The Islamic State Thread

[Greylor]

A travel ban on all without an itinerary.

All persons seeking to travel outside of the country will register with the Soviet Peoples Travel Office so that Comrade Commissar can provide state approval for your travel plans.

 

[Dave]

A travel ban on all without an itinerary.

2 minutes on google will give you enough info to write yourself an itinerary that you never intend to keep to.

 

[Garson007]

2 minutes on google will give you enough info to write yourself an itinerary that you never intend to keep to.

It's not foolproof.

It's been fairly effective in keeping people out. It should be fairly effective in keeping people in.

Edit: Also don't underestimate people's ability to admit that they are going to Syria, or being bad at lying. Especially when talking to an officer.

 

[Dave]

It's not foolproof.

It's been fairly effective in keeping people out. It should be fairly effective in keeping people in.

Edit: Also don't underestimate people's ability to admit that they are going to Syria, or being bad at lying. Especially when talking to an officer.

That's why so many get caught in Turkey, they lie very well and it's only when they are in Turkey and beginning their attempt to cross the border that they get caught.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Iraqi forces converge on Mosul in decisive battle for Iraq's second city

Iraqi forces, supported by US-led airstrikes and special forces, advanced on Mosul from the east and the south on Monday in the first phase of a long-planned offensive to retake the city from Islamic State.

The advance on Monday evening aims to liberate Iraq’s second biggest city, an Isis stronghold where its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared the establishment of a caliphate two years ago.

The Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, advanced steadily in long armoured columns across the Nineveh plain to the east of Mosul, pausing at each deserted village to allow engineers to search for mines and booby traps left by Isis.

Peshmerga officials claimed their tanks had destroyed two Isis suicide truck bombs. By the end of the first day in the attempt to oust the jihadi group from their last major Iraqi stronghold, Kurdish leaders said their forces had captured 200 sq km (77 sq miles).

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Fighting for every yard: on the ground with Kurdish troops pushing into Mosul

 

[crackersa]

Good luck to the Iraqi and kurdish forces.

 

[Pitbull]

ISIS has been defeated.

Their very last strong hold was demolished to nothing but ash

Islamic State eliminated in 'apocalyptic wasteland'

It has been battling the last remnants of IS, also known as Daesh, in the border town near Iraq for weeks as the jihadists have been using civilians as human shields.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have now claimed "all territory in Syria is now clear of IS fighters".

 

[Fury05]

Let’s hope so.

 

[BBSA]

Have they also been defeated in Libya?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Doubtful really...

 

[falcon786]

ISIS has been defeated.

Their very last strong hold was demolished to nothing but ash
Islamic State eliminated in 'apocalyptic wasteland'

Good riddance.We need to rid the world of all these extremist right wing type elements.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Good riddance.We need to rid the world of all these extremist right wing type elements.

In all honesty, its never going to happen...
The best we can hope for is to limit their influence and power somehow... but things like ISIS will pop up again, and cause untold death and misery in the area they operate for a period of time until they are squashed... then another will appear somewhere else on the planet.