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Recap: 'Glee' - 'Furt'
There are times when I get asked about a certain show the following question: "What episode should I watch to get what it's all about?" That's usually a hard question to answer, because most of the shows I tend to love are highly serialized and jumping into a particular episode might leave a newbie lost at sea. Recommending "The Constant" to someone looking to get what the fuss about "Lost" is all about wouldn't help said person know if the show was for them: they would just stare strangely at the screen and secretly hate me. But for people that want to understand the sum total of "Glee," the extreme highs as well as the frustrating lows, then I would point them directly towards tonight's installment, "Furt." It's the Rosetta Stone of the show.
[Full recap of Tuesday (Nov. 23) "Glee" after the break...]
Throughout what I've felt has been a frustrating second season, I've railed against the show's insistence on focusing on the adults of this world more than the students. But in watching just about everything related to Burt and Carole, it's more a matter of "Glee" simply not showing the proper adults onscreen more often. I'm not quite sure what it is about Mike O'Malley that takes the show from maddening inconsistency to almost uniform excellence when onscreen, but if it means the show has to forego Will/Emma/Sue in order to buy him more screen time, well, then that seems like an easy path towards take the show to the next level.
All too often, characters in "Glee" change based on whatever story the show wishes to tell that week. I've seen so many variations on Finn, Rachel, and the rest of New Directions (often in the same episode) that it's easy to lose count. But, to tie things back to the aforementioned "Lost," Burt Hummel is the show's constant, primarily because his character is so consistent. It should seem obvious that characters need organic character arcs in order to grow, but "Glee" usually doesn't feel it needs to abide by such rules. However, in Burt the show has shown a steady, sure hand, which grounds everything around him and most importantly gives him a singular place from which to grow.
Even given Burt's overall awesomeness, I found everything surrounding his nuptials to Carole quite moving. For some, the vows may have been too Kurt-centric for their liking (as was Finn's best man speech), but those vows were in service to defending him during the worst part of his life. The show can be overly Kurt-centric, to be sure, as a general rule. He often serves as character through which the writers on the show can eulogize/rant, all but breaking the fourth wall in order to directly convey what they feel. But being able to plan that wedding gave him a much needed break from his bullying at the hands of David, and those vows sought to assure him that he would have people who loved him long after that ceremony was over. It worked for me in this case, though I can see why it wouldn't have worked for everyone.
As for New Directions' sudden rally to Kurt's side: you could chalk it up to inconsistent writing, as I normally would, or you can look at it as an instantaneous defense perimeter established upon true recognition of Kurt's position. While the show sort of dropped the ball on the bullying storyline last week, they didn't completely forget it, which counts as a minor miracle in terms of continuity on this show. So while this was weeks in the making from our perspective, it came out of the blue for the glee club. Having them rally to Kurt's side immediately (with Finn the exception) drove home the point established in the season opener: these people have essentially only each upon which to rely, and they need to take that responsibility seriously.
As for Finn's sudden regression to the semi-homophobic, entirely immature take towards Kurt's plight at the episode's start: that was "Glee" having the wedding song in mind and then working backwards in order to achieve that moment.* That's not a bad way to break down a story in theory, but doesn't work when you break it in the context of a single episode that ignores character moments that have come before it. Where this story needed to be worked back towards was "Theatricality," when Finn's slur kicked the tension between the two into the stratosphere…until it didn't…only to start up again…but then dissipate…only to reemerge just in time for dance lessons for the wedding. Did every episode between "Theatricality" and "Furt" have to deal with the ice melting between the two? Of course not. But having a clear through line between the episodes that now makes sense in retrospect would have taken what was a great moment tonight and turn it into an actually great STORY.**
* That being said, was anyone else weirded out by "Glee" keeping all the female pronouns in "Just The Way You Are" for a song sung to Kurt? Normally I'd chalk this up to the show picking a song that has the proper vibe, if not totally perfect lyrics, EXCEPT for the fact that lyrics in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" were completely twisted and changed to fit the format. A small thing to nitpick, but it really stood out.
** That "Glee" always goes for the moment at expense of its overall story is why so many episodes leave individuals so giddy in the immediate aftermath, even if it leaves people like me who look at the sum total of the show's output shaking their head wondering what could have been.)
