[RealJustme]

Taliban launch deadly, night-long attack on high-profile Pakistan airport. ISLAMABAD, June 9 (Reuters) - Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed Pakistan's busiest airport on Sunday and at least 27 people were killed in a dramatic night-long battle at one of the country's most high-profile targets.


The assault on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan's sprawling commercial hub of 18 million people, all but destroys prospects for peace talks between the Pakistani Taliban and the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

It also deals a heavy blow to Sharif's efforts to attract foreign investors to revive economic growth and raises questions about security at the country's main installations. Gun battles raged through the night. Passengers were evacuated and all flights were diverted. The government said security was being stepped up at all airports throughout the country.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif explained that peace talks had been working and the Taliban had all but laid down their weapons but something has resurrected their extremist goals, over the last week attacks were being seen in several Pakistani cities where violence hadn't been seen for years.

Now what could have had happened to give the Taliban hope to start back fighting and walk away from peace talks?

[johnforbes]

The lies about Benghazi were to push a campaign narrative that terrorism was quelled by the death of bin Laden.

Of course, that was not true, and the Bergdahl exchange merely invigorated terrorists.

[RealJustme]

Critics predicted this would happen after the release of the 5 top terrorists. First Pakistan now Iraq, all within a week of the release. The second largest city in Iraq has fallen within hours to terrorist after it took years of fighting and thousands of lives to gain control of. The terrorists now have control of over 600 million in weapons left behind by the United States.

Militants Overrun Iraq's Second-Largest City As Government Forces Flee. Mosul Strike Is Serious Blow to Baghdad's Efforts to Control Widening Insurgency. BAGHDAD—Al Qaeda-inspired militants seized control of Iraq's second-largest city on Tuesday in a brazen military operation that underscored the weakness of the Baghdad government across vast swaths of the country.

Hours after government forces fled Mosul in disarray following four days of fighting, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a nationwide "state of maximum preparedness" but didn't indicate whether government forces were mobilizing to retake the Iraqi city, 220 miles north of the capital Baghdad.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the capture of Mosul, the scene of major fighting between al Qaeda and U.S. troops and Iraqi forces during the nearly nine-year American presence in the country.

But videos point to rebels aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS. They show victorious insurgents waving black flags emblazoned with an Islamic script, which that are brandished by al Qaeda militants world-wide. Others carried pictures of the 5 recently released Taliban leaders.

Residents of Mosul said they were shocked at the ease of the rebel takeover of government buildings, television stations and military installations where U.S.-supplied fighter airplanes, helicopters and other heavy weaponry are based.