'It is a humanitarian disaster': Nearly 20,000 Shi'ite Muslim Iraqis face starvation in the town of Amerli after two months of living under siege by ISIS militants. The shaded zone shows ISIS-controlled areas. Daily Mail
US Aided Hezbollah Brigades In Breaking Islamic State Siege Of Iraqi Town -- Long War Journal
The US air campaign to help Iraqi and Kurdish forces break the Islamic State's siege of Amerli benefited the Hezbollah Brigades, a Shia militia that is supported by Iran and is listed by the US government as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. The Hezbollah Brigades is the second Shia militia involved in killing US soldiers to have taken advantage of US airpower to gain territory.
Fighters from the Hezbollah Brigades teamed up with the Kurdish Peshmerga to halt the Islamic State's advance on Amerli, a town in Salahaddin province that was besieged by the jihadiist group for more than two months before the US began launching airstrikes at the end of August.
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My Comment: Hezbollah has killed hundreds of U.S. soldiers over the years .... and the U.S. military is now helping them. Is it me .... or is the world going upside down.
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Sad story to read especially on 9/11.
One fundamental concept of modern liberalism is that it flips the world upside-down. Don´t be surprised when you are surprised.
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