U.S. Adjusting Tactics to Intensify Air War Against Islamic State

[ScottL]

U.S. Eliminates a Mid- to High-Level ISIS Figure Every 2 Days, Official Says - Karen DeYoung
The U.S. has been eliminating a mid- to high-level Islamic State figure every two days, on average, contributing to President Obama's decision to send a new Special Operations force to Iraq to intensify efforts to locate and kill militant leaders there and in Syria, a senior administration official said Thursday. The template for new U.S. ground operations, officials have said, was the raid inside Syria in May in which Abu Sayyaf, a key Islamic State commander, was killed and voluminous intelligence was seized on the militant group's economic structure. (Washington Post)

 

[ScottL]

Just level fucking Gaza already!

• Islamic State's Sinai Commander Visits Gaza to Coordinate with Hamas
  The commander of Islamic State forces in Sinai, Shadi al-Menei, is currently on a secret visit to Gaza, meeting with Hamas leaders to widen cooperation and coordinate attacks on Egyptian and Israeli targets, Israel Channel 2 TV reported Thursday. Hamas has smuggled weaponry from Gaza to Sinai, including Cornet anti-tank missiles, which have caused heavy losses to Egypt.
  Al-Menei is responsible for occasional rocket fire from Sinai at the Israeli southern resort town of Eilat. He was also behind a 2011 terrorist attack in southern Israel which targeted a bus and several Israeli army vehicles, killing six Israeli civilians, two Israeli soldiers and several Egyptian soldiers. The close interaction between Hamas and IS in Sinai is "one of the most carefully guarded secrets of the Hamas military wing in recent months," the Times of Israel's Avi Issacharoff reported in July. (Times of Israel)

 

[SheriffJoe]

Eek. Now there's a guy who woke up every morning coughing out male pubic hair.

Eek and woof loved Jews compared to Obama.