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	In Just One Tweet, The Islamic Militants Who Are Taking Over Iraq Reveal How Barbaric They Really Are<br /><div>
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<br /><strong><em><span>Editor’s Note: </span>This story contains graphic content that will be disturbing to some readers.</em></strong><br />
<br /><p>Radical Islamic militants in Iraq reportedly tweeted a picture of a <a href="http://nypost.com/2014/06/13/iraqi-jihadists-joke-about-using-severed-head-as-soccer-ball/" rel="external nofollow">Sunni police chief’s severed head</a> and made a disturbing “joke” about using it as a soccer ball.</p>
<br /><p>“This is our ball…it is made of skin #WorldCup,” the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group allegedly wrote.</p>
<br /><p>By using the popular hashtag, it increased the likelihood that more people would see the gruesome photo.</p>
<br /><p>The Twitter account was shut down after the graphic tweet.</p>
<br /><p><strong>Again, the following image is graphic.</strong></p>
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<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/539c539e69beddef4b3e53af-840-907/graphictweet.jpg" alt="graphictweet.jpg" /><p style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><span><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/13/in-just-one-tweet-the-islamic-militants-who-are-taking-over-iraq-reveal-how-barbaric-they-really-are/" rel="external nofollow">via The Blaze</a></span></p>
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<br /><p>In a horrifying <a href="http://nypost.com/2014/06/13/iraqi-jihadists-joke-about-using-severed-head-as-soccer-ball/" rel="external nofollow">propaganda video</a>, the terrorists are shown storming the Sunni police chief’s home at night before blindfolding him and beheading him with a huge knife. It wasn’t immediately clear when the video was taken.</p>
<br /><p>Fighters from the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant made fresh gains, driving government forces at least temporarily from two towns in an ethnically mixed province northeast of Baghdad. The assault threatens to embroil Iraq more deeply in a wider regional conflict feeding off the chaos caused by the civil war in neighboring Syria.</p>
<br /><p>In Geneva, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay warned of “murder of all kinds” and other war crimes in Iraq, and said the number killed in recent days may run into the hundreds, while the wounded could approach 1,000.</p>
<br /><p>Pillay said her office has received reports that militants rounded up and killed Iraqi army soldiers as well as 17 civilians in a single street in Mosul. However, the rebels have made the unverified claim that they have killed over 1,700 Iraqi soldiers and police officers.</p>
<br /><p>Obama did not specify what options he was considering, but he ruled out sending American troops back into combat in Iraq.</p>
<br /><p>“We’re not going to allow ourselves to be dragged back into a situation in which, while we’re there we’re keeping a lid on things, and after enormous sacrifices by us, after we’re not there, people start acting in ways that are not conducive to the long-term stability and prosperity of the country,” Obama said on the South Lawn of the White House.</p>
<br /><p>Administration officials said Obama is weighing airstrikes using drones or manned aircraft. Other short-term options include an increase in surveillance and intelligence-gathering. The U.S. also is likely to increase aid to Iraq, including funding, training and both lethal and non-lethal equipment.</p>
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<br /><p>This article originally appeared at <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/" rel="external nofollow">The Blaze</a>. Copyright 2014. Follow The Blaze on <a href="http://twitter.com/theblaze" rel="external nofollow">Twitter</a>.</p>
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<br /><p><span>SEE ALSO: </span> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-mass-execution-2014-6" rel="external nofollow">The Brutal Militant Group Taking Over Iraq Is Bragging Of The Mass Execution Of 1,700 People</a></p>
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<p>loser president is just failing to lead in the world, letting</p>
<p>it the terrorists make huge, huge gains, while planning</p>
<p>for Obamao's stupid, stupid date that he would leave</p>
<p>Iraq.</p>
<p>  they simply waited, and when the time was right, they</p>
<p>went for it.</p>
<p>  Mike Rogers nailed it. if Obamao wasn't such a coward,</p>
<p>he staff his regime with Americans like Mike Rogers,</p>
<p>and listen to them.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415422</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415422</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[calfoxwc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:19:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>and with "clean" passports - they can send anyone back here to pick up where they left off....</p>

<p>I blame the do nothing approach of this president and his corrupt cabinet for what looks like</p>

<p>emboldening a real threat into and on our land.....</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415419</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415419</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FairHooker11]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:19:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:31:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/3623734138001/should-the-us-rescue-iraq/#sp=show-clips&amp;v=3623734138001" rel="external nofollow">http://video.foxnews.com/v/3623734138001/should-the-us-rescue-iraq/#sp=show-clips&amp;v=3623734138001</a></p>


<p>"These are not monkee bar terrorists in the desert somewhere, they are sophisticated seasoned combat veterans who understand the value of terrorism operations OUTSIDE of the region"  Mike Rogers House Intelligence chair</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415413</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415413</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FairHooker11]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:31:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:08:38 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if being woodpeckered is an extremist "sharia punishement"</p>

