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New report further exposes Turkey links to ISIL militants

A newly-released report has shed further light on the Turkish government’s links to the ISIL militants, showing that Ankara is helping the Takfiri terrorist recruits cross the border into Syria.

A reporter working for Britain’s Sky News has obtained documents showing that the Turkish government has stamped passports of foreign militants seeking to cross the Turkey border into Syria to join the ISIL terrorists.

Passports from different countries were recovered in a village near Syria’s strategic town of Kobani across the Turkish border.

Turkey has time and time again been accused of backing ISIL terrorists in Syria.

Meanwhile, a large number of foreign passports recovered from terrorists killed during Syrian army operations show that many of the ISIL militants in Syria had traveled from Libya, Chechnya, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, Belgium and France.

The Ankara government continues to block the supply of military equipment and reinforcements for Kurdish fighters defending Kobani against the terrorists.

Ankara also prevents Turkish Kurds from crossing the border into Kobani to join the anti-ISIL battle for the city.

Kobani and its surroundings have been under attack since mid-September, with ISIL militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.

PressTV - New report further exposes Turkey links to ISIL militants

What a shock, they actually received stamps? How dare the border guard did his job. on a more serious note, all those countries are faulty too for allowing these terrorists to leave their country.

'Kurdish fighters' against terrorists? So Iran/pisstv doesnt view pyd and pkk fighters as terrorists? Good to know. May i bless pjak and all other terror groups in Iran in return then?

 

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21 October 2014

There was an extended security operation in Amiriyat Al-Fallujah yesterday, south of Fallujah city. The aim of the operation was to secure that area which borders with the Babil Province to the south, in addition to breaking the blockade imposed on the town by ISIL gunmen. Reconnaissance flights are continuing over the area; security sources are saying that groups of gunmen have been pursued and attacked from the air.
Some mortar rounds have struck the southern residential districts of Fallujah that are adjacent to the area, as have done of the city's central districts. The shelling has killed one resident and wounded 13 others.
In Ramadi, there is a similar situation, with mortar rounds striking some residential districts, killing 3 residents and wounding 7. Clashes have also broken out on the southern outskirts of the city.
There has been concern over reported intelligence that the ISIL gunmen are preparing for a major assault on Ramadi, but security forces have been stressing to the residents that the security situation has not changed. The Anbar Council member, Addal Al Gahdawi, announced today that advanced - probably American - military equipment has reached Iraq, and that a portion has been allocated to Anbar. He also stressed that the next few days will see the recruitment of large numbers of tribal volunteers, to serve with the security forces.
In Baghdadi, that is still fully blockaded by the gunmen, the humanitarian factor is still critical, with the gunmen preventing any food or fuel shipments into the town. Clashes and shelling are continuing and Iraqi army has bombarded some of the gunmen's positions on the town's western perimeter. The overall situation is still confused but security sources are saying that the gunmen are not in control of Baghdadi.

Daily Updates from Anbar: 21 October 2014

 

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a mortar strike inside green zone, some said they hit the US embassy

light smoke, but then it's a huge embassy.

 

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New report further exposes Turkey links to ISIL militants

A newly-released report has shed further light on the Turkish government’s links to the ISIL militants, showing that Ankara is helping the Takfiri terrorist recruits cross the border into Syria.

A reporter working for Britain’s Sky News has obtained documents showing that the Turkish government has stamped passports of foreign militants seeking to cross the Turkey border into Syria to join the ISIL terrorists.

Passports from different countries were recovered in a village near Syria’s strategic town of Kobani across the Turkish border.

Turkey has time and time again been accused of backing ISIL terrorists in Syria.

Meanwhile, a large number of foreign passports recovered from terrorists killed during Syrian army operations show that many of the ISIL militants in Syria had traveled from Libya, Chechnya, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, Belgium and France.

The Ankara government continues to block the supply of military equipment and reinforcements for Kurdish fighters defending Kobani against the terrorists.

Ankara also prevents Turkish Kurds from crossing the border into Kobani to join the anti-ISIL battle for the city.

Kobani and its surroundings have been under attack since mid-September, with ISIL militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.

PressTV - New report further exposes Turkey links to ISIL militants

Press TV living in a different universe, peshmerga is already using Turkish soil to bring supplys and fighters to Kobane...

 

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a mortar strike inside green zone, some said they hit the US embassy

light smoke, but then it's a huge embassy.

source ?

