28th June: A leader of the Naqshabandi order, Khalid Ibrahim, has been killed in the north east of Baqouba. He was killed along with five associates by SWAT, a Special Forces group.
28th June: Daash has destroyed three Shia mosques: Husseniyeh, AhlulBayt, and Al-Hakim mosques and three mausoleums/shrines: Khader Elias, Imam Saad bin Aqeel, Ar Mamut shrine in Tal Afar. Daash has made announcements that shrines and mausoleums within its territory will be destroyed.
28th June: The army, augmented by Shia militias, is now making a concerted push north towards Tikrit. Helicopter Gunships have attacked rebel positions in advance of the army’s assault. Lt Gen Sabah Fatawi: “Isis fighters now have two choices: flee or be killed.”
28th June: The Kurdish leadership has told Kerry that they want to see Maliki go. Kerry is insisting on a political solution followed by a military attack on Daash and its rebel allies.
28th June: A mortar attack has struck north Baghdad injuring six people.
28th June: UNESCO and Iraqi authorities are concerned that over 1800 sites in Mosul and 250 ancient monuments in Ninaveh under Daash rule are in danger of being obliterated. Hatra, Nimrud and other archeological sites, some dating back thousands of years are in danger of being destroyed. There is also the looting of artifacts and archeological finds that are at risk of being looted.
28th June: Admiral John Kirby, the spokesperson of the US Department of Defense has stated that the United States is in a position to deploy 30000 troops to Iraq if the need arises and the President so decides.
28th June: Qassim Atta, the spokesperson for the Iraqi army claims that Russian made Sukhoi aircraft will be supporting army operations in the next few hours.
28th June: Claimed Kills by Security Services:
Five Daash fighters killed by security forces in Fallujah
Twenty vehicles belonging to rebels destroyed near Samarra in air strikes
A fighter belonging to Daash is killed in Muqdadiya, 35 km north of Baqouba. Two police personnel are left injured in clashes.
Clashes between Daash and Security Services are ongoing in Sadiya district 80 km north east of Baqouba.
Abu Abdul Hadi, a security official within Daash, and 29 other fighters are reported killed in Tikrit.
28th June: The Iraqi army is claiming full control of Tikrit. It plans to advance on Baiji next. 28th June: The southern Jordanian town of Tafilah sees anti monarchy protests.
Saker Message:
http://www.syrianperspective.com/2014/06/retired-syrian-pilots-flying-sukhois-for-iraq.html
It’s about get interesting in what Amerika going to do.
Savage executions and the destruction of shrines, the fleeing of people from their villages – these things cannot be tolerated.
God be with the defenders in these places, whether it be Iraq, Ukraine or any other community whatever the faith they profess. By their fruits ye shall know them.
Thank you, Mindfriedo, for sending these bulletins and Saker for publishing them.
@jo6pac
27th June: Maliki has ordered military aircraft from the Russians which he expects will be delivered in two to three days. It remains a mystery who will fly these planes, Iraqis, Syrians, Russians, Iranians, US Advisors. Regarding the purchase of US aircraft Maliki stated “I’ll be frank and say that we were deluded when we signed the contract [with the US]”.
Mindfriedo
jo6pac:
I just skimmed the RSS feed for:
http://www.syrianperspective.com/
Appears to be an excellent source for Iraq info; thanks — I just added to my RSS feeds.
John 97205 said…
You’ll like Ziad if he makes a mistake he’ll admit. Then some great commenter there like there is here
Here another
http://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/
My friend.
http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the update Mindfriedo.
Anti-monarchy protests in Jordan? Now that could get interesting. Wonder which side, Daash, or people who’re livid the kingdom helped arm and train them. There’s a lot of spirit and creativity in Jordan; I’ve always wondered why they tolerated their rulers’ abject subservience to us. Perhaps they were just biding their time, or else just couldn’t find any decent options (sound familiar?)
Behind the scenes, maybe Germany is starting to beg Russia to intervene. The only solution is a neutral East/West federal situation, exactly what Russia has proposed all along. Otherwise – civil war, partition, Odessa might become a flashpoint for a World War. Now that UA/EU ‘own’ the war, the violent right-wing racism and the collapsed society, the images flowing into the information stream are probably starting to make people a little uncomfortable. Putin will offer peace in one hand on July 1, war in the other. The Russian reserves have just been called up.
