Al Sadrs' message is reform or die, (sounds familiar?) but in this case he may have a point as the article doesn't mention the government corruption strangling service delivery etc., which is the basis of the protests.
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Reuters: Security forces shut down Baghdad to prevent Green Zone protests. Security forces shut down Baghdad to prevent Green Zone protests
"Kurdistan".....I have a better chance of a foursome with "the Kate's" (Beckinisale, Blanchett, and Winslet) than the Kurds do seeing their own country. No nation will stand for that and as pointed out, they have no port and will become some country's trade bitch as a result. "Kurdistan" falls into the same category as alternate history and "what if" scenarios. Pride? Yawn. History with "Saladin?" Yawn. (He wasn't all that anyway). Whatever else? Yawn. Kurdistan's a myth.
Glad to see that Abu Hajaar's legacy lives on!
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Glad to see that Abu Hajaar's legacy lives on!
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Found this video f'ing around Youtube today. It was just posted a few days ago and certainly goes a long way towards offering a different perception of the Iraqi Army and their battle with ISIS.
The fucked up part is though...a few neighbors don't like you? Label you a collaborator? You my friend, are dog food.
Major Salam appears to be one locked on soldier...would have to imagine there are many folks who would like to get their paws on him -
Fighting the Islamic State with Iraq’s Golden Division: The Road to Fallujah
The fucked up part is though...a few neighbors don't like you? Label you a collaborator? You my friend, are dog food.
Major Salam appears to be one locked on soldier...would have to imagine there are many folks who would like to get their paws on him -
Fighting the Islamic State with Iraq’s Golden Division: The Road to Fallujah
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I'd say he's closer to the rule than the exception.
As for your neighbors throwing you under the bus- tribal solutions for tribal problems.
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These guys need to be let go...wtf is going on in Foggy Bottom: U.S. State Department Officials Call for Strikes Against Syria’s Assad
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Who doesn't want a good old fashioned war with Russia?
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When your enemies are fighting each other, you should probably just step back and watch.
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Fuck that! Sell them bullets and band-aids.
That Team party isn't going to pay for itself!
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Fox News just cited Syria's use of, "devastating barrel bombs against his own people," as one of the main reasons for the turmoil.
Of course, because some improvised POS Molotov cocktail in an oil drum is the most dangerous thing on the battlefield now.
Solid reporting to ignore the Russians' use of them and other weapons on civilians.
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They're not worried about Russia's use of REAL munitions.
I'd much rather have someone try to drop a fuel drum on me than a real bomb.
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Yeah especially some of that 2000 pound hate dropped from a fighter...
Thought this was a really fascinating article: Syria’s War on Doctors
A few things that stuck out to me:
1. Has the emergence of transnational actors essentially given cover to nation-states to pursue an explicitly anti-Geneva convention ROE? I mean, it looks like the Syrian government is not just violating the Laws of War but actively pursuing the violations towards strategic ends. ISIS, the Taliban, AQIS, et. al have pursued the same strategy piecemeal but the Syrian government seems to be scaling it much higher. The benefits of the strategy massively reduce independent media, NGOs, and plummet civilian quality of life to the stone age. Puts an interesting spin on 'hearts and minds' - instead of winning them you make people so miserable they'll accept any step up.
2. Could we be seeing a huge leap forward in virtual medical technology due to the necessity here? A lot of restrictions on testing this methodology in the developed world are being tossed aside - and rightly so in the circumstances. I hope the knowledge is being captured somehow. The leaps forward in trauma medicine from war zones is one of the few positives of combat - would hate to see it lost here.
A few things that stuck out to me:
1. Has the emergence of transnational actors essentially given cover to nation-states to pursue an explicitly anti-Geneva convention ROE? I mean, it looks like the Syrian government is not just violating the Laws of War but actively pursuing the violations towards strategic ends. ISIS, the Taliban, AQIS, et. al have pursued the same strategy piecemeal but the Syrian government seems to be scaling it much higher. The benefits of the strategy massively reduce independent media, NGOs, and plummet civilian quality of life to the stone age. Puts an interesting spin on 'hearts and minds' - instead of winning them you make people so miserable they'll accept any step up.
2. Could we be seeing a huge leap forward in virtual medical technology due to the necessity here? A lot of restrictions on testing this methodology in the developed world are being tossed aside - and rightly so in the circumstances. I hope the knowledge is being captured somehow. The leaps forward in trauma medicine from war zones is one of the few positives of combat - would hate to see it lost here.
Making the population lose the will to fight is the only way to win an insurgency. Or any war for that matter.
There are hundreds of thousands of people getting killed or wounded in Syria. I wonder if there is deliberate targeting of medical personnel, or if the Assad regime just doesn't care as much about ROE and collateral damage.
Also, with Islamic militants' willingness to use "protected places" like hospitals and other medical facilities to plan, store munitions, and launch attacks from, I wonder if that TTP is putting medical professionals at risk as well.
There are hundreds of thousands of people getting killed or wounded in Syria. I wonder if there is deliberate targeting of medical personnel, or if the Assad regime just doesn't care as much about ROE and collateral damage.
Also, with Islamic militants' willingness to use "protected places" like hospitals and other medical facilities to plan, store munitions, and launch attacks from, I wonder if that TTP is putting medical professionals at risk as well.
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If he's anything like his father than probably not, but I think there is too much media to wipe out entire populations. Even if it was more or less considered for the best. I believe in the previous case it was a MB stronghold.
From this article and what I've read/heard elsewhere (Fresh Air had a great interview with a couple of journalists out of Lebanon on the topic a couple weeks ago) the Assad regime is intentionally and systematically targeting medical professionals, first responders, hospitals, and utilities for this purpose. I think it's something other countries will be watching closely as a way to suppress insurgencies. The brutality and targeting of non-combatants is well-publicized by ISIS and others but it seems to me a state actor has the ability to scale these kinds of atrocities to the routine in a way non-state actors don't. Interesting and disturbing.
Targeting the medical personnel and facilities of your enemy may be effective terror tactics in the short-term; but in the long run it will only give your enemy more incentive to hate and resist you.
We've learned through the bombings of civilian population centers like Berlin, Tokyo, London, Hanoi, that despite material destruction it cements unity and national will and increases defiance.
We've learned through the bombings of civilian population centers like Berlin, Tokyo, London, Hanoi, that despite material destruction it cements unity and national will and increases defiance.
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