Death Is A Rose

Islamic State (Isis) militants stepped up their attacks on the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani on Friday in what some Kurdish activists described as a “possibly decisive moment in the battle”.

The Pentagon said the US-led coalition had conducted at least seven air sorties against Isis around Kobani in the five days to Wednesday, but there were no reports of any strikes on Thursday or Friday.

The hour is nigh. Behold the rider (ridder) on a pale horse who will overcome the world. He carries a black banner with a white rose on it. This Tarot card represents the plague that overcame Europe. Ebola came to America, and we were powerless to stop it.  Death approaches Kaboni. ISIS beheaded three Kurdish female fighters who wear rosy scarves as a symbol of their resistance. I adopted a rosy scarf as my banner when I beheld Neda dying before the whole world…