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*** 14-Aug-16 World View -- Wild celebrations in Manbij Syria, after major defeat for ISIS
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Wild celebrations in Manbij Syria, after major defeat for ISIS
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A man's beard is cut off in Manbij on Saturday (Reuters)
Men are shaving their beards and women are removing their burqas in
Manbij, Syria, today, after the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces
(SDF) declared the city fully liberated on Friday.
The so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) captured the
city of over 100,000 people in January 2014, turning what used to be
one of Syria's most liberal cities into a virtual hell. ISIS has
adopted one of the most psychotic interpretations of Sharia law, with
strict dress codes for both men and women, rules forbidding men and
women from mixing, rules forbidding smoking and music, mosque
attendance required five times per day, and a variety of punishments
for even small violations, including flogging, losing a hand, or being
beheaded.
The two months of heavy fighting killed more than 1000 people and
displaced thousands from their homes. The fighters also freed
hundreds of civilians the extremists had used as human shields.
The capture of Manbij is a significant defeat for ISIS because it lies
on a key supply route between Turkey's border and the city of
Raqqa, the de facto capital of the ISIS. Before ISIS took over, the
population of Raqqa was over one million, but many people have fled
the city, and it's estimated now that the population is between
250,000 and 300,000. ARA News (Syria-Kurdish) and Telegraph (London) and AP
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**** Manbij was known as 'Little London' because of British jihadists
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So many jihadists from Britain have traveled to Manbij to join
ISIS that the city has been nicknamed "Little London."
As many as 700 British citizens are thought to have traveled from
Britain to Syria to join ISIS between 2011-15, and half of them are
believed to have since returned to Britain. There are also jihadists
from Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria, but Britain has the
highest number.
Many of the British citizens re "jihadi brides" who traveled to Syria
to marry an ISIS fighter. I assume that these girls are turned on
erotically by men who cut off other people's heads. Telegraph (11-Jan) and Daily Mail (3-Jun)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Manbij, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Turkey, Raqqa, Britain, Little London
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Wild celebrations in Manbij Syria, after major defeat for ISIS
- Manbij was known as 'Little London' because of British jihadists
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**** Wild celebrations in Manbij Syria, after major defeat for ISIS
****
A man's beard is cut off in Manbij on Saturday (Reuters)
Men are shaving their beards and women are removing their burqas in
Manbij, Syria, today, after the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces
(SDF) declared the city fully liberated on Friday.
The so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) captured the
city of over 100,000 people in January 2014, turning what used to be
one of Syria's most liberal cities into a virtual hell. ISIS has
adopted one of the most psychotic interpretations of Sharia law, with
strict dress codes for both men and women, rules forbidding men and
women from mixing, rules forbidding smoking and music, mosque
attendance required five times per day, and a variety of punishments
for even small violations, including flogging, losing a hand, or being
beheaded.
The two months of heavy fighting killed more than 1000 people and
displaced thousands from their homes. The fighters also freed
hundreds of civilians the extremists had used as human shields.
The capture of Manbij is a significant defeat for ISIS because it lies
on a key supply route between Turkey's border and the city of
Raqqa, the de facto capital of the ISIS. Before ISIS took over, the
population of Raqqa was over one million, but many people have fled
the city, and it's estimated now that the population is between
250,000 and 300,000. ARA News (Syria-Kurdish) and Telegraph (London) and AP
****
**** Manbij was known as 'Little London' because of British jihadists
****
So many jihadists from Britain have traveled to Manbij to join
ISIS that the city has been nicknamed "Little London."
As many as 700 British citizens are thought to have traveled from
Britain to Syria to join ISIS between 2011-15, and half of them are
believed to have since returned to Britain. There are also jihadists
from Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria, but Britain has the
highest number.
Many of the British citizens re "jihadi brides" who traveled to Syria
to marry an ISIS fighter. I assume that these girls are turned on
erotically by men who cut off other people's heads. Telegraph (11-Jan) and Daily Mail (3-Jun)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Manbij, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Turkey, Raqqa, Britain, Little London
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