While some in the Iraqi Sunni community are apparently backing the Shia government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, others have had enough of the persecution, the slights, and the discrimination of Shias and are joining the ISIS terrorists in fighting the regime. Andrew Slater writing at the Daily Beast: Though ISIS is known for its brutal rule in Syria, many residents of the Iraqi city it just captured are so hostile to the Shia-led government in Baghdad, they have welcomed the group. As life returns to an uneasy version of normal in Mosul, the response from local residents to the city’s capture by ISIS, a radical Islamist group, has been surprisingly positive. Multiple Sunni residents inside Mosul who spoke with The Daily Beast by phone reported being glad to be rid of the predominantly Shia government security forces, and so far pleased with life under the ISIS occupation. That may change soon if ISIS begins to rule with the brutality they have displayed in...(Read Full Post)