All of this would have been utter crap had the bullying storyline ended with David's expulsion, as I feared for most of the episode that it had. Seeing David's dad (another "Lost" connection there, in the form of Daniel "Arzt" Roebuck) escort him out, I got the sinking feeling that "Glee" felt that was a satisfactory conclusion to this little arc. Thankfully, the show decided that actual stakes were needed in this storyline, and chose to allow David to come back in order to introduce something else often foreign to "Glee": impactful change.
How long Kurt actually stays at Tolerance Hogwarts (aka, Dalton Academy) is up in the air at this point, but I choose to look not at when they show will revert back to the status quo so much as admire that they chose to change anything at all. Having Jesse St. James arrive on the scene last season wasn't a change so much as a stunt, but having Kurt leave at this point does show that, for once, actions on this show have repercussions. Moreover, Kurt's leaving feels fairly organic: even if Kurt believes in his heart that the club has his back, that's little comfort to Burt and Carole. (It also gives "Glee" the chance to have David infiltrate Tolerance Hogwarts like the overweight, self-loathing, closeted Voldemort he is.)
Moves like this, both big and small, make "Glee" feel less like something that hits the reset button on a weekly basis and more like a show that reflects the ongoing lives of its inhabitants. This episode not only showed the culmination of several long-gestating issues (primarily, the awkward Finn/Kurt interactions), but also showed it remembered events that even audiences might have forgotten about (Finn losing his virginity to Santana). That doesn't mean that the show has solved all its problems (Sectionals has always seemed less like something the group has been preparing for and more like a dentist appointment that it's been delaying), but if I spend review after review railing against the show's short-term memory, I owe the show recognition when it bucks that trend.
With all the good on the wedding/bullying front, it was downright disappointing to see all of the show's worst trends on display in Sue's storyline this week. Everything about Burt/Carole works in a vacuum, but suffers when placed alongside Sue's desire to marry herself while her Nazi-hunting mother (Carol Burnett, in a thankless role) blows into town to raise havoc. The Sue in that storyline bore absolutely no relationship to the rather levelheaded one in Kurt's storyline, almost as if one of the shapeshifters from "Fringe" stepped into one of them in order to let Sue seemingly be in two places at the same time. "Glee" either long stopped knowing what to do with Sue or long stopped caring. It's difficult to assess from the outside looking in. But she definitely falls into the Cosmo Kramer school of characterization that applies to so many on this show: she's whatever the show needs her to be that week, any relation to previous incarnations be damned.
But Sue's corner (or Corner, given her local TV role) of the episode didn't ultimately sink the episode so much as serve as an onscreen contrast to all that was great about "Furt," and in turn, about "Glee" in general. At its best, both its musical and non-musical aspects are transcendental emotional. Often, the show uses music as a crutch to evoke emotion as opposed to a vehicle through which to express it. But "Marry You" was great not because it literally described the scene but provided an outlet for various people in the show to demonstrate character in a heightened yet believable manner. It was the type of sequence that only "Glee" is capable of at this moment on television, and when it actually nails these chances, the whole show soars. Once it throws off the dead weight that's currently holding it down, this show will truly be something special.
Did this wedding-centric ep stand out for you, or leave you wanting to leave the show at the altar? Did Kurt's departure feel like a stunt, or a smart way to shake things up? Leave your thoughts below!

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Field Mushroom & Artichoke Risotto
The restaurant we went to was The Glass House in St Andrews and we will definitely be going back again. The whole meal was delicious, the interior was very sleek and modern, with lots of levels, nooks and crannies and the staff were charming.
To start, I had a baked field mushroom topped with garlic butter, grilled goats cheese and a parmesan and herb crumb and then I followed that with more mushrooms, namely the wild mushroom, sundried tomato and artichoke risotto with fresh basil and parmesan cheese. You can see where this is going, can't you? To finish off I managed to make some room for a mixed fruit cheesecake, which was thankfully quite small or I would have popped! I knew I was going to have to have that risotto again soon and so I made it for dinner last night. I left out the sun-dried tomatoes, as I didn't really appreciate them in this dish and I do think the risotto was better without them.
Field Mushroom & Artichoke Risotto
2 tbsp olive oil
1 fat clove garlic, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 large field mushrooms, sliced
½ jar artichoke antipasti, drained and rinsed and chopped (280g jar)
1 cup arborio rice
3 cups vegetable stock
1 cup white wine
1 tbsp dried parsley
1 knob butter
salt & freshly ground black pepper
freshly grated vegetarian parmesan to serve
Fry the mushrooms in 1 tbsp olive oil until soft and succulent, before adding the artichoke pieces.
