Pentagon Not Targeting Islamic State Training Camps
Posted on August 31, 2015 by Pamela Geller

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The Pentagon has not conducted airstrikes against an estimated 60 Islamic State (IS) training camps that are supplying thousands of fighters each month to the terror group, according to defense and intelligence officials.

War strategy based on myths and lies is a recipe for crushing failure. Obama’s war strategy is to convince Americans that the Islamic State is not Islamic. That the quranic texts and teachings that jihadists invoke are not quranic.

My concern and those of my colleagues is what happens when American Muslims and other foreign fighters eventually return to their home countries in Europe and North America to carry out jihad terror attacks.

“If we know the location of these camps, and the president wants to destroy ISIS, why are the camps still functioning?”

U.S. intelligence analysts keep saying that the American-led campaign against ISIS isn’t going so well. Their bosses keep telling them to think again about those conclusions.

Senior military and intelligence officials have inappropriately pressured U.S. terrorism analysts to alter their assessments about the strength of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, three sources familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast. Analysts have been pushed to portray the group as weaker than the analysts believe it actually is, according to these sources, and to paint an overly rosy picture about how well the U.S.-led effort to defeat the group is going.

Reports that have been deemed too pessimistic about the efficacy of the American-led campaign, or that have questioned whether a U.S.-trained Iraqi military can ultimately defeat ISIS, have been sent back down through the chain of command or haven’t been shared with senior policymakers, several analysts alleged. (Daily Beast)

Why hasn’t President Obama authorized the bombing of ISIS training camps?
Why didn’t President Obama authorize support when our consulate was under terrorist attack in Benghazi?
Why didn’t President Obama back President Sisi against the terrorist group, the Muslim Brotherhood?
Why did President Obama halt Israeli arms transfer to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram?
Why did President Obama continue to arm and aid “rebels” (“moderate al Qaeda”) in Syria when those arms would going straight into the hands of the Islamic State?

It’s all of a piece.

“The failure to target the training camps with U.S. and allied airstrikes is raising questions among some defense and intelligence officials about the commitment of President Obama and his senior aides to the current anti-IS strategy of degrading and ultimately destroying the terror group.”

Ya think?

“Pentagon Not Targeting Islamic State Training Camps,” BY: Bill Gertz, Free Beacon, August 28, 2015
No airstrikes against 60 camps producing 1,000 fighters monthly (Updated)

The Pentagon has not conducted airstrikes against an estimated 60 Islamic State (IS) training camps that are supplying thousands of fighters each month to the terror group, according to defense and intelligence officials.

The camps are spread throughout Islamic State-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria and are off limits in the U.S.-led international bombing campaign because of concerns about collateral damage, said officials familiar with planning and execution of the yearlong bombing campaign.

Additionally, the IS (also known as ISIS or ISIL) camps have been so successful that Islamic State leaders are considering expanding the camps to Libya and Yemen. Both states have become largely ungoverned areas in recent years.

The failure to target the training camps with U.S. and allied airstrikes is raising questions among some defense and intelligence officials about the commitment of President Obama and his senior aides to the current anti-IS strategy of degrading and ultimately destroying the terror group.

“If we know the location of these camps, and the president wants to destroy ISIS, why are the camps still functioning?” one official critical of the policy asked.

The camps are regarded by U.S. intelligence analysts as a key element in the terror group’s successes in holding and taking new territory. The main benefit of the training camps is that they are providing a continuous supply of new fighters.
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An additional worry of intelligence analysts is that some of the foreign fighters being trained in the camps will eventually return to their home countries in Europe and North America to carry out terror attacks.

A White House spokesman declined to comment on the failure to bomb the terror camps and referred questions to the Pentagon.

Pentagon spokesman Maj. Roger M. Cabiness declined to say why no training camps have been bombed. “I am not going to be able to go into detail about our targeting process,” he said.

Cabiness said the U.S.-led coalition has “hit ISIL [an alternative abbreviation for the Islamic State] with more than 6,000 airstrikes.”

“The coalition has also taken out thousands of fighting positions, tanks, vehicles, bomb factories, and training camps,” he said. “We have also stuck their leadership, including most recently on Aug. 18 when a U.S. military airstrike removed Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, the second in command of the terrorist group, from the battlefield.”

