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[color="#0000FF"]ISIL declares Khalifate in the parts of Iraq and Syria now under submission/islamic "peace".[/color]

This could turn out really significant. (It is certainly significant that they're actually trying.) Do Indians even know to worry about what this will mean were this to continue unchecked? (The hint is in history books, btw, and in the very meaning of what a Khalifate entails.)



Eventually, when it all comes to the doorstep**, there'll be two choices left open: to fight back OR to roll over. Or to put it from the islamaniac offenders' POV: convert-or-kill.

** I recall a bit from a non-fiction book that may be relevant. Some other time maybe.





1. AFP via Saudi news



arabnews.com/news/594131

ISIL declares ‘caliphate’



[color="#800080"][img caption:][/color] Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

Agence France Presse



Published — Monday 30 June 2014

Last update 30 June 2014 1:19 am



BEIRUT: An offshoot of Al-Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic “Caliphate” and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a statement posted on jihadist websites said on Sunday.



The move is an expansion of the group’s ambitions to wage a holy war and posed a direct challenge to the central leadership of Al-Qaeda, which has already disowned it.



The group, previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as ISIS, has renamed itself “Islamic State” and proclaimed its leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghadi as “Caliph” — the head of the state, the statement said.



“He is the imam and khalifah (Caliph) for the Muslims everywhere,” the group’s spokesman Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani said in the statement, which was translated into several languages and an Arabic audio speech.



[color="#800080"](First thought that entered my mind when the headlines flashed was who was going to be the caliph. I mean, no Khalifate without khalif, right?)[/color]



[color="#0000FF"]“Accordingly, the “Iraq and Sham” (Levant) in the name of the Islamic State is henceforth removed from all official deliberations and communications, and the official name is the Islamic State from the date of this declaration,” he said.



Charles Lister, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, saw considerable significance in the move.

“Whatever judgments are made in terms of its legitimacy, (the) announcement that it has restored the Caliphate is likely the most significant development in international jihadism since 9/11.



“The impact of this announcement will be global as Al-Qaeda affiliates and independent jihadist groups must now definitively choose to support and join the Islamic State or to oppose it.”



Fighters from the group overran the Iraqi city of Mosul last month and have advanced toward Baghdad. In Syria they have captured territory in the north and east, along the frontier with Iraq.



“It is incumbent upon all Muslims to pledge allegiance to (him) and support him...The legality of all emirates, groups, states, and organizations, becomes null by the expansion of the khalifah’s authority and arrival of its troops to their areas,” the statement said.[/color]



[color="#800080"]("The legality of all Emirates, ... (islamaniacs) states, ... becomes null". <- Wait, does this mean the 2022 soccer games in Qatar are off? Oh it's going to be such a disappointment to the Hindus held hostage in Qatar and forced to work to their deaths to make it all happen. No?)[/color]



(Reporting by Sylvia Westall in Beirut and Ali Abdelaty in Cairo)

And that's why it WILL impact India too and ceases to be a little ME inter-islamaniac tete-a-tete.



But, Quick Shiite Iraqis and Iranians etc. Declare an anti-pope I mean anti-caliph - or several - and confuse the global ummah as to whom they should cluster around. Decentralisation could defuse it, after a period of continued warfare - but considering the Sunnis have already brought the war to the Shiites, it's not going to be any different, just levels the playing ground.





2. smh.com.au/world/iraq-crisis-isil-militants-declare-caliphate-20140630-zsqcg.html

Iraq crisis: ISIL militants declare 'Caliphate'

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[img caption:] Iraqi forces launch offensive in Tikrit

Iraq's army initiate a campaign to retake militant-held Tikrit, the birthplace of former president Saddam Hussein.



June 30, 2014 - 7:16AM



Baghdad: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sunni militants fighting across Syria and Iraq – have proclaimed the establishment of a “caliphate” in a move that experts say could signal the birth of a new era of transnational jihadism.



Now calling itself the Islamic State, the group has called on all other related Sunni factions, including al-Qaeda, to pledge their allegiance to the new state, which it says stretches from Aleppo in Syria to Diyala in Iraq.



"Put simply, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has declared war on Al-Qaeda."



In a statement distributed online on Sunday – the newly-minted Islamic State declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as "the caliph" and "leader for Muslims everywhere". Baghdadi is thought to be the leader and strategic thinker behind ISIL.



[Img caption:] Iraq battlegrounds.



Its announcement that it has restored the Caliphate “is likely the most significant development in international jihadism since 9/11,” said Charles Lister, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Centre who studies jihadist groups.



“The impact of this announcement will be global as al-Qaeda affiliates and independent jihadist groups must now definitively choose to support and join the Islamic State or to oppose it.”



[color="#0000FF"]The group’s statement – translated from Arabic into English, French, Russian and German – made it clear it would perceive any group that failed to pledge allegiance an enemy of Islam,” Mr Lister said.[/color]

[color="#800080"](And btw,that includes any SIMI and Lashkar-e-Toiba etc islamaniacs infesting India too.)[/color]



[img caption:] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have declared a "caliphate". Photo: Reuters



[color="#0000FF"]Already, this new Islamic State has received statements of support and opposition from jihadist factions in Syria, he confirmed.