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/524813481472954368

https://twitter.com/x/status/524813253969715200

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/524667485669588992

https://twitter.com/x/status/524592610984624128

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/524882211989118976

 

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Mortar shells land inside Baghdad’s Green Zone as deadly bombings hit Iraq

Published October 21, 2014
FoxNews.com
At least two mortar shells landed inside Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone on Tuesday as insurgents continued their recent wave of attacks on the Iraqi city.

Security officials told the Associated Press no casualties were reported inside the Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi government headquarters and the U.S. and British embassies.

The officials said one of the mortar shells fell about 500 meters from the U.S. embassy building

The incident came amid a wave of bombing attacks in and near Baghdad that killed at least 30 people. Police officials said the deadliest attack took place Tuesday afternoon when a double car bomb attack hit Habaybina restaurant in the Shiite-majority district of Talibiya in eastern Baghdad, killing 19 people and wounding 32 others.

Earlier, a bomb struck at an outdoor market in the southern district of Abu Dashir, a mostly Shiite neighborhood, killing four people and wounding nine, police officials said.

Later, a bomb that went off near a small restaurant in central Baghdad killed five people and wounded 12, the officials said. Another bomb exploded at a commercial street in the town of Madian, just south of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding four.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attacks but they bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State, which has captured large chunks of territory in western and northern Iraq, plunging the country into its worst crisis since U.S. troops left at the end of 2011.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Mortar shells land inside Baghdad’s Green Zone as deadly bombings hit Iraq | Fox News

 

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A Yezidi girl reveals incident of Yezidi girls that were raped by Peshmerga

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/524916144164315138

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/524953348186079233

 

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U.S. Says Air Strikes Repel IS Assault on Iraq Dam
A dozen U.S.-led air strikes have helped fend off an assault by Islamic State jihadists on the strategic Mosul dam in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

"There was an offensive action by the enemy in the vicinity of Mosul dam, a combination of U.S. air strikes and Iraqi forces were able to repel that," spokesman Colonel Steven Warren told reporters.

U.S. and coalition warplanes conducted 12 bombing raids on Tuesday and Wednesday against the IS group near Mosul dam, destroying a large IS unit, a mortar position, three vehicles and other targets, U.S. Central Command said.

The IS militants briefly held Mosul dam in August but Kurdish forces and Iraqi army troops -- backed up by U.S. air strikes -- succeeded in retaking the dam later that month.

The large dam in northern Iraq is a crucial piece of infrastructure and IS has repeatedly tried to seize it back.

The dam is the country's largest and if destroyed or dismantled, it could unleash major flooding of the city of Mosul and the capital Baghdad.

U.S. Central Command also said U.S. aircraft renewed air raids on the IS group near Kobane in northern Syria, with six strikes near the border town over the past 24 hours.

Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. air power, have been holding out against an IS offensive around Kobane for weeks.

U.S. Says Air Strikes Repel IS Assault on Iraq Dam — Naharnet

 

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Aerial Bombardment in Baiji (21/10/2014)

Smoke rising in Amiriyat al-Fallujah (22/10/2014)

22 October 2014

A three-pronged attack by ISIL gunmen on Amiriyat Al-Fallujah was the fiercest in about two months; the gunmen were trying to seize the township but were met by fierce resistance by security and tribal forces. Heavy fighting is continuing at this time, and a source in AnbarOperations has said that Iraqi air attacks have destroyed six tanks carrying gunmen attempting to drive them into the town. Six armored vehicles have also been destroyed. The source added that 30 gunmen have been killed, while the situation remains in the balance.
In the westernmost part of Hit, ISIL gunmen are trying to seize the area in the face of fierce resistance in the fiercest clashes there for more than two weeks. Security forces are redeploying their forces and those of the tribal fighters in order to turn back the attack.
The Anbar governor has confirmed today that Prime Minister Hayder Al-Abadi has approved the formation of a military brigade named after the martyr Ahmed Saddam Al-Dulaimi, the late commander of the Anbar police. This, along with the arrival of the new highly sophisticated weapons and munitions will bolster the forces defending Anbar Province, according to Council member Addal Al-Fahdawi.
The situation in Baghdadi is relatively calm, but it is still completely blockaded, with nothing being allowed into or out of the town.
Fallujah has also been the scene of clashes and mortar bombardment that has resulted in material damage without causing any civilian casualties.

Daily Updates from Anbar: 22 October 2014

 

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Arabic sources report, Anbar operation commander dead. Unconfirmed.

Also, sources report IS acquired over 200 Hellfire missiles. Unconfirmed.