In a heavy bottomed pan, saute the onion and garlic in 1 tbsp olive oil until the onion is soft and translucent. Add the rice and mix through until well coated with the oil. Add a ladleful of hot stock and stir until the liquid is absorbed. Continue in this fashion with the rest of the stock and the wine, until the rice is creamy, but still has a little bite to it.
Add the mushrooms and artichokes to the risotto. Season to taste and then add a knob of butter and mix through until the butter has melted.
Serve with freshly grated vegetarian parmesan and enjoy.
Serves 2-3 (depending on the need for another spoonful)
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Ohhhh, Cooper is SO adorable!! Congratulations on his first restaurant outing! :-) Such a grand restaurant outing it was, too, and your recreation of the risotto even grander! Mushrooms and artichokes definitely equal culinary heaven for me... :-)ReplyDelete
It did go well Astra, it was a really good night :)ReplyDelete
cooper looks so snuggly and warm - very exciting to go to a restaurant as a family with him - and that risotto sounds great - I want to try it.ReplyDelete
This looks really tasty. I love mushroom risotto, and adding artichokes sounds fabulous. Sun dried tomatoes don't seem right though, your version looks much nicer!ReplyDelete
Cooper looks so snuggly in that hat, so cute!
Hi Johanna, It could have been a very different experience, if he had woken up hungry :)ReplyDelete
Thanks Jenny :)
That risotto sounds amazing!ReplyDelete
Cooper is such a sweetie!
Mmm, artichokes and risotto - two of my favourites!ReplyDelete
There is always, always a need for another spoonful. Also, I'm really happy you said this worked well without the sun-dried tomato, as my mum is allergic but we both adore artichokes. And mushrooms. And risotto. So thank you for the lovely-looking recipe!ReplyDelete
Your bub is just so cute! Thankgoodness he slept and didnt scream haha i always feel sorry for parents whose kids start screaming in the middle of an outing.ReplyDelete
The risotto looks great! I might have to keep this recipe in mind.
Ive tried to recreate recipes from restaurants many times and i can never seem to get it quite the same.
I think Cooper was appreciating the expereince Jacqueline. He decided he would go to sleep and let mummy and daddy enjoy their meal. What a treasure he is for being so considerate, don't you think.ReplyDelete
I've never been to St Andrews, worth a visit one-day, but not for the golf.
Artichokes in risotto, now I haven't tried that one. Sounds good.
Wait till he starts walking - it wont b so enjoyable then!!!ReplyDelete
I so love good risotto's & this is one great one!!ReplyDelete
MMMMMM,...Cooper is so lovely & cute,...aaah,..oooh,...
Artichoke, mushrooms and cheese...can't top that one. Looks great. Glad you were able to get out to a restaurant with the baby.ReplyDelete
Awe - Cooper looks so sweet! All snug as a bug too.ReplyDelete
The artichoke antipasti adds that extra dimension here J. I just love risotto and have one planned soon!ReplyDelete
Don't you love finding great new restaurants? Cooper is so darn cute!! The risotto looks creamy and delicious - I love artichokes and mushrooms.ReplyDelete
wow I love mushroom risotto, and adding artichokes sounds fabulous. Sun dried tomatoes don't seem right though, your version looks much nicer!ReplyDelete
Mmm - yum! Two of my favourite vegetables in a risotto - a surefire winner in this household :)ReplyDelete
That risotto looks delish!ReplyDelete
And... "baked field mushroom topped with garlic butter, grilled goats cheese and a parmesan and herb crumb"... sweet mother of mercy that sounds heavenly!!
Your son looks adorable in his little carry cot :)
I love it when I get inspired by something in a restaurant and can cook a better version of it at home! And Cooper's going to be a right little foodie when he grows up, isn't he?!ReplyDelete
O sweet sweet baby;-) Babies sleep a lot during this time.. enjoy your times outside :-)ReplyDelete
Did you say artichoke and mushroom? I am in love with both. i think I need to come over ...
Thanks Pam :)ReplyDelete
Hi SJ, artichokes are more and more becoming a favourite of mine.
