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THE AL-QAEDA BREAKAWAY group that has seized much of northeastern Syria and huge tracts of neighbouring Iraq, ISIS, formally declared the establishment of a new Islamic state and demanded allegiance from Muslims worldwide.
With brutal efficiency, the Sunni extremist group has carved out a large chunk of territory that has effectively erased the border between Iraq and Syria and laid the foundations of its proto-state.
But the declaration, made on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, could trigger a wave of infighting among the Sunni militant factions that formed a loose alliance in the blitz across Iraq and impact the broader international jihadist movement, especially the future of al-Qaeda.
The spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria declared the group’s chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the leader of the new caliphate, or Islamic state, and called on Muslims everywhere, not just those in areas under the organization’s control, to swear loyalty to al-Baghdadi and support him.
“The legality of all emirates, groups, states and organizations becomes null by the expansion of the caliph’s authority and the arrival of its troops to their areas,” said the spokesman, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, in an audio statement posted online.
Listen to your caliph and obey him. Support your state, which grows every day.
Al-Adnani loosely defined the Islamic state’s territory as running from northern Syria to the Iraqi province of Diyala — a vast stretch of land straddling the border that is already largely under the Islamic State’s control. He also said that with the establishment of the caliphate, the group was changing its name to just the Islamic State, dropping the mention of Iraq and the Levant.
Muslim extremists have long dreamed of recreating the Islamic state, or caliphate, that ruled over the Middle East, much of North Africa and beyond in various forms over the course of Islam’s 1,400-year history.
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Not that he was a great leader, but this wouldn’t have happened if Saddam was still there.
Saddam Hussein and Gaddaffi both kept the lid on the dustbin in their own countries… ..
Something Western Puppet Governments are incapable of doing.
God help the mess that could come out of Syria and Iran should these countries get a Western “Regime change”.
So what ya saying frank . Do you think we should gas them like Saddam did to his own people to keep them in line . Do you think we should use nerve agent on them . When they lose all control of there bodily functions . Urinate and sh.t themselves to death . There lungs fill up with saliva as they drown on there own fluids or should we use blister agent where there skin falls of there body . Yeah frank let’s do it Saddams way h knew how to keep control of his own country .
Tommy Whelan Don’t get me going about USA and its illegal history of Chemical weapons…
USA has a history of using chemical weapons …. Agent Red in Vietnam is just the tip of the iceberg…Nothing new…
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/nov/15/usa.iraq
BTW where is that stockpile of WMD Chemical Weapons that USA accused Iraq of having as a pretext to the illegal invasion…..Another dirty lie….
Well obviously Franck you seem to think this is the way to deal with the situation in Iraq . I don’t remember I supported any country to use chemical weapons but you obviously approve how Saddam control his own country .
Frank it’s agent orange. A defoliation chemical used to strip trees that covered the Ho Chi Minh trail etc. Sadly it’s unintentional effects were catastrophic- people born with a huge range of physical and mental problems.
Tommy Whelan I bet those allegations of Saddam Hussein were dirty lies made up for the Western Media…. Just like last summers dirty lies made up against Bassar Al Assad. Only for Valdimir Putin saving the day we would have seen another dirty US led war.
It is still being made , only its now called Roundup.
Frank we didn’t see civilians in Syria lying on the floors of hospitals that where drooling from the mouth , there bodies twitching uncontrollably, gasping for air as there lungs where fill with fluid . All the symptoms of the later stages of nerve agent . Or to you think that was all stage by the western media as you say .
Frank, so the gassing of Kurds in 1988 never happened? Is that what your saying?
This also would nto happen if Saudi Arabia was stopped from flooding the world with radical preachers and money for any Jihadi group.
Seanie I would suggest you look up Fetulah Gulen, a radical cleric from Turkey who after going to America set up a worldwide network of these maniacal madrasas and is now worth millions (maybe billions can’t remember), and lives in a mansion close to CIA HQ in Langley.
Roundup is not even close to the formula of agent orange.
“Frank we didn’t see civilians in Syria lying on the floors of hospitals that where drooling from the mouth , there bodies twitching uncontrollably, gasping for air as there lungs where fill with fluid . All the symptoms of the later stages of nerve agent . Or to you think that was all stage by the western media as you say.”
@Tommy Whelan God no, the Western media would never do a thing like that now would they? Maybe you should look at this so and if you don’t believe the source just Google ‘bbc fake syria report’ and pick your own source. And that wasn’t the first time the BBC were caught fabricating stories of supposed chemical attacks by Assad, they also used an old photo from Iraq claiming it was from Syria. Note how pathetic the actors are, note who this ‘nurse’ actually is and note that both clips were still on the BBC’s website last time I checked.
http://rt.com/shows/the-truthseeker/media-staged-chem-attack-645/
Joe, have a guess who else lives near Langley? Tens of Thousands of people and the population of Virginia is 8 million.
