Iraqi Crisis
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Uhtred Dunkerch said:
ISIS is catchier, they've sealed their own fate in that regard.
Vermillion_Hawk said:
It is also the name of a Heathen goddess.
You have an eye for detail. However, I think the name is simply IS now- Islamic State
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Which, as names go, is very ****ty.
When ancalimon wants to be he's the funniest person on this forum.
Also ISIS --> ISIL might have been backtracking when they realised that "Syria" historically encompassed everything from adana to gaza and the red sea. Saves them having to be called ISI,S,G,Lb,Jrd etc. Also gives them free casus belli against that whole portion of land.
Also ISIS --> ISIL might have been backtracking when they realised that "Syria" historically encompassed everything from adana to gaza and the red sea. Saves them having to be called ISI,S,G,Lb,Jrd etc. Also gives them free casus belli against that whole portion of land.
Sir Saladin
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They need to keep it as ISIS because it's catchy though. Maybe they could change it to Islamic State is Sublime.
Yes I've noticed that a lot too. It's done by a lot of imams as well as some politicians in middle east countries. I think its purpose is to invoke some authority by the person doing it, but I personally just find it very pretentious and off-putting.
Cookie Eating Huskarl
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Would said gesture be better if it was constantly crammed into their arses?
Aye, I think it's some teacher thing for them, but same as you, I find it extremely annoying and somewhat rude.Swadius 2.0 said:
Dunno if any of you have heard this (you probably have): Apparently IS-whatever is on the move again and is threatening the city where the US/international military advisers are based out of, along with an American embassy. Some 40,000 people from a religious minority that IS doesn't like have been trapped and besieged on a mountaintop for a week and are beginning to starve, and the US government is considering airdropping supplies to the people and launching airstrikes against IS.
Sorry for the probably ****ty report; I'm trying to recall the details from last night's news from memory.
In-post edit: Looks like like they approved it: http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-carries-airstrike-isis-iraq/story?id=24897334
Sorry for the probably ****ty report; I'm trying to recall the details from last night's news from memory.
In-post edit: Looks like like they approved it: http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-carries-airstrike-isis-iraq/story?id=24897334
trueten said:
Rifles in church, "die for the cause," heads on pikes, "send us your soldiers so we can humiliate them," etc., seems to have formed up into one rip-roaring good time of a regional Holy War.
Meanwhile, Obama has given the greenlight to U.S. airstrikes in support of Iraq.
My understanding was that Obama had simply given authorization to provide air support but that rather grammatically challened "TheWire.com" article seems to suggest that air strikes have occurred. Guess we are back at war in Iraq?
Arvenski said:
Ah okay. So authorization was quickly followed by action.
Flin Flon
It's pointing up, as to indicate that god is watching, god is all- seeing and knowing. God is great, etc.Wellenbrecher said:
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