ThePest179

And "mission creep" as well? http://news.sky.com/story/1476938/yemen-saudi-led-troops-deployed-on-the-ground Saudis have sent in soldiers.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32537543 Can you say "Gulf of Tonkin" in Arabic?

There have been good gains made by the FSA/Nursa alliance recently, and apparently more infighting in the Assad regime. Will find links soon.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.653718 Israel taking potshots at Hezbollah.

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

Post a theory you have about any game you have. Here's one I came up with: I think the Mario games have separate continuities. According to my theory, the main Mario continuity is the games Super Mario Bros, Super Mario 2, The Lost Levels, and World (possibly including Yoshi's Island).The following are deviations from the main continuity: Super Mario 64, Galaxy, and Sunshine. Contains a sub-deviation after 64 with Luigi's Mansion. Super Mario RPG, which in turn deviates into the Superstar Saga continuity and the Paper Mario continuity. The New Super Mario Bros continuity. Includes the Mario games currently being made for the 3DS. Then there are the ones separate from even the main continuity, such as: The Donkey Kong continuity, and includes games that do not feature our protagonist plumber. The Super Mario Land continuity, which deviates after Super Mario 2 and includes games centered around Wario. So, what do you guys think? Did I miss anything?

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

Looks like I was far too optimistic: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-king-salman-national-guard-yemen-iran-houthi-rebels/ The Saudi National Guard has been authorized to use force in Yemen. EDIT: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/22/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0NC2LD20150422 And the air campaign is continuing despite the announcement that they called it off. "No Russian troops in Crimea"**, right? **I say that to mock something that's blatantly untrue, if anyone was wondering EDIT2: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0NC2LD20150423 Saudis must not give a shit about credibility...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32402688 Saudis have ended the air campaign. Looks like they realized that they can't win.

Well damn. That's very ambitious, and I hope that you go through with it. Best of luck.

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....

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.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/12/saudi-arabia-turkey-syria_n_7012268.html Holy shit. Let's hope that these include attacks on ISIS, or else this is going to be really bad for the region.

I was actually hoping a mod could call me out on this. This forum is really lax about rule enforcement compared to others I've seen.

To tell you that your story telling is not getting you anywhere here. I ask you to stop, please, because nobody cares or wants to listen.

Give it a rest already, BTG. Nobody believes you. You're not making anyone think you're cool. Enough.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-02/al-qaeda-frees-300-inmates-in-yemen-jailbreak/6369356?section=world Fucking hell, al-Qaeda is taking advantage of the situation to break out prisoners.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/01/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0MS4Y120150401 EDIT: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/02/houthis-yemen-presidential-palace_n_6991862.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000017 The Yemeni central government is kaput.

http://www.globalpost.com/article/6504097/2015/04/01/seizes-most-yarmuk-refugee-camp-damascus-plo ISIS gains ground in fucking Damascus. EDIT: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/01/us-mideast-crisis-syria-jordan-idUSKBN0MS47F20150401 And more set backs for the regime.

This is true, but the people that are trying to do so are idiots in their planning and execution. If they had at least some sense, they wouldn't have the ISIS/ISIL problem in the first place. The latter statement isn't connected to the former. Did you forget your coherence somewhere?

If indeed it happened as you describe, then fucking hell, that's incompetent and lazy journalism at best and deliberate misinformation at worst. Anyway, looks like the Saudis are gearing up for a ground campaign. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/31/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0MR0HE20150331

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/31/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-tikrit-idUSKBN0MR1G420150331 And Tikrit has been captured!

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.

That's beyond bad journalism... I would be surprised if the dude doesn't get a massive penalty for it. (well not really surprised, but I'd definitely take everything from the BBC as possibly being the opposite of reality) If I could see this BBC report, I'd be interested. BTG, the BBC is opposite of your version of reality, not the actual one. OT: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-30/fighting-and-air-strikes-continue-across-yemen/6357870?section=world