Iraq and ISIS Discussion

I've heard on the radio this morning (yes, how quaint you say) the good guys are getting a better picture of ISIS. They process the foreigners by removing their passports when they arrive, giving them a new name such as Ali el Bouchbaggi etc., these passports aren't returned. They're then given some indoctrination with their version of Islam as the newbies understanding of it may be slight.
Then they're given jobs such as static guards or food distribution. Basic mil training is what it is, basic.
The C & C, although central is devolved to a local level, to men who are basically crooks & this is the crux of the matter, it's a criminal enterprise. There looks to be no coordinated strategy between local groups.
They're quick to provide essential services, water, electricity, garbage collection but the longer they stay it seems the more they are reviled. Also the big hook is that they are provided with a wife, usually Syrian.
As this is verbatim from a radio report please excuse the lack of a reference, I'll endeavour to get that up when it becomes available.
 
IS threatens Putin. Where is my popcorn?

"This is a message to you, oh Vladimir Putin, these are the jets that you have sent to Bashar, we will send them to you, God willing, remember that," said one fighter in Arabic, according to Russian-language captions provided in the video.

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Anyone seen the relased video of IS fighters reduced to tears after they were captured by a group of soldiers. They can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk when confronted by a worthy adversary.

I hope that's true. Nothing like pointing a gun barrel in the face of a dirtbag.
 
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A British jihadi who has threatened to ‘bomb the UK’ is today unmasked as a former supermarket security guard – who travelled to wage war in Syria despite being known to police.

Less than two weeks ago, the anonymous extremist known only as ‘Awlaki’ gave an extraordinary interview to the BBC where he boasted about fighting with the terror group Islamic State (IS) and laughed about the beheading of soldiers.

But today The Mail on Sunday can reveal that this fanatical Muslim who claims to ‘hate the UK’ is 27-year-old Omar Hussain, who grew up in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.


Astonishingly, he is still in contact with friends in this country and has told them he witnessed the execution of American journalist James Foley.

According to community leaders in High Wycombe, police knew of his extremist views and had arrested him at Heathrow last year on suspicion that he was trying to travel to Syria. Despite this, he managed to leave Britain for the war-torn Middle East earlier this year.

Lord Carlile, the Government’s former adviser on counter-terrorism, last night called for an investigation into how Hussain managed to leave the country.

‘It would be extremely troubling if it emerged that he was allowed to leave the country without a travel document. I would like to know what steps were taken given the knowledge of his intentions,’ he said.



The revelations come after Prime Minister David Cameron claimed the prospect of fighters from IS returning to Britain now poses the ‘greatest and deepest’ security threat in the country’s history. On Friday, the UK terror threat level was raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’, meaning the risk of an attack is ‘highly likely’.

In his BBC2 Newsnight interview this month in which he disguised his true identity, Hussain said: ‘I hate the UK, the only reason why I would intend to return to the UK is when I want to come and plant a bomb somewhere.’

When asked if IS beheaded a number of people after taking towns around Aleppo a fortnight ago, he laughed and said: ‘Yeah, we did. I believe there were three or four guys we beheaded.

‘We then put their heads, as usual, in the middle of the town centre.’

Former classmates from Cressex comprehensive school in High Wycombe yesterday recalled Hussain as a ‘weird, social outcast’. ‘He would tell girls to dress conservatively and put their hair up, otherwise they would be punished by God,’ said one former pupil.

After leaving school, he worked for Morrisons for a number of years as a security guard. Last night, staff at the High Wycombe store recognised his photo. He had worked there three years ago, one colleague said, but left after vandalising a manager’s car.

Hussain travelled to Syria in January after telling his family he was going to Friday prayers at his local mosque.

It is thought he went first to France, then overland to Turkey and over the border to Syria. Hussain has since been actively involved in fighting around Aleppo in northern Syria.

The Mail on Sunday has learned that he contacted a friend in High Wycombe in the days after Mr Foley’s execution, saying he witnessed it.

According to an informed source, Thames Valley Police are aware of his claims and know the identity of the individual he contacted. Police refused to answer any questions relating to Hussain, saying they cannot comment on individual cases.

Hussain, who is British-born and of Pakistani heritage, is the youngest of three sons and lived at a semi-detached house in High Wycombe with his mother and brothers.

Community elders said he became radicalised two years ago after he started mixing with a group of hardline Muslims known as salafis at his mosque in the Totteridge area of High Wycombe run by the Wycombe Islamic Society (WISE). Zahid Jawed, a spokesman for WISE, said Hussain did worship at the mosque but denied it had radicalised him.

One of Hussain’s neighbours, who asked not to be named, said that in June last year, he was detained at the airport as he tried to leave for Pakistan as police had suspicions that he might travel on to Syria.

As Hussain was questioned at Heathrow the police came and raided his house, the neighbour added. Hussain was also re-arrested a few weeks later outside his house, but released the next day without charge.

Mohammed Khaliel, a family friend and Muslim leader, said: ‘His mother is extremely distressed. She is crying a lot. They are a good family.’
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& this is the crux of the matter, it's a criminal enterprise.

Free guns, women for the taking, unrestricted looting, instant power...must sound pretty good to the average ME dirtbag. But the big problem with recruiting dirtbags is...they're dirtbags.
 
That article regarding the individual from the UK seems to have a few holes in it in my opinion. Not from the writer, but regarding the individuals claims. First off, the UK has trouble keeping people OUT of the country, so I would assume that it's easily feasible to leave the country. The individual states that he believes they beheaded 3 or 4 people? Which was it? 3 or 4? For a rent-a-cop, you'd think that witnessing beheadings would be a memory that sticks.

The threat towards the Russian's should prove to be pretty entertaining. At least there's at least one super power with a set of nuts that might do something. 8-)
 
Witnessing something we would think should stick, doesn't mean it will. When it's such a common occurrence, they are likely to forget the number especially if their adrenaline is pumping. Think about police officers that fire their weapon in the line of duty. When asked how many rounds they fired, they usually give a low number when the reality is they fired much more than they remember regardless as to whether or not they were being shot at at the time.
 
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