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Constitutional Paulicy
08-15-2014, 02:07 PM
This was the article headline when I clicked on the feed...


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ISIL could pose threat to US, Europe, officials say (could pose?)
The group is now considered “the most potent military force” of any terrorist outfit in the world
By Michael Isikoff 3 hours ago Yahoo News


U.S. counterterrorism officials have dramatically ramped up their warnings about the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), concluding that the well-armed group is expanding its ambitions outside the Middle East and may be planning terror attacks against western Europe — and even the U.S. homeland.

ISIL's conquest of vast swaths of Iraqi territory this spring and summer netted it a “significant” arsenal of U.S. weapons from two Iraqi military bases, including hundreds of tanks, heavily armored Humvees, assault rifles, and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, officials say. One U.S official tells Yahoo News ISIL is now considered “the most potent military force” of any terrorist group in the world.

Led by its charismatic chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the radical Islamist group is looking beyond its short-term goal of overthrowing the Iraqi and Syrian governments and replacing them with a self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate. “We’re seeing an expansion of its external terrorist ambitions,” one U.S. counterterrorism official said in a briefing for reporters Thursday. “As its capabilities grow, it has attracted thousands of foreign extremists — some of whom are going home to start cells. As it carves out territory [in Iraq], it wants to go beyond that and do attacks outside. ” U.S. counterterrorism agencies had put the number of ISIL fighters at about 10,000, but that figure is now being reassessed and is likely to be raised, officials say.

Charismatic? What the F**k are they selling? Can you say sensationalism and war mongering?

How many time do we have to go down this same road?


What fueled its resurgence? Officials say the group fed off Sunni resentment over the Shia-dominated government of Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who announced his resignation Thursday night. It took advantage of the power vacuum in northern Iraq to seize large chunks of essentially ungoverned territory. It saw an opportunity in recruiting prisoners; in July 2013, its suicide bombers blew their way into the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, freeing up to 500 inmates, including al-Qaida leaders.

What fueled the power vacuum?!! It was the invasion of Iraq for crying out loud!!


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More here... http://news.yahoo.com/isil-could-pose-threat-to-u-s---europe--officials-say-135908833.html

Occam's Banana
08-15-2014, 03:03 PM
ISIL could pose threat to US, Europe, officials say

Boogity-boogity!


The group is now considered “the most potent military force” of any terrorist outfit in the world

Obviously not counting the United States federal government, with which aforesaid "officials" are affiliated ...

enhanced_deficit
08-15-2014, 03:07 PM
Freedom is not on the march.

Prepare for 100 Month Alliance with Radical Islam & "ISIS CIA Asset Story" (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?457908-Prepare-for-100-Month-Alliance-with-Radical-Islam-amp-quot-ISIS-CIA-Asset-Story-quot&)