Al Quaeda splinter group sweeping through Iraq

Even the Mail has joined in:

Vein matching' to identify Jihadi John: British spies use footage of his bare hands as net closes on James Foley's murderer - but experts warn Briton may NOT be killer
Britain’s ambassador to Washington says UK is 'close' to identifying suspect
Spies studying veins of jihadist's hands in video in 'vein matching' technique
Claims however have now emerged that the video was 'staged' and Briton was not the killer but was instead used for propaganda purposes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2733608/Vein-matching-identify-Jihadi-John-British-spies-use-footage-bare-hands-net-closes-James-Foley-s-murderer-experts-warn-Briton-NOT-killer.html

Coming shortly - Jihad John, the London rapper snackbar maniac, is actually an M16 mole; Foley is CIA, and the whole thing was faked up in front of a greenscreen supplied by Mossad.

Well worth reading, and the ending should be noted:

http://ericmargolis.com/2014/08/cautious-outrage/

Democracies should not allow themselves to be provoked by malefactors. But that’s just what ISIS members are now doing by mounting its video horror show. We must ask, why? Why are they trying to goad the US into broader and deeper military intervention into Iraq and Syria, where they live?
Could it be part of Osama bin Laden’s clearly expressed plan to drive the US out of the Mideast by luring it into a number of small wars, slowly bleeding the American colossus? So far, by invading Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and parts of Pakistan, the US may have stumbled right into Osama’s carefully laid trap.
Or is the orchestrated outrage over Foley the media prelude to direct US intervention in Syria where the jihadists backed by Washington are losing. It’s all very confusing. In Iraq, ISIS are demon terrorists. But across the border in Syria, they are on our side, fighting against the “terrorist” regime of Basher Assad.
We are tripping over our terrorists. Osama must be smiling.


I wonder, did NO-ONE in supposed 'intelligence' bother reading about Bin Laden's long-term scheming? 9/11 was just the start. And so far, the west, especially the US, has eagerly thrown itself into the trap he set.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/03/kurdish-official-says-us-aid-not-effective-against-isis-appeals-for-heavier/

A top Kurdish representative to the U.S. claims that the Obama administration is not doing enough to supply vital advanced weapons to Kurdish peshmerga security forces in their fight against Islamic State militants – amid signs that other nations may be eclipsing the U.S. in their level of support.

"To this point, we have only received light arms, nothing effective against ISIS militants,” Karwan Zebari, director of U.S. congressional affairs for the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), told Fox News.

“We need effective equipment to go on the offensive. We need to be going after them,” he said, adding: “There are two heads to this snake that need to be cut off. The one in Iraq is Mosul and the other in Syria is Raqqa.”

Watch Qubad Talabani, deputy prime minister of the KRG, on Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier” at 6 p.m. ET.

Currently, the U.S. is providing only ammunition for small arms and mortars and has stopped short of arming the Kurds directly. When asked Wednesday if the White House was planning any changes to its policy, a Defense official told Fox News, “The Department of Defense has not provided direct arms to the Kurds and has no plans to do so in the future."

More at link.

So, why isn't Obama helping the Kurds in every way possible, in their fight against the maniac headchoppers of ISIS?

While nothing is too much trouble to help the Kiev lunatics kill other Ukrainians?

Good question. I guess it depends on who your friends are.....?

As ISIS has now murdered an Israeli, no doubt Israel will be only too eager to seek revenge. I am sure their jet fighters are warming up as we speak, and their drones hovering over the head-choppers.

Aren't they?

Strange that? Maybe that's because they are their friends' friends?

If Israel does not give ISIS the same treatment it gave the civilians trapped in Gaza, then it will be a pretty clear signal to the rest of the world that there is something very amiss going on, IMO.

......and the world can easily take a good guess at what that is.

Nick Sutton, reviewing the papers:

As I mentioned earlier - at the request of the family of the British hostage & the Foreign Office, the BBC is not naming the hostage.


