Saturday, August 19, 2017

Another operation to 'liberate' Iraq

An extremely important battle ahead: Iraqi PM announces the operation to liberate Tal Afar (Sun., Aug. 20). All will participate, incl. PMUs





Oh, look, Hayder al-Abadi's playing dress up again.

If only it were the early seventies and men's jump suits were all the rage.

Up next, Hayder costumed by Botany 500.


In tonight to consult with PM Abadi and other Iraqi leaders on upcoming efforts to destroy in its last few pockets in .




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As we announce the start of operations to liberate Tal Afar we salute the heroic Iraqi forces who fight to bring victory, freedom and peace




ALJAZEERA notes:

Iraqi forces have launched a ground offensive to retake a key ISIL-held area in the northern part of the country, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.
"You either surrender, or die", Abadi said in a televised speech announcing the operation early on Sunday. 

He was addressing Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) fighters, who have been in control of the city since 2014. 

It's already Sunday in Iraq.  REUTERS adds, "The city is surrounded by Iraqi government troops and Shi'ite volunteers in the south, and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in the north."

In other news, Nouri al-Maliki is mad.  The former prime minister and forever thug taped a video he posted on his FACEBOOK account on Friday.  RUDAW reports he denied rumors that he had a heart attack on Thursday.

He called it "fake news."

And, of course, it was.

Nouri can't have a heart attack -- he'd have to have a heart first.







Dionne Warwick's "Anyone Who Had A Heart" -- that would not include Nouri.


RUDAW also notes:

During his term, Iraq lost large parts of the country to the ISIS group in the summer of 2014, including Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.

Maliki said in a Wall Street Journal interview last year that he didn’t seek office again, but that Iraqis needed change, a hint at removing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi after the ISIS operation, despite both being from the same party.

Kurdish officials say that one reason the United States wants the Region to postpone its plans to hold an independence referendum this September is to secure a second term in office for PM Abadi, which would be supported by the Kurdish voters.

The United State also wants Abadi to stay in power as they think this will lessen the Iranian influence in Iraq, Kirkuk Governor Najmaldin Karim told Rudaw on Wednesday.



Meanwhile what of Barack?  Barack gave Nouri his second term.

The Iraqi voters rejected Nouri.

For eight months, Nouri refused to step down.  Barack has US officials in Iraq negotiate The Erbil Agreement which went around the 2010 vote and gave Nouri a second term.

Barack?

He's remembered today as well.











Not forgotten Barack.



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  • This should brighten up everyone's Saturday: Russia destroyed 700+ terrorist positions in Syria over the last week alone. Thank you Putin.
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  • ISIS jihadist stabs 8 people in Russia's Surgut today. MSM barely says anything because God forbid it shows Russians as victims of terror.
  • Hillary Clinton was mentored by former KKK leader Robert Byrd. Odd that Dems haven't even made one peep about it or just pure hypocrisy? 🤔
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  • Saint Elijah Cathedral in Aleppo, . 🇸🇾
  • The ISIS terrorists have the same ideology that Saudi Arabia spreads across the UK. Why won't you release the extremism report?
  • The First Lady that MSM wants you to hate: Asma al-Assad visits the children of Syrian soldiers who gave their lives fighting terrorism. ❤🇸🇾
     
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    Mr. Stoltenberg, your "moderate rebels" have come home to roost. The blood is on your hands.
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  • You've spent the last 6 years being the Senate's top advocate for ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Libya and Syria. Just save it McCain.
  • Saudi Arabia, which sits on the UN Human Rights Council, killed hundreds of children in last year alone.
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    Except in the case of Libya and Syria--where you stood WITH the terrorists and gave them lots of guns and money too.
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    The worst war criminals complained the loudest. Toxic agents found in came from the UK and the US.
  • Stop selling billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia, which you yourself said is the world's biggest funder of terrorism.