Iraqi civil war.

[BTGBullseye]

The least they can do is hire someone who knows the basics of propaganda, there are plenty of them around.

[ThePest179]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/jordan-hits-islamic-state-with-airstrikes-as-king-visits-family-of-pilot-burned-alive/2015/02/05/22ea3af0-acad-11e4-8876-460b1144cbc1_story.html

 

Let's hope Jordan kicks their ass.

[BTGBullseye]

Almost anything is better than ISIS at this point.

[ThePest179]

Almost anything is better than ISIS at this point.

 

The problem is getting anyone to fight.

 

Anyways:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31191814

 

Yeah, more sectarian war.

[BTGBullseye]

Well if we need to find people to fight... There's a thread that had some people that would probably be good at it, many of whom were attacked for their opinion about war. (hint hint)

 

I wonder why people complain about not getting enough people to fight the bad guys after attacking people for not being pacifists.[/sarcasm]

[ThePest179]

Well if we need to find people to fight... There's a thread that had some people that would probably be good at it, many of whom were attacked for their opinion about war. (hint hint)

 

I wonder why people complain about not getting enough people to fight the bad guys after attacking people for not being pacifists.[/sarcasm]

 

Yeah yeah yeah, keep attacking anti war movements. It's so mature.

 

Don't bother responding to that, because I won't acknowledge you.

 

OT: http://www.theage.com.au/world/jordan-steps-up-islamic-state-raids-with-56-air-strikes-in-three-days-20150208-1398g2.html

 

http://www.france24.com/en/20150209-iraq-ground-offensive-islamic-state-group-bomb-attack/

 

Jordan's stepping things up, and so's Iraq.

[BTGBullseye]

Yeah yeah yeah, keep attacking anti war movements. It's so mature.

I'm not attacking an anti-war movement, I'm defending people being attacked by people who are 'anti-war'.

[ThePest179]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2015/feb/09/iraq-suicide-attack-kills-least-12-baghdad/287331/

 

The terror attacks of 2006 are returning to Baghdad.

[ThePest179]

http://www.firstpost.com/world/islamic-state-fighters-seize-western-iraqi-town-officials-2096341.html

 

An Iraqi Counter-attack is in the works for that, apparently.

 

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150214/tribal-leader-10-others-killed-gunmen-baghdad

 

More militia violence.

 

EDIT: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/world/middleeast/islamic-state-sprouting-limbs-beyond-mideast.html?_r=1

 

Report on how far ISIS has spread across the region.

[ThePest179]

http://newsviewsnreviews.com/2015/03/iraq-militia-chief-slams-army-weaklings-over-tikrit-strikes/

 

Militias are pulling out of the battle for Tikrit as US air strikes arrive.

 

EDIT: http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-tikrit-20150330-story.html

 

Well that didn't last long.

[ThePest179]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/31/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-tikrit-idUSKBN0MR1G420150331

 

And Tikrit has been captured!

[Vapymid]

The "Centre" of Tikrit, thus far... Let's not celebrate just yet

 

Regards

[ThePest179]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/world/middleeast/us-steps-up-bombing-raids-in-anbar-after-shiite-militias-withdraw.html?_r=0

 

ISIS push in Ramadi repelled by US airstrikes.

 

EDIT: http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/world/middle-east/islamic-state-militants-seize-villages-near-ramadi-in-iraq/article_7e2ab356-7d91-589e-adb1-abd91846bad0.html

 

Scratch that, ISIS is gaining ground.

[ThePest179]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/15/isis-attack-on-ramadi-just-upended-u-s-war-plans.html

 

http://www.smh.com.au/world/islamic-state-seizes-town-near-ramadi-in-iraq-planting-black-flag-with-bodies-lying-in-the-street-20150415-1mm0rq.html

 

Fuck me! ISIS is in the process of overruning Ramadi! And it seemed like everything was going good after Tikrit....

[ThePest179]

Big News!

 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/isis-replace-injured-leader-baghdadi-with-former-physics-teacher/ar-AAbvfRY?ocid=U305DHP

 

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi has been critically injured and has been replaced. Looks like we're going to get acquainted with the new guy...

 

EDIT: Story is apparently full of shit.

 

EDIT 2: Apparently it really is genuine.

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/details-of-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadis-spinal-injury-2015-5

Edited May 1, 2015 by Guest (see edit history)

[ThePest179]

ISIS overran a dam and might have released some of the water.

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-25/islamic-state-fighters-kill-general-and-127-soldiers-seize-dam

[ThePest179]

Situation in Ramadi is almost completely fucked.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/isis-gains-control-of-major-iraqi-city/2015/05/15/68a8036c-fb0c-11e4-a47c-e56f4db884ed_story.html?hpid=z1

 

EDIT:http://www.newsobserver.com/news/article21177543.html

 

Now it is completely fucked; looks like ISIS have taken over the entire city or near enough of it.

 

Now sectarian warfare will start on a much worse level then previously seen.

[ThePest179]

It's been a while since the Fall of Ramadi, but so far not much has changed. Iraq is preparing for a counter-offensive, but it's still a few weeks away at the earliest.

 

In the meantime, some of the more militant Shia groups have clashed with Iraqi security forces.

 

http://www.worldbulletin.net/middle-east/163912/iraqi-soldier-killed-in-clashes-with-abductors-of-turks

 

EDIT: By the way, Baiji got recaptured by ISIS again. That was a month or two ago.

[ThePest179]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/us-iraq-cholera-idUSKCN0RJ0QU20150919

 

Cholera outbreak west of Baghdad.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/iraqs-stalemate-ramadi-raises-doubts-us-strategy-34062670

 

Recent Ramadi counter-offensive has slowed.

[ThePest179]

So an Iraqi militia just bombed an Iranian exile camp:

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/rockets-near-baghdad-airport-kill-iraqi-soldiers-iranian-refugees-1446171572

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-iran-idUSKCN0SO14B20151030

 

In unconfirmed reports, Iraq has been making progress in retaking the city of Ramadi (the extent of their success so far isn't known, but they're doing something), and in less uplifting news ISIS is outside of Samarra and a Shiite militia (allegedly) blew up the largest Sunni mosque in Baiji.

 

EDIT: http://en.alalam.ir/news/1755261

 

The Iraqis have a presence in the center of Ramadi. It's about damn time some good news came out of the region.