Efforts also are being taken to disrupt IS finances and “make it more difficult for the group to attract new foreign fighters,” Cabiness said in an email.

A Central Command spokesman also declined to provide details of what he said were “operational engagements” against IS training camps.

“Once a target is identified as performing a hostile act, or is part of an obvious hostile force, a training camp for example, we prosecute that target in accordance with the coalition rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict,” the spokesman said.

According to the defense and intelligence officials, one reason the training camps have been off limits is that political leaders in the White House and Pentagon fear hitting them will cause collateral damage. Some of the camps are located near civilian facilities and there are concerns that casualties will inspire more jihadists to join the group.

However, military officials have argued that unless the training camps are knocked out, IS will continue to gain ground and recruit and train more fighters for its operations.

Disclosure that the IS training camps are effectively off limits to the bombing campaign comes as intelligence officials in the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and U.S. Central Command, which is in charge of the conflict, have alleged that senior U.S. officials skewed intelligence reports indicating the U.S. strategy against IS is not working or has been less effective than officials have claimed in public.

The Islamic State controls large parts of Syria and Iraq and has attracted tens of thousands of jihadists in both countries and from abroad. The exact number of fighters is not known but intelligence estimates have indicated the numbers have increased over the past year.

The military campaign, known as Operation Inherent Resolve, appears to be floundering despite a yearlong campaign of airstrikes and military training programs aimed to bolstering Iraqi military forces.

A review of Central Command reports on airstrikes since last year reveals that no attacks were carried out against training camps.

Targets instead included Islamic State vehicles, buildings, tactical units, arms caches, fighting positions, snipers, excavators, mortar and machine gun positions, bunkers, and bomb factories.

The risk-averse nature of the airstrike campaign was highlighted last month by Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley, chief of staff for what the military calls Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.

“The coalition continues to use air power responsibly,” Weidley said July 1. “Highly precise deliveries, detailed weaponeering, in-depth target development, collateral damage mitigation, and maximized effects on Daesh, are characteristics of coalition airstrike operation in Iraq and Syria.”

Daesh is another name for the Islamic State.

“The coalition targeting process minimizes collateral damage and maximizes precise effects on Daesh,” Weidley said earlier. “Air crews are making smart decisions and applying tactical patience every day.”

Other coalition spokesman have indicated that targeting has been limited to reaction strikes against operational groups of IS fighters. “When Daesh terrorists expose themselves and their equipment, we will strike them,” Col. Wayne Marotto said May 27.

The military website Long War Journal published a map showing 52 IS training camps and noted that some may no longer be operating because of the U.S.-led bombing campaign.

Bill Roggio, Long War Journal managing editor, said the Islamic State’s training camps are a direct threat to the region and U.S. national security.

“While the vast majority of trainees have been used to fight in local insurgencies, which should be viewed as a threat. Historically jihadist groups have selected a small number of fighters going through their camps to conduct attacks against the West. The Islamic State is most certainly following this model,” he said.

According the map, among the locations in Iraq and Syria where IS is operating training camps are Mosul, Raqqah, Nenewa, Kobane, Aleppo, Fallujah, and Baiji.

The group MEMRI obtained a video of an IS training camp in Nenewa Province, Iraq, dated Oct. 1, 2014.

The video shows a desert outpost with tan tents and around 100 fighters who take part in hand-to-hand combat exercises, weapons training, and religious indoctrination.

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, an analyst with the Middle East Forum, in June translated details of IS training purportedly obtained from a manual produced by a pro-IS operative in Mosul named Omar Fawaz.

Among those involved in ideological training for IS jihadists in Iraq is Bahraini cleric Turki Binali, who wrote an unofficial biography of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Al-Tamimi stated in a blog post June 24.

According to a document thought to be written by Fawaz, training differs for native Iraqis and Syrians as opposed to foreign fighters, who generally are less experienced militarily than the regional trainees.

The document also reveals IS plans to export military manpower abroad, including Libya.

“Sessions for the muhajireen [foreign fighters] brothers last 90 days or more, and at the highest level deal with organization, determination, and intelligence operation, including training on heavy weaponry in addition to comprehensive Sharia sessions and multiple tests,” according to a translation of the document. “Sessions for the Ansar from the people of Iraq and al-Sham range between 30 to 50 days.”

The process begins with an application form and questionnaire regarding education, skills, viewpoints, and whether their backgrounds can be verified.