Hey Hannah, I do hope you enjoy this sans-tomatoes then :)
You just don't know how glad I am, that he didn't scream Rose :)
I think he is very considerate Mangocheeks. You really must plan a day trip to St Andrews, it is a wonderful place filled with lots of lovely independent shops, cafes, a great kitchenware shop, not to mention the lovely architecture and cobbled streets.
Thanks for that Beth, LOL!
Thanks Sophie, I think so too!
It's yummy TB :)
He was cosy Chele, but he hates getting into that car seat!
It is such great comfort food, isn't it Val :)
I was really pleased to find this restaurant Pam and will be going back there asap :)
Thank you Master CWL :)
Hope you try it then Spaghetti :)
The starter was really, really mouthwatering Catherine :)
Yay, you know how to say exactly the right thing Alex. This month's No Croutons Required calls for you to recreate a restaurant soup or salad :D
It is well finished Soma, but if you are ever over this way, I will cook it for you!
wow I love mushroom risotto. I love mushroom risotto, and adding artichokes sounds fabulous. Sun dried tomatoes don't seem right though, your version looks much nicer!ReplyDelete
Wonderful Risotto Jacqueline, however my attention is focused entirely on your gorgeous little dumpling! He is lovely. Nice to hear that you are out and about having delicious food with your 'wee' man with you. Lucie xReplyDelete
This looks really tasty. Thank goodness he slept and didn't scream ha ha I always feel sorry for parents whose kids start screaming in the middle of an outing.ReplyDelete
Cooper is so cute. It is nice to go to dinner as parents. Our boys used to sleep through meals. Now they entertain us. :)ReplyDelete
It will depend upon the flavors in the risotto, but I can't see why they wouldn't, unless of course you had some unusual flavours.ReplyDelete
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Refrigerate until serving time.
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Calories 1288 Calories from Fat 906
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 102 g157.3%
Saturated Fat 45.8 g228.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 289 mg96.3%
Sodium 1958.7 mg81.6%
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Sugars 16.4 g
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Match date: 27 Sep | Posted: 26 Sep 01:38 2011 GMT+2. Tip viewed 1134 times.
A match from the first round of WTA Tokyo with a prize money worth more than 2$ milion. Peng is 15th right-hand player in WTA tour, she is coming here ready for this tournament after the lost from Flavia Penneta in the quarter-finale in US Open. She loves to play on hard, in this season 35/10. Peng is a baseline player, she is fast and has strong shoots. Her best weapon is mental power, she is calm and motivated before every point. Most of the points against weak servers wins on returs because her two-hand forhand is deep enough to take the opponent out of balance and without a chance to be into the point. From the other side Craybas is a veteran, the 37 years old american loves to play tennis and all this matches are making pleasure. She is 117th player in the world, it's coming here with bad run from 4 tournament. All tournamets for her finished in the first round and I have to add that she is qualifier. Everything what she is doing for the tennis is a praise but she is in deep age of sport, the body balance is not at some level like good prepared top players and the shoots are not strong and deep to make problems on opponent serve. Peng has everything to make one easy win and for sure she wants to finish this match as soon as possible and IMO she can breaks at least three times and to make this pick to pass. I expect win in straight sets.
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Oversold, and its been holding at January's low. The shorts were starting to look for an exit on Friday afternoon. Volume and trend is up for now.
Good luck to all longs.
Sentiment: Buy
Not a bad call so far. Maybe I'll start blogging. Note the April 12 StreetAuthority article stating that the stock is a buy. "...Technically, shares have bounced off a triple bottom in the $29 range and have pushed higher to the $33 area. I like this stock right now with a 12-month target price of $43".
Good luck to all longs, and of course to the shorts. You will need it more.
Too much overhead supply from $40+ bagholders to continue move higher. Sell the bounce.
too much volume. could be a three day trend. I am in for the long term anyway, think I would be more likely to buy dips.
Thanks for the advice, but with 7.5 million shares short I'll take my chances on the long side for a few days...
didn't realize they were 20% shorts out there. Pains in the buttox
Actually 30% of float. They've done well so far, but the risks are increasing.
