Al Qaeda Affiliated Terrorists About to Get Their Own (Oil Rich) State
“Baghdad is going to be overrun. The Green Zone is going down,” a U.S. intelligence official told Fox News Thursday.
The comment comes as the security situation in Iraq quickly deteriorates, with large swaths of the embattled country now controlled by a deadly Al Qaeda affiliated extremist group.
As our pal Morgen Richmond put it:
Al Qaeda may soon have their very own state, in one of the most oil-rich regions of the world. But hey, we got Bin Laden.
— Morgen (@morgenr) June 13, 2014
Making matters worse, Obama has not only been refusing to fight the war, but has been sending weapons to the Iraqis — who then surrender and give up those weapons to ISIS.
One day — once again — we will be fighting Islamic extremists wielding American weapons.
Plus ca change…
Gazzer (6a76d0) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:17 pmHow many hours or days until Obama appears at his latest fund-raiser to decry the “phony scandal” of the Iraq Meltdown?
Criminal neglect, incompetence, malfeasance, are hallmarks of the Obama Administration.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:24 pmonly our demise
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:27 pmwill make his putter flutter
incompetent fool
Just a reminder of what kind of Iraq Obama inherited from Bush. This was printed by the WaPo in 2 January 2009:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010102079.html?hpid=topnews
Naturally, being te WaPo they had to then go on to tell there readers how Bush was still evil and had eff’d everything up. And they changed the original headline (Shocking I know; the WaPo memory-holing stuff without noting the changes) which was a bit more optimistic and included words to the effect that the war was over. That was too optimistic, I guess. But the point stands, by any measure the war was over the day Obama was sworn into office.
And Obama proceeded to kick over tables in Iraq and restart the war just like he kicked over tables throughout North Africa and the Middle East that would result in the Jihadi Spring of 2014 that we are currently experiencing.
Bush didn’t create this crisis in 2003. It was Obama reversing course and destroying all the progress Bush had made by 2009.
Steve57 (5f0260) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:42 pmCoronello @2, that’s going to have to wait until after Prom Queen’s golf vacation in Palm Springs.
Steve57 (5f0260) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:44 pm“Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man.”
–St. Francis Xavier
Obama was raised by Muslims until the age of 10.
Kevin M (b357ee) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:48 pmI think we should be pinning the Jihadi Spring on Hillary. She’s the one who made it happen.
Kevin M (b357ee) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:50 pmsurprise, not really;
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2014/06/14/americas-allies-are-funding-isis/
there’s also the chilling promise Abu Dua made to the warden of Camp Bucca, ‘see you in New York;
narciso (3fec35) — 6/14/2014 @ 12:57 pmJ KERRY: Sir! I have a plan, sir.
[later]
B OBAMA: What happens now?
Regret (da8b6e) — 6/14/2014 @ 1:06 pmJ KERRY: Well, now, uh, Hagel, Holder, and I, uh, wait until nightfall,
and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the Iraqis, uh, by surprise. Not
only by surprise, but totally unarmed!
B OBAMA: Who leaps out?
J KERRY: U– u– uh, Hagel, Holder, and I. Uh, leap out of the rabbit,
uh, and uh…
B OBAMA: Ohh.
J KERRY: Oh. Um, l– look, i– i– if we built this large wooden badger–
[clank]
[twong]
B OBAMA: Run away!
CABINET: Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away! Run away!
Run away!
Hey Regret! I feel like you haven’t been here in years! Nice to see you. Where have you been?!
Patterico (9c670f) — 6/14/2014 @ 1:13 pmWe have a malevolently stupid person running this country, and, no, I don’t think that characterization is overly harsh or overly partisan.
For instance, I recall being similarly irritated — and remain so to this day — by George W Bush’s compassionate-conservative, what-me-worry response during his years in the White House towards illegal immigration, people like Harriet Miers, and all the bloated budgets sent to him by the Congress. But those were tidbits — minor infractions — compared with the avalanche of lunacy exhibited by Jeremiah Wright’s buddy now occupying the Oval Office.
By itself, I could hold my nose and somewhat tolerate Obama’s tactics towards Iraq. But when placed against the broader background of other aspects of Obama and the Middle East in particular, I truly believe that — once again — the description of malevolent stupidity fits Barry to a T.
Mark (75db68) — 6/14/2014 @ 1:24 pmThe good news is that there are no golf courses in hell, plus knowing that the JEF will eternally be forced to listen to Mooch complain. We do have that much to look forward to.
PPs43 (6fdef4) — 6/14/2014 @ 1:40 pmHi Patrick – I’ve just been watching Monty Python reruns… and lurking in the shadows.
Regret (da8b6e) — 6/14/2014 @ 2:41 pmThe only good news is that ISIS is too insane to govern for very long. But if Iran controls things, that means Russia has a hand in it too, and that is bad. Putin has stepped up the violence in Ukraine.
