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Welcome to the SITREP of the day…….

The news is not looking good for the Syrian town of Kobane……

Item 1–the world is watching the town of Kobane which has become the symbol of the war on ISIS……

A lack of ground support for air strikes against Islamic State jihadists, and Turkey’s reluctance to step in militarily, have all but sealed the fate of the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, analysts said Tuesday.

“It is practically too late to save Kobane at this stage,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a Beirut-based analyst with the Carnegie Middle East Center.

“The expansion of Islamic State forces in Kobane is new proof that the air strikes campaign is failing to achieve its objective to destroy and dismantle the military capabilities of IS.”

Without intervention it is only a matter of days if not hours before Kobane falls to ISIS.

Item 2–There has been a discussing on action to help Kobane……..

France said on Tuesday it was vital to act in order to stop Islamic State’s advance on the northern Syria border town of Kobani, and was discussing with Turkey what could be done.

“A lot is at stake in Kobani and everything must be done so that the Daesh terrorists are stopped and pushed back,” Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the French parliament.

“A tragedy is unfolding, and we must all react.”

While the world debates Kobane is lost….a typical result.

Item 3–Targeting for airstrikes are being questioned……where do we get the info for a strike?  Is it accurate or a ruse?  These questions are asking because……

A Monday US airstrike against the ISIS-held town of Hit has killed at least 22 Iraqi civilians, and wounded many more, according to locals. The strikes hit a marketplace, along with apartments alongside the market.

Locals say they believe the intended target was a building containing ISIS fighters, just down the road, but the indications are that that building wasn’t hit, with locals saying it was likely a “mistake.”

Just how reliable is our intel for the airstrikes?

Item 4–the US will face another problem….what about those that venture to say Turkey to fight with the Kurds or the Syrian rebels?

A man who said he is a U.S. citizen and former soldier from Ohio said in a video interview inside Syria that he had come to join Kurdish fighters to battle Islamic State.

Other Americans were also fighting there on behalf of a Syrian Kurdish group, said the man, who identified himself as Brian Wilson and spoke to a freelance photographer working for Reuters in Syria.

Wilson is the second American known to have joined the YPG forces. Jordan Matson, a 28-year-old from Wisconsin, is also fighting with the YPG, a spokesman for the armed group said last week. He has given an interview to a Kurdish TV station.

The question is….is it legal for an American to fight in another army other than its own?  In years past the answer was no.

Item 5–The final thought for the day….it seems that ISIS wants to start a university….but just any college………

The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) announced its desire to open a University in Mousl, a Sunni-populated city, situated in northern Iraq which was seized by the Islamist militants during the past summer.

Meanwhile ISIS published an announcement in its official website, calling on local volunteers to join Mousl University’s nuclear research center to ‘help patients suffering from terminal cancers,’ reported Qatari news Agency (QNA) .

Now that is something to be concerned over….ISIS wants to do nuke research……

This ends the briefing and I apologize for the brevity …..the world is watching Kobane and all else is in the back seat…..

Thanx for your time and attention.

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