19th June: Obama dithers and delays in his decision to bomb anti regime forces in Iraq. The BBCs John Simpson: “President Obama’s statement wasn’t the lifeline the Iraqi government hoped for. They wanted immediate airstrikes to stop ISIS in its tracks.”
19th June: The Iraqi Army claims to have taken back full control of towns in the province of Diyala and claims to be gaining ground in the neighboring Salahuddin province.
19th June: The UAE recalls its ambassador to Iraq citing marginalization of certain sections of society on sectarian lines.
19th June: The US Vice President called up Maliki, Barzani, and Osama Al-Nujaifi and urged all parties to work together towards government formation and security.
19th June: Daash has captured a disused Saddam era Chemical Weapons factory in Muthana. It is located 70 km north of Baghdad.
19th June: Shia militias of volunteer fighters were deployed to Diyalah and the city of Samarra.
19th June: A firefight between Daash fighters and Kurdish Peshmergas broke out in Kirkuk. Peshmergas fired rockets at Daash positions.
19th June: Abu Khabib al-Jazaeeri a Sudi national who was a senior commander of Daash has been killed in Tikrit while battling security forces.
19th June: Australia estimates that nearly 150 of its citizens are fighting on the side of Daash:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australians-fighting-for-rebels-in-iraq-20140618-3ae67.html#ixzz352hWPmmx
20th June: Sistani’s representative Abdul Mehdi al-Karbalai speaking on behalf of Sistani stated that if Daash was not “fought and expelled from Iraq, everyone will regret it tomorrow, when regret has no meaning.” Sistani has also pressed for government formation based on election results within its timeframe “It is very important to be committed to these timings and not to violate them.”
20th June: Kurdish forces are battling Daash militants on the outskirts of Kirkuk. The confrontation had taken place earlier in the week for the village of Malla Abdallah and the Shia majority town of Basheer. The fighting for Basheer had been fierce with Peshmerga forces fighting Daash at close quarters. The Peshmergas reported 10 fatalities and left after government airstrikes left two Peshmergas dead. Most residents of Basheer have fled to Iraqi Kurdistan.
20th June: The Telegraph reports: Mohammed al-Khaldi, a top aide to outgoing Sunni speaker of parliament, Osama al-Nujaifi, added: “We have asked the Americans, Britain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran to work toward denying al-Maliki a new term. The Shiite bloc must find a replacement for him.”
20th June: Baiji Refinery is currently in Government hands. The last assault by Daash was made late on Thursday. Militants are believed to be regrouping and are believed to still hold parts of the refinery complex. Militants were forced to retreat after meeting fierce resistance.
20th June: Head of Saddams tribe, Sheikh Hassan al-Nasseri , “The people taking part in this fight are not true to the beliefs of Saddam or his Ba’ath party, which was a movement with principles and ideology, We have nothing to do with al-Qaeda”
20th June: A helicopter gunship has mistakenly fired on government troops in Dhuluyiyah resulting in a civilian casualty.
20th June: The Government is amassing troops and equipment in Samarra for a counter offensive north.
20th June: Areas where Government forces are facing rebels spear headed by Daash include: Tal Afar, Baiji, Tikrit, Samarra, Fallujah, Kirkuk, Baqouba, and West of Baghdad.
20th June: Some Details on groups allied with Daash and where active:
Naqshabandi army is active in Kirkuk and south east of Mosul
1920 Revolution Brigades, made up of ex officers, are fighting in Diyala
Fallujah has seen a gradual shift to Salafism, with Islamists holding sway over tribal elders.
Ninevah province had seen 14 armed factions working together, Daash being one of them.
Tribal Revolutionary Council of Anbar was formed in 2013 to fight Iraqi Security Forces. It is not clear if they have participated in this conflict.
20th June: Most, if not all, border crossings between Kurdish parts of Syria and Iraq are under Kurdish control. While the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the Syrian Kurdish enclave has been a rival of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and its Peshmergas, the threat of Daash has seen them come closer to defend Kurdish interests.
