Islamic State flag hoisted outside strategic Syrian town within sight of Turkish border

[GBCW 397]

The Islamic State’s black flag flew Monday near one of the gateways to the strategic Syrian town of Kobane, suggesting that the militants have broken through more defensive lines after weeks of intense fighting within sight of the Turkish border.

Capturing Kobane would give the Islamic State control over a longer stretch of the Turkish-Syrian border and open potential new smuggling lines for fighters and supplies.

NATO member Turkey has given its military authority to cross the border to confront the militant group, but Turkish commanders have held back their tanks and troops to aid Syrian Kurdish forces trying to hold Kobane.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/islamic-state-flag-hoisted-outside-strategic-syrian-town-within-sight-of-turkish-border/2014/10/06/2db32804-4d5b-11e4-8c24-487e92bc997b_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The Islamic State’s black flag flew Monday near one of the gateways to the strategic Syrian town of Kobane, suggesting that the militants have broken through more defensive lines after weeks of intense fighting within sight of the Turkish border.

Capturing Kobane would give the Islamic State control over a longer stretch of the Turkish-Syrian border and open potential new smuggling lines for fighters and supplies.

NATO member Turkey has given its military authority to cross the border to confront the militant group, but Turkish commanders have held back their tanks and troops to aid Syrian Kurdish forces trying to hold Kobane.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/islamic-state-flag-hoisted-outside-strategic-syrian-town-within-sight-of-turkish-border/2014/10/06/2db32804-4d5b-11e4-8c24-487e92bc997b_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop

Seems like for radicals to be just a handful of Nuts, these guys are taking a lot of territory and enjoying a lot of world wide support

[lostinblue 1,989]

Seems like for radicals to be just a handful of Nuts, these guys are taking a lot of territory and enjoying a lot of world wide support

At some point the extreme non muslums will overtake the moderate muslums ... Guess then we will really have to worry.

[GBCW 397]

Seems like for radicals to be just a handful of Nuts, these guys are taking a lot of territory and enjoying a lot of world wide support

Islamic State is a big deal. Anyone who says otherwise is either clueless or intentionally misdirecting you.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So the Turks can see IS from their front porch now...

[Pooky 3,347]

So the Turks can see IS from their front porch now...

And they're doing nothing because the Kurds are doing the brunt of the fighting and more Kurdish casualties suits the Turkish government right down to the ground.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And they're doing nothing because the Kurds are doing the brunt of the fighting and more Kurdish casualties suits the Turkish government right down to the ground.

Yep.

[Póg mo 1,749]

At some point the extreme non muslums will overtake the moderate muslums ... Guess then we will really have to worry.

Sure, let's invade Iraq again. See how many people we can kill, accidentally of course, this time round.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Sure, let's invade Iraq again. See how many people we can kill, accidentally of course, this time round.

ISIS and Their Objectives

http://www.darussalampublishers.com/blog/isis-and-their-objectives/

Today, Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi is heading the organization in the pursuit of unclear but some understood objectives. Though, we do not find any written or given set of goals, set by the militant organization; a deep observation endorses the following.

- They are trying to engage in a global jihad to spread their version of Islam. Their slogan of global jihad is quite different from rest of the world’s jihadi organization.

- They aim to go beyond international borders and form a unified and central government of Muslims. Hence, they are going beyond the international borders of Syria into Iraq and now taking hold of numerous important cities.

- They are followers of ‘conservative version’ of Islamic sharia and very strict in implementing that. This has led them to some controversial moves. For example, members of some minority sects have been brutally killed and their shrines/mosques have been destroyed.

See you in NY