Pan-Islamic merged mega thread

[CougarKing]

An update on the missing Moroccan F16 on the previous page:

Foxtrot Alpha

Moroccan F-16 Fighter And Saudi AH-64 Attack Helicopter Down In Yemen

A Moroccan F-16 and a Saudi AH-64 Apache both went down while operating over Yemen yesterday. The crew of the Apache has supposedly fallen into Houthi Rebel hands while the F-16’s pilot fate remains less clear, although grisly images of a body said to be located at the crash site are making their rounds on Twitter.

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[Eye In The Sky]

Crews are always 15 seconds and 1 emergency away from being in the hurt locker.  This is shitty.

Hopefully all survive and make it back to homeplate sometime. :-\

 

[CougarKing]

Seems those 3 British jihadi brides, who tweeted alot about going to Syria/Iraq to be married to ISIS fighters, have suddenly changed their tune...

Daily Mail

Will fugitive jihadi brides be BARRED from Britain? Theresa May warns three London teenagers who fled ISIS might not be allowed back into UK if they escape
Source within ISIS-held Mosul reveals huge hunts underway to find girls
Girls thought to be 16 - the same age as friends who ran away in February
Father of another girl, who ran away first, hopes his daughter escaped
Home Secretary refuses to say whether they'll be allowed to return to UK

Home Secretary Theresa May has suggested three British schoolgirls believed to have escaped the clutches of ISIS may not be allowed back into the UK even if they manage to return.

Reports from Iraq suggest three teenagers who had been married off to ISIS fighters have now gone on the run near the city of Mosul.
It has been suggested the trio may be Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana, who disappeared from their homes in east London earlier this year.

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[jollyjacktar]

Yes, on of the little %^@#$'s was tweeting that she had enjoyed a nice take out meal and now she wanted to behead some Kuffars.  I guess the shoe's on the other foot now.  I hope they don't let them back into the country.  If they escape what they deserve (staying with their jihadi husbands).

 

[CougarKing]

ISIS going from destroying artifacts to selling them?

Foreign Policy

New Bill Targets U.S. Buyers Filling the Islamic State’s Coffers With Millions

Famed fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones often said antiquities belong in museums. A new bill introduced this week in Congress agrees.

Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.) is offering new legislation, called the Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act, to help the Homeland Security Department block Islamic State sales of antiquities on the black market, a major source of the group’s revenue. It’s not clear how much the sale of these artifacts, looted from museums and archaeological sites, is bringing in, but intelligence officials estimate it’s the second largest source of funding for the group, behind oil revenue. In one region of Syria, the group reportedly cashed in on $36 million by selling plundered artifacts.

The United Nations already has a ban against the sale of items looted from Iraq and Syria. But according to Keating, efforts within U.S. law enforcement to stop their sale are poorly coordinated, and officials charged with preventing the illicit trade are not well trained.

“It takes more expertise to be able to spot what’s an antiquity,” Keating told FP. “These investigations aren’t occurring the way they should.”

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[CougarKing]

It's now reported the 3 previously mentioned "jihadi brides" now on the run from ISIS, will be PUBLICLY EXECUTED if they're captured:

Daily Mail

British 'terror twins', 17, who went to Syria tell family they are still in ISIS's capital as hunt for on-the-run jihadi brides continues
Zahra and Salma Halane contacted their father to say they are now in Syria
They were believed to be among three British teenagers to 'flee from ISIS'
Source within ISIS-held Mosul revealed huge hunts underway to find girls
Expert says ISIS is likely to publicly execute any it suspects of defecting

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[tomahawk6]

If they are in Syria they are beyond Britain's reach and they sure wont be sending a predator after them.

 

[jollyjacktar]

Oh dear.  How sad.  Too bad...

 

[tomahawk6]

According to reports ,IS has taken Ramadi or its fall is imminent.This would be a serious blow to the Iraqi government.

http://news.yahoo.com/jihadists-seizes-government-hq-iraqs-ramadi-officials-000848164.html

 

[McG]

It appears IS have won the battle for Ramadi and are making gains across Anbar province.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32751728

 

[jollyjacktar]

Weren't these turd tampers supposed to be in dissaray and generally getting their asses handed to them for some time now?  Not only that but many of their star players being taken out of the game???

 

[tomahawk6]

A US Special Operations raid into Syria killed Abu Sayyaf and they captured his wife.She is now in custody in Iraq.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-says-troops-kill-senior-islamic-state-leader-125658571.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader who helped direct the group's oil, gas and financial operations during a raid in eastern Syria, U.S. officials said on Saturday.

 

[tomahawk6]

It has become open source that this raid was a Delta operation.I think the reason for sending in a team was to obtain computers and other intel.A replay of Bin Ladin raid IMO.Good job guys !!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/16/us-conducts-raid-on-isis-in-syria-kills-top-official/

U.S. personnel overnight killed a key Islamic State leader in charge of the group's oil and gas operations in a raid in eastern Syria, the White House said Saturday.

A team of Delta Force commandos slipped across the border from Iraq under cover of darkness Saturday aboard Black Hawk helicopters and V-22 Osprey aircraft, according to a U.S. defense official knowledgeable about details of the raid.

The U.S. team killed leader Abu Sayyaf and 11 other ISIS fighters and captured his wife, Umm Sayyaf. A senior defense official told Fox News that while no Americans were injured or killed in the operation, some of the fighting was hand-to-hand and that Sayyaf used women and children as human shields.

"It was a real firefight - a no kidding old school firefight," a senior defense official said.

 

[jollyjacktar]

I always like reading good news like this.  BZ Delta force. 

 

[Retired AF Guy]

It has become open source that this raid was a Delta operation.I think the reason for sending in a team was to obtain computers and other intel.A replay of Bin Ladin raid IMO.Good job guys !!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/16/us-conducts-raid-on-isis-in-syria-kills-top-official/

And totally off-subject, I noticed that on the screen behind the reporter you can see a Canadian flag flying. Just kind kind of piqued my curiosity why Fox News would be doing that.

 

[tomahawk6]

JTF2 wouldnt have had operators tagging along would they ? Or else its Fox's way of acknowledging the contribution of a long time ally.

 

[The Bread Guy]

And totally off-subject, I noticed that on the screen behind the reporter you can see a Canadian flag flying. Just kind kind of piqued my curiosity why Fox News would be doing that.

Maybe it's one of several flags flying outside whatever Fox studio she was working out of?  It looks like a window, not a screen.

Edited to add:  Looks like it might be Fox/et. al's Washington DC studio.

 

[tomahawk6]

Its safe to say that the leadership of IS is no doubt reviewing their security TTP's. :camo:

 

[George Wallace]

Maybe it's one of several flags flying outside whatever Fox studio she was working out of?  It looks like a window, not a screen.

Edited to add:  Looks like it might be Fox/et. al's Washington DC studio.

Looking at the map on that link.....Behind that studio is the Hyatt Regency Hotel......Where in all likelihood they fly the flags of all nations that they have employees capable of speaking that nations language.

 

[Halifax Tar]

ISIS takes control of Ramadi, Iraqi troops flee

ISIS seized control of the city of Ramadi on Sunday, sending Iraqi forces racing out of the city in a major loss despite the support of U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the extremists.

Online video showed Humvees, trucks and other equipment purportedly speeding out of Ramadi, with some soldiers gripping onto their sides. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered security forces not to abandon their posts across Anbar province, apparently fearing the extremists could capture the entirety of the vast Sunni province that saw intense fighting after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country to topple dictator Saddam Hussein.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-takes-control-of-ramadi-iraqi-troops-flee-1.3077576