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ISIS can 'muster' between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters, CIA says
CNN World ^ | September 11, 2014 | Jim Sciutto, Jamie Crawford and Chelsea J. Carter

Posted on 09/11/2014 9:20:26 PM PDT by joseph20

"Washington (CNN) -- A CIA assessment puts the number of ISIS fighters at possibly more than three times the previous estimates."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; islam; syria
Riiight, All the delay because he was "gathering intelligence" and "reviewing his options and targets".
1 posted on 09/11/2014 9:20:26 PM PDT by joseph20
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To: joseph20

And this is only Islam’s JV.


2 posted on 09/11/2014 9:22:04 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't just stand there! Help fight political correctness!)
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The NSA, CIA and FBI will have double their efforts in order to monitor Tea Party types. They are a greater threat than Islam./s


3 posted on 09/11/2014 9:23:01 PM PDT by Dallas59
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Which means they really have between 400,000 and a few million.


4 posted on 09/11/2014 9:27:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Dallas59
The NSA, CIA and FBI will have double their efforts in order to monitor Tea Party types. They are a greater threat than Islam./s

You use a sarcasm tag, but you know with having to investigate the NRA, Christians, Pro Lifers, Tea Party, Conservatives, Anti Illegal Immigrationists, Anti Islamists, those serving in the military and more, they are spread really really thin!

5 posted on 09/11/2014 9:30:47 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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“Make no mistake ...”. Barry O
Mistake: a state of mind not in accord with the facts.
All this time that I thought he was talking to us, he was talking to himself: “Don’t screw up again!”
Rough enemy troop strength—yeah, that would be a good thing to not be mistaken about.


6 posted on 09/11/2014 9:32:54 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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The CIA should know. They created them in the first place!

Face facts folks, the cia has been RUINING our nation for several decades now!

7 posted on 09/12/2014 12:05:05 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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In what format? What structure? Is it going to be a blob or a mob? Or are they talking in total Iraq — spread among the various districts. Cause you know the logistics of sustaining and supporting 20k in the field is huge when you have to dodge drones and airstrikes.


8 posted on 09/12/2014 12:34:58 AM PDT by Usagi_yo (I don't have a soul, I'm a soul that has a body. -- Unknown)
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I suspect most of them find themselves with drones to their left and Mohammed with a beheading scimitar to their right.

Their devotion is probably heavily influenced by their impression of which one will remain closer to them.

It’s good to remove ourselves from the area, so the bad guys expose themselves and begin to mass, presenting more viable targets. It’s bad to not have our boots on the ground, because their numbers will swell without our immediate lasting presence.


9 posted on 09/12/2014 12:45:42 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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CIA finds 1 in 5 flagged job applicants hail from Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda

Al-Qaeda, Hamas operatives applied for CIA jobs, say new Snowden files

10 posted on 09/12/2014 4:05:11 AM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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This is what we call a target-rich environment...


11 posted on 09/12/2014 5:03:16 AM PDT by IncPen (None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
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ISIS.........you have more than this , right? Muster in one place for 30 minutes to prove this guy wrong!!!!


12 posted on 09/12/2014 5:54:25 AM PDT by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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