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Iraq's Fallujah falls to Qaeda-linked militants
Posted on 1/4/14 at 10:00 am
Posted on 1/4/14 at 10:00 am
So much for Al Qaeda being on the run.
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Baghdad (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - The Iraqi government has lost control of the city of Fallujah, which is now held by Al-Qaeda-linked militants, a senior security official in Anbar province said on Saturday.
"Fallujah is under the control of ISIL," the official said, referring to Al-Qaeda-linked group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Parts of Ramadi and Fallujah, west of Baghdad, have been held by militants for days, harkening back to the years after the 2003 US-led invasion when both cities were insurgent strongholds.
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Posted on 1/4/14 at 10:02 am to Alahunter
Iraq will be in a worse civil war than Syria within a year.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 10:11 am to Alahunter
I'm still amazed that the Iraqi Gov't still doesn't get it. Fallujah was one of our hardest earned victories and to allow them to piss that away is very disturbing.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 10:42 am to Alahunter
How many American soldiers died fighting there? For what?
People running our government are evil.
People running our government are evil.
This post was edited on 1/4/14 at 10:43 am
Posted on 1/4/14 at 11:00 am to Alahunter
The Iraqis will have to flatten the town to get rid of the AQ group.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 11:11 am to Alahunter
This is obviously tragic, and who the group is that's doing it doesn't really matter a great deal in terms of the cost of human life. What I'm curious about is how they determine what groups are "linked" to what other groups.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 12:10 pm to Alahunter
What we did in Iraq and Afghanistan was a tragedy that will leave that area suffering for generations.
This post was edited on 1/4/14 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 1/4/14 at 12:53 pm to Alahunter
Tragedy that we were ever there.... Sickening to think about.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 4:25 pm to Alahunter
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Iraq's Fallujah falls to Qaeda-linked militants
What a waste. What a god damn waste of American lives and Treasure. I think most people don't realize what it took for us to clear Fallujah of insurgents during the war.
This post was edited on 1/5/14 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 1/5/14 at 4:29 pm to Alahunter
So why did I go to fallujah?
Posted on 1/5/14 at 4:33 pm to Alahunter
Hope and Change
What difference does it make?
Ann Romney ha a mother fricking horse for the love of God.
What difference does it make?
Ann Romney ha a mother fricking horse for the love of God.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 8:20 pm to Alahunter
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So much for Al Qaeda being on the run.
Every time you fight "not to win" - you succeed.
Posted on 1/5/14 at 11:51 pm to Alahunter
It was until we quit and went home. We won the closest thing to peace Iraq will see in 2008. And Iraq was even making progress on the political benchmarks. They were just a few months from a full oil revenue sharing deal. Barack Obama gets into office with his 2006 Lions for Lambs Pre Surge Iraq Strategy and took his ball and went home. Well I should say he followed Bush's status of forces agreement but did nothing to secure permanent bases or link the drawdown to security assessments.
Way to go dumbass
Way to go dumbass
Posted on 1/6/14 at 12:54 am to Alahunter
It's a good thing we invaded Iraq to make sure AQ didn't get a foothold!
Posted on 1/6/14 at 8:19 am to Alahunter
We need to build pipelines and refineries, nuclear plants and get our oil. Lock down the Southern border and focus sharply on Islamist sympathizers - covert and open - in the nation dust off our quick-strike military equipment. If Israel ask for something...give it to em'.
And let the rich Saudis and high-minded slacker Europeans know that it's their baby (neighbor)...they better rock it.
And we need to put Col. Allen West at the helm of the military.
All these things will happen; just a matter of whether we do it before the Islamist shut down the ME oil fields with a comprehensive military jihad...or after.
The Jews will hit Iraq this year regardless; that'll somewhat change the dynamic. There is no solution or compromise with the Islamists, just like the Authoritarian Socialists over here. It's either a slow slide to their rule...or they go rogue in the street.
And let the rich Saudis and high-minded slacker Europeans know that it's their baby (neighbor)...they better rock it.
And we need to put Col. Allen West at the helm of the military.
All these things will happen; just a matter of whether we do it before the Islamist shut down the ME oil fields with a comprehensive military jihad...or after.
The Jews will hit Iraq this year regardless; that'll somewhat change the dynamic. There is no solution or compromise with the Islamists, just like the Authoritarian Socialists over here. It's either a slow slide to their rule...or they go rogue in the street.
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