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Islamic State recaptures Palmyra, displays severed heads of Assad forces

Dec 15, 2016 4:47 pm By Robert Spencer

“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4)

Note how the Islamic State’s characterization of the Assad regime is entirely religious, not political.

Meanwhile, reports of the Islamic State’s imminent demise in Iraq and Syria may be premature. The U.S. presidential election is over, aside from attempts to steal it, and so now the forces arrayed against the Islamic State can safely go back to losing without significant loss to Obama and co. of what really matters to them: political capital.

“PHOTOS: ISIS Beheads ‘SAA Sympathizers’ After Recapturing Palmyra, Syria,” by S. J. Prince, Heavy, December 12, 2016:

While nearly all of the extremist organizations in Syria are Sunni, the Syrian government is run by Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite or “Nusayri Shia.” According to The Believe Project, Nusayri Shia doctrine developed in the mountains of Syria in the 9th century by Abu Shu’ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr. ISIS derives its propagandistic name for the Assad from Nusayr as “Nusayris.” However, the term in modern times has come to be viewed as derogatory. Above, one of the “loyalists” is shown with his decapitated head on a spike.

“Islamic State may be losing ground, but its recapture of Palmyra in Syria shows it is still a threat,” by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2016:

When the Syrian army, backed by relentless Russian airstrikes, beat back Islamic State from the ancient city of Palmyra early this year, it marked the first in a string of significant defeats against the extremist group in the country.

But that victory appeared to have been short-lived. On Sunday, almost nine months after the jihadists’ retreat, Islamic State overran Palmyra once more, the group and activists said. The advance raises questions about recent pronouncements of the group’s weakness — as well as Damascus’ ability to hold territories for which it has paid heavily in men and materiel.

It also suggests a doubling down on Syria by Islamic State and a return to the time before it proclaimed its “caliphate” in 2014. It had been all but defeated in Iraq then, but regrouped around the Syrian-Iraqi border before launching a blitz offensive that claimed a large swath of Iraqi and Syrian territory.

A statement released by Islamic State on social media Sunday said the “soldiers of the caliphate had secured their control over all of Palmyra city… after three days of violent clashes.”

It also issued a series of images showing its fighters with tanks, and pickups mounted with heavy guns, attacking what it said was the Jazal oil fields, northwest of Palmyra….

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  1. miriamrove says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    This is so sick…animals they are. m

    • Gary says

      Dec 16, 2016 at 11:57 am

      Animals don’t do what ISIS does. They’re flat out satanic!!

      • Mahendra Singh says

        Dec 21, 2016 at 2:14 am

        The inspiration comes from the Satanic book, called Koran.

  2. Dexter L. Wilson says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    You read the Koran scripture, this is part of the true belief of Muslims and how long do you think it would take for a strict Muslim would begin acting on their beliefs. The democrat party does not care because these people will vote for the democrat party once they are made citizens no matter how many people are killed once they get a foothold in a country. And they call us Islamophobic. We have no business taking in Muslim Refugees to America. There are plenty of Arab countries that refuse to take refugees and they are the only ones who should be. We should be taking Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Yasidis only because they are no threat to a democracy like ours where Muslims do not believe in democratic forms of government.

    • Tresha S. says

      Dec 16, 2016 at 12:45 pm

      That’s right: The Dems and Rhinos are ensconced in their well guarded gated mansions and will not suffer at the hands of Muslims. Votes, votes, votes! And once they join the world order they can never be voted out. We almost didn’t get’em voted out this time! (And perhaps voting them out was only an illusion: we’ll see if the socialist regime hands over the W.H. If it does, it will be a first in history that a tyrannical govt. has yielded power without a fight.

  3. Champ says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    Barbarians! …just like ‘prophet’ muhammad ?

  4. Charles says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 5:39 pm

    The children of Satan at their worst!
    They would do this to every one of us! That’s why we must all fight back.
    I’m old and sick. But I’m always looking out for myself.
    And that’s what all of us need to do. These muslums are NOT OUR PALS!