But with complete and utter callous irresponsiblity, the Sun and Mail both have - in the Mail's case, including family photos. This is worse than anything at Leveson.

They don't care, Bonny. It's heartbreaking for that family.

http://news.sky.com/story/1329763/pm-uk-will-not-pay-for-british-is-hostage

PM: UK Will Not Pay For British IS Hostage
A ransom is ruled out by the UK Government as Islamic State extremists threaten to murder a UK kidnap victim.

David Cameron has said Britain will not pay a ransom for a UK hostage who Islamic State extremists are threatening to kill.

The Prime Minister told Sky News it was a "desperately difficult situation", but insisted it was the right policy as the money would be used to fuel terrorism.

He was critical of other Western countries which paid ransoms, describing it as "deeply regrettable".

Mr Cameron also repeated his warning the terror group posed a direct threat to the UK, and stressed the need to "squeeze it out of existence".

Shameful. But it gets worse:


But asked whether the UK was ready to work with Syrian president Bashar Assad to take on the militant group, Mr Cameron said: "I think President Assad is part of the problem, not part of the solution."

Like Obama and co, Cameron has clearly 'forgotten' the UK and US's role in arming and training these scumbags in the guise of the 'nice rebels'.

Why not pay the ransom and get ALL the hostages free, then make it clear than any other westerners in the area are on their own should they be taken hostage?

And never, ever again overturn foreign governments, or invade, attack and bomb them causing nearly a million casualties? Especially don't bleat when the survivors come looking for revenge.

No sign of Israel seeking vengeance after the beheading of one of their citizens, indeed, they seem rather blase about the whole ISIS business:

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Former-intel-chief-No-reason-for-Israel-to-fear-Islamic-State-374415

Former intel chief: No reason for Israel to fear Islamic State

Amos Yadlin says IDF would have less trouble eliminating Islamic State terrorists than Hamas operatives hiding in Gaza hospital

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Amos Yadlin says IDF would have less trouble eliminating Islamic State terrorists than Hamas operatives hiding in Gaza hospitals.

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Amos Yadlin. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

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Former military intelligence head Amos Yadlin on Wednesday downplayed the possibility of an infiltration into Israel by Islamic State terrorists, saying there was no need for the Jewish state to fear the extremist al-Qaida offshoot.

Yadlin appeared to try to quell heightened concern following the gruesome murder of the journalist Steven Sotloff, who held dual American-Israeli citizenship.

"There is no real reason to be afraid. ISIS is an expert at PR and intimidation. They murder their prisoners in a shocking way and thereby gain media attention," Yadlin said at an event held by the Ashkelon Academic College.

While the insurgent terrorists have captured territory in nearby Syria and Iraq as part of their stated objective to reinstate an Islamic caliphate, Yadlin stated that "they only succeed in areas that no one wants to go to - the neglected Sunni areas of northeastern Syria and the deprived areas of Iraq."

According to the former military intelligence chief, Islamic State insurgents will face superior armed forces if they reach Shi'ite-majority cities that are motivated to protect main population centers like Baghdad and Karbala.

Yadlin claimed that the Islamic State would be easier for the IDF to eliminate than Hamas terrorists who he said were hiding in hospitals in Gaza.

He added that the IDF "should not have a problem" dealing with the extremist organization.

On Wednesday, Israel officially banned the Islamic State and anyone associating with it.

The decree signed by Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon outlawed meetings of any kind between Islamic State members and declared the group an illegal organization.



Russia took a similar pragmatic attitude - along the lines of, Try it and you're dead.

Which raises interesting questions about the hysteria coming from Washington, Westminster and the media. The reaction of many in the west gives the impression that terrorism has ALREADY won; the endless hype and publicity from the media appears to have driven a large section of the population into a state of paralysed hysteria already.

Incidentally, as all the terrorists appear to be coming from the US, UK and Canada, doesn't that mean that Assad would be justified in launching air strikes on these three states, as they're breeding grounds for terrorists?