20th June: Daash atrocities recorded by the UN for Wednesday:
17 civilians working for the police forces in Mosul executed
12 civilians working for the police forces in Mosul suburb executed
4 women commit suicide after being raped and/or forcefully married by Daash
20th June: The Ba’ath Factions fighting against the regime consist of two factions that were sponsored by the regime in SYRIA during the American occupation: One led by Ibrahim Izzat Al Dourri, another led by Brig. Gen. Mohammad Younes al-Ahmad
20th June: Clashes are ongoing between rebels and government forces near Tal Afar airport
20th June: A tweet purported to Qassem Suleimani and addressed to Daash rebels states that if Daash/the takfiris harm any Shia shrine then the Shia Mujahiddeen will pray afternoon prayers in Janat-ul-Baqi, Saudi Arabia.
Further Reading:
George Galloway on PM Cameron: What he(Cameron) didn’t answer was the question I asked him 12 months ago: would he explain to the [House of Commons] the differences between the al-Qaeda we are supporting in some countries(Syria) and the al-Qaeda we’re considering a threat to life as we know it in other places (Iraq)
Link: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38856.htm
Iraq tearing apart:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-implosion-of-iraq-at-the-hands-of-the-isis-islamists-a-975541.html
The Emir of Kuwait, apparently drunk in Iran
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=68b_1402122162
Al-Monitor : The Pulse of Middle
The mouth piece of USA policies in the region, today has an interesting article called, “Can Syria help defeat ISIS?”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/06/can-syria-help-defeat-isis.html#
A must read to know what is going on in The Middle East and the rest of the World.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
“American Kulak said…
Thank you Mohamed for giving us some inside Iraq perspective and how why always hear America must accommodate Sunni concerns thanks to power visible and invisible of Saudi/Qatar lobbies, which are joined at the hip with ‘pro-Israel’ neocons who never seemed worried that the liver eaters of Syria might attack the Israel-held Golan Heights….”
Dearest Ameriki,
Where to start. Dubya replaced Islam as American Enemy after the Cold War. Thus, more than 1 Billion People who are in every country become The Enemy. Every country suddenly was threatened by an Internal Enemy and as well as an External Enemy.
People had too much hope on Obama, but I never did. However, in my view he is a changed man now. For the Empire’s Survival, he is now in Cahoots with Putin. Thus, he has already given Crimea to Putin on a Silver Platter and will do according to Putin’s Wishes on Ukraine too.
01. During Iraq War vote, Obama hid in the Bathroom.
02. During the Democratic Primaries in 2008 Hilary was the front runner. How Obama got it boggles the mind.
03. During the Democratic Primaries in 2008, Obama kept on blaming Hilary that she voted for Iraq War, she never once reminded the Voters, that he hid in the Bathroom during the Critical movement of Voting.
04. He started his Presidency by apologizing to Iran and giving a speech in Egypt about democracy.
05. He soon abandoned both Iran and His Democratic Aspirations for the Middle East.
06. His first term was a continuation of the Bush Presidency.
07. Even after that, Netanyahu kept on lecturing him every year like a small school boy, in the White House in the USA.
08. At the end of his first term, he had a blow back in Benghazi, Libya.
09. He assembled a new team for his second term. For Chuck Hagel to become the Defense Secretary, he had to get the approval of Israel and Netanyahu.
10. Soon the Qatar Ruler made his son the Ruler.
11. The Syria File was then given to Saudi Arabia. There was a Saran Gas blow back.
12. Prince Bandar Bush became history.
13. The True Face of the “Liver Eaters” was shown to World. Muslims are Good, even Bashar al-Assad is Good too. It is the “Liver Eaters” who are Bad.
14. Bashar al-Assad won another 7 years term and he uprooted with the help of Hezbollah the “Liver Eaters”.
15. Both Iran and Hezbollah are now in favor. Right now there are negotiation going on with Iran, with William Burns leading the team.
16. Suddenly AIPAC is History. Netanyahu is fighting for his Political Life. Suddenly, he is again busy and coming back by raiding the Palestinians homes.
