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kdancer

Child Soldiers, or 'Cubs,' Shown in Latest ISIS Video - 0 views

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ISIS child-soldiers

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  • csosa14 on 23 Feb 15
     
    ISIS Releases video of children as the new pupils of ISIS
  • csosa14 on 23 Feb 15
     
    ISIS Releases video of children as the new pupils of ISIS
  • kdancer on 23 Feb 15
     
    A new video released by ISIS on Sunday purportedly shows the terror group training children, who can be seen standing in formation, chanting, praying and participating in physical exercises. Alex Kassirer, of global security firm and NBC News consultant Flashpoint Intelligence, said the video features Al Farouk training camp for "cubs," or children, located in Raqqa, Syria.
ralph0

From the Levant to Libya, This Is How You Beat ISIS - The Daily Beast - 0 views

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libya isis gaddafi NATO usa fight

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  • ralph0 on 07 Mar 16
     
    What a waste of space. All this article says is that, "we must fight ISIS in a way that divides them." It is however my first read that has been about ISIS in Libya, since I was originally more focused on Syria. I would like to see how that turns out, especially since the US is to responsible for this in my opinion. I want to see if the US will wash its hands of this conflict after killing Gaddafi, or if there will be real attempts to stop ISIS in Libya.
mwrightc

ISIS Eats Its Own, Torturing and Executing Dutch Jihadists. Or Did It? - The Daily Beast - 0 views

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ISIS dutch war Iraq

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  • mwrightc on 02 Mar 16
     
    Rumors are beginning to stir among anti-ISIS groups that the terror group is beginning to experience unrest and a stir in the ranks. Dutch ISIS members were said to be slaughtered by local ISIS command in Iraq. The story is said to be untrue but the question remains as to why did this story surface in the fist place.
atownen

Russia presents proof of Turkey's role in ISIS oil trade - RT News - 0 views

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ISIS turkey oil trade Russia

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  • atownen on 27 Mar 16
     
    This report from December 2015, released news from Moscow that uncovered Turkey as ISIS' main destination for smuggling oil. Three main oil routes to Turkey have been discovered. Although ISIS' income from oil smuggling has been significantly reduced from $3 to $1.5 million per day, this still suggests Turkey was not only aware of ISIS' stealing, but aiding and buying.
irede123

Report: Prisoner exchange deal takes place between ISIS and Hezbollah in Syria - Middle... - 0 views

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ISIS hezbollah

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  • irede123 on 25 Mar 16
     
    "Hezbollah-ISIS prisoner exchange took place last week following an ISIS ambush on a group of Hezbollah fighters in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo"
jreyesc

ISIS Reportedly Enters Syria's Kurdish City Of Kobani Near Turkey Border - 0 views

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turkey border ISIS city syria politics

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  • jreyesc on 05 Oct 14
     
    ISIS had entered the town of Kobani, near the Syrian and Turkish border. This came a day after Turkish lawmakers had stated that they gave the government full power to deal with ISIS.
  • micklethwait on 07 Oct 14
     
    Now it seems ISIS has taken control of Kobani.
fcastro2

Syria: Islamic State seizes control of refugee camp near Damascus | World news | The Gu... - 0 views

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syria refugee camp ISIS war

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  • Aid agencies have warned of an urgent humanitarian crisis after Islamist militants seized control of a refugee camp, just a few miles from Damascus, the Syrian capital.
  • Fighters for the Islamic State and the Nusra Front, al-Qaida’s official Syria wing, advanced into the camp in the town of Yarmouk – home to 18,000 refugees – on Friday night
  • They now control 90% of the camp
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  • The Observatory, which monitors the conflict from the UK, also said jets from Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s air forcebombed the camp on Saturday
  • called the crisis in Yarmouk “an affront to the humanity of all of us, a source of universal shame”.
  • He said Palestinian and Syrian refugees in the camp, which had previously been besieged by Assad’s forces, were already suffering from starvation and disease
  • Their main target was Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis, an anti-Assad militia of Syrians and Palestinians from the camp.
  • Reuters that Isis fighters had killed 21 people including fighters and civilians since Friday
  • The evacuation of the camp had been made harder as Isis snipers were shooting refugees as they tried to leave the camp.
  • fcastro2 on 08 Apr 15
     
    ISIS has taken over a refugee camp near Damascus, the Syrian capital. They say they are targeting opposition forces living in the camps. ISIS is making it nearly impossible to evacuate those inside the camp and the UN has called this a major "humanitarian crisis."
wmulnea

