
“As they surged towards the capital, one faction from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant staged a jubilant parade of American Humvee patrol cars seized from the collapsing Iraqi army complete with a flypast in captured former U.S. helicopters. In a sign of increasing concern, President Barack Obama abruptly changed course on Iraq last night, saying that he wouldn’t ‘rule out anything’ as he searches for ways to help the ailing Iraqi army push back the terrorist horde. In a video released last night, masked ISIS fighters waved the black flag of the Islamic State and flashed the ‘V’ sign while some shouted ‘towards Baghdad!’ as they paraded in stolen Humvees.”
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