17. Netanyahu is busy and care less what is going on around him. Eric Cantor the House Majority Ruler even lost too.
18. The uprooting of the “Liver Eaters” have started in Iraq, along with the Saddamist Sunnis. Everybody is on board, but I am not sure of Turkey.
19. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a hard man to predict. He is very popular but having lots of problems. It appears that he is 75% on board, but one cannot be sure of him.
20. Obama claims that he has no Intelligence on Iraq. Where is CENTCOM (Central Command USA) located? Where is Fifth Fleet located? How big the Embassy is in Iraq?
Al-Monitor : The Pulse of Middle East is the mouth piece of the USA policies for the region. Today’s article “Can Syria help defeat ISIS?” says it all:
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/06/can-syria-help-defeat-isis.html
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Now Was That, Then Is This
The partition of Iraq is done.
The Shiite government cannot retake Anbar Province without outside help, either from Iran or the USA. Israel supports the Kurds. Turkey and Saudi Arabia support ISIS. The USA supports “moderate” Jihadists in Syria. The USA is trying to avoid having thousands of its citizens killed in Iraq but by all its actions and rhetoric wants a regime change in Baghdad with Nouri al-Maliki getting the boot.
In all revolts the most dedicated radicals survive and only the overwhelming strength of the regular army can defeat the insurgency and bring peace. Missouri and Kansas in the 1860s in America’s Civil War is an example. If Iran sends in its army by itself, the Sunni Shiite Jihad will engulf the Persian Gulf threatening an oil cutoff and crashing the Global Economy.
The US government has been seized by the War Profiteers and Israel Supporters. If America’s goal was peace, instead of supporting Jihadi movements, it and its allies would join with Iran and Syria and establish an Islamic Peacekeeping Force to subdue ISIS. But Israel does not believe it will survive a unified Islam and there is the big money to be made building Drones and Hellfire missiles to blow up Toyota pickups filled with jihadis. So, more war is the policy rather than ending the Jihad even as it threatens to kill thousands more Americans.
Why would Obama call for air strikes against his proxy forces?
@ Mohamed
With regards to point 01, Obama didn’t hit the Senate until 2004, one year before Bush II launched his war crime. Ever since he’s used that fact as political cover with credulous liberals whom he has impressed with proclamations of having opposed, via speeches, a “dumb” war. Note, however, that when in the White House he did all within his power to advance the goals of the illegal occupation and steadfastly refused to prosecute members of the Bush administration responsible for Iraq’s destruction preferring to “look forward rather than backward”.
Putin offers full support to al-Maliki:
The Kremlin said in a statement that al-Maliki informed Putin on Friday about his government’s steps to combat the “terrorist groups in the north of the country.” It added that the insurgency threatens security of the entire region.
Putin confirmed Russia’s “full support for the Iraqi government’s action to quickly free the territory of the republic from terrorists,” the Kremlin said, adding that Putin and al-Maliki also discussed bilateral cooperation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-speaks-to-iraqi-pm-expresses-support/2014/06/20/97651afa-f897-11e3-af55-076a4c5f20a0_story.html
More analysis and snark here.
If the capture of the Artemvovsk Arsenal of tanks and APC’s is confirmed the victory could become the tipping point which neutralizes any attempt by Kyev’s government to try to impose a military solution against Donetsk and Luhansk. It would be ample proof that the tide is turning against the nazis.
Pepe Escobar on the current events in Iraq:
Once upon a (very recent) time, the US government used to help only “good terrorists” (in Syria), instead of “bad terrorists”. That was an echo of a (less recent) time when it was supporting only “good Taliban” and not “bad Taliban”.
So what happens when Brookings Institution so-called “experts” start blabbering that the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) is really the baddest jihadi outfit on the planet (after all they were cast out of al-Qaeda)? Are they so badass that by warped newspeak logic they’re now the new normal?