Released on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the statement establishing a caliphate, a system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, reads: “Here the flag of the Islamic State … rises and flutters. Its shade covers land from Aleppo [Syria] and Diyala [Iraq].[/color]



[color="#0000FF"]“The infidels are disgraced. The Sunnis are masters and are esteemed. The people of heresy are humiliated. The Sharia penalties are implemented, all of them.[/color]



[color="#800080"](Note: Shiites are being referred to. How many Shiites in India, btw? Time to ask: So Shiites, how does it feel to not be part of allah's brotherhood - despite the recruitment advertising - and to not be top of the food chain? Not too late to forswear non-existent allah, the puppet of that ventriloquist madman mohammed and join the free world in ridding it of islamania...)[/color]



[color="#0000FF"]“The front lines are defended, crosses and graves demolished. Governors and judges have been appointed, a tax has been enforced and courts will resolve disputes and complaints.”[/color]



[color="#800080"]("Oh poor christos. Did your islamaniac brethren demolish your crosses and graves. Poor you." And is this merely a minor and partial payback for Syrian christomania destroying one ancient Hellenistic temple after another? Still, Syria's Syrian christians are less scary than the Syrian christians infesting India. For the same reason that islamaniacs working for dar-ul-islam in a Dar-ul-harb are scarier than those already in an islamic state.)[/color]



[img captions:] ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Photo: Reuters



[color="#FF0000"]ISIL, also known as ISIS, already controls large swathes of northern Iraq after a sustained assault which began with the overthrow of Iraqi control of the country’s second largest city of Mosul, near the Syrian border, on June 9.



Over the last two years it has established a strong presence in parts of Syria, controlling key oil fields in eastern Syria in the area bordering Iraq, levying taxes and other penalties and implementing strict Sharia law on besieged communities.



“Geographically, ISIS is already fully operational in Iraq and Syria; it has a covert presence in southern Turkey, appears to be establishing a small presence in Lebanon; and has supporters in Jordan, Gaza, the Sinai, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere,” Mr Lister said. “This could well be the birth of a totally new era of transnational jihadism.”[/color]



The announcement was also interpreted as a threat to al-Qaeda and its long-held position of leadership of the international jihadist cause.



“Put simply, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has declared war on al-Qaeda.”

[color="#800080"](No one minds if they kill each other dead - or all of christoislamia. But they won't leave the rest of the world alone once they're done.)[/color]



[color="#0000FF"]Baghdadi took over the group in 2010. Back then ISI, as it was known, :how-appropriate: was aligned to al-Qaeda[/color] and in a weakened state following a surge of US forces deployed to Iraq and the coalition of Sunni tribal groups that fought against al-Qaeda’s presence in the country. But under his leadership the group thrived and is now believed to be the wealthiest militant organisation in the world with assets in the billions, “simultaneously implementing harsh mediaeval justice and a whole range of modern social services”, Mr Lister said.



Relations between between ISIL and its prior incarnations and al-Qaeda have been fraught with distrust, open competition, and outright hostility, said Aaron Zelin, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, describing the two groups as “now in an open war for supremacy of the global jihadist movement”.



ISIL “holds an advantage but the battle is not over yet,” he wrote in the institute’s journal.



Meanwhile, a fierce battle raged in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit after the Iraqi military, backed by Shiite militia, launched an offensive to try to take back Tikrit from Sunni insurgents after they lost control of the area on June 11.



And while the military and Iraqi state television claimed security forces had had cleared the centre of the city of militants, it appeared the army had been pushed back 15 kilometres from the city as the insurgents fought back, Tikrit residents said.

3. euronews.com/2014/06/30/isil-renames-itself-islamic-state-and-declares-caliphate-in-captured-territory/

ISIL renames itself ‘Islamic State’ and declares Caliphate in captured territory

30/06 01:14 CET



•Tikrit battle continues as Iraq attempts to recapture town from ISIL



[color="#0000FF"]The group previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has renamed itself “Islamic State” and has established a caliphate over territory it has captured in both Syria and Iraq.[/color]



Its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been declared the “caliph for Muslims everywhere” in a statement posted on Twitter and several Islamic websites.



Meanwhile, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence has released footage reportedly showing troops advancing on the northern city of Tikrit with the aim of regaining control with an assault backed by tanks and helicopters



Security officials said the army is coordinating its campaign, which was launched on Saturday, with the United States.



If the Tikrit operation is successful it could help to restore a degree of faith in the Iraqi security forces and be a boost to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government.



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4. rferl.org/content/article/25438892.html

(Radio Free Europe)

Monday, June 30, 2014

Iraq Continues Counterattack, ISIL Declares 'Caliphate'



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By RFE/RL

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Iraqi forces have been pressing with a counteroffensive to retake the northern city of Tikrit as Sunni-led jihadists who captured large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria declared a "caliphate."



