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Subject: Islamic State uses high grade captured weapons to fight Assad troops in Syria
CJH    7/27/2014 9:46:40 PM
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"The change of tactics by Islamic State follows the gradual weakening of the western-backed rebels, who are squeezed between the jihadists and the regime. They declared war on the Islamic State in January, hoping that tackling the extremists would encourage more military backing from the West and its allies.

That backing never came, and with thousands of opposition fighters dying in the battles between competing rebel forces, the regime has advanced across key battlegrounds in the centre and north of the country, including Aleppo."

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"Meanwhile, in a series of lightning raids and defections, Islamic State managed to drive out competitors from most of the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, and seized major oilfields from the regime."

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"Islamic State has been emboldened by the success of its sweep into Iraq, where it captured the major cities of Mosul and Tikrit following their earlier seizure of much of Anbar province, along with allies among the country's Sunni minority.

More importantly, it seized large quantities of high-grade Iraqi military equipment, much of which is thought to have been taken into Syria for the current offensive. "

 
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