{"id":68593,"date":"2016-10-25T12:33:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68593"},"modified":"2016-10-25T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:33:27","slug":"sniper-of-mosul-a-force-multiplier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68593","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sniper of Mosul&#8221; a force multiplier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2016\/10\/25\/sniper-mosul-strikes-fear-in-hearts-isis-fighters.html\">Fox News<\/a>, there&#8217;s a fellow in Mosul who is sniping away at ISIS leadership. His presence is encouraging the locals left in the city to resist their occupiers as the Iraqi forces plod toward the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The gunman has been targeting extremists in Mosul for several days now as Iraqi-led coalition forces continue their battle to retake the jihadi stronghold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe emergence of the \u2018Sniper of Mosul,\u2019 as the residents call him, increased the pace of the popular resistance against ISIS,\u201d Al Sumaria News reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presence of the sniper in four neighborhoods emphasizes that there are many snipers and not only one.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/556302\/ISIS-Mosul-Sniper-Crackshot-Executioner-Assassination-Killing-Mysterious-Death-Squad-Siege\">Daily Star<\/a> tells how the sniper disrupted a public execution;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sick jihadis had gathered for the execution of the teenage boy who was accused with supporting resistance movements within the city in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>As the executioner took aim to behead the boy, the sniper opened fire \u2013 blasting the monster and killing him.<\/p>\n<p>Terrified terrorists began opening fire randomly after the sniper\u2019s attack as they panicked, according to Al Sumaria News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The teenager was gunned down before he could escape, but the message to jihadists is the same one received by the civilians;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Death squads waging a guerrilla war on ISIS have brazenly gunned down jihadis leaders in broad daylight shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Women in burqas have also been part of their campaign, gunning down ISIS commanders at checkpoints using pistols hidden beneath their veils.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Snipers can&#8217;t win the battle for Mosul, but they&#8217;re apparently contributing significantly to the strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Fox News, there&#8217;s a fellow in Mosul who is sniping away at ISIS leadership. &hellip; <a title=\"&#8220;Sniper of Mosul&#8221; a force multiplier\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68593\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Sniper of Mosul&#8221; a force multiplier<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-terror-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}