in the world.

Led by its charismatic chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the radical Islamist group is looking beyond its short-term goal of overthrowing the Iraqi and Syrian governments and replacing them with a self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate. “We’re seeing an expansion of its external terrorist ambitions,” one U.S. counterterrorism official said in a briefing for reporters Thursday. “As its capabilities grow, it has attracted thousands of foreign extremists — some of whom are going home to start cells. As it carves out territory [in Iraq], it wants to go beyond that and do attacks outside. ” U.S. counterterrorism agencies had put the number of ISIL fighters at about 10,000, but that figure is now being reassessed and is likely to be raised, officials say.

Just four years ago the group, then calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq, was scattered and on the run from American forces, aided by Sunni tribes horrified by the group’s often grotesque violence. Its reign has been marked by summary executions, ritual stonings, beheadings and even crucifixions.

What fueled its resurgence? Officials say the group fed off Sunni resentment over the Shia-dominated government of Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who announced his resignation Thursday night. It took advantage of the power vacuum in northern Iraq to seize large chunks of essentially ungoverned territory. It saw an opportunity in recruiting prisoners; in July 2013, its suicide bombers blew their way into the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, freeing up to 500 inmates, including al-Qaida leaders.

These demonstrable successes gave the group new credibility among jihadis around the world, especially after it joined the civil war in Syria and changed its name to ISIL. (It has at times also been known as ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.) It has since changed its name again to the Islamic State after proclaiming itself a caliphate, the latest in a succession of Muslim empires dating back to the seventh century. Its ranks were soon swelled by foreigners, including hundreds of followers of the red-bearded Chechen militant Omar al-Shishani, a former Georgian army sergeant known for his deep hatred of America.

Concerns about terrorism spilling over from Syria and Iraq hit home in June when French police arrested an "armed jihadi" who had just returned from Syria in connection with the May 24 killing of four people — including two Israeli tourists — at a Jewish Center in Brussels.

Since then, authorities in Europe have broken up terror cells linked to ISIL, including one in Kosovo where officials this week arrested 40 suspects who had returned from Iraq and Syria—including some who had fought with ISIL — and seized weapons and explosives in dozens of locations.

ISIL and its followers have also proven adept at using social media, making a steady barrage of threats against the West, including the United States.

“Probably most striking are the threats on Twitter,” said a U.S. official who monitors the postings. “We’ve seen tens of thousands of postings by ten of thousands of people supporting ISIL, making threats to blow up U.S. Embassies." One posting showed an ISIL banner apparently superimposed on an image of the White House.

It is still unclear how real those threats are, at least while ISIL is focused on its war with the Iraqi government. And the resignation of the deeply unpopular Maliki could allow for more U.S.-Iraqi cooperation in the fight against the insurgents.

But increasingly, officials say, ISIL has the perception of momentum. For the first time there are signs that some jihadis linked to al-Qaida are expressing sympathy, if not allegiance, to ISIL — despite al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri’s disavowal of the group.
ISIL could pose threat to US, Europe, officials say
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-27 02:37:05
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New meaning to the phrase "The British are coming!"

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It is not just American citizens fighting along the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the extremist group known as ISIS.

British citizens are doing the same. One is suspected in the murder of an American journalist.

CBS News looked at how Britain became a center for terrorist recruitment.

At home in Britain, he was Nasser Muthanna, a gifted 20-year-old who once dreamed of becoming a doctor. But in Syria, he is now Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni - one of hundreds of young men who have left the U.K. to join the brutal terrorist group ISIS.

The execution of American journalist James Foley, apparently at the hands of a British citizen, has left Britain struggling to understand how one of its own could be responsible for such an atrocity.

Shiraz Maher is an analyst at the International Center for the Study of Radicalization.

"It was a shocking thing to see but it wasn't surprising. If you look at British fighters in Syria over the last year, we've seen them operate as suicide bombers. We've seen them execute prisoners of war. They are participating in most of the brutal acts out there," Maher said.

He said these men no longer see themselves as being British.

"They've disengaged from British society, they've disengaged from British values, they've bought into something else -- a different identity," Maher said.

They see themselves as defenders of Islam in a war against nonbelievers. Their barbaric tactics have been glamorized on social media, a powerful recruitment tool that British authorities are now trying to crack down on.

