ISIS set to capture Kobani, finish major land grab

[rosemarie]

Dunia iko wapi?hizi ni taarifa mbaya kabisa kutoka Kobani.

Turkish-Syrian border (CNN) -- ISIS fighters pounded the Syrian city of Kobani with tanks and heavy artillery Monday as the extremist group came closer to capturing the key city on the border with Turkey.

The fall of the city would carry huge symbolic and strategic weight, giving ISIS sway over an uninterrupted swatch of land between the Turkish border and its self-declared capital in Raqqa, Syria, 100 kilometers (62 miles) away.

Although the fight was not over, CNN crews on Monday spotted what appeared to be the black flag of ISIS flying from a hilltop on the eastern side of the city. The flag was farther east into the city from one shown flying atop a building in video from Reuters and also seen by the CNN crews.

The Turkish military, which has bulked up its defenses along the border in recent days as the fighting has flared, blocked people fleeing the fighting from crossing the border.

"We want to go across!" would-be refugees chanted as they pressed against a border fence.

The city's defenders vowed to keep fighting.

"We are afraid of this. We are obliged to defend our home, our town," Kurdish Kobani official Idriss Nassan said. "We didn't choose this war, but we are obliged to fight."

Yet, members of the Kurdish People's Protection Unit, called YPG, and other groups defending the city couldn't move overnight because of ISIS snipers equipped with night vision equipment, a fighter inside the city told CNN.

U.S. and allies strike again

ISIS managed to close in on Kobani despite airstrikes by the United States and allied forces over the weekend and on Monday.

The most recent airstrikes took out two fighting positions near Kobani and two tanks near Raqqa, as well as two small ISIS units, two mortar positions and a building in Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday.

Over the weekend, allied airstrikes destroyed two ISIS tanks, a bulldozer and another ISIS vehicle, U.S. Central Command said. Two airstrikes hit a large ISIS unit and destroyed six firing positions, the U.S. military said.

But such attacks aren't enough, Nassan said.

"When I talk to people here in Kobani, they thank the international community, and the United States, they thank the countries who are striking the ISIS. But everyone believes it is not enough," he said.

The "international community cannot defeat ISIS by just hitting them from the sky. They have to help the people who are fighting -- the YPG, the (rebel) Free Syrian Army who are here on the ground."

Source: ISIS set to capture Kobani, finish major land grab

 

[Elungata]

That happen when US play a double track game.pretending to hit isis while infact they are doing it below starndard and letting isis take kobane.

 

[Elungata]

This is what happen.
Kobanê asking for air strikes!!! PLEASE HELP !!! centCOM barackObama.
KathySamira @ kathysamira 8m
jenanmoussa #BreakISIS Entered #Kobanefrm Both East &West, R n The City. Street Fights Raging Say Kurds; ISIS Has US Night Vision Goggles

 

[Bavaria]

Kuna kitu US wanaandaa, its just a matter of time.

Covert / Clandestine Ops

 

[Elungata]

A huge great game is being played out in the Middle East. And the ordinary people suffer. May Almighty God bless humanity.
Few minutes ago coalition plane appear on the sky of kobane,kindof too late,isis already in the city,and they have ceased fighting and taken cover,the warplane still looking for target yet.

 

[Elungata]

Kuna kitu US wanaandaa, its just a matter of time.

Covert / Clandestine Ops

Just a matter of 30 years old.
Ex-Pentagon chief #Panettasays war against #ISIScould go on for 3 decades ara.tv/be89h