Is he mad enough to start WW III?
And it looks like Obama will throw in with Iran to give them Iraq. After he gets back from his golf vacation, of course.
Patricia (5fc097) — 6/14/2014 @ 3:58 pmTrue, but so were the Khmer Rouge, or more to the point the Taliban, besides their sponsor is wealthy enough to cause real damage,
narciso (3fec35) — 6/14/2014 @ 4:00 pmthe earlier reference,
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/06/isis-leader-abu-dua-to-us-captors-see-you-in-new-york/
one recalls the Iranians and the Russians backed the Northern Alliance, up until the time that Mohammed Fazl facilitated the offensive that led to Massoud’s assasination, and the signal to
narciso (3fec35) — 6/14/2014 @ 4:06 pmstart the 9/11 attack
Jihadi Recovery Summer!
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/14/2014 @ 4:11 pmObama. The best President Russia ever had.
nk (dbc370) — 6/14/2014 @ 4:23 pmMiddle East mutates
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/14/2014 @ 4:25 pmthe time of teh festering
sets the world on fire
this ain’t no disco
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/14/2014 @ 4:31 pmwhat happens there won’t stay there
it ain’t Las Vegas
Barack Obama… Worst. President. Ever.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/14/2014 @ 4:32 pmLet’s hope so,Colonel.
Gazzer (6a76d0) — 6/14/2014 @ 5:01 pmadd to that the suicide bomber from Vero Beach;
http://therightscoop.com/french-president-says-isis-soldier-behind-terror-attack-on-jewish-museum/
this is probably akin to the hit on Meir Kahane.
narciso (3fec35) — 6/14/2014 @ 5:03 pma reasonable piece on the subject, well see what you think:
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-baghdadi-20140614-story.html#page=1
narciso (3fec35) — 6/14/2014 @ 5:30 pmIt reminds me of the success of the first crusade. The Franks were very tough fighters and quickly adapted to the terrain as well as eastern warfare, which was completely different from what they were used to, very successfully.
But their successes were largely due to the weakness and divisions in the Muslim world, not their strength. Which if the case of the crusaders was formidable, but not formidable enough to take Jerusalem in the Muslims’ backyard had they been united. As Saladin later demonstrated.
I see the success of ISIS in Iraq in a similar vein. Except ISIS is nowhere near as strong, disciplined and capable as the crusaders. They’re a mob. They’re united in their fanatacism, but they’re still a mob. Their success doesn’t demonstrate their power so much as reveal that the countries they’re having success in are so weak and fragmented even a mob can take over large portions of their territory.
I was reading one account that in Mosul 30,000 soldiers defending the city fled when 800 ISIS killers approached. I don’t know if I necessarily believe those numbers but the Iraqis vastly outnumbered the ISIS forces and still the Iraqis dropped their weapons, stripped off their uniforms, and ran.
Steve57 (5f0260) — 6/14/2014 @ 6:16 pmYes, that part I don’t get, how did they think this would end well,
narciso (3fec35) — 6/14/2014 @ 6:26 pmDear America,
I’m watching the U.S. Open this weekend.
I’m also playing some golf in the Palm Springs area.
The Iraq thing can wait until Monday.
Signed,
Barack
Elephant Stone (17ce2d) — 6/14/2014 @ 6:39 pmObama is “thinking” about what actions to implement in Iraq upon his return from his fund raising/golf weekend. So as to not confuse his thinking, he reportedly left all security advisers back in DC. Apparently he’ll catch up on things when he returns. Of course, by then the Russians may have tanks rolling into the square in Kiev and join the Iranians in Iraq, while the ISIS group negotiates with Pakistani al Qaeda/Taliban groups to lay their hands on a nuke. Buut being Presidnet is tough work and the man needs his downtime.
in_awe (7c859a) — 6/14/2014 @ 7:08 pmSteve57 (5f0260) — 6/14/2014 @ 6:16 pm
I was reading one account that in Mosul 30,000 soldiers defending the city fled when 800 ISIS killers approached. I don’t know if I necessarily believe those numbers but the Iraqis vastly outnumbered the ISIS forces and still the Iraqis dropped their weapons, stripped off their uniforms, and ran
The number of men ISIS has may be underestimated,but it has been said they have about 10,000 (1 division) of which 3,000 to 5,000 are in Iraw, and maybe 1,000 of thjem are chasing the whole Iraqi army, and that 4 divisions (40,000) melted away. They may be trying to scare people.
How this worked seems to be that they has snipers (who maybe got a lot of experience in syria, shooting at anything that moved) In Iraq they shot at higher offiecrs, killing the brave and dedicated ones, and causing all the others to take off their uniforms and flee, leaving their amry leaderless, and causing the whole army to run, after taking off their uniforms, and as time went on the soldiers came prepared, putting civilian clothes under their uniforms.