Now I live beside a lake but that does not make me a fish.
The US bombed Cambodia back to the Stone Age in the 70′s, Pol Pot and his Kymer Rouge crawled out of the ashes and slaughtered millions.
In 03 and on the US bombed Iraq back to the Stone Age now look what has crawled out of the ashes.
Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it
You are absolutely right. The only way to fix this is to bomb the ashes back to the Stone Age.
I don’t think this group started in Iraq, but rather further west in the Levant
J Dunne so I guess you won’t have a problem if the mushroom cloud is directly over your neighborhood
Would be a welcomed improvement, Bille.
Bombing ISIS won’t solve the problem, Afghanistan pretty much showed that you can’t stop an insurgency through heavy firepower alone. That being said a bombing campaign would seriously hinder ISIS’ ability to fight which would make it easier to counter them.
These men do not care if they live or die, in fact dying in battle for Islam is the highest thing you can do in that faith.
If they get traction here and get recruits off launching the Caliphate they could do well.
They are delivering in a way that no Arab leader has in a hundred years.
They are the Ryanair of Jihad, tough and merciless but growing fast and very well run.
Determination and a lack of fear of death is useless if your materiel and infrastructure is on the receiving end of targeted bombardment. You can’t ride armed vehicles into battle if the trucks driving the fuel to the front are being blown to pieces by air strikes.
The only real reason why ISIS has been so successful up until now is because they’ve been facing off against disorganised Syrian and Iraqi troops. In areas where they’re facing the much more organised and effective Peshmerga they’re struggling.
“Ryanair of jihad”. Brilliant.
Jason I would agree in professional modern warfare not having a fear of death counts for little if anything. I just cannot get any reasonable explanation for the collapse at Mosul. It simply isn’t credible imo that it was a surprise attack when we can see predictions a few years ago of their rise. And if the Iraqi army is so awful, why does the US feel there is any hope they they can counter ISIS with the help of a paltry 300 advisors?
Maybe “Advisor” is a new class of drone.
On behalf of Ireland I would like to extend my congratulations to Mr Al Adnani on the establishment of his new state. I look forward to cordial relation between our two countries. We here have a large debt problem and I would love to meet you to understand how it is you managed to fund your new country’s establishment so handsomely.
These guys would cut your head off and broadcast it on Al-Jazerra before they sit down and discuss national debt with you. You are an “infidel” to them.
Just ignore. John had issues. You will see as day goes on just can’t help what he comes out with
Its a a bit early for jokes John, so i just put your comment down to a deliberate attempt at sarcasm and ignore it.
He raises a good point, who’s funding this war?
Saudi Arabia most likely.
$60 Billion arms deal signed between the USA and the KSA, and guess what, any sell on of arms must pass through the POTUS desk and be signed off first, a security clause, so much for that then. Also ISIL is no longer state funded as of it’s activities in Iraq, it is privately sponsored by the same people.
These lads are letting others broadcast black propaganda against them. They do it themselves non stop, the relish in the most savage imagery and videos.
They have an oilfield in Syria, they have looted banks and cities. In Mosul they are believed to have taken 500mn in cash from the central bank there and a lot of gold.
Money is not a problem when you are controlling oil fields and banks in oil areas.
Glenn Beck warned of this a few years ago and people laughed at him.
Do did Alex jones and people said he was nuts !
Ok he probably is a little ” unstable ” but he did call it correct.
But to be fair if the hardcore Islamic crowd that their way we would be slaughtered and a Islamic state. The usa must shoulder the blame for alot of this. Saddam kept order oh he was an evil man but order was there. The usa weakened iraq and I said same thing when the boys are gone it will happen. Mind you I was expecting Afghanistan to be exited before they would do this.
The usa might have had plans to install domacray build up the country and exit but iraq is not 1945 Germany. The dont tick same way over there. No Marshall plan will work in middle east. They have been fighting as long as humans have walked. Perhaps education will push them away from the silly concept of a god and killing stops but good luck with that
Jesco White excellent video the red thumbs totally confusing seems like lot of folk still got their head in the sandl
Glen Beck is a “conspiracy theorist”. He also holds strange “Christian values”. So he correctly predicted geopolitical events 3 years ago when the msm told us ISIS “appeared from nowhere” and told the Iraqi army by surprise? That just means he must have a big interest in the “terrorists”. It is very suspicious. He should be questioned on his knowledge. It is quite possible he and his whacky listeners secretly sympathise with the “terrorists”. After all they believe in the right to defend yourself and are not so sure about gay marriage. Bloody “conspiracy theorists” with their correct predictions.
Glenn Beck just parrots what Alex Jones says a little later on, and has CIA producing his show.
Alex jones can be way “out there” but that does not mean everything he says his bonkers. I would advise anyone to listen to his live radio broadcast on 9/11….its unreal how he predicts the Afgan, Iraq wars and the loss of liberty of the US people and everyone around the world.
