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Airstrikes: The Ridiculous Revenge Strategy Against ISIS

February 6, 2015 By Mohammad Tomazy 2 Comments

ISIS recently released a footage showing the captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive in a Hollywoodish scene.

Technically, the brutal scene was professionally filmed. It was taken from various angles with high-resolution lenses. They also prepared the scene very well, as there was a cage and the fighters wore military uniforms inspired by traditional Afghani dress. ISIS succeeded in sending a brutal message to the world.

The message is also intended to terrify members of the coalition against them.

Airstrikes against ISIS’s locations are, so far, the mainstay strategy. However, al-Qaida affiliated groups have no pyramidal command, but are cluster groups that share a common ideology. They often fight each other for zones of influence. For example, ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra are bitter enemies, although they have the same ideology.

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Afghanistan, Africa, Al Qaeda, al-Anbar, al-Qaida, Amman, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Baghdad, blowback, Daesh, death penalty, endless war, Human Rights, i24news, Iran, Iraq, Iraq National Army, Iraqi News, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Jordan, Jurf al-Sakhr, King Abdullah II, Kurdistan, Kurds, League of the Righteous, Maath al-Kassasba, MENA, Middle East, Peshmerga, propaganda, Qasem Suleimani, Sajida al-Rishawi, Salafism, Saudi Arabia, Shiite, Shiite Islam, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Syria, Takreet, terrorism, The Independent, Tikrit, Wahabism, War, Yadollah Javani

VIDEO: 2014 In Review — Islamic State in Iraq & Syria

December 31, 2014 By Yasmin Khatun Leave a Comment

There are many stories of loss and terror every and 2014 was no different. Over the last four years we’ve been following the collapse of Syria — a loss and pain on a scale difficult to even comprehend. For years longer we’ve watched Iraq, a country of history and grandeur, turned into rubble.

But in this past year the story changed in a way no one expected. The loss didn’t stop and neither did terror, but a new dimension came into motion under the banner of the Islamic State.

Originally aired on the Islam Channel: “A year in review: IS caliphate in Syria & Iraq.”

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs Tagged With: 2014, 2014 in review, extremism, Human Rights, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, MENA, Middle East, Syria, terrorism

American Exceptionism: Alive And Well In The 21st Century

October 2, 2014 By Adrian Boutureira 7 Comments

So, here’s yet another blatant example of the surreal double standard at the heart of the United States’ political psyche entrenched in our government, our mainstream media, and perhaps most disturbingly, among the vast majority of the people in our nation. Recently, after what still remains in the eyes of millions as an illegal coup of […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: American exceptionalism, Bashar Assad, ethnic cleansing, European Union, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, United Nations, War

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