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Fighting ISIS: Air Strikes Will Not Be Enough

Mary Habeck

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IS fighters celebrating capture of Tabqa military airport in Syria

In my last post I outlined the ideology that underlies the atrocities carried out in Iraq and Syria by the Islamic State (IS)—formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS). I also noted that, while welcome on humanitarian and national security grounds, the actions taken so far by the Obama administration are insufficient to guarantee the defeat of the extremists.

While there are many reasons for this assessment, three are especially important: IS military resilience in Iraq and Syria; the group’s global and regional spread; and their ability to recruit enough fighters to more than replace any numbers that they might lose through attrition.

IS fighters after taking Regiment 121 in Hasaka, Syria

The first of these characteristics was on full display this weekend as IS fighters stormed the military airport at Al-Tabaqa, not far from the capital of the IS Caliphate in Raqqa, Syria. After weeks of failed assaults, the group was able to seize the entire base this go around and immediately executed the Syrian government forces that they captured. Reports indicate that the base was home to helicopters, tanks, artillery, and squadrons (i.e. dozens) of warplanes, and there is some reason to fear that the extremists now have advanced MANPADS—portable surface-to-air missiles—at their disposal. The capture of the airbase follows a string of victories for the Caliphate in Syria, including the taking of Brigade 93 near Raqqa and of Regiment 121 in Hasaka, Syria, as well as a major offensive in Aleppo.

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ISIS is ready for 9/11 - are you?

by Shoebat Foundation on September 2, 2014 in General

Chapter 8 of the 9/11 Commission Report is entitled, “The System was Blinking Red”. It was taken from a quote of then CIA Director George Tenet, who said that by late July of 2001, it could not “get any worse”.

Eerily, the system began blinking again in late July of this year with what’s been termed a “border crisis” along the U.S. border with Mexico. In the weeks that have followed, the threat of ISIS terrorists crossing into the U.S. from Mexico has grown as Border Patrol agents are being overwhelmed and distracted thanks to what has clearly been an attempt by politicians to exploit a loophole in the immigration laws.

Further comparisons between 2001 and 2014 come courtesy of Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Just last month, he said that thanks to “Open borders and immigration issues”, ISIS poses an “immediate threat”.

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