[$tinkle]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/13/world/meast/iraq-mountain-yazidi-refugees/index.html

"imam niemoller wept"

 

[$tinkle]

i know it's only been a few hrs...

miss me yet?

 

[Pesqueeb]

i know it's only been a few hrs...

miss me yet?

I wonder how long the "relinquishing" will take.

 

[DaveW]

The public "relinquishing" or the power "relinquishing"?

 

[stevew]

I wonder how long the "relinquishing" will take.

as soon as we pick the next guy?

 

[Pesqueeb]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/world/middleeast/army-know-how-seen-as-factor-in-isis-successes.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0

ISIS is the current incarnation of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the insurgent group that battled American forces under the leadership of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi before his death from an American airstrike in 2006.

According to a map of the group developed by Mr. Alhashimi, the Iraqi expert, Mr. Baghdadi has 25 deputies across Iraq and Syria. About one-third were military officers during Mr. Hussein’s rule, and nearly all were imprisoned by American forces.

 

[stevew]

aaaaaannnnnd......

 

[Pesqueeb]

Turns out actions have consequences?

 

[stevew]

Turns out actions have consequences?

wouldn't you say inaction has consequences too?

 

[stevew]

“All of these guys got religious after 2003,” Mr. Dulaimi said. “Surely, ISIS benefits from their experience.”

finding allah is never a good thing in that region.