Their fight isn’t over: Hundreds of IS militants slipping back into Iraq

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Hundreds of Islamic State militants are slipping back into Iraq. Their fight isn’t over.

And the beat goes on......


"Islamic State militants who escaped the defeat of their self-declared caliphate in Syria earlier this year have been slipping across the border into Iraq, bolstering a low-level insurgency the group is now waging across the central and northern part of the country, according to security officials.
About 1,000 fighters have crossed into Iraq over the past eight months, most of them in the aftermath of the caliphate’s collapse in March, said Hisham al-Hashimi, a security analyst who advises Iraq’s government and foreign aid agencies.
These fighters, mostly Iraqis who followed the Islamic State into Syria, are returning home to join militant cells that have been digging into rugged rural areas, sustained by intimate knowledge of the terrain, including concealed tunnels and other hiding places.

The militants move under the cover of darkness to carry out sniper attacks and rudimentary roadside bombings several times a week.
Their attacks, occurring outside major cities, are often opportunistic and primarily target community leaders and security forces involved in efforts to root them out. An explosion earlier this month in the northern city of Kirkuk killed two motorcyclists. A separate attack in Diyala, in eastern Iraq, targeted militiamen assigned with hunting down militants."
 
Hundreds of Islamic State militants are slipping back into Iraq. Their fight isn’t over.

And the beat goes on......


"Islamic State militants who escaped the defeat of their self-declared caliphate in Syria earlier this year have been slipping across the border into Iraq, bolstering a low-level insurgency the group is now waging across the central and northern part of the country, according to security officials.
About 1,000 fighters have crossed into Iraq over the past eight months, most of them in the aftermath of the caliphate’s collapse in March, said Hisham al-Hashimi, a security analyst who advises Iraq’s government and foreign aid agencies.
These fighters, mostly Iraqis who followed the Islamic State into Syria, are returning home to join militant cells that have been digging into rugged rural areas, sustained by intimate knowledge of the terrain, including concealed tunnels and other hiding places.

The militants move under the cover of darkness to carry out sniper attacks and rudimentary roadside bombings several times a week.
Their attacks, occurring outside major cities, are often opportunistic and primarily target community leaders and security forces involved in efforts to root them out. An explosion earlier this month in the northern city of Kirkuk killed two motorcyclists. A separate attack in Diyala, in eastern Iraq, targeted militiamen assigned with hunting down militants."
Kinda like liberals. We'll never get rid of them entirely, which is why we must be always vigilant
 
Where's Saddam Hussein when you need him to be strong against ISIS / ISIL / IS & Iran.
Yeah,
that's right Dumbya disposed of him,
and
all we got was ISIS & Iran fighting for control over Iran, exactly 100 X worse than Saddam.
ISIS was created by the power vacuum created by Obama.
 
Where's Saddam Hussein when you need him to be strong against ISIS / ISIL / IS & Iran.
Yeah,
that's right Dumbya disposed of him,
and
all we got was ISIS & Iran fighting for control over Iran, exactly 100 X worse than Saddam.
ISIS was created by the power vacuum created by Obama.

Sure, ISIS was aligned with Obama's rebels,
still
A lot of Saddam Hussein's boys became ISIS & helped ISIS spread into Iraq.

How Saddam's fighters help Islamic State rule
 
Where's Saddam Hussein when you need him to be strong against ISIS / ISIL / IS & Iran.
Yeah,
that's right Dumbya disposed of him,
and
all we got was ISIS & Iran fighting for control over Iran, exactly 100 X worse than Saddam.
ISIS was created by the power vacuum created by Obama.
Enough blame for everyone...Bush...Obama...whoever.....But let it be known..if Bush had NOT invaded and toppled Saddam..many US soldiers would be alive...and Isis would not even exist..oh and our treasury would be a few billions richer.
 

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