Army helicopters struck at rebel positions and clashes broke out in various parts of Tikrit on June 29, a day after troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships launched their operation to retake the city from the insurgents led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) -- an Al-Qaeda splinter group.



Witnesses reported waves of government air strikes in central Tikrit.



ISIL captured Tikrit earlier this month as they swept across large parts of northern and western Iraq.



On June 29, ISIL declared a "caliphate," or Islamist state, extending from Aleppo in northern Syria to Diyala in Iraq.



In an audio recording distributed online, ISIL spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was quoted as saying the group declared its chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, "caliph” and "leader for Muslims everywhere."



Meanwhile, the Iraqi government said it had received the first five Sukhoi attack aircraft from Russia to help it fight the insurgents.



Security officials said five second-hand Sukhoi attack aircraft would enter service within a few days, and that more were on their way.



The Iraqi Defense Ministry said the planes were SU-25s.



The planes are believed to have been bought by the Iraqi government in a deal reportedly worth $500 million.



An Iraqi official said pilots from former dictator Saddam Hussein's air force would fly the planes.



Su-25s are designed for ground attack, which would make them useful for Iraqi forces trying to root out ISIL-led militants from a string of towns and cities they have seized.



[color="#0000FF"]A spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said hundreds of soldiers have been killed since the insurgent offensive was launched on June 9, while the UN puts the overall death toll at over 1,000, mostly civilians.[/color]



Maliki, a Shi'a, has been blamed for failing to promote national reconciliation.



[color="#800080"](Note that in Iraq, under Saddam, Sunnis apparently made up most of the army. Post-Saddam, Shiites made up most of the army. Neither side quite trusted the other, but it's all come to actual blows now.)[/color]



He has come under increasing pressure to form an inclusive government after the April elections.



Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, this week called on political blocs to agree on the next prime minister by July 1, when the new parliament meets.



The National Coalition led by former Prime Minister Iyad Alawi announced on June 29 that it won’t attend the session “unless the political powers put a road map to stop the security deterioration and heal the rift within the country."



With reporting by AP, Reuters, AFP, BBC, RIA, and ITAR-TASS

I'm sure Indians will be sleepwalking as usual, continuing to listen to morons and more morons and then Super-morons and then Ultra-Morons.

Oh well. Victory tends to be to those who want it.



Whether Indians will it or not - and whether the BJP "development ra-ra" govt wills it or not - "Development" will soon be off the menu, if islamania advances (and it certainly intends to): since India is rather high up on Jihad's menu. I mean, when the islamaniacs were threatening to make mincemeat I mean mughalistan out of Dar-ul-Harb Hindoo-stan, people didn't think they were just playacting right?

I don't know about others, but I was never a fan of cannibal stew - either from inside or outside of the pot. But rather outside than in...





5. [color="#0000FF"]Also relevant is[/color]

nbcnews.com/storyline/iraq-turmoil/more-extreme-al-qaeda-how-isis-compares-other-terror-groups-n135516?ocid=msnhp&pos=1

[color="#0000FF"]ISIS: More extreme than Al-Qaeda[/color]

(which IIRC had a tell-tale quote by Kerry)







And today's news was (excerpted from the various news sources linked above):

ISIL declares ‘caliphate’

“Whatever judgments are made in terms of its legitimacy, (the) announcement that it has restored the Caliphate is likely the most significant development in international jihadism since 9/11.



[color="#0000FF"]“The impact of this announcement will be global as Al-Qaeda affiliates and independent jihadist groups must now definitively choose to support and join the Islamic State or to oppose it.”



“It is incumbent upon all Muslims to pledge allegiance to (him) and support him...The legality of all emirates, groups, states, and organizations, becomes null by the expansion of the khalifah’s authority and arrival of its troops to their areas,” the statement said.[/color]



The group’s statement – translated from Arabic into English, French, Russian and German – made it clear it would perceive any group that failed to pledge allegiance an enemy of Islam,” Mr Lister said.

[color="#800080"](And btw, that includes any SIMI and Lashkar-e-Toiba etc islamaniac groups and individuals infesting India too.)[/color]



Already, this new Islamic State has received statements of support and opposition from jihadist factions in Syria, he confirmed.



Released on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the statement establishing a caliphate, a system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, reads: “Here the flag of the Islamic State … rises and flutters. Its shade covers land from Aleppo [Syria] and Diyala [Iraq].



“The infidels are disgraced. The Sunnis are masters and are esteemed. The people of heresy are humiliated. The Sharia penalties are implemented, all of them.



“Geographically, ISIS is already fully operational in Iraq and Syria; it has a covert presence in southern Turkey, appears to be establishing a small presence in Lebanon; and has supporters in Jordan, Gaza, the Sinai, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere,” Mr Lister said. “This could well be the birth of a totally new era of transnational jihadism.”