Iraq. Is it better now?? (AKA ISIS/ISIL/IS/name-of-the-week-here) (50 Viewers)

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    IS implemented the first suicide attack today in a worshiping place for Shia in Kuwait. This resulted in killed 13 people.

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    And 7 people were killed in a shooting attack on a hotel in Tunisia. Nobody claimed responsibility yet.

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    Kobane city, north of Syria, was again attacked by IS fighters since yesterday after 5 months of their withdrawal from there. Until this moment, the number of deaths there is 146.

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    And an attack on a factory in Lyon, France. The French police says that the attacker was carrying IS flag...
     
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    swag said:
    There's a Tunisia thread, folks. This is Iraq/Syria. Please don't make IS into some global organization it's not.
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    But it has become global, Swag. They have followers that are implementing their orders in Iraq, Syria, Saudi, Kuwait, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Egypt and Afghanistan...
     
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    ReBeL said:
    But it has become global, Swag. They have followers that are implementing their orders in Iraq, Syria, Saudi, Kuwait, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Egypt and Afghanistan...
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    But Scientology is more global than that. At least they have central rules and authority.

    Suggesting people in other lands hit soft targets is no more a policy or strategy than playing a soccer match where the coach tells the players to try to get open for the pass.
     
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    In Tunisia they're clearly targeting tourism and internationals for their own political and quite possibly strategic reasons. Good luck finding any tourist or internationals trade burgeoning in Iraq and Syria these days.

    What's the point of conflating everything as if it were some giant costa nostra when the only thing they share is some tactics.
     
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    X said:
    why do i get the sense you are somewhat sympathetic to their cause?
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    I'm merely mentioning what is happening on ground.

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    In Tunisia they're clearly targeting tourism and internationals for their own political and quite possibly strategic reasons. Good luck finding any tourist or internationals trade burgeoning in Iraq and Syria these days.

    What's the point of conflating everything as if it were some giant costa nostra when the only thing they share is some tactics.
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    IS media posts videos and photos from all these locations, Swag, and all those who make such attacks are mentioning IS as their own organization.

    By the way, nobody claimed responsibility yet for Tunisia and France attacks though.

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    Tunisian authorities just said that among those killed in Tunisa today are British, Germans, and Belgians...
     
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    But from all I've read, that's just PR to inflate egos and make illusions of bigger things that aren't there. Thus these "alliances" are no stronger than the Juventuz forums and the Juve Poland web site.

    IS in Syria and Iraq right now is plenty to keep us crapping in our pants. So let's stick to freaking out about real things, not imaginary regimes that help the world's media sell paranoia and help create Potemkin Villages of global armies for IS's social media recruiting efforts.
     
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    swag said:
    But from all I've read, that's just PR to inflate egos and make illusions of bigger things that aren't there. Thus these "alliances" are no stronger than the Juventuz forums and the Juve Poland web site.

    IS in Syria and Iraq right now is plenty to keep us crapping in our pants. So let's stick to freaking out about real things, not imaginary regimes that help the world's media sell paranoia and help create Potemkin Villages of global armies for IS's social media recruiting efforts.
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    Ok
     
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    IS just claimed the responisibility of the attack in Tunisia and said that the attacker is called Abu Yahha Qayrawani...
     

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