<p>There is no scientific, peer-reviewed study proving that they aren't </p>
<p>evolved from ancient woodpeckers...</p>
<p>***************************************************</p>	From Wikipedia:	<span>Systematics and evolution</span><span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85)">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodpecker&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Systematics and evolution" rel="external nofollow">edit</a><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85)">]</span></span><p style="color:rgb(37,37,37)">The phylogeny has been updated according to new knowledge about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution" title="Convergent evolution" rel="external nofollow">convergence</a> patterns and evolutionary history.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picidae#cite_note-Benz-15" rel="external nofollow">[15]</a></sup><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picidae#cite_note-Moore-16" rel="external nofollow">[16]</a></sup> Most notably, the relationship of the picine genera has been largely clarified, and it was determined that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillean_Piculet" title="Antillean Piculet" rel="external nofollow">Antillean Piculet</a> is a surviving offshoot of proto-woodpeckers.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(37,37,37)">The evolutionary history of this group is not well documented, but the known fossils allow some preliminary conclusions: the earliest known modern picids were piculet-like forms of the Late<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligocene" title="Oligocene" rel="external nofollow">Oligocene</a>, about 25 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_years_ago" title="Million years ago" rel="external nofollow">million years ago</a> (mya). By that time, however, the group was already present in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas" title="Americas" rel="external nofollow">Americas</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe" rel="external nofollow">Europe</a>, and it is hypothesized that they actually evolved much earlier, maybe as early as the Early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene" rel="external nofollow">Eocene</a> (50 mya). The modern subfamilies appear to be rather young by comparison; until the mid-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene" rel="external nofollow">Miocene</a> (10–15 mya), all picids seem to have been small or mid-sized birds similar to a mixture between a piculet and a wryneck. On the other hand, there exists a feather enclosed in fossil <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber" title="Amber" rel="external nofollow">amber</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic" rel="external nofollow">Dominican Republic</a>, dated to about 25 mya, which seems to indicate that the Nesoctitinae were already a distinct lineage by then.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picidae#cite_note-Grimaldi-17" rel="external nofollow">[17]</a></sup></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37)">Prehistoric representatives of the extant Picidae genera are treated in the genus articles. An enigmatic form based on a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coracoid" title="Coracoid" rel="external nofollow">coracoid</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37)"> found in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliocene" title="Pliocene" rel="external nofollow">Pliocene</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37)"> deposits of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Providence" title="New Providence" rel="external nofollow">New Providence</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37)">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas" title="Bahamas" rel="external nofollow">Bahamas</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37)">, has been described as </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathoceleus_hyphalus" title="Bathoceleus hyphalus" rel="external nofollow">Bathoceleus hyphalus</a></i><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37)"> and probably also is a woodpecker.</span><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picidae#cite_note-Cracraft-18" rel="external nofollow">[18]</a></sup></p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415408</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415408</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[calfoxwc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:08:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:05:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>
What about the Crusades? lol</p>

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Any time now assholes like woody will be here defending these animals.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415406</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415406</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:05:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:04:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/diehardbrownsfan" aria-label="Profile: diehardbrownsfan">@<bdi>diehardbrownsfan</bdi></a> <a href="/post/415395">said</a>:</p><p>Were sending them down to WV.</p></blockquote>
<p>Probably more productive than the pillbillies.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415401</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415401</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicIsForSquares]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:04:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:05:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/logicisforsquares" aria-label="Profile: logicisforsquares">@<bdi>logicisforsquares</bdi></a> <a href="/post/415394">said</a>:</p><div><p>Taking a break from threads about scary illegal immigrants?</p></div></blockquote>
<p>Were sending them down to WV.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415395</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415395</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DieHardBrownsFan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:05:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:47:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Taking a break from threads about scary illegal immigrants? </p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415394</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415394</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicIsForSquares]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:47:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Peaceful Islamic fighters at work on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:41:20 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/15/this-is-how-some-palestinians-are-celebrating-a-kidnapping/" rel="external nofollow">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/15/this-is-how-some-palestinians-are-celebrating-a-kidnapping/</a></p>

<p>And they celebrated 9/11.</p>

<p>They will never change - it's a diseased cult of evil. </p>

<p>In another report, one of the links, they explain that a murdered child,</p>
<p>was the fault of the Israeli military.</p>

<p>Trouble is, the terrorists actually murdered the child for propaganda reasons.</p>

<p>Bad things are coming, a lot of very serious trouble. Here, and over there.</p>]]></description><link>https://brownsboard.com/post/415393</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brownsboard.com/post/415393</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[calfoxwc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:41:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>