The training then includes physical fitness, martial arts practice, weapons training, and ideological indoctrination.

After a week of training, jihadists with special abilities are selected and placed in units. The units include special forces, air defense, sniper units, a “caliphate army,” an “army of adversity,” and administrative units for those capable of using electronic devices and accounting.

“The rest are distributed in fronts and camps after the end of the military camp training according to where they are needed,” the report said, noting that all graduates are tested in Sharia at the conclusion of their training.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that the Pentagon inspector general is investigating allegations that military officials doctored intelligence reports in an attempt to present more optimistic accounts of the U.S. military’s efforts in the conflict.

The probe was triggered by a DIA analyst who stated that Central Command officials were improperly rewriting intelligence assessments prepared for policy makers, including President Obama.

The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that senior military and intelligence officials inappropriately pressured U.S. terrorism analysts to alter estimates of the strength of the Islamic State to portray the group as weaker.

Central Command, on its website, stated that in the year since the Iraq operation began on Aug. 7, 2014, a total of 6,419 air strikes were carried out.
Targets damaged or destroyed include 119 tanks, 340 Humvees, 510 staging areas, 3,262 buildings, 2,577 fighting positions, 196 oil infrastructure targets, and 3,680 “other” targets not further identified.

Courtesy of Pamela Geller.

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We are all sitting Ducks, if the Pentagon does not address the Islamic Issue!!!!. They will continue to breed through out the World and through out America.

:thumbdown: I am a Vet, and i no way in Hell, favor the Iran Deal!!!! it would be sheer Suicide, on America's side. I don't have a death wish!!! I went through enough hell, when i served in Vietnam, as a Nurse.

Homeland Security Parties While Terrorists Sneak In

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by Judicial Watch - Aug 28, 2015
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While it let Islamic terrorists enter the country, wasted huge sums on faulty equipment and failed miserably to remove criminal illegal aliens, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was busy blowing $20.3 million to host 1,883 conferences last year.

It’s the inconceivable tale of the colossal agency—with practically unlimited funds—created after 9/11 to prevent another terrorist attack. The agency’s various components include Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the scandal-plagued Secret Service and the famously inept Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to name a few. In 2015, DHS asked Congress for an astounding $38.2 billion to continue its “commitment to the security of our homeland and the American public,” according to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.

The agency must be agile and vigilant in continually adapting to evolving threats and hazards, Johnson writes in the budget request, adding that “we must stay one step ahead of the next attack, the next cyberattack, and the next natural disaster.” Preventing terrorism, securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws are among the agency’s “basic missions,” Johnson states, even though we all know DHS has fallen short in all these areas. The failures involving the southern border have been especially well documented. In fact, just last month Judicial Watch reported that Mexican drug cartels are smuggling Islamic terrorists into the U.S. through the rural Texas border region.

While this is going on DHS and its various components polish up on a variety of skills at conferences that cost American taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, a federal audit reveals. This includes a dozen events that each exceeded $100,000. For those wondering what publicly-financed, extracurricular event could possibly merit such a large sum, here are a few examples: DHS paid $196,308 for a San Francisco forum aimed at preventing terrorism as well as “securing and managing our borders” and an additional $130,941 for a separate San Francisco shindig so 39 senior agency officials could engage with “key influencers and decision makers” in the cybersecurity industry.

The agency responsible for protecting the nation from terrorist threats also blew $179,053 on the International Oil Spill Conference in Savannah, Georgia, which focused on environmental impacts of oil spills and $125,348 on a Washington D.C. event aimed at “maximizing the benefits of gender diversity.” The idea behind that conference was to promote gender equity through a group known as Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE), a nonprofit created by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Treasury to address why women remain underrepresented in federal law enforcement.

A $110,993 “outreach” summit in Washington D.C. brought Customs and Border Patrol senior managers, transportation executives and foreign government partners together to discuss “securing and managing our borders” and a $108,617 Ft. Worth Texas conference provided a “platform for conveying information regarding relevant issues in immigration enforcement.” DHS also doled out $131,868 on the Afghanistan Pakistan Illicit Procurement Network Symposium in Tampa, Florida where discussions focused on preventing hostile nations and illicit procurement networks from illegally obtaining U.S. military products or sensitive technology that could be used against the U.S.

