[Centraal] Irak na de oorlog #61

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"Tikrit weer in handen Iraakse leger"

_{zaterdag 28 jun 2014, 14:12 (Update: 28-06-14, 14:36)}

Het Iraakse leger heeft de stad Tikrit heroverd, de ISIS-strijders zijn verjaagd. Dat zegt de Iraakse staats-tv. Er zijn wel berichten dat er buiten het centrum nog wordt gevochten.

Iraakse commandotroepen zouden in eerste instantie het universiteitsterrein in het noorden van de stad hebben ingenomen. Vanmorgen rukten vanuit Samarra reguliere troepen op naar de Tikrit. Zij werden vanuit de lucht gesteund door helikopters.

Tikrit ligt zo'n 200 kilometer ten noordwesten van Bagdad en is de geboortestad van oud-dictator Saddan Hussein. De herovering van de stad zou een morele opsteker zijn voor het Iraakse leger.

ISIS kreeg de afgelopen twee maanden grote delen van Noord-Irak in handen. De aanval op Tikrit was de eerste grootschalige poging om de opmars van de soennitische terreurorganisatie tot staan te brengen.

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2014 14:52 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2014 14:58 schreef theunderdog het volgende:

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Tja.. vraag mij af in hoeverre dit betrouwbaar is.

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2014 14:58 schreef theunderdog het volgende:

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Tja.. vraag mij af in hoeverre dit betrouwbaar is.

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2014 15:00 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:

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Gezien de grootschaligheid van het offensief denk ik vrij betrouwbaar. En als Tikrit vandaag niet in handen komt, dan morgen wel. Er is een enorme legermacht op de been momenteel.

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Iraaks leger herovert geboorteplaats Saddam Hussein

Het Iraakse leger heeft zaterdag de plaats Al-Awja, dichtbij Tikrit, heroverd op militanten van de terreurorganisatie ISIS, laat een legerofficier weten. Al-Awja is de geboorteplaats van wijlen dictator Saddam Hussein.

Militairen van het Iraakse leger hebben Tikrit omsingeld en willen de stad van alle kanten bestormen.

ISIS greep op 11 juni de macht in de stad, zo'n 140 kilometer ten noordwesten van de hoofdstad Bagdad. Vrijdag kondigde het Iraakse leger een groot offensief aan om de stad te heroveren. Tikrit ligt aan een belangrijke weg die de hoofdstad met het noorden van het land verbindt.

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Anonymous Hacktivists Prepare For Strike Against ISIS 'Supporters'

The hacktivist group Anonymous is planning to launch a series of digital attacks against nations it accuses of funding or arming the radical Islamic terror group ISIS.

Sources within Anonymous told me the campaign will be called Operation NO2ISIS and will target three states suspected of offering support to the Islamic State of Syria and al-Sham (ISIS). Government websites will be blasted with DDoS attacks with Anonymous planning to “unleash the entire legion” upon its enemies.

One of the targets will be Saudi Arabia, a Sunni Muslim nation that has long been suspected of supporting ISIS and other hardline terror groups. However, the Saudi government has dismissed Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki’s claims that it arms and funds ISIS, describing the “false allegations” as a “malicious falsehood”. The Saudis are thought to be terrified of blowback from the wars in Iraq and Syria, so have taken steps to ban private individuals from donating cash to ISIS militants.

The hacktivists of Anonymous do not believe Saudi Arabia, which is known as the homeplace of Osama Bin Laden and is a long-standing supporter of terrorism. A number of other countries have also been warned to prepare for attacks, which are expected to begin next week. Donors in Kuwait and a number of other Middle Eastern nations are thought to have funded ISIS in the past, making them fair game for Anonymous.

“We plan on sending a straightforward message to Turkey, Saudi Arabia Qatar and all other countries that evidently supply ISIS for their own gain,” the source said. “In the next few days we will begin defacing the government websites of these countries so that they understand this message clearly.

“We are unable to target ISIS because they predominately fight on the ground. But we can go after the people or states who fund them.”

Although ISIS is known to be a savvy user of social media, it has not yet flexed its digital muscles like the Syrian Electronic Army, which famously hacked a number of targets including The New York Times and Forbes itself.

This may be set to change, as Anonymous has already started to lock horns with hackers claiming to be associated with ISIS.

Last week, a Twitter TWTR -1.23% account called @theanonmessage was taken over by ISIS supporters and dozens of graphic images of violence were posted to its timeline. The activist who operates the account admitted that Anonymous were shocked at the attack, which appeared to mimic the tactics already employed by the Syrian Electronic Army itself.

“To be honest, we were taken off guard,” he said. “We didn’t expect a bunch of ragtags to any damage. The ISIS hacking techniques were very similar to hacks done by the Syrian Electronic Army, so that’s pretty interesting.”

As with any cyberattack, it’s difficult to know exactly how much damage will be caused. Anonymous itself once petitioned the White House to make DDoS attacks a form of legitimate protest, which suggests its supporters feel the digital attacks are more useful as a publicity tool than as an actual weapon of war.

This assessment is backed up by security experts. Commenting on a recent threat to attack sponsors of the World Cup, the security firm Symantec SYMC +1.02% summed up the nature of the threat posed by Anonymous like this: “Public announcements by these groups are often used as a means to gain notoriety or media attention and can be of highly volatile credibility. These attacks are typically low scale consisting of DDoS activity against publicly accessible webservers, website defacement efforts, or data exploitation. Symantec does take these threats seriously and has detection in place.”

Perhaps the most dangerous effect of any Anonymous campaign will be the inevitable reprisal. So far, ISIS supporters have largely shunned online attacks, but this could easily change. If the Anonymous claims of a link up between the Syrian Electronic Army and ISIS are to be believed, the damage they could wreak on Western targets could be much more than simply symbolic. Let’s not forget that one false tweet from an AP account wiped more than $90billion from the US stock market. Provoke ISIS’ digital supporters and they will strike back, possibly bringing the fight to America without a single shot being fired.

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IraqLiveUpdate twitterde op zaterdag 28-06-2014 om 16:23:14 ISF announced: 10 units of Sukhoi fighter jets the Iraqi Gov. bought arrived to Iraq this morning. #no2isis #yes2iraq reageer retweet

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LuminaSpargo twitterde op zaterdag 28-06-2014 om 16:21:39 First group of #Russia and #Belarus’ #Sukhoi jets arrived in #Iraq and can be deployed within days http://t.co/lrdgM2B4I3 #ISIS/#USA: Shit! reageer retweet

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G_Karayannis twitterde op zaterdag 28-06-2014 om 15:46:01 #Iraq Air Force to Deploy Sukhoi Jets against #ISIS within Days http://t.co/D878L2srX5 via @nsnbc reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2014 17:53 schreef Jigzoz het volgende:

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En waarom is het tijdens ramadan extra erg? Gaan ze dan extra dood of zo?

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2014 17:51 schreef Peunage het volgende:
Een moskee in de Ameriyah wijk in Baghdad. Typisch onderdrukking van soennieten

خلية ارهابية في جامع الاخوة الصالحين بمنطقة العامرية تنوي استهداف السيطرات الامنية بشهر رمضان

Ze waren van plan om tijdens Ramadan veiligheidsdiensten aan te vallen.

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2014 17:54 schreef Hiper het volgende:

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Ramadan begint morgen. Owja, de sjiieten doen altijd express een andere dag beginnen dan de soennieten, allemaal uit haat .