A Look At The Islamic State

[1DOWN4UP]

OK, how about this: We use smaller tactical nukes safely away from the wells, then round out the job with napalm so that we don't exhaust our supply. That or we could simply start making more of it. I am sure we didn't forget how!

It all sounds good,but again don't forget the bacon grease.

 

[T.Lex]

Free markets value stability over almost anything else.

Why business is booming under Islamic State one year on - Telegraph

Oh, and governing is more complicated than rebelling.

As Isil works to establish its empire, the jihadists have become fastidious bureaucrats: imposing taxes, paying fixed salaries and imposing trading standards laws in a bid to create a healthy economy that will sustain their autocratic rule.

ETA:

Wow. I don't think I ever heard of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Speicher_massacre

On 12 June 2014, the Islamic State killed at least 1,566[SUP][2][/SUP] Iraqi Air Force cadets in an attack on Camp Speicher in Tikrit.

 

[T.Lex]

BBC goes inside Mosul:
Inside Mosul: What's life like under Islamic State? - BBC News

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Sources of ISIS foreign fighters

 

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IS claims capture of Libya's Sirte: SITE

 

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Dozens of Christians captured in Libya ? by ISIS « Hot Air

 

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Va. teen admits he was secret voice behind a pro-ISIS Twitter account - The Washington Post

Honors student throws his life away, probably getting 10-15 years for helping recruit for ISIS.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Va. teen admits he was secret voice behind a pro-ISIS Twitter account - The Washington Post

Honors student throws his life away, probably getting 10-15 years for helping recruit for ISIS.

Federal authorities said the case is a chilling reminder of the Islamic State’s pervasive online presence and ability to woo American youths.

Amin’s and Niknejad’s cases are, in ways, emblematic of the phenomenon, and, in other ways, unique. Both were born abroad — Amin, according to his attorney, in Sudan, and Niknejad, according to court records, in Iran — but both were naturalized citizens who came to the United States early in their youth.

And here you have it. There is a reason for the requirement for the president to be a natural-born citizen, just as there is a reason for the distinction to exist at all. We are dealing with people who, while legally US citizens, are not part of our culture and do not feel the loyalty to our culture that one would expect from a citizen. We are seeing this play out at a number of levels including this, the brothers Tsarnaev, and Obama who, even bypassing irregularities concerning his origins, clearly has no sense of loyalty to the United States, its culture, its traditions, or its people.

We often hear the argument that we are a nation of immigrants. This argument is true up to a point, but only up to a point. Drawing from a wide variety of European peoples, we forged a rather unique blend all our own for a unique culture, but the problem is that there was still much common ground within this pool of diversity. When you broaden the mix to include large numbers of people with no common ground whatsoever with our culture, you get a Balkanization of a nation, not more of the 'melting pot' in which one product is produced. Unfortunately, I doubt that enough people will figure this out early enough to solve the problem without using hot lead, just as has been the case in the Balkans. It would also stand as supporting evidence for the Russian prediction which has been out there for some time (I have been seeing it pop up once in a while for 20 years, but those people think in the long term, not 'last quarter was ancient history') that the United States will break up into at least 10 separate political entities. One wonders.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Newly-surfaced video footage corroborates widespread assertions that the Turkish government's intelligence agency has been ensuring ISIL terrorists safe passage into Syria

 

[kiddchaos]

Refugee life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86mFVcc0dXw

 

[ArcadiaGP]

BREAKING: NC teen planned to attack local bar, concert, then kill 1,000, FBI says

 

[KG1]

BREAKING: NC teen planned to attack local bar, concert, then kill 1,000, FBI says

Sheesh.. Whatever happened to going to the movies? or a round of minature golf? Perhaps an evening out with friends at the bowling ally?

 

[Blackhawk2001]

Daisy Cutters

Yeah, but Iran and ISIS aren't looking for Daisy Cutters; they want nukes. Of course, we could maybe let them jump ahead in their program and give them neutron bombs. Then we wouldn't have to worry about contaminating the oil fields.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Yeah, but Iran and ISIS aren't looking for Daisy Cutters; they want nukes. Of course, we could maybe let them jump ahead in their program and give them neutron bombs. Then we wouldn't have to worry about contaminating the oil fields.

Delivered airmail, 'explode on delivery', I assume.

 

[pudly]

Celebrating Ramadan: ISIS Reportedly Gives Away Sex Slaves as ?Prizes? in Koran Contest | Jammie Wearing Fools

Wonder how long it will take for this to be labelled as a war on women....

 

[T.Lex]

Islamic State mints its own 'Islamic Dinar' coins - Telegraph

They have boundaries that they defend.
They govern.
They conduct trade.
Now they have their own currency.

At some point, they become a nation-state.

Recognize it, then destroy it.

Foreign policy 101.

 

[T.Lex]

This could get more interestinger.

Islamic State moves in on al-Qaeda turf - BBC News

The latest group to sign up is based in the republics of Russia's North Caucasus, led by a Dagestan jihadist commander who defected to IS from the al-Qaeda-aligned rebel movement known as the Caucasus Emirate.
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IS announced on 23 June that its leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi had accepted a pledge of allegiance from militants in the Russian republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria.

Don't **** with Russia.

 

[mrjarrell]

This could get more interestinger.

Islamic State moves in on al-Qaeda turf - BBC News


Don't **** with Russia.

They don't seem to be doing much to help out their buddies in Syria. My guess is that, unless directly attacked, they'll continue to do nothing.

 

[T.Lex]

They don't seem to be doing much to help out their buddies in Syria. My guess is that, unless directly attacked, they'll continue to do nothing.

Neo-isolationism, baybee.

But, if Daesh is in Chechnya, Russia will treat it as a direct attack. Even if it doesn't attack.

 

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Transgender woman and gay friend 'flee persecution in Russia to join Isis' | Metro News