ISIS Top Commander Trained By USA

Gulmurod Khalimov has become the top ISIS battlefield commander in Iraq.

He may prove to be a thorn in the side of the West, for unfortunately he has been trained by the USA.

As per ZeroHedge:

"What makes the ascent of Khalimov particularly embarrassing for the US is that The former paramilitary unit commander of the Tajikistan armed forces received his battlefield training from American advisors and even came to the United States on several occasions to receive special counterterrorism training through the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security/Anti-Terrorism Assistance program. 

Then last year, Khalimov defected to ISIS where the Daesh forces in Iraq welcomed the new addition to their ranks with open arms especially since he was acquainted with US military and intelligence tactics."

Still, so long as the USA military industrial complex makes money out of this mess who cares?

Dissent In The State Department

Fifty one mid- to high-level State Department officers involved with advising on Syria policy have signed a dissent channel cable calling for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's government, to stop its persistent violations of the ceasefire.

That might be all very well for Washington based policy wonks to "bravely" put their heads above the parapet on paper. However, the reality is that any strikes on Assad will bring America into direct conflict with Assad's sponsor Russia.

Additonally, as with Iraq, what exactly is the game plan if Assad is toppled?

Do these cosseted staffers think the democracy will magically bloom overnight in the arid sands of the desert?

Remove Assad and you have ISIS, Al Qaeda and other idiots running the show!

The 51 dissenters should be sacked. Not for dissenting, but for being idiots!

Trump Is ISIS's Secret WMD

Extremely & intentionally inflammatory; Trump is wreaking havoc not just domestically but abroad - on behalf of US. https://t.co/5jPNjVrAqv

— Brooklyn Middleton (@BklynMiddleton) December 9, 2015

ISIS Rebranded Yet Again - Da'esh

PM will use term "Da'esh" today not ISIL or IS - insulting Arabic acronym #syriadebate

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) December 2, 2015

The Syria Vote

MPs will vote at around 22:00GMT tonight about whether Britain should bomb ISIS in Syria.

Whatever the outcome of the vote, we can be sure that the decision made won't be the right one; as until ISIS is stopped by all means available (cut off oil and other revenues, boots on the ground, stabilisation of the Middle East and an ending to the West's need for Middle Eastern oil) it will continue to function in one shape or form or other locations.

Whose Side is Turkey On?

As per Bloomberg:

"On Thursday a court in Istanbul ordered that Cumhuriyet newspaper’s editor-in-chief Can Dundar, and Erdem Gul, the Ankara bureau chief, be jailed pending trial on charges of political and military espionage. Their crime: publishing images which allege to show Turkey’s intelligence agency shipping weapons to Syria.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the allegations as baseless this week: "Those trucks were trucks carrying aid to our Bayirbucak Turkmen," he said, referring to a Turkic tribe backed by Turkey that’s resident in northern Syria, where civil war has been raging for four years. 

As to whether the trucks were carrying arms: "So what if they were, so what if they weren’t?" he said."

With friends like these who needs enemies?

USA Gives ISIS 45 Minute Warning

Evidently the USA is now playing a "gentleman's war" when it comes to ISIS, as it gave ISIS 45 minutes warning that the USA was going to bomb its oil trucks!

An "interesting" strategy!

Turkey Shoots Down Russian Fighter Jet

The FT reports that the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian plane on Tuesday, according to a Turkish military official who said the aircraft violated Turkish airspace, “despite repeated warnings”.

Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday confirmed that one of its jets had been shot down, but insisted it had not strayed into Turkish airspace.

“Today on the territory of Syria, presumably as a result of fire from the ground, a Russian Su-24 plane crashed in the Syrian Arabic Republic,” the defence ministry said in a statement quoted by Russian news wires. “The plane was at an altitude of 6,000 metres. The fate of the pilots is being confirmed. According to preliminary data, the pilots managed to eject.”

It added that the plane was “exclusively over Syrian territory throughout its entire flight”. “This is recorded by objective controls.”

Allegedly Turkey is fighting ISIS as well. However, the reality is that it is using its involvement in the Syrian conflict to further its military actions against the PKK with the tacit support of the USA.

As to its true intentions towards ISIS, the mainstream media may care to investigate and report on those senior Turkish officials who allegedly have links with ISIS and Turkey's involvement with the purchase of crude oil supplied by ISIS.

We are not all in this together by any manner or means!

HRH Completely Misses The Point on Syria

As per Reuters:

"Asked in the interview, which Sky said was filmed three weeks ago, whether there was direct link between climate change, conflict and terrorism, Charles said: "Absolutely.""

HRH should listen to what US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has to say on the subject.

Blair Apologises For Iraq War

'I'm sorry' - Tony Blair takes blame for #Iraq War, admits conflict caused the rise of ISIS https://t.co/PzNpwDpjmo pic.twitter.com/63OQqXL8zb

— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) October 24, 2015

The Origins of The "Strategic Asset" AKA ISIS

Ever wondered where ISIS came from?

Wonder no more, courtesy of Zerohedge:

"Two weeks ago, courtesy of the investigative work of Nafeez Ahmed whose deep dig through a recently declassified and formertly Pentagon documents released earlier by Judicial Watch FOIA, we learned that Western governments deliberately allied with al-Qaeda and other Islamist extremist groups to topple Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad. In his words: "According to the newly declassified US document, the Pentagon foresaw the likely rise of the ‘Islamic State’ as a direct consequence of the strategy, but described this outcome as a strategic opportunity to “isolate the Syrian regime.”

Now, in a follow up piece to his stunning original investigative report titled "Secret Pentagon report reveals West saw ISIS as strategic asset Anti-ISIS coalition knowingly sponsored violent extremists to ‘isolate’ Assad, rollback ‘Shia expansion", Nafeez Ahmed reveals that according to leading American and British intelligence experts, the previously declassified Pentagon report confirms that the West accelerated support to extremist rebels in Syria, despite knowing full well the strategy would pave the way for the emergence of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS)."

Now we know!

ISIS Iraq Connection

It seems that, according to Zerohedge, almost all the top leaders in the Islamic State are former officers in the Iraqi army.

Enforced regime change has kicked in a hornet's nest of problems, that people seem unable to resolve.

US Troops To Be Deployed In Iraq Again

President Obama is to ask Congress permission to put troops back on the ground in Iraq in order to wage war on the Islamic State (a country/state that doesn't technically exist).

Back To The Future - Whither Victory?

Now that we are bombing Iraq again, this time at the invitation of its government, has anyone in authority yet come up with a definition of "victory"?

In other news, it seems that Islamic State militants are six miles from Baghdad.

Mission Accomplished - Not!

The US is continuing with air and drone strikes against ISIS in Iraq, and Obama has warned that this will take some time.

Thus we have come full circle, having knocked over a regime and destabilised a country without any plan for post conflict stabilisation, the only other option that can be applied is an ongoing military operation in the futile hope that something will "come along" and fix this mess.

Mission accomplished!

The Designer Watch Debacle

Abu Bakr al-Baghdad, self proclaimed Caliph of the so called Islamic State, has caused a bit of a stir by besporting a designer watch (estimated value £3.5K) during his recent TV appearance.

Evidently he is need of a spin doctor, in addition to those medical doctors that asked to come to his new state.

Isis Declares Caliphate

Islamist militant group Isis has said it is establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria.

It also proclaimed the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as caliph and "leader for Muslims everywhere".

Let's see how long that lasts then!