Sammy Finkelman (97c2e3) — 6/14/2014 @ 7:32 pm2. Willful, considered treason tops the list.
gary gulrud (46ca75) — 6/15/2014 @ 6:50 amI thin the Turks may want in on the Mosul oil. Tikrit better be making mo sons.
gary gulrud (46ca75) — 6/15/2014 @ 7:33 amThere is a possible conflict between ISIS and Turkey if ISIS turns out to be bigger. ISIS captured some 72 tanks and lots of other military equipment, but they probably need defectors from thesyrian or Iraqi army for them to be able to use it.
The city of Kirkuk was rescued by the Kurds.
Nobody saw this coming. Thomas Friedman was there two weeks ago – he likes the Kurds and the Governor of Kirkuk – and he didn’t see this coming.
The front cover of this week’s New York Times Magazine (prepared early in the week) has a picture of some black troops with red berets- about ten of them – walking trhough some country dirt road and the white lettering says:
Inside,
Sammy Finkelman (97c2e3) — 6/15/2014 @ 8:55 amon page 4,
the Table of Contents has:
If a bit player, like Bagdadi could cause this much havok, imagine what these will do;
http://therightscoop.com/former-gitmo-officer-bergdahl-five-are-very-dangerous-would-pass-trophy-photos-of-beheadings/
narciso (3fec35) — 6/15/2014 @ 9:33 amBaghdadi is not a bit player. He’s a contender for Caliph.
Sammy Finkelman (97c2e3) — 6/15/2014 @ 9:35 amWow, Sammy… Thomas Friedman “didn’t see this coming”. That settles it… Kirkuk was a shocker.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/15/2014 @ 9:40 amI’ll quote it again. It is not the willingness to kill that is needed, it is the willingness to die.
— http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/phil8.htm
Gandhi understands: What will you give? The chattering class, and their Empty Chair, maybe not.
htom (412a17) — 6/15/2014 @ 9:54 am“Committed to Obama’s forest road, Western security chiefs are already warning a new generation of al-Qaeda, more powerful than the last, has been forged in the furnaces of Syria, Libya, Iraq, Africa and Afghanistan ready to attack. We already know, if we haven’t guessed already, that Obama is not going to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, which in any event, Pakistan already has. It’s more than likely the West will face attacks in the near future that will make 9/11 look like a Sunday School picnic by comparison.”.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/15/2014 @ 10:07 am– Belmont Club – In Search of Plan C
35. Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 6/15/2014 @ 9:40 am
Wow, Sammy… Thomas Friedman “didn’t see this coming”. That settles it… Kirkuk was a shocker.
It didn’t make the cover o this week’s TIME Magazine, or “The Week” but it did make the cover of “The Economist.”
The news came out Wednesday, as to a total surprise to almost everyone.
TIME Magazine’s front cover is:
Of course, there was a conspiracy here – I’d like his detailed. They destrped a best selling book (1961) “Calories Don’t Count” by Dr. Herman Taller, M.D. to the point where the book was completely forgotten and Dr. Robert Atkins could pretend he invented his whole theory in 1963 by himself. (Atkins added some things that weren’t correct – he was against fruit)
The Week has a series of stories on its front page.
The big one, a drawing of Hillary as a jockey (this was right after the Belmont) wiith the headline:
Also a few stories, with smaller pictures, on the top:
MAIN STORIES WHAT CANTOR’S DEFEAT MEANS FOR THE GOP p.2
TALKING POINTS: Having pets instead of children p. 17 (the Pope had spoken about that)
PEOPLE: Why Keira is so frosty p. 8
Sammy Finkelman (97c2e3) — 6/15/2014 @ 10:24 amThe economist mst have gone to press a bit later:
The big headline:
In green space,, and yopu see silluttes of men carryiong rifles.
also, across teh top:
INSIDE THIS WEEK: INTELLIGENT LIFE
And a a series of stories:
Republicans find their Inner Brat
Sammy Finkelman (97c2e3) — 6/15/2014 @ 10:34 amPakistan: Generals 1, Sharif, 0
The wisdom of dumb money
Golf and the Chinese dream
Lessons from penalty shoot-outs.
