Pentagon blames Trump for resurgence of ISIS

**dukkha** · 08-11-2019, 02:18 AM

No 'real resistance' from ISIS in recent operations: Iraqi PM
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/09082019

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said late on Friday that the country’s security forces have yet to encounter “real resistance” from Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in recent nationwide operations to eradicate the group’s remnants.

“The third phase of the Operation Will of Victory continues. So far, we have not encountered real resistance from Daesh [Arabic acronym for ISIS] in areas described by some media outlets and foreign people as dangerous areas,” Abdul-Mahdi told a select group of journalists in Baghdad.

Iraqi security forces have been “getting great results,” he added.

Now in its third phase, Iraqi security forces launched Operation Will of Victory on July 7.

A group of domestic forces have collaborated in the operations, including Baghdad Operations Command, federal police, the army, intelligence services, Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF), and counter terrorism and Iraq’s air force, with additional support from the US-led international coalition.

Abdul-Mahdi himself oversaw the commencement of the operation’s second phase on July 20 when in northern Baghdad.

In a Friday statement, Iraqi Security Media Cell detailed third phase operation updates, including the clearance of 25 villages in Diyala, 25 US-led coalition airstrikes, 38 Iraqi air force operations, the destruction of tunnels and dens, and the seizure of IEDs and mortar rounds.

ISIS remnants and sleeper cells have remained active, returning to earlier insurgency tactics, including the ambushes, kidnappings and killings of civilians and officials, bombings and arson.

Their resurgence has been most marked in areas disputed by Erbil and Baghdad, where contention over control of territory has created exploitable security vacuums. Operation Will of Victory seeks to clear these areas, including the provinces of Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Nineveh and Saladin provinces, of the group’s remnants.

According to the US Secretary of Defense’s Lead Inspector General report to US Congress published on Friday, “ISIS is rebuilding in remote territory, which is hard for Iraqi forces to secure,” and is “able to recruit in these areas [Iraq’s northern and western provinces] using family and tribal connections,” it warned.

"We have repeatedly said that the fight against Daesh will be a long one. No one said it would be short,” Abdul-Mahdi said in recognition of the lengthy battle against ISIS.

“However, we have made big achievements gains Daesh. They do not have fighting bases, except for some checkpoints here and there, but they are not considerable,” Abdul-Mahdi added.

Saad Maan, spokesperson for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said late on Friday that Iraqi forces made arrests at three ISIS sleeper cells in Mosul. However, he did not clarify whether or not the arrests formed part of Will of Victory operations.

Parallel operations against ISIS targets are ongoing, including Operation New Dawn in the province of Kirkuk, while Kurdish Peshmerga forces conducted operations in Diyala on Monday morning, days after militants killed four Kurdish security personnel in the area.

**cancel2 2022** · 08-11-2019, 03:33 AM

Originally Posted by dukkha

al-Douri is a strange dude.
That reads like some kina Baathist nationalist manifesto

He was a founding member of ISIS even though he was a Ba'athist.

**dukkha** · 08-11-2019, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by Havana Moon

He was a founding member of ISIS even though he was a Ba'athist.

I did not know that- ISIS huh?
makes sense though after the de-Baathification of the Iraqi officer corps
which became the command structure for much of ISIL

**katzgar** · 08-11-2019, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by dukkha

No 'real resistance' from ISIS in recent operations: Iraqi PM
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/09082019

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said late on Friday that the country’s security forces have yet to encounter “real resistance” from Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in recent nationwide operations to eradicate the group’s remnants.

“The third phase of the Operation Will of Victory continues. So far, we have not encountered real resistance from Daesh [Arabic acronym for ISIS] in areas described by some media outlets and foreign people as dangerous areas,” Abdul-Mahdi told a select group of journalists in Baghdad.

Iraqi security forces have been “getting great results,” he added.

Now in its third phase, Iraqi security forces launched Operation Will of Victory on July 7.

A group of domestic forces have collaborated in the operations, including Baghdad Operations Command, federal police, the army, intelligence services, Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF), and counter terrorism and Iraq’s air force, with additional support from the US-led international coalition.

Abdul-Mahdi himself oversaw the commencement of the operation’s second phase on July 20 when in northern Baghdad.

In a Friday statement, Iraqi Security Media Cell detailed third phase operation updates, including the clearance of 25 villages in Diyala, 25 US-led coalition airstrikes, 38 Iraqi air force operations, the destruction of tunnels and dens, and the seizure of IEDs and mortar rounds.

ISIS remnants and sleeper cells have remained active, returning to earlier insurgency tactics, including the ambushes, kidnappings and killings of civilians and officials, bombings and arson.

Their resurgence has been most marked in areas disputed by Erbil and Baghdad, where contention over control of territory has created exploitable security vacuums. Operation Will of Victory seeks to clear these areas, including the provinces of Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Nineveh and Saladin provinces, of the group’s remnants.

