However, while broadcasting these videos the global impacts of such brutal scenes were also taken into account by the ISIS leadership. The defection of Iraqi soldiers during their fight with ISIS was attributed to the effect of these videos of mass executions. Of course its horrific public beheadings and mass executions, its threat to minorities and the fact that those things were made public demonstrate that the strategy of ISIS is to terrorize the masses and opposing forces that may confront ISIS in Iraq and Syria. in taking action in Iraq since its withdrawal from the country in 2011. Alongside its attempts to kill Yezidis, the call from Kurds was also influential for the U.S. In fact, contrary to the expectations of many and in contrast to its statement, ISIS started attacking northern Iraq and did not shy away from confrontations with the allies of Western powers, nor did it shy away from diversifying its fronts, which is suggested by its attack on Irbil. This statement could be a tactical deception, which was applied several times by ISIS fighters in Syria.
This would of course increase the number of fronts that ISIS forces have to fight on. It is still not clear why ISIS decided to go north instead of south toward Baghdad, since it was almost certain that such an attack would pull other international forces in to help the Kurds – to protect their personnel in Irbil and the oilfields. In fact, even the spokesman of the organization al-Adnani in his audio recorded statement stated that the next targets will be Baghdad and Karbala. After this striking development, there was a widespread expectation that ISIS attempts to take Baghdad since most of the information from the organization pointed to Baghdad as the most significant target. The intelligence failure regarding ISIS and major actors in the region, such as the U.S., became obvious with its swift capture of Mosul. The attack of ISIS on Irbil caught pundits one more time by surprise, just like the capture of Mosul two months ago. First of all there is still confusion and ambivalence in regards to the strategic objectives of ISIS forces in northern Iraq. However, satisfactory answers to most of these questions are not being provided in the capitals of the countries of interest. These questions include: Will ISIS be a permanent feature of regional politics or is it a temporary phenomenon produced from the geopolitics in the Middle East? When will ISIS stop its attempts to extend its borders? Why did they change their main target from Baghdad to Irbil? How are decisions being made in terms of military operations within the organization? What is the sociology of the organization? Why do they prefer brutal methods, such as mass executions and why do they spread this on online platforms? operation in Iraq last week everybody is asking questions regarding the future of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in the region. Non-escaping closures on the other hand, cannot be stored and must instead be executed directly when used.Īn example of non-escaping closures is when using functional operations on a collection, for example forEach. When a closure is escaping (as marked by the parameter attribute) it means that it will be stored somehow (either as a property, or by being captured by another closure).
Let's dive in! The great escapeĬlosures come in two different variants - escaping and non-escaping. This week, let's take a closer look at closures, how capturing works and some techniques that can make handling them easier. The convention of using blocks also carried over to Swift with closures, which is a language feature that most of us use every single day.īut even though closures are very widely used, there's a lot of behaviors and caveats to keep in mind when using them.
Ever since blocks were introduced into Objective-C as part of iOS 4 they have been an important part of most modern APIs for Apple's platforms.
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