The Western media describes ISIL – the ultra-extremist terrorists destabilizing Iraq and Syria – as “Sunni militants.” Headlines read: “Sunni Islamist Militants Seize Mosul.” “Sunni militants capture northern Iraqi town.” “Iraq Army Tries to Roll Back Sunni Militants’ Advance.” The corporate media casts the fighting in Iraq as a Sunni ...
Read More »Hundreds of ISIL terrorists, top commander killed in Iraq airstrikes: Video
Warplanes attacked the militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they appeared to be parading near Fallujah, a city that has been under the control of the terrorists since January. One of the ISIL leaders, identified as Yasser Nayi, was among those killed in the ...
Read More »ISIL militants threaten US, UK with terror attacks
Terror alerts, 9/11-style bombings and murders of British citizens will soon come to London’s streets, according to chilling threats from UK citizens fighting alongside with the so-called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the most violent terrorist group operating in Syria and Iraq. The threat comes from ...
Read More »Nasrallah: ISIS would be in Beirut if not for Hezbollah intervention
Jihadist forces marching towards Baghdad would today be in Beirut had Hezbollah not intervened in the war in Syria, party chief Hassan Nasrallah was quoted as saying by As-Safir newspaper Tuesday. “If [Hezbollah] hadn’t intervened in Syria the right way and at the right time, ISIS would be in Beirut now,” Nasrallah ...
Read More »Gruesome ISIS atrocities: Video shows Iraqi soldiers insulted, then executed (GRAPHIC)
Militants taking-over parts of Iraq make no bones about broadcasting their reign of terror. Fresh footage from the ISIS-occupied territories shows Iraqi soldiers being taunted and executed by exuberant militants. Videos were published on one of the jihadist websites which appear to show the same event. A group of five ...
Read More »Why there won’t be military cooperation between Iran and the US on Iraq
Watching mainstream media get into a tizzy about the prospect of “groundbreaking military cooperation” between Iran and the US, is quite pathetic. Aside from US official statements, the basis of this misplaced enthusiasm is the much trumpeted Rouhani press conference where he declared that “If we see that the United ...
Read More »Coverage of ISIS in Iraq plagued by rumors and misreporting
Chaos, incitement and sectarian instigation… that is the prevailing situation of Arab and Iraqi media outlets covering the explosive situation in Iraq these days. Despite the lack of live coverage from the battlefields and from regions hit by the crisis, many rumors and false information have been spread in opposing ...
Read More »Takfiri terrorists have nowhere to hide: Iraqi PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned that Takfiri insurgents triggering terror within Iraq have nowhere to hide as the country’s armed forces are advancing toward their strongholds. Maliki made the remarks in a speech to volunteer fighters on Sunday at a military camp in Mahmoudiya, 30 kilometers south of ...
Read More »Rouhani says Iran ready to strike terrorism in Iraq at Baghdad’s request
Iranian president Sheikh Hasan Rouhani asserted that Tehran is ready to respond to terrorism in Iraq at Baghdad’s request, noting that the Iraqis are able to eliminate the terrorists without being in need of a foreign intervention.Rouhani made the remarks in a televised press conference participated with over 200 domestic ...
Read More »The Iraqi Shia Mobilization to Counter the ISIS Offensive
Iraq’s Shi’a are mobilizing against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In addition to fears of ISIS advances towards Baghdad, the Iraqi Shi’a threat perception is magnified by their desire to prevent an ISIS attack on the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. The February 2006 attack on the shrine ...
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