How ISIS Is Wrecking Iraq's Biggest Industry - Business Insider - 0 views

www.businessinsider.com/-iraqs-biggest-industry-2014-9

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  • The Islamic State has taken over several oil-producing areas in Iraq and Syria, raising fears that the group could leverage its hydrocarbon wealth to the point of economic self-sufficiency.
  • ISIS is indeed producing between 25,000 and 40,000 barrels of oil a day
  • about as much as Poland, Germany, or New Zealand.
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  • its oil is of poor quality, and ISIS is likely having trouble transporting it.
  • ISIS is only capable of moving its oil by truck, suggesting that the group hasn't mastered the use of northern Iraq's oil pipeline system.
  • Some experts have estimated that ISIS brings in up to $3 million in revenue each day.
  • Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report told the Post that ISIS's daily revenue might actually be as low as $250,000 a day.
  • Iraqi fields "are so small and the crude of such poor quality that international companies did not bid to develop them
  • ISIS, which nearly seized a refinery outside of Baghdad in June, is interrupting the one industry that makes Iraq viable not just as an economy, but as a political unit as well.
  • In 2012, the International Energy Agency predicted a nearly 500% increase in Iraqi oil revenue by 2020, and concluded that revenue would double during that period even in a worst-case scenario:
  • its ability to disrupt Iraq's leading industry denies the country of much of its economic potential while degrading vital infrastructure.
csosa14

Iraq's Attack Against ISIS Catches U.S. 'By Surprise' - The Daily Beast - 0 views

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Iraq attack u.s surprise

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  • csosa14 on 03 Mar 15
     
    A huge attack was planned against ISIS but America was not involved but Iran was involved in this attack against ISIS.
  • csosa14 on 03 Mar 15
     
    A huge attack was planned against ISIS but America was not involved but Iran was involved in this attack against ISIS.
mwrightc

ISIS Detainee Tells U.S. of Militants' Plan to Use Mustard Gas - The New York Times - 0 views

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ISIS mustard gas new york times

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  • The Islamic State’s use of chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria has been known, but Mr. Afari’s capture has provided the United States with the opportunity to learn detailed information about the group’s secretive program, including where chemical agents were being stored and produced.
  • Mr. al-Afari was captured last month by a new Special Operations force made up primarily of Delta Force commandos shortly after they arrived in Iraq. They are the first major American combat force on the ground there since the United States pulled out of the country at the end of 2011.
  • Until recently, the United States has largely targeted Islamic State fighters with airstrikes. But the 200-member Special Operations team has been assigned to both kill and capture Islamic State operatives, the latter for use in gathering intelligence. Military officials said the team had set up safe houses and worked with Iraqi and Kurdish forces to establish informant networks and conduct raids on Islamic State leaders and other important militants.
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  • Under interrogation, Mr. Afari, told his captors how the group had weaponized sulfur mustard and loaded it into artillery shells, the officials said.
  • Sleiman Daoud al-Afari
  • mwrightc on 09 Mar 16
     
    US special forces were able to take an ISIS member into custody. Through questioning, the military men were able to learn that ISIS is now beginning to make plans to use mustard gas as a chemical weapon. The Red Cross has been identified because of the possible use of chemical weapons.
  • blantonjack on 09 Mar 16
     
    An Islamic State detainee currently in American custody at a temporary detention facility in Erbil, Iraq, is a specialist in chemical weapons whom American military officials are questioning about the militant Sunni group's plans to use the banned substances in Iraq and Syria, Defense officials said. The member of ISIS who is probably dead at this point reports say, told the miltants that they were planning on using mustard gas with upcoming attacks planned.
csosa14

ISIS releases 216 Yazidi captives, official says - CNN.com - 0 views

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ISIS Release Yazidi

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  • csosa14 on 08 Apr 15
     
    ISIS on Wednesday released 216 Yazidi captives in Iraq's Kirkuk province, said an official with Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.
  • csosa14 on 08 Apr 15
     
    ISIS on Wednesday released 216 Yazidi captives in Iraq's Kirkuk province, said an official with Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.
  • csosa14 on 08 Apr 15
     
    ISIS on Wednesday released 216 Yazidi captives in Iraq's Kirkuk province, said an official with Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.
micklethwait

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csosa14

Inside The Chilling Online World Of The Women Of ISIS | Diigo - 0 views

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isis women involved militant

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  • csosa14 on 28 Jan 15
     
    Women involved in Isis. Women leaving their families in order to join ISIS.
wmulnea

