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Russell wrote:Yep, they're not exactly making friends.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:Yep, they're not exactly making friends.
They may have opened a can of Jordanian whoop-ass.
wagyl wrote:Thank goodness the Soviet Union dissolved 23 years ago.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Is it just me or does IS not seem to have much to say about Israel?
Russell wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Is it just me or does IS not seem to have much to say about Israel?
Now, there you have an interesting observation!
Certain intelligence agencies have been known to infiltrate adversary groups in order to incline them towards acts that alienates public opinion.
It cannot be denied that the shenanigans of ISIS have caused a strong reaction in the world, and it is certainly possible that the Mossad is involved to a certain extent. There is a strong self-interest here.
By Way of Deception, Thou Shalt Do War...
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Is it just me or does IS not seem to have much to say about Israel?
Now, there you have an interesting observation!
Certain intelligence agencies have been known to infiltrate adversary groups in order to incline them towards acts that alienates public opinion.
It cannot be denied that the shenanigans of ISIS have caused a strong reaction in the world, and it is certainly possible that the Mossad is involved to a certain extent. There is a strong self-interest here.
By Way of Deception, Thou Shalt Do War...
It could also be a case of even IS knowing that they'd better solidly establish their Caliphate first before kicking that hornets' nest.
Outrage and condemnation poured across the Middle East on Wednesday as horrified people learned of the video purportedly showing the Islamic State group burn a Jordanian pilot to death.
Even in a region accustomed to the violence of war and the little regard the militants have for life, both political and religious leaders offered angry denunciations and called for blood as some on television wept on air talking about the killing of 26-year-old Lt. Muath Al-Kaseasbeh.
The head of Sunni Islam's most respected seat of learning, Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque, even said that Islamic State militants deserved the Quran-prescribed punishment of death, crucifixion or the chopping off of their arms.
"Islam prohibits the taking of an innocent life," Ahmed al-Tayeb, the mosque's grand sheik, said in a statement.
Al-Tayeb said that by burning the pilot to death, the militants violated Islam's prohibition on the mutilation of bodies, even at wartime.
Wage Slave wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Is it just me or does IS not seem to have much to say about Israel?
Now, there you have an interesting observation!
Certain intelligence agencies have been known to infiltrate adversary groups in order to incline them towards acts that alienates public opinion.
It cannot be denied that the shenanigans of ISIS have caused a strong reaction in the world, and it is certainly possible that the Mossad is involved to a certain extent. There is a strong self-interest here.
By Way of Deception, Thou Shalt Do War...
It could also be a case of even IS knowing that they'd better solidly establish their Caliphate first before kicking that hornets' nest.
That seems the right answer to me. They are pretty savvy and competent in many ways - Unfortunately. And they have plenty on their plate for now.
chokonen888 wrote:They have better cgi/videographers than NHK....
Samurai_Jerk wrote:They may have opened a can of Jordanian whoop-ass.
The army did not specify the location of the air strikes, but said in a statement that "dozens of jet fighters" had struck IS targets, including training camps and weapons warehouses.
The air strikes were "just the beginning", the statement added.
State television showed people writing messages on what appeared to be missiles for the air strikes, with one calling IS "the enemies of Islam".
We will wipe them off the face of the Earth
Many Jordanians fear greater involvement could trigger a backlash by hardline militants inside the kingdom.
Japan's government opened a communication channel with Islamic State in the decisive stages of its recent hostage crisis but was unwilling to use it to start negotiations, according to a Tokyo-based Islamic scholar who briefly became an intermediary.
Hassan Ko Nakata, 54, who police suspected was a recruiter for Islamic State, was asked by the foreign ministry to pass on a message to the group at the peak of the crisis last month, according to Nakata, associates and records reviewed by Reuters.
The request, which has not been previously revealed, shows Tokyo appeared ready at one point to talk to Islamic State to free two Japanese men who had been captured in Syria for ransom, despite the government's public vow not to give in to terrorism.
Islamic State beheaded the two hostages - a self-styled security consultant and a veteran war reporter - days later after Japan decided to team up with Jordan to deal with the crisis, a move that is now under scrutiny at home.
That decision to work exclusively with Amman, which was also trying to free a Jordanian hostage from Islamic State, not only closed communications via Nakata but also effectively ended separate contact that had opened up between the wife of hostage Kenji Goto, 47, the war correspondent, and his captors.
"The government sidelined whatever private communication channels there were in place and proved unable to establish effective contact with the militants until the very end," said Nils Bildt, president of security consultancy CTSS Japan, which has worked for the Japanese government.
Bildt said that may have been a mistake...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/ ... N720150208
Yokohammer wrote:Ka-boom, and more ka-boom.
Jordanian General: 'We Are Defending Not Only Our Country But Our Faith'
"We are defending our faith" ... very interesting take on the situation.
Kinda weird, but OK, they're kicking the crappola out of the Daesh.
Also interesting to note that the US is delivering lots of nice toys for them to play with.
kagemusha wrote: ... As the Imam of New York bravely said yesterday - as long as Wahhabi doctrine spreads there will be nothing but hatred and war.
Salty wrote:kagemusha wrote: ... As the Imam of New York bravely said yesterday - as long as Wahhabi doctrine spreads there will be nothing but hatred and war.
Exactly - which is why Saudi Arabia needs to be bombed - well, at least their Wahhabi mosques. Time to nip this hatred spreading cancer where it starts.
Russell wrote:Salty wrote:kagemusha wrote: ... As the Imam of New York bravely said yesterday - as long as Wahhabi doctrine spreads there will be nothing but hatred and war.
Exactly - which is why Saudi Arabia needs to be bombed - well, at least their Wahhabi mosques. Time to nip this hatred spreading cancer where it starts.
And now we are at it, let's also bomb Mecca...
Egypt said Monday it has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing the beheading of several Egyptian Coptic Christians it had held hostage for weeks.
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The video purporting to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages was released late Sunday by militants in Libya affiliated with the Islamic State group.
The killings raise the possibility that the extremist group — which controls about a third of Syria and Iraq in a self-declared caliphate — has established a direct affiliate less than 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the southern tip of Italy. One of the militants in the video makes direct reference to that possibility, saying the group now plans to "conquer Rome."
The militants had been holding 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian laborers rounded up from the city of Sirte in December and January. It was not clear from the video whether all 21 hostages were killed.
Coligny wrote:I know you will blame me for alway going back to my only true god (well... after Marx and Lenin)...
But they are pushing Darwinism a bit far...
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