Islamic State crisis: Iraq air strikes 'halt IS advance'

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Iraqi ground forces, backed by air strikes, appear to have halted advancing Islamic State (IS) militants in a key town near Baghdad.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet in the Iraqi capital says the air strikes followed clashes with IS militants, who have been making gains towards the capital.

Amariya al-Falluja, 40km (25 miles) from Baghdad, is a key strategic town.
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The area around Ameriyat al-Falluja is now said to be calm, but there is a standoff along the main road to Falluja to the north, which is controlled by IS, our correspondent says.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29408101

[warrant46]

1. And the new Iraqi air force

Is the USA

[WhoWoodaKnew]

2. I wonder what Iraq would be like if IS were able to overthrow

the Iraqi government and take control of the country. It would most certainly be horrible for many people (women, etc).

[candelista]

4. It would probably be like our ally, Saudi Arabia...

where there is a death penalty for:

Adultery (Unmarried adulterers can be sentenced to 100 lashes, married ones can be sentenced to stoning.)
Apostasy (Apostates are sentenced to beheading but are usually given three days to repent and return to Islam.)
Armed robbery
Blasphemy
Burglary
Carjacking
Aircraft hijacking
Drug smuggling
Fornication
Home invasion
Sodomy, homosexuality, or lesbianism (If a man or woman is sodomized by their own consent, then they will also be sentenced to death along with the sodomizer)
Idolatry
Murder
Rape
Sedition
Sexual misconduct
Sorcery
Terrorism
Theft (fourth conviction)
Treason
Waging war on God
Witchcraft

[WhoWoodaKnew]

5. agreed

[flamingdem]

3. Better than the alternative

That plus cutting off their funding will make life tougher for Isis.

[mazzarro]

6. BTW Has Ahmed Chalabi Thrown His Group Of Fighters Into The Foray Yet?

Since he was so instrumental in ginning up the plot to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein, I would expect that his patriotism would impress on him to join the fight and wrestle Iraq back from ISIS. Or has he also sold out to ISIS as well?