But the challenge is a formidable one. With every victory on the battlefield, ISIS' appeal grows. Many are concerned that it is only a matter of time before their jihad spreads beyond the Middle East.

On a video posted on YouTube, ISIS foreign fighters are seen burning their passport.

"This is a message for to Canada and all the American power-elite, we are coming and we will destroy you," one jihadi says on the video.

"We are coming for you, Barack Obama!" he adds.

One thing that is striking about these jihadis is that some of them are religious novices. Two fighters who came from Britain reportedly purchased copies of "Islam for Dummies" on Amazon. So they don't necessarily have a sophisticated understanding of Islamic theology. They are drawn to the idea of being warriors.
Why are so many Britons fighting for ISIS?
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2014-08-27 02:59:00
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Because England had a shortage of labor after World War II and took in a ***load of Pakistani immigrants.
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By Bismarck.Leneth 2014-08-27 07:43:45
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Odin.Godofgods said: »
Germany's reluctance has crumbled in the face of images of Iraqi families trapped between a parched mountainside and armed insurgents.
Not quite true, Germany's government has crumbled.
The Population is still against German weapons being sent to Iraq, 6X% region in most polls.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-27 18:39:35
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It's not just Britons too.

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The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side by side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials.

Officials say concern is widespread in Washington that radicalized foreign fighters could return to the homeland and commit terrorist attacks with skills acquired overseas, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information. Those concerns were heightened by the disclosure Tuesday that a California man was killed fighting alongside militants with the group, also known as ISIS.
Intel believes 300 Americans fighting with Islamic State, posing threat to U.S.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-09-08 07:38:52
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Islamic State fighters appear to be using captured US military issue arms and weapons supplied to moderate rebels in Syria by Saudi Arabia, according to a report published on Monday.

The study by the London-based small-arms research organisation Conflict Armament Research documented weapons seized by Kurdish forces from militants in Iraq and Syria over a 10-day period in July.

The report said the jihadists disposed of "significant quantities" of US-made small arms including M16 assault rifles and included photos showing the markings "Property of US Govt".

It also found that anti-tank rockets used by IS in Syria were "identical to M79 rockets transferred by Saudi Arabia to forces operating under the Free Syrian Army umbrella in 2013".

The rockets were made in the then Yugoslavia in the 1980s.

Islamic State is believed to have seized large quantities of weapons from Syrian military installations it has captured, as well as arms supplied by the United States to the Iraqi army after it swept through northern Iraq in recent weeks.
Islamic State fighters using US arms: study
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By Phoenix.Michiiru 2014-09-08 07:58:30
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
It's not just Britons too.

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The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side by side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials.

Officials say concern is widespread in Washington that radicalized foreign fighters could return to the homeland and commit terrorist attacks with skills acquired overseas, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information. Those concerns were heightened by the disclosure Tuesday that a California man was killed fighting alongside militants with the group, also known as ISIS.
Intel believes 300 Americans fighting with Islamic State, posing threat to U.S.

That's not that much. Taking into consideration that the US has like over 1 million in standing forces, 11,000 in paramilitary, and a substantial reserve force, I doubt IS would even pose a serious threat. I'm just praying they green light a full extermination of IS, because what they've done in the past is no longer cutting it. They will always come back, you need to be more thorough (Of course limiting civilian casualties in the process)

They don't want us in the ME, kick the ***out of IS then leave. Let them sort out the rest.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-09-08 08:29:41
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Phoenix.Michiiru said: »
Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
It's not just Britons too.

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The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side by side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials.

Officials say concern is widespread in Washington that radicalized foreign fighters could return to the homeland and commit terrorist attacks with skills acquired overseas, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information. Those concerns were heightened by the disclosure Tuesday that a California man was killed fighting alongside militants with the group, also known as ISIS.
Intel believes 300 Americans fighting with Islamic State, posing threat to U.S.

That's not that much. Taking into consideration that the US has like over 1 million in standing forces, 11,000 in paramilitary, and a substantial reserve force, I doubt IS would even pose a serious threat. I'm just praying they green light a full extermination of IS, because what they've done in the past is no longer cutting it. They will always come back, you need to be more thorough (Of course limiting civilian casualties in the process)

They don't want us in the ME, kick the ***out of IS then leave. Let them sort out the rest.
That's exactly what caused them to gain influence in the first place. Illegal invasions of a sovereign nation by the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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