ISIS

Meanwhile, in Iraq, The world’s dumbest terrorist.
Daesh (ISIS) fighter trying to hide by putting a small bush over his head.

The ‘train and equip’ efforts of the United States in Iraq and Syria over the past few years have yielded mixed results. The CIA and special operations attempts to field rebel Syrian forces to fight ISIS have seen some embarrassing moments.

Akhmed One-Arm was detained following a series of raids executed by Turkish Special Forces on known Daesh (ISIS) collaborators and sympathizers in what is being described as the ‘Asian and European side of the city,’ of Istanbul. To put that into perspective, Istanbul, is divided in two by the Bosphorus Strait.

Those who could recite a verse from the Quran were spared, others were tortured, said a rescued hostage of the Gulshan restaurant attack where at least two lawmen were killed. “The others were tortured by the gunmen,” said Rezaul Karim, father of Hasnat Karim who was held hostage inside Holey Artisan Bakery in the diplomatic zone for […]

At least 20 people were killed after a 10 hour standoff with ISIS terrorists at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the diplomatic region of Dhaka. Among the hostages killed, include people from Italy, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh and India. Additionally two police officers were shot and killed. ISIS claimed responsibility while the hostage standoff was still ongoing. More […]

The movement of people and goods in this modern, global society is extremely fluid. ISIS has taken advantage of the openness of our western societies as well as the usefulness of the Internet to spread their message and recruit members.

Update: At least nine men opened fire and took approximately 20 people hostage at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The bakery is popular with expats and they could be the main targets of the attack. CNN stated that the gunmen are threw  grenades and exchanged gunfire with the police. Two police officers are reported dead. The US Embassy states […]

Sources indicate that Fallujah is nearly cleared free of ISIS, while coalition airstrikes eradicated an enemy convoy that attempted to flee the city in a scorched earth attack reminiscent of the “highway of death” during the Persian Gulf War.  Next stop, Mosul… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjXFGGqX7lw Meanwhile, video footage has emerged of the Iraqi Army fighting ISIS in […]

The attack Tuesday night at an international airport in Istanbul reeks of the work of the Islamic State terror group and could happen here in the United States, CIA Director John Brennan said in an interview Wednesday. The agency official told Yahoo! News in fact that the shooting and bombings at Ataturk Airport that left […]

Quite a few years later I would once again encounter NORSOF – this time on my first Afghan tour in 2002-2003. I was once again favorably impressed with their capabilities in conducting strategic reconnaissance (SR) missions in austere environments. At the time NORSOF worked as part of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A).

In Texas alone, Circa identified 22 people in a sampling of 24 names who did not receive any notification that they were in ISIS’s crosshairs. It also identified two local police departments whose citizens were on the list that also got no alert from the FBI.

As living conditions deteriorate and the militants crack down, the local population is increasingly hostile to the group, which has repeatedly used civilians as human shields to slow the advance of Iraqi forces in frontline cities like Falluja.