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[miltiades]

The London-based Reyu'l Yovm newspaper reports that the DAESH leadership is considering withdrawing from Kobane, where 400-500 of these genocidal maniacs have lost their lives, and some other places in Rojava.

The peshmerga forces are expected to arrive in Kobane today.

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/duny ... diasi.html

If 500 x 72 virgins = a staggering 36,000
Surely they must be running short of virgins

[Tim Drayton]

150 peshmerga fighters are reported to be flying to Turkey, from where they will cross to Kobane:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29804437

[Lordo]

i only hope it makes a difference.

[Tim Drayton]

Eighty apparently crossed over at half past one this morning - without any arms or equipment, but escorted from the airport to the Turkish border by the Turkish intelligence agency - so we will see. More are supposed to be on the way, along with equipment, and one group is apparently traveling overland directly from north Iraq to Rojava without crossing through Turkey.

[Tim Drayton]

Between 50 and 200 Free Syrian Army rebels entered Kobane last night to join the fight against DAESH. What with the peshmerga coming and bringing heavy arms and equipment, Kobane could well end up being the graveyard for DAESH, who seem insistent on trying to take the town. The hubris caused by believing that God is on their side may be their downfall.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29814135

[Tim Drayton]

150 heavily armed Peshmerga fighters were reported to have crossed from Turkey to Kobane this morning.

[Tim Drayton]

150 heavily armed Peshmerga fighters were reported to have crossed from Turkey to Kobane this morning.

It seems that only ten crossed this morning and another 150, with heavy equipment, are waiting at a depot close to the border to cross over. It seems the ten who went this morning were going to make final negotiations about logistics with the YPG in Kobane before the main contingent crosses.

[Tim Drayton]

Tomorrow has been declared a global day of action in support of Kobane. There will be a rally in Trafalgar Square in London. There may be fireworks in Turkey, where the AKP regime has already made clear that it will respond with a heavy hand to any peaceful anti-genocide protests.

[Tim Drayton]

The YPG forces defending Kobane against DAESH have announced that yesterday morning at about 03.00 they took control of the road used by DAESH to bring supplies from Raqqa to the town.

http://www.ozgur-gundem.com/?haberID=12 ... odule=nuce

[Tim Drayton]

Further confirmation that the YPG has cut DAESH’s supply line to Kobane:

http://www.ibtimes.com/kobani-kurdish-f ... ll-1722615

An interesting snippet from the report:

Among the fighters entering Kobani from Raqqa are underage recruits. After an accelerated 45-day training period, some of ISIS’ teenage recruits are sent to fight and more than 30 “kids” have already been killed on the Kobani frontlines, a spokesman for the anti-militant activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently recently told IBTimes. The group reported last week that a 15-year-old had been killed in fighting around the city.

Fifteen year olds with 45 days’ training! Does that mean they have already lost their best fighters?