This had one of the lowest volume days of the last 6 months and you think the Shorts were looking for a exit. They found a exit back on the gap down day. There were lots of shares changing hands there. This has now dripped as insiders were selling. There is no real buying interest in this stock. The stock may climb some IMHO but think the stock is broken for the long term. Why would one buy when multiple insiders are selling. The economy is getting better and so less and less people will be looking at there auctions. I own no stock in the company but do follow them as I buy from there auctions. GLTA
Sentiment: Hold
I still think this can go lower to flush out the true believers. I am looking for a extremely large volume day. I am looking for a day where it drops significantly lower and recovers on large volume. I then personally think the bottom will be in and consider buying.


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Wheelmen getting bigger, stronger, faster
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A mere two years after their inception, the island cycling team has grown from two riders to nine.
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Ive dedicated my entire being to becoming a pro cyclist on the Jelly Belly squad, said Morgan.
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Reijnen started out the season by stringing together an impressive run of first place finishes, including wins at the Icebreaker Time Trials in Auburn, the April 13 Volunteer Park criterium, and stage 1 and stage 3 wins at the late-April Tour of Walla Walla.
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My dad raced when he was younger, and Im used to being out on the road with my mountain bike. But when I found these guys, I really started racing, said Reijnen.
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Iraqi Turkmen stand with their weapons as they ready to fight against militants led by the jihadist, in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk
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Volunteers of the newly formed "Peace Brigades" participate in a parade in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad. Thousands of Shiite militiamen have paraded in Baghdad and several other cities in southern Iraq with heavy weaponry, signaling their readiness to take on Sunni militants who control a large chunk of the country's north
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Iraqi security forces, loyal to Muslim Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part in a military parade in the shrine city of Najaf, in central Iraq. International leaders and Iraq's Shiite religious elite have called on the country to unite to face off the insurgent threat, with US Secretary of State John Kerry this weekend heading to the Middle East and Europe in a diplomatic push to bring political stability to the country
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Iraqi Shiite mourners carry the coffin of a Shiite militiaman killed in Muqdadiyah during his funeral procession, in the shrine city of Najaf. Militants attacked the town of Muqdadiyah, northeast of Baghdad and a key approach to Diyala provincial capital Baquba, sparking clashes that killed 30 Shiite militiamen
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An Islamist fighter, identified as Abu Muthanna al-Yemeni from Britain (R), speaks in this still image taken undated video shot at an unknown location and uploaded to a social media website. Five Islamist fighters identified as Australian and British nationals have called on Muslims to join the wars in Syria and Iraq, in the new video released by the Isis
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Al-Qa'ida inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint belonging to Iraqi Army outside Beiji refinery some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad. The fighting at Beiji comes as Iraq has asked the U.S. for airstrikes targeting the militants from the Isis group. While U.S. President Barack Obama has not fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes, such action is not imminent in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground, officials said
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Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces take their positions during clashes with the Isis group in the city of Ramadi
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Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces shoot during the clashes with the Isis gruop in the city of Ramadi
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A Peshmerga unit is ready and armed on the front lines outside Kirkuk
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A U.S. Geological Survey satellite image shows smoke rising from the Baiji refinery near Tikrit
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A column of smoke rises from an oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad
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Iraqi men line up at the main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents
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Iraqi Shiite women hold their weapons as they gather to show their willingness to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities in the southern Shiite Muslim shrine city of Najaf
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand next to the bed of a comrade wounded in clashes with jihadists in Kirkuk at the emergency ward of a hospital in Arbil
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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter wounded in the legs in clashes with Isis in Kirkuk is watched by a family member as he lies on a bed in the emergency ward of a hospital in Arbil
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Relatives stand vigil for a Kurdish peshmerga fighter wounded in fighting as he is treated in a hospital in Irbil. Kurdish security and hospital officials said that fighting has been raging since morning between Kurdish fighters known as peshmerga and militants who are trying to take the town of Jalula, in the restive Diyala province some 80 miles (125 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad. Ethnic Kurds now control the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, moving to fill a vacuum after the flight of Iraqi soldiers. They too are battling the Sunni extremist militants
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Militants attacked Iraq's main oil refinein Baiji as they pressed an offensive that has seen them capture swathes of territory, a manager and a refinery employee said
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Militants from the Isis group parading with their weapons in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province
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A smoke rises after an attack by Isis militants on the country's largest oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. Iraqi security forces battled insurgents targeting the country's main oil refinery and said they regained partial control of a city near the Syrian border, trying to blunt an offensive by Sunni militants who diplomats fear may have also seized some 100 foreign workers