While all this costly nonsense is going on at taxpayer expense, the southern border remains dangerously porous, airport security is a huge joke and DHS gets exposed for spending $360 million on drones that have failed miserably after nearly a decade. The agency promised Congress that the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAC) would help effectively guard the Mexican border and, even after the experiment failed repeatedly, DHS asked Congress for another $443 million to keep it alive.

http://www.citizenaction.com

:thumbdown: THAT!!!!SUCKS!!!!! Just like Obama goes on his Golfing trips, and takes his family on a long vacations, leave our country to be fed to the Terrorist Dogs. He likes our money to put in his pocket, yet he does not want to earn it, yet Americans need to pay through the nose. Obama the White House MOOCH!!!!!.

:thumbup: :XD: I totally agree with what you stated!!! and then Feed them to the hungry Gators in the Bayou!!!Gators would love that Yummy snack!!!!, You Betchu By GUMBO!!!! LOL!!!!.

The Klan Caught Trying To Build Death Ray

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by Bob Conover - Aug 28, 2015
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Late last week, a New York jury convicted Glendon Scott Crawford, 51 of Galway, New York, on charges of plotting to develop a weapon of mass destruction – an X-ray machine modified into a lethal radiation device – to be used against Muslims in the U.S.

Crawford, a self-described member of the Ku Klux Klan, was convicted of attempting to produce and use a radiological dispersal device and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction; and distributing information relating to weapons of mass destruction.

According to a statement released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Crawford:

“…wanted to use the device against Muslims, and he scouted mosques in Albany and Schenectady and an Islamic community center and school in Schenectady as possible targets. Crawford also suggested the Governor’s Mansion as a potential target.

With undercover agents, Crawford discussed placing the radiological device within a van or truck, parking the vehicle near the entrance to the target location, and then remotely activating the device so that it would direct lethal doses of radiation at people coming in and out of the target location.

A central feature of Crawford’s completed X-ray device was that its targets would be exposed to dangerous and lethal doses of X-ray radiation without being aware of the exposure, the harmful effects of which would likely not be immediately apparent.”

According to the FBI, Crawford was convicted of attempting to acquire and use a radiological dispersal device (count 1), conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (count 2), and distributing information relating to weapons of mass destruction (count 3).

He faces at least 25 years of imprisonment on count 1, up to life on counts 1 and 2, and up to 20 years of imprisonment on count 3. He also faces a $2 million fine on count 1 and a fine of $250,000 on both counts 2 and 3.

Crawford is the first person to be found guilty of attempting to acquire a radiological dispersal device, a statute Congress passed in 2004. United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian said:

“Glendon Scott Crawford is a terrorist who would have used a weapon of mass destruction to kill innocent members of our Muslim community were it not for the good judgment of citizens who quickly alerted law enforcement to his diabolical plan and the outstanding work of the Albany FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.”

“This case illustrates how vigilance, the shared values of Americans of all faiths, and vigorous investigation can defeat dehumanizing bigotry and hatred.”

Assistant Attorney General Carlin added:

“Glendon Scott Crawford, a self-professed member of the Ku Klux Klan, was convicted of offenses relating to his deadly plan to use a radiological dispersal device to target unsuspecting Muslim Americans with lethal doses of radiation.”

“The National Security Division’s highest priority is counterterrorism, and we will continue to pursue justice against those who seek to perpetrate attacks on American soil.”

http://www.citizenaction.com

:thumbdown: Racist Demons!!! they need to put the Shoe on the other Foot, and see how it makes them feel !!!! Racism is a CURSE!!!! and it should be broken and destroyed for ever.Yeah i was born in the Bayou, but my Daddy was Cajun and Black, and my Mama was Native American and White. They raised all 15 of us kids, not to be racist, and i stand by that, and i have taught my children the same way.They have families themselves, and they follow through.

:thumbup: And get rid of their Supporter!!! The Obama Administration, and any all others who support their Illegal Ways.... then shut the door on all of them and throw away the Key. Or we could build an Electric Border Fence, and fry them all like French Fries!!! when they try and climb over. :XD:

Hillary Stops Joking About Emails, But Doesn’t Stop Lying

By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann on August 28, 2015

Clinton’s crashing poll numbers, along with questions by donors and supporters about her judgment in joking about the email scandal immediately after the FBI seized her private server, are obviously taking a toll.

She suddenly says she “takes responsibility” for the decision. (Well, who else would be responsible?)

