US airstrikes pounded the area around the central Iraqi city of Baiji today, killing 25 ISIS fighters, according to residents. The attacks focused on the area near the Baiji Refinery.
The Baiji Refinery, Iraq’s largest, has been contested for months now, as ISIS tries to claim it as part of their increasingly important oil possessions in both Iraq and Syria. Other US strikes were reported around the Mosul Dam.
Pentagon officials say they believe the Mosul Dam is a top priority for ISIS, and that they are “threatening” it. They briefly held it earlier in September, but lost it to Kurdish forces at the time. ISIS has been pushing Kurdish frontiers on several fronts this week.
The Dam is not only a major source of electricity for the nation, but a significant water source for northwestern Iraq, territory which is largely controlled by ISIS, but also include some Kurdish frontier territory.
I guess it were Kurds they did kill. Either intentionally or because they do not know who is who on the ground – see here a news report by a German source (machine translation):
German splinter grenade landed directly in IS-terrorists hand at #Kobane #Syria
Our media reports of a misguided U.S. weapons-shedding and hypocritical accusations by NATO Erdogan. The IS-terrorists make merry at Twitter and Germany require more support. How have tinted in the supply of weapons to "Peschmergas" in Iraq our politicians. "It's never ruled out that the arms shipments could fall into the wrong hands," That was fast, arrived by airmail in the IS-terrorist organization.
Source: http://urs1798.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/deutsche-…
I guess it were Kurds they did kill. Because they do not know woh is who on the ground – see here a news report by a German source (machie translation):
They are 'ISIS' "unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent."
An implied further result being that no one will be eager to look for such intelligence.
High Society of Iraq — Where did it disappear to?
Have you noticed that since our invasion of Iraq in 2003, not a word has our corporate owned politicians nor the corporate owned mainstream media said about the rich ruling class of Iraq, the 25% most wealthy who own 80% of all the wealth in Iraq?
If you ask me, it was the Iraq rich that requested our Empire to do an invasion and total destruction of Iraq society, the better for the rich to enslave all of society.
Think about it.
Are they the same people before & after?