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Major General Jamil al-Shammari (C), police chief of Iraq's Diyala province north of Baghdad, inspects the Mafraq police station which includes a prison where the bodies of 44 prisoners were found. An attack by militants was pushed back by Iraqi security forces in Baquba, Diyala's provincial capital within only 60 kilometres (37 miles) of Baghdad, leaving 44 prisoners dead at the Mafraq police station. Accounts differed as to who was responsible for the prisoner killings, with the security spokesman of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki saying the prisoners were killed by insurgents carrying out the attack, and other officials saying they were killed by security forces as they tried to escape
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Iraqi men mourn over the coffin of an Iraqi soldier who was killed in the clashes with militants in northern Iraq, during the funeral procession in Najaf. More than two million Iraqis have volunteered to fight against militants from the Isis group, Iraqi Energy Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said. The government had no capacity to process any more volunteers, he adds. Isis and other Sunni fighters, including groups linked to the former ruling Baath Party, were reported that they now control swathes of northern Iraq after a lightning advance recently
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Iraqi displaced people, who have fled violence in Iraq's northern Nineveh province, walk past the wreckage of military vehicles upon their arrival in al-Hamdaniyah, 76 kms west of the Kurdish autonomous region's capital Arbil
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Demonstrators chant slogans as they carry al-Qa'ida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. In the week since it captured Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, a Muslim extremist group has tried to win over residents and has stopped short of widely enforcing its strict brand of Islamic law, residents say. Churches remain unharmed and street cleaners are back at work
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Personnel from the Kurdish security forces detain a man suspected of being a militant belonging to the Isis group, in the outskirts of Kirkuk
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Iraqi women walk at the site of a car bomb explosion in the mainly Shiite Sadr City district in Baghdad, which killed at least seven people and wounded 20. The blast came amid a week-long militant offensive in which insurgents have seized vast swathes of territory in northern Iraq
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A member of the oil police force stands guard at Zubair oil field in Basra
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An Iraqi man with a boy inspects the scene of a car bomb attack in Sadr city
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Iraqi Shiite tribesmen parade with their weapons in central Baghdad's Palestine Street as they show their willingness to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities. Faced with a militant offensive sweeping south toward Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced the Iraqi government would arm and equip civilians who volunteer to fight, and thousands have signed up
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Iraqi men queue at the entrance of a volunteer centre in Karbala city
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Members of the Shiite Muslim Mehdi Army militia, take part in training in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Iraqi Shiite volunteers, who had been fighting in neighbouring Syria, have been heading home to battle an offensive that has brought militants to near Baghdad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
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An injured fighter (C) from the Isis group after a battle with Iraqi soldiers at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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Fighters from the Isis aiming at advancing Iraqi troops at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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Fighters from the Isis group taking position at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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Fighters from the Isis group inspecting vehicles of the Iraqi army after they were seized at an undisclosed location near the border between Syria and Iraq
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Iraqi men flash victory signs as they leave the main recruiting center to join the Iraqi army in Baghdad
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Refugees queue to register at a temporary camp in northern Iraq
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Newly-recruited Iraqi volunteers, wearing police forces uniforms, take part in a briefing at a training centre in Karbala
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Kurdish peshmerga forces keep guard around Tal Afar of Mosul
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One Iraqi captive, a corporal, is reluctant to say the slogan, and has to be shouted at repeatedly before he obeys
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Iraqi captives held by the extremists
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Iraqi captives held by the extremists
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Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the Isis group in the northwest Baghdad's Shula neighborhood
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Tribal fighters carry their weapons as they take part in an intensive security deployment in Dujail, north of Baghdad
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Iraqi soldiers watch as armed tribesmen gather to show their willingness to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities in the southern city of Basra
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Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the Isis group in the northwest Baghdad's Shula neighborhood
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Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a military-style training in the holy city of Najaf. The United States said it could launch air strikes and act jointly with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government, after a rampage by Sunni Islamist insurgents across Iraq that has scrambled alliances in the Middle East
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Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Isis group, gather with their weapons during a parade on the streets in Basra, southeast of Baghdad
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An Iraqi young boy holds a weapon from the window of a car as people gather to show their readiness to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities in the capital Baghdad
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Tribal fighters from Ramadi hold up their weapons as they shout slogans in support of Iraqi security forces in Kerbala
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Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with Sunni militant group Isis in Jurf al-Sakhar
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Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with Sunni militant group Isis in Jurf al-Sakhar