    • Jennifer says

      Dec 16, 2016 at 10:13 pm

      Well said and so true!

  5. Tommy says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 5:39 pm

    Thanks Obama, Clinton, POPE FRANKIE…RINOs, liberals etc

  6. Byzantium1683 says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 6:10 pm

    Hahaha. So much for defeated.

    It’s sad that when they are finally defeated militarily, the Far-left elites will claim victory, as if this stupid war was well-fought and not their fault. I have no doubt of this.

    Not only do I guarantee this has dragged on far too long (since ISIS is holding territory its more vulnerable than guerrillas) but losing territory liberated for months is totally unacceptable.

  7. Angemon says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 6:20 pm

    While nearly all of the extremist organizations in Syria are Sunni

    No wonder there – Syrians are, like, 75% sunni, and there’s no need for shia “extremist organizations” if they’re in power to begin with.

  8. Glenn Wilson says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 6:26 pm

    When was the last time you saw anyone other than a Muslim holding a severed head?

    • Mac-101 says

      Dec 15, 2016 at 10:27 pm

      Mexican Drug Cartel?

      • Peggy says

        Dec 15, 2016 at 11:11 pm

        Also in Breaking Bad. Again, it was in Mexico.

        • LR says

          Dec 16, 2016 at 5:55 am

          Have they put photos up online basically bragging about it?

          Reminds me….A show on Latino Muslims the other week.

  9. Baucent says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    For a terrorist rabble constantly underestimated by the leaders of the West, and we are told are “on the run”, they are showing themselves surprisingly resilient. How long before Russia starts sending significant numbers of ground troops to do what Assad’s depleted forces can’t do.

    • Anne Smith says

      Dec 16, 2016 at 5:51 am

      They would not have been able to recapture Palmyra if Obama had not stopped the US forces attacking their divisions as they crossed the desert.

      According to some reports their attack columns presented perfect targets, easily visible and the US forces could have wiped them out but Obama held his forces off.

      Jan 20th cannot come too soon for the rest of the world.

      • LR says

        Dec 16, 2016 at 5:59 am

        Why the hell would he even want to hold back from killing such despicable barbarians?

  10. somehistory says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 9:08 pm

    Remember when they used to show the afghans riding their horses (or donkeys) and playing polo with an animal’s severed head…back before moslims were everywhere like they are now? And that was a foreign country and it was *islam*…a different **culture**.

    Some commentators made jokes about it, as though it could be a *normal* thing to do, but they just hadn’t thought of it. About severed heads. Animals sure, but even animals have feelings. But that was another *culture* in a foreign country, so who was anyone to make moral judgments?.

    Then they grow in strength and power and begin to show the world just how bad, how evil, they really are. And hardly a peep, and when there are peeps, it’s “that’s not really islam.”
    But there is still no real moral outrage from those who had no moral outrage when they were shown playing polo with severed animal heads.

    Demons and sons of demons, doing what demons and their offspring do.

    • Debi Brand says

      Dec 16, 2016 at 3:14 am

      “Demons and sons of demons, doing what demons and their offspring do.”

      Indeed.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 17, 2016 at 1:18 am

      There are some very graphic videos on line of Muslims playing soccer with the severed heads of their victims.

  11. Guest says

    Dec 15, 2016 at 10:13 pm

    Sick freaks

  12. rappini says

    Dec 16, 2016 at 10:09 am

    It’s time for Cowboys and Mooooslims.

  13. Crusades Were Right! says

    Dec 16, 2016 at 10:26 am

    It’s high time the civilized world got behind the Assad government and its armed forces: the REAL moderate faction in Syria.

  14. PRCS says

    Dec 16, 2016 at 2:58 pm

    “While nearly all of the extremist organizations in Syria are Sunni”

    From such nonsense, the uninformed will never know what those “extremists” are being “extreme” about.

  15. gravenimage says

    Dec 17, 2016 at 12:56 am

    Islamic State recaptures Palmyra, displays severed heads of Assad forces
    ………………………….

    Savages…

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