No end to the savagery and bloodlust. “Now they are turning children into bombs! Girl, seven, walks into a Syrian police station to ask to use the bathroom and is blown up when handlers detonate her suicide vest by remote control,” by Hannah Al-othman, Mailonline, December 17, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A […]
Islamic State kidnaps over 300 Syrian workers
The Syrian cement company workers must have done something to provoke the poor dears, right? Maybe they drew Muhammad in the cement? Surely they must have done something to poke them in the eye. Or is the West going to have to admit at some point that the Islamic State wants to terrorize non-Muslims for […]
Islamic State battling in Damascus streets, closing in on city center
“This is the closest Isil has ever been to the heart of Damascus.” If Damascus falls to the Islamic State, even more foreign Muslims will hurry over to Iraq and Syria to join it. “Islamic State fights Syrian rebels and ‘moves closer to central Damascus,’” AFP, August 31, 2015: Islamic State of Iraq and the […]
Islamic State has Damascus in its crosshairs
“For the most part, fighting in areas of Damascus has not reached the downtown section, though it does spill over there on occasion. That happened last Thursday, when a mortar shell landed in the heart of Damascus, killing six inhabitants.” “Islamic State has Damascus in its crosshairs,” by Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel, August 22, […]
Islamic State seizes vast Damascus refugee camp
Assad on the hot seat. Will the Iranians, flushed with victory over the witless Kerry at Lausanne, move to shore up his position? “Islamic State seizes vast Damascus refugee camp,” by Sylvia Westall and Mariam Karouny, Reuters, April 1, 2015: (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters seized most of a vast camp for Palestinian refugees on […]