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Ammar al-Hakim, leader of Iraq's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, exercises a shooting drill in the main army recruiting center in Baghdad. Thousands of Shiites from Baghdad and across southern Iraq answered an urgent call to arms, joining security forces to fight the Islamic militants who have captured large swaths of territory north of the capital and now imperil a city with a much-revered religious shrine
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An Iraqi security officer stands guard outside the Church of the Virgin Mary in the northern town of Bartala, east of the northern city of Mosul as some Iraqi security stayed in the town to protect the local churches and community
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The insurgent offensive that has threatened to dismember Iraq spread to the northwest of the country, when Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border, clashing with police and government forces
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Volunteers walk with their weapons during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, eastern Baghdad
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A volunteer, who has joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Isis group, holds a weapon during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, eastern Baghdad
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Militants of the Isis group force captured Iraqi security forces members to the transport
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Militants of the Isis group transporting dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members to an unknown location in the Salaheddin province ahead of executing them
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A major offensive spearheaded by Isis but also involving supporters of executed dictator Saddam Hussein has overrun all of one province and chunks of three others
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Militants of the Isis group executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province
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A women and a girl wash at a tap at a temporary displacement camp set up next to a Kurdish checkpoint in Kalak. Thousands of people have fled Iraq's second city of Mosul after it was overrun by Isis (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP (internally displaced persons) camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region
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Families arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint next to a temporary displacement camp in Kalak
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An Iraqi refugee girl from Mosul stands outside her family's tent at Khazir refugee camp outside Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Days after Iraq's second-largest city fell to Isis fighters, some Iraqis are already returning to Mosul, lured back by insurgents offering cheap gas and food, restoring power and water and removing traffic barricades
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Civilians escape from Mosul and come to a region that close to Erbil city and are placed to camp by United Nations and Kurd government in Iraq
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Young men in Baghdad chant slogans against Isis outside the main army recruiting centre yesterday, where they are volunteering to fight the extremist group
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Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, who have taken over Mosul and other Northern provinces, board an army truck in Baghdad
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Isis militants taking position at a Iraqi border post on the Syrian-Iraqi border between the Iraqi Nineveh province and the Syrian town of Al-Hasakah
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Isis rebels show their flag after seizing an army post
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Isis militants waving an Islamist flag after the seizure of an Iraqi army checkpoint in Salahuddin
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A girl, who fled from the violence in Mosul, carries a case of water at a camp on the outskirts of Arbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region
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A displaced Iraqi woman washes her family's laundry as the children shower outside their tent at a temporary camp set up to shelter civilians fleeing violence in Iraq's northern Nineveh province in Aski kalak, 40 kms west of the Kurdish autonomous region's capital Arbil
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Iraqi refugees from Mosul arrive at Khazir refugee camp outside Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad
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Refugees flee Mosul
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Iraqi families fleeing violence in the northern Nineveh province gather at a Kurdish checkpoint in Aski kalak, 40 kms West of Arbil, in the autonomous Kurdistan region
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Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad
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An Iraqi woman carries her property while fleeing from Mosul to Arbil and Duhok due to the clashes between security forces and militants of Isis in Arbil
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Iraqi people receive water as they flee from Mosul to Arbil and Duhok
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A woman carries a child as families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul wait at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul, overrunning a military base and freeing hundreds of prisoners in a spectacular strike against the Shi'ite-led Iraqi government
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An Iraqi man and his wife flee from Mosul to Arbil and Duhok
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The residents gather at a security checkpoint between the provinces of Irbil and Duhok which is controlled by Kurdish Peshmerga troops
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Uniforms reportedly belonging to Iraqi security forces scattered on the road
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An armoured vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces in flames, after hundreds of militants from the Isis group launched a major assault on the security forces in Mosul, some 370 km north from the Iraqi capital Baghdad
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Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Isis group in the northern Iraq city of Mosul
The Isis tactic is to make a surprise attack, inflict maximum casualties and spread fear before withdrawing without suffering heavy losses. Last Friday they attacked Mosul, where their power is already strong enough to tax local businesses, from family groceries to mobile phone and construction companies. Some 200 people were killed in the fighting, according to local hospitals, though the government gives a figure of 59 dead, 21 of them policemen and 38 insurgents.
