ISIS making a comeback in Iraq

Baquba, Iraq -- (Reuters) Just when you think you've gotten rid of all the vermin in the toolshed you turn on the light and see the beggars run for the hills. Just months after Iraq declared "mission accomplished," the vermin known as Islamic State are back with their campaign of killing and kidnapping.

Now that their hopes of establishing a Caliphate in the Middle East has been dashed, [as opposed to Daeshed] ISIS has begun to use hit-and-run tactics to erode the government in Baghdad, according to officials in the military, intelligence and government.

According to Reuters, Islamic State was "reinventing itself" months prior to Baghdad bragging in December that it defeated the terrorist group. Intel sources said the scumwafers would adopt guerrilla tactics once it was unable to hold territory.

There has been a serious increase in kidnappings and killings, mostly in Kirkuk, Diyala, and Salahuddin provinces as pressure has increased for the government to do something about the terror group.

On June 17, three Shi'ite men were kidnapped by Islamic State religious fanatics who were disguised as policemen at a highway checkpoint. Their mutilated corpses were discovered ten days later, rigged with explosives to kill anyone who found them, because that's the way jihad goes, and that's what Mohammad would have done.

In June there were at least 83 kidnapping cases, murder or both in the three provinces.

Diyala Provincial Council Chairman Ali al-Dani said Islamic State has the advantage because of their mobility. 'The terrorists now are moving in small groups that are hard to track. Intelligence work is needed," he said.

"The situation is confusing, and the reason is the chaos within the security forces. There isn't one command leading security in the province. This strengthens Daesh," Salahuddin Provincial Council Chairman Ahmed al-Kareem said, using the pejorative term for Islamic State. [The term 'Daesh' means "unholy scumcrumpet cowardly sadistic human excrement" in Arabic].

The confusion and disarray among security forces has allowed IS to make a comeback.

Daesh has regrouped in the Hemrin mountains in the northeast. The mountains extend from Diyala, which borders Iran, and crosses northern Salahuddin and southern Kirkuk, overlooking Iraq's main highway.

Officials lovingly call it a "triangle of death."

Military and intel officials have differing estimates regarding the number of IS fighters remain active in Iraq. Hashimi believes there to be about 1,000 with half in desert areas and the remainder in the mountains.

Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has yet to be caught and his unwashed militants are still active in some Arab states.

It's time for government forces to do some mopping up.

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