Ramadi "falls to Islamic State"

[beschizza]

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[kpkpkp]

Much of Iraq is sparsely populated… Ramadi, on the other hand… (2003 population density map)

[pixleshifter]

Daesh will fracture back to its native state of aggregated warlords soon enough if they do manage to capture the whole territory, and it’ll start all over again.

[Mister44]

Well, even though he was a murdering, raping, torturing bastard, Saddam at least knew how to keep his people in line.

[daneel]

By being a murdering, raping, torturing bastard, mostly.

But at least he was “our” murdering, raping, torturing bastard, for a bit.