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Offline TomSea

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IS leaders leaving Syria's Raqa, Pentagon says
« on: February 17, 2017, 10:14:12 pm »
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IS leaders leaving Syria's Raqa, Pentagon says

Leaders of the Islamic State group are leaving their Syrian stronghold of Raqa, fleeing in the face of the Arab-Kurd offensive backed by the international coalition, the US Defense Department said Friday.

"We are starting to see now that a lot of senior ISIS leaders, a lot of their bureaucrats... are beginning the process of leaving Raqa," said Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis, using an alternate acronym for the jihadist group.

"They have definitely taken note of the fact that the end is near in Raqa," he told reporters, describing a retreat that seems "very organized, orderly."

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/2017/02/us-syria-conflict-defense-jihadists.html#ixzz4Yz1n9UqY



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Re: IS leaders leaving Syria's Raqa, Pentagon says
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2017, 10:30:22 pm »
The end of ISIS in Syria would be good, but it won't be the end of the Civil War there.
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Re: IS leaders leaving Syria's Raqa, Pentagon says
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2017, 12:20:37 am »
Orderly and organised I can believe. The scum are efficient.

Now, where are they bolting to? Not many places left.
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