Isis specialises in using militarily untrained foreign volunteers as suicide bombers either moving on foot wearing suicide vests, or driving vehicles packed with explosives. Often more than one suicide bomber is used, as happened when a vehicle exploded at the headquarters of a Kurdish party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the town of Jalawla in the divided and much fought-over province of Diyala, north-east of Baghdad. In the confusion caused by the blast, a second bomber on foot slipped into the office and blew himself up, killing some 18 people, including a senior police officer.
The swift rise of Isis since Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became its leader has come because the uprising of the Sunni in Syria in 2011 led the Iraqi Sunni to protest about their political and economic marginalisation since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Peaceful demonstrations from the end of 2012 won few concessions, with Iraq's Shia-dominated government convinced that the protesters wanted not reform but a revolution returning their community to power. The five or six million Iraqi Sunni became more alienated and sympathetic towards armed action by Isis.
Isis launched a well-planned campaign last year including a successful assault on Abu Ghraib prison last summer to free leaders and experienced fighters. This January, they took over Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, and have held it ever since in the face of artillery and air attack. The military sophistication of Isis in Iraq is much greater than al-Qa'ida, the organisation out of which it grew, which reached the peak of its success in 2006-07 before the Americans turned many of the Sunni tribes against it.
Isis has the great advantage of being able to operate on both sides of the Syrian-Iraq border, though in Syria it is engaged in an intra-jihadi civil war with Jabhat al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham and other groups. But Isis controls Raqqa, the only provincial capital taken by the opposition, and much of eastern Syria outside enclaves held by the Kurds close to the Turkish border.
Isis is today a little more circumspect in killing all who work for the government including rubbish collectors, something that alienated the Sunni population previously. But horrifically violent, though professionally made propaganda videos show Isis forcing families with sons in the Iraqi army to dig their own graves before they are shot. The message is that their enemies can expect no mercy.
Who is Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
In the space of a year he has become the most powerful jihadi leader in the world, and last week his forces captured Mosul, the northern capital of Iraq. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu Dua, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) has suddenly emerged as a figure who is shaping the future of Iraq, Syria and the wider Middle East.
He began to appear from the shadows in the summer of 2010 when he became leader of al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) after its former leaders were killed in an attack by US and Iraqi troops. AQI was at a low point in its fortunes, as the Sunni rebellion, in which it had once played a leading role, was collapsing. It was revived by the revolt of the Sunni in Syria in 2011 and, over the next three years by a series of carefully planned campaigns in both Iraq and Syria. How far al-Baghdadi is directly responsible for the military strategy and tactics of Isis, once called AQI, is uncertain: former Iraqi army and intelligence officers from the Saddam era are said to play a crucial role, but are under al-Baghdadi's overall leadership.
There are disputes over his career depending on whether the source is Isis itself, US or Iraqi intelligence but the overall picture appears fairly clear. He was born in Samarra, a largely Sunni city north of Baghdad, in 1971 and is well educated. With black hair and brown eyes, a picture of al-Baghdadi taken when he was a prisoner of the Americans in Bocca Camp in southern Iraq between 2005 and 2009, makes him look like any Iraqi man in his thirties.
His real name is believed to be Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai, who has degrees in Islamic Studies, including poetry, history and genealogy, from the Islamic University of Baghdad. He may have been an Islamic militant under Saddam as a preacher in Diyala province, to the north east of Baghdad, where, after the US invasion of 2003, he had his own armed group. Insurgent movements have a strong motive for giving out misleading information about their command structure and leadership, but it appears al-Baghdadi spent five years as prisoner of the Americans.
After the old AQI leadership was killed in April 2010, al-Baghdadi took over and AQI became increasingly well organised, even issuing detailed annual reports over the last two years, itemising its operations in each Iraqi province. Recalling the fate of his predecessors as AQI leader, he insisted on extreme secrecy, so few people knew where he was. AQI prisoners either say they have never met him or, when they did, that he was wearing a mask.
Taking advantage of the Syrian civil war, al-Baghdadi sent experienced fighters and funds to Syria to set up Jabhat al-Nusra as al-Qa'ida's affiliate in Syria. He split from it last year, but remains in control of a great swathe of territory in northern Syria and Iraq. Against fragmented and dysfunctional opposition, he is moving fast towards establishing himself as Emir of a new Islamic state.Reuse content


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