#isof

[foxtrotsigma]

ISOF in an engagement in northern Iraq.

[thoughts-of-a-heathen]

If you're able to read Norwegian or Swedish, Sägenkartan is a great resource. It's basically a map of Scandinavian folklore, and they're still adding new stuff to it. You can even request materials from a specific region/on a particular subject, and they'll find it for you.

[fafaweng]

👻 「 Happy Saint Lucy day 」 • Swipe to read the folklore behind this day and stuff that mouth of yours with a saffron bun while you’re at it! Unless you don’t like raisins. In that case, just pretend to join in on the tradition. The dark legend of Saint Lucy’s day！ Do you know the dark legend of Saint Lucy’s day？ Recently this Saint was celebrated all over Scandinavia and people seem to appreciate this painting I made a while back so I thought I’d share it once again！ Looking forward to Christmas？ Did you know, that in the middle ages, the 13th night of december was considered dangerous？ It was a night were animals could speak and spirits and magical creatures were roaming the streets. Today, Scandinavia and Italy celebrate an italian martyr known as Saint Lucy (or Saint Lucia) who is said to have blinded herself but was given her sight back by god. When burnt at the stake she was not wounded but was eventually killed with a sword. Although in modern times portrayed as a saint wearing a candle lit wreath, many accounts (from the middle ages and even into the late 1900’s) describe Lucy to be a witch, an evil spirit or a leader of spirits. This is connected to her name’s similarity to ”Lucifer”, the devil himself. • ART by # Anton Vitus ( # vitusart / # AVITUS) • Sources： #wikipedia , #isof , #nordiskamuseet • #HappySaintLucyDay #saintlucysday #saintlucy #folklore #mythologyart #folkloreart #darkart #darkartandcraft #darkartist #horror #horrorart #fantasyart #characterdesign #painting #digital #traditional #notai #legend #storytime #art #folklore #saintlucy #darkart #gothic #yule #digitalart #digital #darkartandcraft #darkartist #scandinavia #christmasart #hauntedart https://www.instagram.com/p/CmT4rG0SAtm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[globalrecon]

GRP 143-Mosul: A film by a CIA counter terrorism officer

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GRP 143-Mosul: A film by a CIA counter-terrorism officer

Joining me for this week’s podcast is former CIA counterterrorism officer Dan Gabriel. He served at the Agency for a decade until the killing of Osama Bin Laden when he decided it was time to pursue another passion of his: Film making. The film “Mosul” is entirely in Arabic. Written and directed by Gabriel, it shows the journey of a journalist from Bagdad as he documents the retaking of Mosul from ISIS.

Ali Mula embeds with the Iraqi Special Forces as they fight ISIS house to house, and street by street. The film highlights charismatic leaders of different militia that have come together to fight ISIS. It’s fascinating. We discussed the film, Dan’s career, terrorism, and counter-terrorism as it relates to the middle east and Islam. Enjoy.

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www.instagram.com/mosul_film

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www.twitter.com/danpgabriel

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[juancarlosphotog]

#Iraqi kids picking high caliber cartridges to play with in the city of #Gogjali after being liberated from #ISIS (also know as #DAESH) by the #IraqiSpecialOperationsForces (#ISOF) during the #BattleforMosul. / Niños #iraquíes recogiendo cartuchos de alto calibre para jugar en la ciudad de Gogyali después de ser liberada del grupo terrorista ISIS (también conocido como DAESH) por las Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales Iraquíes (ISOF por sus siglas en inglés) durante la batalla de #Mosul #RoadtoMosul #photojournalism #NorthernIraq #MosulOffensive #NINEVEH #Iraq #NorthernIraq #war #Iraq #Irak #MiddleEast #WZF #WarZoneFreelance #ISIS #conflict #JuanCarlos #freelance #2018#copyright

[erinhime83]

OMG, what is this? Erin art?  Could it really be?

The last time I arted was a few months ago, and it had been rather difficult.  Difficult enough that I wasn’t actually able to finish what I had started.  Now…well, it’s still uncomfortable, but weirdly enough, not as uncomfortable as it was?  Which is strange, considering that I’m way bigger than I was before.

But whatever. Art.  Granted, boring as sin art, but its art and it counts.

Basically, I was so struck by @callistochan87‘s NaNo designs that I had to do a crossover piece.  Had to.  Because it’s tradition.  Even if neither one of us actually do NaNo this year, for varying reasons, or only one of us does it.  Tradition is tradition is tradition, after all.  And really, I think I’m grasping at straws in order to make this one work, but whatever.

The girl on the left there is my Illianna Majere, or Lily as she’s known in this outfit.  She’s a princess that’s been kidnapped and then ‘misplaced’ in a country recently annexed by her kingdom.  She sort of lives the life as a peasant, although her ‘job’ is basically being handmaiden to the Duchess of the country.  But she’s still very much a princess, even if she’s hiding it because she doesn’t want to go back to that life.

The girl on the right is @callistochan87’s Girl-with-no-name-yet, whom I’m calling Girl at the moment.  As far as I can tell, she actually is a peasant, albeit a strange and unusual one.  She’s on a quest to find some medicine for her sick sister, and is a bit of a wild child, given that she doesn’t like to dress in the societal norms.  Or something to that nature.

Pretty much the only things these two have in common, at least at the moment, is that they are both blondes and they’re both the main PoV character (Girl is the main out of many, whereas Illy is first-person).  That’s…it, really.  But hey, that’s all that matters, right?  I mean, hell, most of the time the only thing our characters have in common is that they’re the main character, so at least this time they have something else!

Naturally, Girl turned out way more adorable that Illy did, what with her unruly hair and her better outfit.  But I’m sure Illy will look just as good once she has some color to her!  I probably screwed up something with Girl’s outfit, but whatever – I kinda like it.

Of course, I can’t really do anything with this now, mostly because I gotta wait until @callistochan87 either does up some sort of color reference for Girl…or else agrees to make this look so much better by coloring it herself.  >.>  For now, it’s just in inks, but hey, at least I have an excuse as to why I’m not finishing it up now!

Just excited to actually have a ISoF piece that’s recent.  >.<

[history-does-not-suck]

A sniper from the Iraqi Army aims at Islamic State positions from a school building on the frontline during clashes in north west of Mosul. 

[juancarlosphotog]

Part of my photo story ESCAPING #MOSUL #Iraqi families escaping the heavy fighting between #IslamicState of #Iraq and the #Levant (#ISIL, also known as #ISIS) and the #IraqiSpecialOperationsForces (#ISOF) during the #MosulOffensive. Thousands of #Iraqis have fled their hometown to #InternallyDisplacedPersons (#IDP) camps. Está imagen es parte de reportaje ESCAPANDO DE MOSUL #Familiasiraquíes huyen de los intensos combates entre el EstadoIslámico de #Iraq y el Levante (ISIL, también conocido como ISIS) y las Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales Iraquíes (ISOF) durante la ofensiva de Mosul. Miles de iraquíes han huido de su ciudad natal hacia campamentos de desplazados internamente #desplazadas (IDP por sus siglas en inglés). #RoadtoMosul #photojournalism #snapseed #BattleforMosul #Daesh #MosulOffensive #NINEVEH #Iraq #NorthernIraq #war #ISIS #conflict #JuanCarlos #freelance #2017copyright