America is irrelevant, past the expiration of the people’s consent, has no trust capital left in the world today.
Mindfriedo,
what you and Gleb Bazov are doing is more important that you know today. Information is a strong weapon and it is most feared by our rulers. The pen is more powerful than guns.
In 1999, I had unique, really unique, access to almost realtime news about NATO:s attack war on Yugoslavia. Something few of us had, except for the warmakers and the secret services, of course.
I and a friend built a powerful email chain. I evaluated tons of news during many long hours after work and my friend in the US sent the information to several mailinglists around the world. At that time, we worked with mailinglists, not blogs. We were only two individuals, but we succeeded in getting the news out to the internet community, especially in the US. We saw that we made a difference and I learned to respect American netizens. NATO:s war was not popular in the US internet community and we had a small part in that. We helped people see through the lies of the MSM.
One year after the war, I was completely exhausted, especially emotionally, but also physically. So much so that for years I didn’t have the tenacity to study other wars. The wars against Afghanistan and Iraq I followed only partially. I could not digest the news from Libya and Syria, they were too depressing.
A couple of days after Milosevic died, he came to visit me in my summerhouse [datcha]. He was not alone. Somebody took him around the whole world to show him people, who had fought the Beast. He gave me a smile. He was happy. The vision lasted only a short time. I was not at all afraid, I have had other visitations in the past. When the normal world returned, I lit my pipe and smiled.
Lovely story, Anonymous @ 29 June, 2014 00:11
I liked this: “Information is a strong weapon and it is most feared by our rulers.”
I remember what that great teller of the truth, Michael Parenti, said once about the ruling class: “They think about you every day. They don’t give a damn about you. But they care very much what you’re thinking.”
@jo6pac
There are no ‘retired’ Syrian pilots who aren’t already fighting for Assad.
The pilots, like the planes, are Russian.
Anonymous said…
The Russian reserves have just been called up.
Poro-chump-ko sealed his fate when he signed the EU agreement.
Putin is readying to invade Novorussia. When the fruit is ripe he will pluck it.
The Anglo-Zionists will be powerless to stop it. Israel has forseen the possibility.
Thanks to Gilad Atzmon I have a new perspective on Netanyahu. He is not so much an Anglo-Zionist bum-boy as an Israeli Nationalist. I think he hates diaspora Jews as much as anyone.
@ anonymous 00:11
Thank you, cherish your words, means a lot.
mindfriedo
Iraq: The things warmongers said:
http://rt.com/op-edge/168872-iraq-things-warmongers-said/
We are asked now seriously to accept that in the last few years—contrary to all history, contrary to all intelligence—Saddam decided unilaterally to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd.
Tony Blair, House of Commons, 18th March 2003.
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For some reason, the Anglo-Saxon politicians love words like ‘absurd’, and they paste it everywhere! I remember Condelezza Rice saying that claiming that the missile defense shield being installed in Poland is aimed to change the balance of power vis-a-vis Russia is ‘bizarre’.
I wish your blog could support posting pictures.
http://rusvesna.su/news/1404049853
Dear Saker, some hopeful (?) perspective: ISIS/Daath is a spin off from the rivalry between Qatar and KSA, as I understand from your and Pepe´s articles last summer/ fall, with a strong fingerprint from Bandar.
These fighters have somehow crossed the border of being true humans, same as the pravy sector.
Just like commandante Strelkov, I think they should be killed when possible.
But I saw an interview fragment, perhaps from Baghdadi himself (can´t be sure, they all do look rather similar to me).
He wanted to establish ´the Caliphate´, nothing new there, but what surprised me was his outspoken determination to include the territory of Israel/ Palestine.
I never heard this from al Ciaida.
To me, this might indicate ISIS has gone totally FERAL (pittbulls or large pigs released in the wild).
Completely uncontrollable, and increasingly, NOT controllable by the neocons/ anglozionists who want to create as much chaos as possible—-except for pissrael.
The ultimate blowback….
ISIS will be contained by the shia (Iran, southern Iraq and the Syrian army) and the Kurds. Within their area, the tribal sunni and the baathist will eventually prevail: no cannibals will be found in a few years!