Alex Jones predicted 9/11 IN JULY 2001
Does Alex Jones still have time for the truth with all them adds on the broadcast ?
Here’s a conspiracy for you
Jones is CIA funded. His job is to break what’s going to happen so it’s not as much of a shock and the people accept it as normal. He also disrupts and provocateurs protests ( video evidence available) while spreading half truths and disinfo while all the time making lots and lots of cash.
Now stick that in your tinfoil hat and smoke it.
I don’t follow Alex Jones… He is too much of a a conspiracy theorist and also one of those that makes a killing from advertisements. He spins out a lot of rubbish with some truth attached.. .
American or Israeli misinfo agent? I’m not a fan I listen to it from time to time just for a laugh but he never ever has a word to say about Israeli crimes against humanity.
Joe
Spot on he won’t touch the “Israel situation ”
He was asked a while back as to why he didn’t and his reply was ” it wouldn’t do any good ” this contradicts his whole persona about speaking out.
Frank, “he spins out a lot of rubbish”- sounds like you.
To much a conspiracy theorist for you :) that’s best yet my trolling friend
As they say “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know”
Al Queda will not be happy. Which means they’ll probably spend years killing each other off…
And anyone else that crosses their path…
Al Qaeda are gone at this stage. These lads have conquered the heart of the old Islamic caliphate, they are walking the walk for Islam as such.
Al Qaeda only offer a once in decade spectacular.
These lads offer an Islamic super state with oil and the best of military tech.
“Mission accomplished”?
‘US, ISIL terrorists ‘share same interests’: International lawyer …
“The United States government shares the same interests with the militants from the ISIL Takfri group which the US helped to create, an international lawyer in Indonesia says. ISIL “is just another new brand, a new flag hoisted by the very same loose band of forces which the United States and its special allies in the region helped create, train and arm,” said Barry Grossman”.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/06/29/369195/us-isil-share-same-interests/
That is just crazy conspiracy theory stuff. It goes against every American act in the Middle East for the last hundred years.
America helped create Al Qaeda to fight Russian and the blowback of that and the Iraq invasion is coming to fruition. These are the same people that were super effective in killing Americans in the insurgency in Iraq.
Conspiracies have to make sense as well.
Seanie why the reluctance for the US to go guns blazing into Iraq to knock out ISIS? Any thoughts on the mysterious “melting away” of an entire Iraqi army division at Mosul? Telling us it was a surprise attack is not credible. Any thoughts on Bowe Bergdahl the fanatical Muslim defector to the Taliban? This traitor was swapped for 5 Taliban whack jobs last week with no explanation. And the leader of ISIS al Baghdadi was released in strange circumstances back in 2009. There is a lot here that doesn’t make sense.
It seems this young lad Seanie has not yet developed the critical faculties needed for reading what is said instead of giving in to intellectual laziness and on overriding urge to project his own nonsense. There is nothing about pointing out the points of common interest between US foreign policy and the stated goals of ISIl that in any way way relies on conspiracy. Ditto when it comes to pointing out that the US, whether advertently or inadvertently, has help fuel the ISIl surge by sanctioning, training and equipping many of the same elements which are now rallying to this new brand when only a few months ago the were hoisting a different flag in the mad US sponsored rush to instigate regime change in Syria. As for Iran, it is hardly necessary that I should stoop to presuming every one with an opinion is operating below even a sophomoric level of understanding pointing out to people like your self what US policy towards Iran has long made clear. I’m guessing Seani, that insofar as you have any views on your ancestral homeland, in addition to being cheerleader for the new Empire, you are also a Loyalist.
Great, now maybe any ‘western’ muslims who like the idea of strict islam and sharia law can move there and live their lives the way they want, whilst leaving the rest of us to get on with living our lives the way we want.
I pity the more moderate muslims and non-muslims who now find themselves living in ISIL-controlled territory, but if they can get out alive we’ll happily take them in exchange.
Fair play to them. Anything that pisses off the west is good in my eyes
If the west is really so bad and ISIS are so good, I’ll more than happily contribute to your one-way ticket to northern Iraq.
You being publicly beheaded on the street of a western capital would really piss off the west, what a challenge.
Would that be great.
These lads make the SS look like conciliators.
Aren’t the Islamists against national debt??
Not in so many words. Loaning money while remaining compliant with Sharia Law is fairly complex and I would recommend you read up on Islamic Banking.
Albert pike predicted this in the late 1800s, there’s a statue of him in Washington
If you look into Pikes background, and if in fact what he said is real, and it is right on track with what’s happening in the Middle East you will begin to understand the ” 3 world wars ” were guided by an unseen hand. Albert Pike wasn’t a prophet he had inside info.
I wonder will moderate Muslims support this and still reference “the religion of peace” or will they denounce this?
The caliphate, coming to a location near you soon.
I always wondered about the unconstitutional idea of slipping a dome over those countries, like the Simpson movie.
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