Since late last year, according to US government newspeak, the “good terrorists” in Syria are the al-Qaeda spinoff gang of Jabhat al-Nusra and (disgraced) Prince Bandar bin Sultan, aka Bandar Bush, the Islamic Front (essentially a Jabhat al-Nusra multiple outlet). And yet both Jabhat and ISIS had pledged allegiance to Ayman “the doctor” al-Zawahiri, the perennial gift that keeps on giving al-Qaeda capo.
Burn, Men in Black, burn – Asian Times
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Interesting point of view from Webster Tarpley :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykI_qRi1Tzs
@Mohamed 02 – it was decided at the Bilderberg meeting – as usually is – in Chantilly, Virginia, where both Obama and Hitlaty Killton attended with and the MSM went totally silent about the 2 of them missinf over that weekend from the political scene. 4 years later again Bilderberg meeting, i believe same place, decied that Romney, not Obama, will be the president. Obama pretended to comply, watch his “performance” during the second TV debate. The votes were rigged in the computer systems in Ohio (again, previously i n 2000 and 2004, see “Hacking Democracy” et al) in favor for Romney, but at the lat moment Obama’s team flipped them back. Watch Karl Rove’s reaction that night – it’s priceless and tells you everything you need to know to be sure.
That November evening Obama starts “great purge” getting rid of the gang including also Cheney/Bush/Clinton/Windsor/Bandar/Romney/McCain/Likud/Soros/Adelson bent of continuation of PNAC’s policy of total world domination after the fall of the USSR.
But they did not give up easily as you could see in Ghouta, EuroMaidan, Boko Haram, CAR, MH370,…
Obviously now we should expect some BIG EVENT, most probably nuclear, that would bring PNAC et cohortes back on their track…
See my links over at Moon of Alabama from last few months.
Greetings Mohamed,
15. Both Iran and Hezbollah are now in favor. Right now there are negotiation going on with Iran, with William Burns leading the team.
Yes I and many others have noticed this ‘big switch’ toward Iran under Obama away from Saudis/Qataris after the failure of their chemical false flag op in Syria to push US into direct war with Assad and Russia vetoing this, along with the money changers for Russian oligarchs in the City of London shocking even David Cameron when the vote failed in Parliament. This is all consistent BTW with what ‘V the Guerilla Economist’ reports on the ‘Hagmann and Hagmann Report’ show which is available on BlogTalkRadio and YouTube. ‘V’ says the US is pivoting away from the Saudis towards Iran, because KSA as the late Matthew Simmons wrote in ‘Twilight in the Desert’ the Kingdom is running out of oil. ‘V’ and Jim Willie aka the Golden Jackass Report newsletter writer both say KSA’s mega Ghawar oil field is actually producing mostly water these days rather than light sweet crude, while Iran has the largest non-shale gas reserves in the world outside Russia!
Hence the Empire’s action in Libya to secure another source of light sweet for Europe Brent mix, as well as ‘liberate’ massive stockpile of Gaddafi arms for CIA/DGSE/MI6 to smuggle to the anti-Assad rebels.
20. Obama claims that he has no Intelligence on Iraq. Where is CENTCOM (Central Command USA) located? Where is Fifth Fleet located? How big the Embassy is in Iraq?
This is of course laughable, as even the NSA Twitter shill at the US Naval War College John R. Schindler aka @20Committee was complaining about the other day. What Schindler says is US doesn’t want to be responsible for civilian casulties from bombing ISIS at this point, as if this has stopped the Empire from bombing all over the Muslim world including drone strikes on Yemen and Pakistan killing 100s if not thousands of women and children since 9/11. In reality the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey is vetoing yet another hairbrained war, just as he sabotaged KSA/Qatari faction in DC’s attempts to push US into bombing Assad last August. Not everyone at the upper echelons of the US military have sold out their American citizenship and Oath of Service to the globalists/New World Order.