Oil and Terror: ISIS and Middle East Economies - 0 views

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  • ISIS's economic cost is significant not just for Iraq but also other Middle Eastern countries.
  • Iraq has the fifth largest oil reserves in the world and third highest in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia and Iran.
  • Part of ISIS's rise in Iraq can be attributed to sectarian politics.
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  • part of their dissatisfaction came from the distribution of oil revenues. 
  • The mismanagement of oil revenues is also manifest in Iraq's poor infrastructure
  • Though currently the Iraqi government has reserves and surplus funds, mounting expenditures and falling oil prices has economists to project that Iraq will run a deficit next year.
  • it is running a self-sustaining economy, making it the world's richest terror group.
  • Thankfully, 6 of 8 Iraq’s major oil fields lie in the Shia South, which is unlikely to come under ISIS control.
  • It sells crude at a steep discount, at a rate of USD $30 per barrel
  • Turkey runs a huge trade surplus with Iraq, which is likely to slow down dramatically due to lower demand from Iraq.
  • Jordan and Lebanon, which have both absorbed a large number of refugees.
  • Iran’s position seems to be the trickiest of all in that its interests align with those of the US in its fight against ISIS
  • Falling oil prices have definitely curtailed Iran’s ability to intervene without serious consequences for its economy. Iran needs oil prices well above USD $100 for it to balance its budget,
  • Any cooperation between Iran and the US over ISIS could lead to a gradual withdrawal of sanctions, which would allow Iran to sell its oil on the open market and generate revenue. The flip side is that Iran’s oil would surely depress oil prices further.
  • Saudi's allegiances have become muddled.
  • it finds its interests are aligned with those of Iran, a traditional foe, both of which are against ISIS.
  • Russia needs oil prices near USD $100 to balance its budget and Iran needs high oil prices to support its nuclear program.
  • Regionally, ISIS will disrupt and degrade the economy of several states, and that in turn may lead to further political chaos -- which is precisely ISIS's goal.
nicolet1189

Social Media Prove Double-Edged Sword for ISIS - 1 views

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metadata ISIS media privacy intelligence surveillance

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  • the dangers presented by metadata and other information contained in digital postings.
  • A new ISIS hashtag
  • Himlat Takteem Ialami—the media
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  • instruction manual in online behavior
  • restraint campaign.
  • individual identities and landscape and urban geography in photos to encoded data from email accounts, servers and location of signals.
  • Also, by destroying the telecommunications infrastructure, the U.S.-led air campaign has forced ISIS in Syria to rely on non-secure routers that boost signals, making communications easy to intercept for intelligence agencies.
  • nicolet1189 on 07 Nov 14
     
    Although ISIS has been able to successfully use social media platforms to cater to their agenda, they have recently changed their strategies to deter US intelligence from intercepting crucial information. They have issued a new instruction manual to members regarding online behavior in order to circumvent data collection from digital postings.
cbrock5654

Islamic State: Turkey's Erdogan Likens Syrian Kurdish Fighters To PKK Terrorists - 0 views

www.ibtimes.com/ighters-pkk-terrorists-1707526

ISIS PKK Kurds Ergodan

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  • cbrock5654 on 20 Oct 14
     
    This news report in International Business Times covers quite a bit of information, as a lot has happened during the past week in regards the conflict with ISIS. The US has declared support for the PKK and other Kurdish forces, because they are fighting against ISIS. Meanwhile, Turkey's President Ergodan, has condemned the US for supporting the PKK, as the US and Turkey are long-standing allies, and the PKK and Turkey have been embroiled in a decades-long conflict. Kurdish fighters are currently battling ISIS forces in the Syrian town of Kobani, and Turkey is opposing giving the fighters any weapons, and equating them with the PKK.
csosa14

Canada to Expand ISIS Bombing Campaign to Syria - NBC News - 0 views

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  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    The Canadian government on Tuesday said it would expand its military mission against ISIS by launching air strikes against positions in Syria.
  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    The Canadian government on Tuesday said it would expand its military mission against ISIS by launching air strikes against positions in Syria.
  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    The Canadian government on Tuesday said it would expand its military mission against ISIS by launching air strikes against positions in Syria.
csosa14

Iraq: Parts of Tikrit taken back from ISIS - CNN.com - 0 views

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iraq forces defeat ISIS

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  • csosa14 on 31 Mar 15
     
    Iraqi forces battling to wrest Tikrit from ISIS are now in control of the city, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday on Iraqiya TV.
  • csosa14 on 31 Mar 15
     
    Iraqi forces battling to wrest Tikrit from ISIS are now in control of the city, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday on Iraqiya TV.
  • csosa14 on 31 Mar 15
     
    Iraqi forces battling to wrest Tikrit from ISIS are now in control of the city, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday on Iraqiya TV.
mwrightc

Iraq: Another ISIS mass grave with women and kids found - CBS News - 0 views

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ISIS iraq graves war

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  • mwrightc on 27 Jan 16
     
    A mass grave of nearly forty women and children was found in IRAQ after an ISIS territory was taken back by militants in Baghdad. Last month, the U.N. said that 16 mass graves were found in one Iraqi town alone. All of them were as a result of ISIS.
cguybar

The link between Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS - Eman Nabih - 0 views

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  • cguybar on 09 Feb 16
     
    This article considers the Muslim Brotherhood to be the parent of all terrorist groups including ISIS. Even with the brotherhood denying these claims, news shows that a number of the elements in the brotherhood joined ISIS and Al-Qaeda terrorists camps.
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