ISIS Executes 100 Foreign Fighters Who Tried To Quit

Foreign ISIS fighter: AP Photo

World News -- According to the British Financial Times Newspaper, ISIS executed 100 of foreign fighters who tried to leave the group’s headquarters in Raqqa, Syria.  An activist opposed to ISIS and the Assad regime confirmed the executions of foreign fighters trying to escape the group’s capital.

ISIS has created a military police wing to deal with foreign fighters who declined to report on duty.  Tens of homes have already been raided and dozens of jihadists arrested.

Many foreign jihadists who were eager to join the group are now coming to the reality of fighting for a terrorist outfit.  In October, the British press reported that 5 Britons, 3 French, 2 Belgians and 2 Germans wanted to go back home after they realized that they were fighting against other rebel groups other than Assad’s government. They were being held as prisoners at that time and it’s not clear if they were part of those executed.

The International Center for the Study of Radicalization at the London’s King’s College reports that there are between 30 and 50 Britons who want to go back home but fear being jailed. Group

The extremist group has lost considerable ground since coalition forces, led by the United States, launched airstrikes against it. The past few weeks have been particularly bad for ISIS.

On Thursday, Iraq Kurds reported to have pushed back ISIS and liberated Mount Sinjar where Yazidi fighters and civilians had been trapped by the extremists for a month.  The Kurdish forces have stepped up their operation in a bid to take back Swathes of land taken by the ISIS.

The pentagon has also reported killing several ISIS leaders in airstrikes.

 ISIS has made world news in the last few months and looked unstoppable slightly more than a month ago, but now their momentum has weakened significantly as it loses many fighters coupled with a decreasing ability to attract new ones. 

By: Sheriff Mako On Sunday, December 21, 2014

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According to UAC, Russia has surged ahead of the U.S in the production of new military planes

World News -- Reports running in the Russian media indicates that Russia might have surpassed the U.S in the production of new combat planes. During an interview with Ekho Moskvy Radio, Vladislav Goncharenko, a deputy in the department of military aviation programs at the United Aircraft-Building Corporation (UAC), stated that Russia has overtaken the United States in the number of combat planes produced.

The UAC delivered 68 planes in 2013, however, the figures have risen to 100 in 2014, 95 of which are combat planes for the Russian Air Force.

In addition to the production of new planes, UAC subsidiaries (Irkut, Mikoyan, Sukhoi, Ilyushin, Tupolev, Yakovlev and Beriev) are modernizing existing aircraft and developing new weapon systems.

Though there are no corresponding numbers on the U.S side to validate the claim, the staggering number of planes added to the frontline units of the Russian Air force is a clear indication of Moscow’s resolve to maintain its global military influence.  It’s clear that U.S technology will remain ahead of Russia’s for years to come, however, military strategists know that quantity rather than quality can prove to be decisive in war.

Russia has also equipped the PAK-FA T 50 prototypes with Himalayas EW defense systems to enhance jamming resistance and gain self-protection capabilities. The first PAK-FA 5^th generation stealth aircraft should be delivered to the Russian Air Force by 2016. While reconnaissance and combat drones will be operational by 2018. UAC is also conducting major studies on 6^th generation aircraft. 
Military rivalry between the two nations have made world news for centuries.

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By: Sheriff Mako On Saturday, December 20, 2014

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