Bagehot weeps;
an overview of the phenomenon;
http://nypost.com/2014/06/14/the-mad-dream-of-a-dead-empire-that-unites-islamic-rebels/
narciso (3fec35) — 6/15/2014 @ 10:59 amA bit more from “in Search of Plan C” @37:
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2014/06/14/in-search-of-plan-c/#more-37374
What we insist on calling “Radical Islam” is in fact just Islam. It’s important to remember that, because the Iraqi army isn’t dissolving and running away entirely because of cowardice or political divisions. It’s because, for the Sunnis, they know ISIS has religion on their side. Everything ISIS is doing is scripturally and doctrinally correct. It is all there in their Koran, the hadiths, and their legal texts. ISIS is in fact following the example of Muhammad, as is Boko Haram. Jihad is in fact the sixth pillar of Islam. They are commanded to attack and kill those who do not believe as the Muslims do, until they convert or submit to dhimmitude and are made to “feel themselves subdued” (i.e. humiliated). Anybody who is physically capable of jihad against the infidel but refuses to engage in it is a hypocrite according to Muhammad, and hypocrites will end up in hellfire along with the Christians, the Jews, and the idolators.
You can pretend all you like, as both Republican and Democratic administrations have done, that there are some sort of concrete series of events that have caused a “cycle of violence.” For example, if Israel would just end its “illegal”occupation of “palestine” and withdraw to the ’67 borders all would be well. No, Islam demands Israel be wiped off the map because it is Jewish. There is nothing it can do except cease to exist. And the same goes for us.
Know your enemy, first in a six part series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZe7eZK4dw
Steve57 (5f0260) — 6/15/2014 @ 11:30 amnarcisso @40, I see that either as an attempt at Taqqiyah (concealment, deliberately misleading) or this guy doesn’t understand Islam.
It might sound strange to say that, but many Muslims have no idea what the Quran and the hadiths have to say. 80% of Muslims are not Arabic speakers. There are a lot of approved translations (some by Al Azhar University, the highest authority in Sunni Islam) for teaching these Muslims the meaning of the Quran (these texts go to pains to make sure people know their translation is not the Quran, because apparently Allah only speaks Arabic). But many schools of thought frown on using translations.
Pakistani Madrassas are supposedly respected for being able to teach boys to memorize the Quran by rote. But it’s important to remember that these Urdu speaking boys have no idea what they’re saying. They have just memorized a bunch of syllables in a particular order. I recall one western source, I forget if it was a diplomat or an academic, saying a Pakistani friend had told him once that he was proud of his religion and his ability to recite the Quran. One day he intended to get a book and find out what he’s been saying all these years.
It is interesting to note that if you read the Quran and the hadiths Islam makes a distinction between mere Muslims and true believers. Islam means submission; a Muslim is one who has submitted. But becomeing a Muslim doesn’t imply belief. It just means doing what you are told.
The point being that to anyone who takes Islam seriously, what ISiS is doing is not a “mad dream” but a religious obligation.
As an aside, Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim are the two most respected chroniclers of the hadiths, sahih meaning “authentic” or “genuine” and are nearly on par with the Quran. If not on par, which I’ve been told by some. Together they comprise the Sahihain, or the two Sahihs.
They are available online here:
http://sunnah.com/
Sunnah means the hadiths that directly record the life and sayings of Muhammad (as opposed to the life and sayings of his companions, which are presumed to be authoritative since they were directly instructed by Muhammad).
A good Quran translation is http://quran.com/
Steve57 (5f0260) — 6/15/2014 @ 12:13 pmThe Iraqi Prime Minister needs to resign or be impeached. He is the cause of this.
The Emperor (4dcc08) — 6/15/2014 @ 3:05 pmThere’s a helpful suggestion, TE. I’ll pass that on to my congresscritter.
And replaced by?
Steve57 (5f0260) — 6/15/2014 @ 5:00 pmSomeone who can be a uniting factor to bring the shiites and sunnis together to fight their common enemy.
The Emperor (72bb0c) — 6/15/2014 @ 5:15 pmAnd who in Iraq would that be?
Steve57 (5f0260) — 6/15/2014 @ 6:04 pmI think Maliki is irrelevant now, thanks to our inaction, among other things.
The terrorists are attacking the airport now in Baghdad. I hope our innocent people in the embassy get out. Obama and his State Department don’t have a good record on that.
All that’s left is to pray.
Patricia (5fc097) — 6/15/2014 @ 6:19 pmThinking of the heads left along the side of the road by this advancing horde, it made me think of the scene in the Lord of the Rings when the Orcs catapult the heads of killed soldiers into Minas Tirith.
MD in Philly (f9371b) — 6/15/2014 @ 6:33 pmMaybe John Kerry can edit his phase to be, “Reminiscent of Orcs”.
That isn’t meant to be snark, it’s to illustrate how bad the situation is.
That’s the narrative, it’s all Maliki’s fault.
nk (dbc370) — 6/15/2014 @ 6:40 pmTal A Far, won at great cost by Col, McMaster, Sinjar the site of the archive of foreign fighters, almost a third being from Libya, now Baghdad, Airport
http://weaselzippers.us/189980-breaking-america-to-open-direct-dialog-with-iran-over-iraq-crisis/
narciso (3fec35) — 6/15/2014 @ 6:50 pm