She’s stopped joking, but she hasn’t stopped lying. Here’s what else she said:

“I take responsibility for that decision, and I want to be as transparent as possible, which is why I turned over 55,000 pages, why I’ve turned over my server, why I’ve agreed to — in fact, been asking to — and have finally gotten a date to testify before a congressional committee in October.”

“I’m confident that this process will prove that I never sent, nor received, any email that was marked classified,” she said

She wants to be as transparent as possible? Looks like she hasn’t really stopped joking after all. She used a secret server and kept all her emails in her house for almost two years after she left the State Department. That’s not transparent.

When the Benghazi Committee noticed that she was using a private account, it asked the State Department about it, which, in turn, asked her to hand over the emails.

Her response: delete 30,000 emails that she claims were “private” without a third party reviewing them. That’s not transparent.

And when the New York Times reported that she had been using a private server throughout her tenure as Secretary of State, she categorically refused to turn it over for any independent review, stating: “The server will remain private.”

Now she says that she” turned over” her server to the FBI. That sounds voluntary, doesn’t it? But it was anything but voluntary. As soon as the FBI was apprised of the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s finding that there was classified information on her server, it demanded that the company maintaining it bring it immediately to the FBI. So technically, it was turned over — but not voluntarily. It would have taken the FBI five minutes to get a warrant. She was one step ahead of the sheriff.

As for her claim that there was nothing that she sent or received that was marked as classified, the Inspector General disagrees.

That’s why her server is in FBI custody. Not because she’s transparent. She isn’t — and she’s still lying.

http://www.thehillarydaily.com



:roll: She will never stop lying as long as she can get away with it. She lies like a Dirty Rug!!!! that's her style, and as long as she has supporters she will continue.

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:thumbup: I fully support Trumps Illegal Immigration Plan, and as you said, if he does get elected, i hope he follows through with what he says he will do, and not let anyone stand in his way, or try and bring back our cursed flow of Illegal trespassers.This country needs safe and new future.

Hundreds of Generals, Admirals Line Up Against Obama's Iran Deal
Katie Pavlich | Aug 28, 2015
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It was just three short days ago when President Obama was calling Republican opponents to his deal with Iran, the world's most prolific state-sponsor of terrorism, "crazies." Of course, Obama fails to acknowledge it isn't just "crazy" Republicans who oppose the deal, it's fellow Democrats and the majority of the American people. Now, 200 admirals and generals can be added to the opposition list. From the Washington Post:

A group of nearly 200 retired generals and admirals sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday urging lawmakers to reject the Iran nuclear agreement, which they say threatens national security.

The letter is the latest in a blizzard of missives petitioning Congress either to support or oppose the agreement with Iran, which would lift sanctions if Iran pared back its nuclear program. Letters have come from ad hoc groupings of rabbis, nuclear scientists, arms-control and nonproliferation experts — and now, retired senior military officers, many of whom have worked in the White House during various administrations dating to the 1980s.

“The agreement will enable Iran to become far more dangerous, render the Mideast still more unstable and introduce new threats to American interests as well as our allies,” the letter states.

Two weeks ago Veterans Against The Deal produced a devastating ad reminding Washington about the Americans the Iranians have killed and severely injured.

"Every politician who is involved in this will be held accountable. They will have blood on their hands," Army Sergeant Robert Bartlett says in the ad. "A vote for this deal means more money for Iranian terrorism. What do you think they're going to do when they get more money?"

A significant number of Republicans, Democrats, admirals, generals and veterans are against the deal with Iran, yet the White House keeps marching forward with their plan.
200 retired generals and admirals write letter to Congress urging rejection of Iran deal
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:thumbup: I hope they win!! and knock this Iran deal that Obama has made, out to the Dumps!!! because it is totally Insane and dangerous, to America and it's people.

:thumbup: With Age comes Wisdom, LOL!!!!

:thumbup: I am willing to give Trump a chance!!!!!

:roll: What do you expect? We have a Muslim president, posing as an American Citizen!!!and he fully supports the Muslim activities!!! and he would step up to the plate and support them 100%, and to Hell with us Christians and America. The old Saying is" Buzzards of a Feather Flock Together!"! and crap all over America.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :-D !!!! RIGHT ON!!!!

:thumbup: Hillary is a total Disaster in the making!!!! for this country.