If that's the "best" that MEM can do, then he's having an "off" day. Or an "off hour". Or maybe just an "off minute".
Any excuse for a new (frowning emoticon) to put up here.
It's not news that there are Islamic insurgents in the Philippines, and that some either take their marching orders or get their ideas from ISIS.
Said the man.
Every time a terrorist murders an innocent person, and falsely invokes the name of God, it should be an insult to every person of faith.
Terrorists do not worship God, they worship death.
If we do not act against this organized terror, then we know what will happen. Terrorism’s devastation of life will continue to spread. Peaceful societies will become engulfed by violence. And the futures of many generations will be sadly squandered.
If we do not stand in uniform condemnation of this killing—then not only will we be judged by our people, not only will we be judged by history, but we will be judged by God.
This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations.
This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it. Click to show
Yet another group, to add to the dozens of armed groups that have plagued the PI for many many decades. Radical Muslim groups like the Moro are but the latest of a very long line of 'revolutionary' groups the PI has had to fight even before independence, even before the ouster of Ferdinand Marcos.
Update from Marawi, the predominantly Muslim city in the Philippines where the Philippines national army was called in to repel a significant incursion by ISIS-linked Islamic militants.
"They were fixin' to burn the entire city to the ground..."
No difference between ISIS and ISIL..the "L" simply signifies "Levant" which is a geographical region in which former caliphates were located. ISIS can be referring to several things, with the first 3 letters generally all the same..Islamic State In 'Syria" Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, and "Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham", with al-Sham being a reference back to the area of the former caliphates. All of these are Western attempts to put a name on the Islamic State, which is neither a state or Islamic. The closest Arabic names are "al-Dawla al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham" from which another word is derived: "Daesh".
No difference between ISIS and ISIL..the "L" simply signifies "Levant" which is a geographical region in which former caliphates were located. ISIS can be referring to several things, with the first 3 letters generally all the same..Islamic State In 'Syria" Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, and "Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham", with al-Sham being a reference back to the area of the former caliphates......
All of these are Western attempts to put a name on the Islamic State, which is neither a state or Islamic.
So,.... isis claim to be a muslum group, and the "West" is labeling them as such So exactly who is it that is attempting to take islam out of isis?
Just an update here. The battle to reclaim Marawi City from Islamic State-aligned militants has now continued for more than 40 days, already having claimed the lives of more than 80 from the Philippine's national security forces and at least 40 counted as civilians, plus an estimated 300+ Islamic extremists.
Fixed wing and rotary aircraft have been dropping bombs and firing rockets against militants lodged within high-rise structures in the city's commercial center. Marines and army rangers have been struggling to clear out the militants, engaging in house-to-house firefights in the operation to make the city a city again.
Fixed wing and rotary aircraft have been dropping bombs and firing rockets against militants lodged within high-rise structures in the city's commercial center. Marines and army rangers have been struggling to clear out the militants, engaging in house-to-house firefights in the operation to make the city a city again.
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You posted this, but quoted this from Reuters...
"U.S. forces are providing Philippine troops with technical assistance for the battle while Australia has sent two surveillance planes."
No where did I read Marines and Army Rangers were struggling or some odd shat? So, which is it? I would honestly like the truth on this matter. Not an opinion.
This is something I did not expect. I went back to my post and followed my link, and I just saw that Reuters changed that report--updated it in a kind of major way. Let me call what they have online (same link) Battle_of_Marawi_City_Version_2.0
I don't have any more information than this latest update from Reuters. Just use that same link that I already posted.
This caught my attention because I didn't realize that this particular problem in the Philippines, in this same city, Malawi City, which MEM reported at the inception of this thread, was still going on, and in kind of a big way. It surprised me when I saw this on Reuters. I hope that this is going to be the exception for the Philippines, and not the "rule." Needless to say, there will be other episodes there, in the Philippines, but I think this Marawi City violence is the work of one particular group of Islamic militants that is more aggressive than most of the other such groups that are active in the Philippines.
How's that?
Now, if y'all don't mind (or even if you do), I return to my regularly scheduled Wednesday afternoon installment of losing my flippin mind !!!!
Seems that they are ramping up the stupid. Way back some 20 years ago, there were several places that were considered a bad idea to go because of the Muslims. I was talking about going and my buddy asked me to let him send a security person to go with me, he was "connected" and knew that there was a Muslim problem in too many provinces.
(frowning emoticon) to put up here.
