Northern Iraq & the IS.

Too true, there's been some terrible pics of late but, this one takes the biscuit.
ETA: no, I was wrong. I just saw an image so revolting I nearly threw up. No link to it ever. I can't even get my head around that type of depravity.
 
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The "Caliph" is apparently making millions through extortion, theft, the capture of oil fields, etc. And as unspeakable as the depravities are, there is method, organization and a plan behind the madness. I haven't seen any proposal yet coming out of the US, UN, Europe or the ME that will have the muscle to stop this. And nobody wants a piece of this on the the ground.
 
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Ocoka One said:
The "Caliph" has former Baath Party military and intel professionals at the core of the "terrorist army," he's making millions through extortion, theft, the capture of oil fields, etc. And as unspeakable as the depravities are, there is method, organization and a plan behind the madness. I haven't seen any proposal yet coming out of the US, UN, Europe or the ME that will have the muscle to stop this. And nobody wants a piece of this on the the ground.
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I was wondering something along similar lines. It's one thing to establish their own state but it's another thing to "keep the lights running". Sure they have about $2.4 billion and gold but it won't last forever. One of the things a state has to do to remain viable is a plan for maintaining roads, power, water and all that other good infrastructure stuff which requires a source of income ie. an economy. Aside from their Qatari and Saudi sponsors, what else does ISIS have going for them and how much easier would it be to track and hence cut off the weapons and cash supply from these guys? They are no longer some nebulous thing; we know where they are.

And yeah, I've seen the pics of the beheaded kids. Wish I hadn't.
 
Seeing those pictures and in a newspaper today of kids with food eating while dirty breaks my heart.
 
I know it's a kind of silly and unrealistic thing but I can't help wanting to hear of a call to arms for westerners to get together privately and go in there and sort these pricks out. They wouldn't stand a chance against us with no holds barred.
 
PaulD said:
I was wondering something along similar lines. It's one thing to establish their own state but it's another thing to "keep the lights running". Sure they have about $2.4 billion and gold but it won't last forever. One of the things a state has to do to remain viable is a plan for maintaining roads, power, water and all that other good infrastructure stuff which requires a source of income ie. an economy. Aside from their Qatari and Saudi sponsors, what else does ISIS have going for them and how much easier would it be to track and hence cut off the weapons and cash supply from these guys? They are no longer some nebulous thing; we know where they are.

And yeah, I've seen the pics of the beheaded kids. Wish I hadn't.
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I don't think it will become an issue for these guys to make money anytime soon.
 
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Just as long as we didn't allow for ISIS to acquire any M1-A1's, it's not impossible.
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They have them already...

http://online.wsj.com/articles/mich...g-the-isis-vulnerabilities-in-iraq-1407884145

Today, we estimate that ISIS has less than a total of 30 working M1 Abrams tanks and howitzers that are either self-propelled or towed behind trucks (based on our knowledge of how the Iraqi army is equipped and what divisions were in the north). These are the weapons that gave the Islamic State the advantage over the Peshmerga in recent firefights.
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The fact that this is even happening is fucking ridiculous.

As mentioned earlier... Taking over territory is one thing, managing an occupied country is another...

What sucks is that all these innocents are being murdered while we wait to see if they are going to fail in being able to manage running and bankrolling a country.
 
I read today that ISIS revenue is $1-million per day. So while they rape, pillage and behead, the ISIS accounting dept can hardly keep up with the cash flow. They are also--and I found this interesting--holding "Kid's Day's" for the children in occupied areas (after they disembowel the non-believers, of course), so ISIS apparently has a civic action program.
 

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