Updated: Friday Global War on Terror Roundup

Today's roundup of articles related to the new phase of the global war on terror begins with a UK Telegraph article describing the military strategy and tactics of ISIL/ISIS and its use of sophisticated military technology.

Sharing a border with Isil - the world's most dangerous state

Algeria
Algerian Islamic militants behead French hostage
‘Cruel and cowardly’ – France in shock at jihadist murder of Hervé Gourdel

Australia
Australian terror suspect may not have acted alone

Iraq
Iraqi forces retake two besieged areas in west - police chief
ISIS Overruns Iraqi Army Base Near Baghdad, Executes 300 Soldiers
Teenage Girl Who Escaped ISIS Tells of Rape, Forced Conversion by Islamic Militants
Iraqi woman activist killed by Islamic State

Nigeria
Is the leader of Boko Haram really dead?
The fearsome mystique of the Boko Haram leader who can’t be killed

Pakistan
Pakistan's Leader Wants ISIS to Succeed

Saudi Arabia
Death threats for Saudi pilots after raids on jihadis

Syria
New: Shells land in Turkey as Islamic State advances on Syrian border town
The Khorasan group: 5 things to know
'Imminent attack plotting' may not mean an attack is all that imminent

Turkey
Turkey weighs risk of military role against Islamic State
Kurds Turn on Erdogan Amid Border Chaos
IS advance spells trouble for Turkey's Kurdish peace process
Turkey shifts tone on IS but action awaited
U.S., France warn citizens of risk of attacks in Turkey
Turkey ready to join ISIS fight?
Turkey, still coy, joins fight against militants

United Kingdom
UK police arrest 2 more men in counter-terrorism investigation
Britain arrests nine in operation against Islamist militants
Britain makes 9 arrests in Islamist crackdown

United States
Leaders’ Speeches at U.N. Show Delicacy of Mission Against ISIS Militants
Terrorist Attack On NYC, Paris Subways: ISIS Allegedly Plots Attacks On U.S., French Soil, Iraq PM Says
The slow, long fight against ISIS: airstrikes, ground foibles
Pentagon Expects Islamic State to Rebound after Syria Airstrikes
Pentagon says it will take years to retrain Iraqi forces. Why so long?
Bill O'Reilly's own guest mocks his plan to defeat the Islamic State

What Bill O' Reilly proposes is a VERY, VERY BAD IDEA as anyone who has studied the history of warfare, military campaigns, and the use of mercenary armies and mercenaries knows. The Western Roman Empire increasingly relied upon mercenaries during its declining years. Mercenaries, however, proved unreliable as they could and did turn on their paymasters. The Roman legionnaires would train the mercenaries in Roman military tactics and provide them with Roman equipment. The mercenaries would then use the tactics and equipment against the Roman legionnaires. The use of mercenaries would contribute to the fall of Constantinople and the remains of the Eastern Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire in 1543.The fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Roman Empire, which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years. It dealt a massive blow to Christendom, enabling the Ottoman armies to advance freely into Europe without an adversary to their rear.

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