I DO NOT agree with Mohamed that ‘Putin and Obama are in cahoots’ but I do think Obama is indifferent to eastern Ukraine and will only try to ‘do something’ to salvage the junta’s position there under extreme blackmail/pressure. The US IC’s upper echelons know exactly where Obama was AWOL on the day Benghazi went down and are not afraid to threaten the President with this knowledge or other ‘dirt’. NSA also has all the Lois Lerner IRS emails that were ‘accidentally’ deleted on ‘destroyed hard drives’ that could prove Lerner conspired criminally with this White House to target its political enemies in the tea party prior to the 2012 election. Naturally Schindler plays dumb and insists the poor NSA would never look at Lerner’s emails, while deflecting from whether Bluffdale Utah Data Center COLLECTED them along with ALL OTHER EMAILS from Washington DC of every agency.
quote “The BBCs John Simpson:”
thiS simpson is a british spy who pretends to be journalist but works for furtehrance of british pirates. he shoudl be caught and hanged for his contribution to many wars waged by english in last 30 years.
quote “The BBCs John Simpson:”
thiS simpson is a british spy who pretends to be journalist but works for furtehrance of british pirates. he shoudl be caught and hanged for his contribution to many wars waged by english in last 30 years.
@ 20 June, 2014 20:11 the junta is fanatically denying through Tymchuk Baghdad Bob and even their favorite Western MSM mouthpieces like BBC’s Daniel Sanford that they’ve lost control over the arms depot more than 24 hours after NAF said it was secured for the NAF. Looks like they’re doubling down on denial so they can insist every T-72 or GRAD ‘came from Russia’. I’m guessing if a convoy did really cross the Russian border as the Ukie blogger I cited earlier tonight is claiming they primarily were bringing supplies, comms equipment, and spare parts for those tanks.
Coldtype,
“Why would Obama call for air strikes against his proxy forces?”
Because he doesn’t give a damn? Also because the goal is an even-more fragmented Middle East? Maybe then even Bibi might like him (though probably not).
Meanwhile, Penny has an interesting, somewhat chilling, hypothesis:
http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/
Does anyone remember those Awakening Councils Petraeus paid so much money to during the surge? Funny, that — they’d *been* Al Quaeda in Iraq, also a bunch of (rightfully) disgruntled Baathists, then they were (kinda) on our side, right?
Well. Guess. What. They’re ISIS now.
Funny that.
“George Galloway on PM Cameron: What he(Cameron) didn’t answer was the question I asked him 12 months ago: would he explain to the [House of Commons] the differences between the al-Qaeda we are supporting in some countries(Syria) and the al-Qaeda we’re considering a threat to life as we know it in other places (Iraq)”
Galloway is one of the very few Britains in politics to stay above the zio-scum. The zionists hate Galloway. On the old Guardian talkboard, mention Galloway and the Jewish and Catholic zionazi S.W.A.R.M. there would go nuts with their zio-smearing. It’s only getting worse in the media on that island.
Thanks for the update, Mindfriedo.
Gareth Porter on the refusal of the International Atomic Energy Agency to close down its investigation into “high explosives detonators”:
The “possible military dimensions” issue, which involves the authenticity of the large collection of documents said to have come from an alleged secret Iranian nuclear weapons research programme from 2001 to 2003, is not likely to be resolved any time soon.
Amano had pledged to support the U.S. policy toward Iran in return for U.S. support for his candidacy to replace then IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei in 2009, according to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.
Since taking over in November 2009, he has not deviated from the U.S and P5+1 position that Iran has had a nuclear weapons programme in the past.
Iran had denounced the documents as fraudulent from the beginning, and ElBaradei and other senior officials believed they were probably forged by a foreign intelligence service, according to published sources. A former IAEA official who asked not to be identified confirmed ElBaradei’s belief to IPS.
Nevertheless, under pressure from the George W. Bush administration (2001-2009), the IAEA endorsed the documents as “credible”, starting with its May 2008 report.
Iran’s Atomic Chief Decries IAEA Failure to Close Detonator Probe – Dissident Voice
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“Coldtype said…
Why would Obama call for air strikes against his proxy forces?