According to the US Secretary of Defense’s Lead Inspector General report to US Congress published on Friday, “ISIS is rebuilding in remote territory, which is hard for Iraqi forces to secure,” and is “able to recruit in these areas [Iraq’s northern and western provinces] using family and tribal connections,” it warned.

"We have repeatedly said that the fight against Daesh will be a long one. No one said it would be short,” Abdul-Mahdi said in recognition of the lengthy battle against ISIS.

“However, we have made big achievements gains Daesh. They do not have fighting bases, except for some checkpoints here and there, but they are not considerable,” Abdul-Mahdi added.

Saad Maan, spokesperson for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said late on Friday that Iraqi forces made arrests at three ISIS sleeper cells in Mosul. However, he did not clarify whether or not the arrests formed part of Will of Victory operations.

Parallel operations against ISIS targets are ongoing, including Operation New Dawn in the province of Kirkuk, while Kurdish Peshmerga forces conducted operations in Diyala on Monday morning, days after militants killed four Kurdish security personnel in the area.

Your support for Isis is disgusting

**Sailor** · 08-11-2019, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Althea

No need. This is your M.O.. You rush here with citations without even reading more than the titles. As such, you look foolish every time you stick your neck out.

Of course I read the article. That is why it is posted. I still see you cannot post anything from it proving me wrong. Must be one of your typical shit or go blind moments.

**Sailor** · 08-11-2019, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Althea

In less than 5 minutes, you should be able to tell us why only a moron would make such a claim.

I already showed you OBAMA made the claim. To CNN. During an interview. You have been pissing your panties ever since. Seriously backwoods upper state NY hick, crawl back into whatever hole you use up there. Never met a smart person from NY, particularly upper state NY. And do you prove that.

**Sailor** · 08-11-2019, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by guno

says someone who floats around on the good ship lollipop blowing your ship mates

Well. The fake vet, fake black Jew is obviously not a fake fag. No surprise there.

**Darth Omar** · 08-11-2019, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by Havana Moon

He was a founding member of ISIS even though he was a Ba'athist.

Not necessarily a contradiction since Baathist is a political ideology and Islam is a religion.

**Althea** · 08-11-2019, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by Sailor

I already showed you OBAMA made the claim. To CNN.

Incorrect. Now read the article, and resubmit your response.

**Althea** · 08-11-2019, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Darth Omar

We can’t free the world; it’s a pipe dream that just gets us stuck in places and wars we have no business being in and we have too many problems of our own.

America first. MAGA.

Saddam’s elites went where they would. Some ended up with ISIS.

To say 'some ended up in ISIS' is to ignore all facts re. the eventual metamorphosis of ISIS.

I don't think we ever wanted to save the world. I thing we believed that if the entire world were a democracy, we could more easily reap the benefits of the riches of the region.

**Darth Omar** · 08-11-2019, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Althea

To say 'some ended up in ISIS' is to ignore all facts re. the eventual metamorphosis of ISIS.

I don't think we ever wanted to save the world. I thing we believed that if the entire world were a democracy, we could more easily reap the benefits of the riches of the region.

That [the oil] would be a side benefit but there’s something to be said for spreading democracy as a moral imperative: people living under liberal democracy are more free. The governments are more stable and tend to be less aggressive to their neighbors.

But we’ve learned it’s not a realistic aspiration; particularly, in that part of the world.

What are you suggesting, Saddam’s elites literally became ISIS?

**Sailor** · 08-11-2019, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Althea

Incorrect. Now read the article, and resubmit your response.

As expected, not a thing from the article to back up your bullshit. Seriously. You really need to stop making yourself look dumber than fuck.

**Heff** · 08-11-2019, 05:15 PM

Then who should we blame for the rise of the caliphate in the first place?

**Darth Omar** · 08-11-2019, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Heff

Then who should we blame for the rise of the caliphate in the first place?

Mohammed lol?

**Althea** · 08-11-2019, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Darth Omar

That [the oil] would be a side benefit but there’s something to be said for spreading democracy as a moral imperative: people living under liberal democracy are more free. The governments are more stable and tend to be less aggressive to their neighbors.

But we’ve learned it’s not a realistic aspiration; particularly, in that part of the world.

What are you suggesting, Saddam’s elites literally became ISIS?

There's a very delicate balance between numerous cultures (that hate each other). It takes a dictator to keep many of these countries in check. To us it seems barbaric. The truth is, they cannot possibly have a democracy.

I'm saying that Hussein's elite generals coordinated with a J.V terrorist group, and showed them how it's done. The question is, how is it Obama that forced Hussein's regime to disband and flee?

Only a moron would try and make that claim. As we see in this thread.