@ Mohamed
With regards to point 01, Obama didn’t hit the Senate until 2004, one year before Bush II launched his war crime. Ever since he’s used that fact as political cover with credulous liberals whom he has impressed with proclamations of having opposed, via speeches, a “dumb” war. Note, however, that when in the White House he did all within his power to advance the goals of the illegal occupation and steadfastly refused to prosecute members of the Bush administration responsible for Iraq’s destruction preferring to “look forward rather than backward”.”
Dearest Coldtype,
You are absolutely right and thanks for correcting me! ~:)
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Tony Cartalucci on the Western disinformation on Syria:
[P]erhaps the most deliberate distortion TIME makes is its revision of how the war unfolded in the first place. It claims:
“For the rebel brigades and exiled opposition leaders, the involvement of extremist groups was an unfortunate stain on an otherwise pure uprising against tyranny. To the regime, it was proof of a foreign-funded scheme to destabilize Syria.”
The narrative, repeated across the Western media, illustrates how the US finishes up a lost war. First, it makes excuses as to why deviations from the West’s original narrative have manifested themselves in demonstrable and undeniable events, like Syria’s elections and the overwhelming support Damascus visibly commands across the country. Next it revises history to account for how and why events unfolded differently than expected. In Syria, the protracted warfare that eventually revealed Syria’s “freedom fighters” to be armies of foreign-funded terrorists flowing over the nation’s borders is explained as extremists “hijacking” or “derailing” the “revolution.”
US vs Syria: How to Lose a War in 3 Years – NEO
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“ProPeace said…
@Mohamed 02 – it was decided at the Bilderberg meeting – as usually is – in Chantilly, Virginia, where both Obama and Hitlaty Killton attended with and the MSM went totally silent about the 2 of them missinf over that weekend from the political scene. 4 years later again Bilderberg meeting, i believe same place, decied that Romney, not Obama, will be the president. Obama pretended to comply, watch his “performance” during the second TV debate. The votes were rigged in the computer systems in Ohio (again, previously i n 2000 and 2004, see “Hacking Democracy” et al) in favor for Romney, but at the lat moment Obama’s team flipped them back. Watch Karl Rove’s reaction that night – it’s priceless and tells you everything you need to know to be sure.”
Dearest ProPeace,
Yes, I watched Karl Rove’s reaction for that night and you are right that, “it’s priceless and tells you everything you need to know to be sure.”
What surprised me the most, that Ted Kennedy was celebrating Kerry’s win in Ohio in 2004. At the last minute, Kerry threw the towel in.
“That November evening Obama starts “great purge” getting rid of the gang including also Cheney/Bush/Clinton/Windsor/Bandar/Romney/McCain/Likud/Soros/Adelson bent of continuation of PNAC’s policy of total world domination after the fall of the USSR.”
I always wondered what made Obama a changed man. I believe Netanyahu, AIPAC and et al. pushed him to the limits.
“But they did not give up easily as you could see in Ghouta, EuroMaidan, Boko Haram, CAR, MH370,…
Obviously now we should expect some BIG EVENT, most probably nuclear, that would bring PNAC et cohortes back on their track…”
Yes, the blow back to Obama is my greatest worry. God help us and save us from these bastards.
“See my links over at Moon of Alabama from last few months.”
Thanks for the suggestion. I truly need to visit Moon of Alabama.
Conclusion: In the Holy Quran it says, that God Plans and Evil plans too. Then the Holy Quran, as usual ask the question, “Who is the best of the planner, out of the two?”
Best regards,
Mohamed.
“American Kulak said…,
I DO NOT agree with Mohamed that ‘Putin and Obama are in cahoots’ but I do think Obama is indifferent to eastern Ukraine and will only try to ‘do something’ to salvage the junta’s position there under extreme blackmail/pressure. The US IC’s upper echelons know exactly where Obama was AWOL on the day Benghazi went down and are not afraid to threaten the President with this knowledge or other ‘dirt’.”
Greetings Dearest Ameriki,
You are most probably right as your assessment is based on facts and truth on ground. Where as, my assessment is based on Optimism and HOPE. And, as someone mentioned, the Source of Hope.
Best regards,
Mohamed.